Passerine Edition

Starting Strength Weekly Report

June 20, 2022

Announcements

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On Starting Strength

Q&A Episode - Training with Muscular Dystrophy, Getting a Big Press, and The Texas Method – Rip takes live calls from Starting Strength fans.
I No Longer Have Osteoporosis – Julia and Carmen Phillips, her coach at WFAC, talk about Julia's training and experience with reversing osteoporosis using Starting Strength.
A Doctor's Opinion on Strength Training for Aging Women – Ray Gillenwater talks with Denise about her motivation for starting strength training, what recommendations were made years ago for strength training, and her medical opinion of using Starting Strength as preventative medicine.
Why You Won't Do the Program, Part 1 by Mark Rippetoe and Stef Bradford – “There are only 6 exercises! That can't work. Look at all the other exercises being left out, and all the muscles this program ignores.”
Weekend Archives: The Reset: Why and How by Rori Alter – The reset is a common thing that new lifters often misunderstand and misinterpret when navigating the world of strength on their own...
Weekend Archives: How to Do Weighted Chin Ups – Mark Rippetoe teaches the weighted chin up and explains how and when to use them in your barbell training program.

From the Coaches

The Weights and Plates podcast takes on how to program after Novice LP.
Want to improve your deadlift? The rack pull can help. Phil Meggers explains what a rack pull is, how to do it, and why you might want to utilize the rack pull in your training.
Are bad wrists ruining your press? In this video - the second in Testify's series of Saturday Shorts on fixing the press - Phil Meggers quickly discusses and demonstrates how to solve this problem.

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In the Trenches

albert squatting at the starting strength training camp in orlando

Albert came from Tampa to Starting Strength Orlando to have his squat and deadlift looked at by SSCs at the recent Starting Strength Training Camp. [photo courtesy of Pete Troupos]

joseph pulling a heavy set of deadlifts at the training camp in orlando

Joseph pulls the heaviest set of deadlifts for the day at the camp held at Starting Strength Orlando. [photo courtesy of Pete Troupos]

inna koppel and jacob pearce at foot hood career fair

Inna Koppel and Jacob Pearce representing Starting Strength Gyms at a semi-annual career fair in Ft. Hood, TX. The two received a strong response from a diverse group service members preparing for their transition to civilian life. Jon Miller, SSC and founder of a veteran-services company helped SS Gyms prepare for the event. [photo courtesy of Inna Koppel]

inna 36th engineer brigade members at fort hood career fair

Inna poses with members of the 36th Engineer Brigade at the career fair. Many of the service members who approached the table were already Starting Strength fans. There was even interest from some of the other vendors. [photo courtesy of Inna Koppel]

16-year-old Evan Valot deadlifts 325. [photo courtesy of Matt Gemmill]

anna finishes a rep in the car deadlift event at the charm city strongwoman contest

Fivex3 Training's Charm City Strongwoman Contest raised $100,000 in five years for the Ulman House, a home away from home for young adults getting treatment for cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital. HW Open 2nd place winner, Anna Silbaugh, finishes a rep in the Car Deadlift during the contest. [photo courtesy of Fivex3 Training]

katie mansi in triple extension in the weight for height event

HW Novice third place winner, Katie Mansi, reaching triple extension in the Weight for Height event at the Charm City Strongwoman Contest. [photo courtesy of Fivex3 Training]

grant broggi coaches marybeth through the squat at a starting strength training camp

Grant Broggi coaches MaryBeth through the squat at a recent Starting Strength Training Camp held in Winston-Salem, NC. [photo courtesy of Seth Crowell]

coaching the internal rotation of the arms in a proper deadlift

Grant Broggi explaining the internal rotation of the arms when performing the deadlift with Mike of North Carolina. [photo courtesy of Seth Crowell]

yiping squats 135 for the first time at starting strength austin

Yiping Zhou squatting 135 lb for the first time in her life at Starting Strength Austin. [photo courtesy of Mark Diffley]

ty squats 155 for five for his third work set

Ty squats 155 lb x 5 for his third work set as he begins his second week of training at Testify Strength & Conditioning in Omaha, NE. [photo courtesy of Phil Meggers]

ravi deadlifting 145 at starting strength oklahoma city

Ravi began his training at Starting Strength OKC in early April. Since then, he has taken his deadlift from 41 lb to 145 lb. Ravi trains with his two sons three times per week at Starting Strength OKC. [photo courtesy of Greg Herman]

kearston warms up her squat after missing a week of training

Kearston Block warms up for squatting after being gone for a week. She left notes on the board to remind herself why you shouldn’t miss a week of training. [photo courtesy of Tony Stein]

group picture of the 7 am saturday class at starting strength columbus

The 7 AM Saturday morning class at Starting Strength Columbus with coaches Jarret Beck and Bruce Trout, apprentice Adam Williford, Owner Pete Yeh, and guest SSC Andrew Lewis from Starting Strength Indianapolis. [photo courtesy of Pete Yeh]

starting strength cincinnati member meet up at sonder brewery

Starting Strength Cincinnati members got together outside the gym this past Saturday to share some food, drinks, and plenty of laughs at Sonder Brewery. [photo courtesy of Lucas Schroeder]

Starting Strength Boston’s summer meetup last weekend in Auburndale Park on the Charles River. [photo courtesy of Arthur Frontczak]

Best of the Week

Training In Season - Football

dakotajones

I play D2 College football (Running back). I've been "lifting" for years but never made much progress until I stumbled upon your work last year. My numbers are as follows:

Age - 20
Height - 5' 9"
Weight - 215
Vertical - 31"
Squat - 480
Deadlift - 535
Press - 225
Bench Press - 345
Power Clean - 275x2x7

My goal is to perform really well this season, transfer to D1 next year, and then make the NFL. I'm less athletic than the average NFL running back but I feel like I can get a lot stronger and that can be my x factor. There's not a whole lot of time, so I'm wondering if there is any way I can increase my squat and deadlift in season, and what programming for that would look like. I believe your current suggestion is just to squat and deadlift once a week (or is it alternating weeks?) But I feel like I could probably squat 2x/week (Monday Volume Squat + Powercleans, Thursday Intensity Squat) and continue my linear progression like that and maybe just don't deadlift at all.

Thoughts?

Mark Rippetoe

You can train 2x/week in-season -- if you'll eat. At 5'9" you need to weigh 240-245. You'll be very hard to handle at that bodyweight with a 550 squat and a 600 deadlift.