Golden Sun Edition

Starting Strength Weekly Report

July 17, 2023

On Starting Strength

The Truth About Steroids – Rip talks about the history of anabolic steroids, who uses them and why, and why they are completely inappropriate and unnecessary for most lifters.
Efficient Lifting is Safe Lifting – Ray Gillenwater and John Dowdy demonstrate how moving efficiently not only allows you to get stronger more quickly, it also avoids wear and tear on your body.
Bachelor Enchiladas – In this episode of Contemporary Texas Kitchen, Rip demonstrates an easy recipe for enchiladas when you don't want to heat up the house.
An Example of the Peer-Review Process by Mark Rippetoe – A long time ago, the light was turned on for me: there is a difference between “Science” and “Professional Research.” I wrote a paper...
Why We Don’t Push Press – The press and bench press form the foundation of our upper body strength training exercises at Starting Strength. We do not use...
Weekend Archives: Programming Halting Deadlifts by Nick Delgadillo – Novice lifters, having the ability to go through a stress-recovery-adaptation cycle in 48 to 72 hours, will deadlift every session...
Weekend Archives: Physical Potential by Mark Rippetoe – “Genetics” is a term bandied about fairly loosely in sports. A good definition of genetic potential is whether the athlete possesses the active genotype necessary...

In the Trenches

chris palladino teaches the power clean at a starting strength training camp

Chris Palladino teaches attendee Gary Tunak the rack position in the power clean at this past weekend's Deadlift and Clean Camp on Long Island. [photo courtesy of Inna Koppel]

inna koppel coaches the deadlift at a starting strength training camp

As group attendees look on, Inna Koppel coaches Milo Russell through his last set of deadlift warm-ups at the Pulling Camp in New York. [photo courtesy of Inna Koppel]

andrew lewis explains the critical position of the bottom of the squat

Andrew explains the critical importance of the bottom position of the squat at this past weekend's Squat & Deadlift Camp held at Starting Strength Indianapolis. [photo courtesy of Andrew Lewis]

chris focuses on driving his hips out of the bottom of the squat

Chris focuses on driving his hips straight up out of the bottom of his squat warm up. [photo courtesy of Andrew Lewis]

lexi locks out a 245 deadlift pr at a starting strength training camp

Lexi shows incredible focus on her PR deadlift of 245 as she finishes the lockout at the Squat & Deadlift Camp held at Starting Strength Indianapolis. [photo courtesy of Andrew Lewis]

marcus uses a cambered bar at starting strength austin to work around injuries

Starting Strength Austin uses speciality bars to keep lifters squatting while working through injuries. Member Marcus M. squats 320 with a cambered bar. [photo courtesy of Brandon Sherwood]

bryan squats 175 in his linear progression at testify strength and conditioning

Bryan continues his linear progression at Testify Strength & Conditioning in Omaha, NE as he smoothly squats 175 lb for sets of five. [photo courtesy of Phil Meggers]

angie prepares for her last set of squats at starting strength cincinnati

Starting Strength Cincinnati member Angie prepares for her last set of squats with Head Coach Chris Reis looking on. [photo courtesy of Luke Schroeder]

michael shammas gives a talk about nutrition at starting strength boston

Head Coach Michael Shammas gives a weekend talk to members at Starting Strength Boston about proper nutrition for strength training. [photo courtesy of Dave Babbitt]

group photo of a starting strength cincinnati meetup

The Starting Strength Cincinnati community got together last weekend to share some time with one another outside of the gym and to wish Adam Martin well as he heads down to open Starting Strength Atlanta. [photo courtesy of Sonder Brewing]

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Best of the Week

height and long arms regarding bench press grip width

DorPwnz

I am about 195cm with long arms, (duh) and my question is like this : should I grip like in the recommendation or grip wider like I do now? The recommendation is just before the inner ring. I put my pinky on the outer ring as the barbell in my gym has both an internal and outer ring for each side of the bar. This is where I don't have to "compress" myself (the scapular retraction is not influenced).

I've been doing it with pinkies on the inner ring and even hitting new PRs, but now the pinkies on the outer ones feel much more comfortable. Alrighty then? Can I keep it that way?

Mark Rippetoe

Fine with me. Do you understand why we recommend the width we do? There's a very specific reason.

DorPwnz

Vertical forearms at the bottom.

Mark Rippetoe

You can take it from there.

Best of the Forum

Question about effects of anthropometry

CommanderFun

I'm sure in the past, you've worked with people with shorter torsos and longer legs (particularly the femur), who have to squat with a very horizontal back angle. Have you found that this puts an added strain on the low back, and that it might interfere with deadlifts? If so, how have you dealt with it?

Mark Rippetoe

Since the segment is shorter, the moment arm is about the same even with the more horizontal angle.

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