Carlsongee

I think that the strength standards have been skewed in the bench press and possibly the squat, in elite categories due to anabolics and enhancement coupled with more enthusiasm for chest day and squats vs OHP, powercleans and deadlift.Or am I just weird? I can hit elite in the press but barely get intermediate in the bench. Also well over elite in the dead and hardly intermediate in the squat.

I feel like these lifts are highly skewed and the dead and press need to go higher or else the bench and squat come down. I could hit the bench and squat with a good cycle of anabolics, which is why I feel that this is skewed. I really mean that these lifts are skewed to anabolic lifters who have focused more time of their cycle on bench and squatting vs deadlift or ohp. Or perhaps the body responds to anabolics by having a bigger impact on your bench than your press due to higher muscle mass or androgens... And squat causes more activation of quads and glutes which are larger muscle than infraspinatus and hamstrings allowing bigger squat numbers.

Mark Rippetoe

Note the disclaimer. Note also the fact that I never refer to the goddamn things for any reason. I recommend that you worry about other things.

Gerald Boggs

NYT's article on why running may be good for you: Why Running Won’t Ruin Your Knees

My favorite part: The resulting data showed that people hit the ground harder while running, clobbering their knees far more with each stride. But they also spent more time aloft between strides, meaning they took fewer strides while covering the same distance as when walking. So, the cumulative forces moving through their knees over time should be about the same, the researchers concluded, whether someone walked or ran.

Yes, someone actually wrote that.

Mark Rippetoe

The NYT will defend their viewpoint.

Soule

That’s hilarious. Such logic.

This is all part of the climate change vegan soyboyification of America.

Sib

"about the same" how precise

We have The Guardian in the UK for soyboyification.

Breathing in their clouds of smug