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Starting Strength Weekly Report

October 02, 2023

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On Starting Strength

Cancer Treatment and Men's Health – Rip talks to Greg Ellifritz, who underwent the TULSA procedure at Dr. Busch's office in Atlanta, about prostate cancer, treatment, and quality of life.
Press Part 2: Adding the Hips/Shoulder Impingement – Starting Strength Coach Steve Ross explains the importance of using hips in the press and the fix for common errors.
How to Manage Your Heart Health – Heart surgeon Dr. Philip Ovadia joins Ray on the show today to discuss the cholesterol controversy, diagnostic testing, blood panel specifics, and other areas of interest related to avoiding heart disease.
Primal Training by Jim Steel – Basic, raw strength has always appealed to me, a sort of casual super-strength that someone who is really “raw strong” can display...
83 Year Old Strength Trainee and Pistolera – At age 83, Foster managed to improve her condition from osteoporosis to osteopenia by training at SS Indianapolis under the guidance of Coach Andrew Lewis. Gaining strength has not only aided her in daily tasks but it has also enhanced her pistol training.
Weekend Archives: Artificially Weak Deadlifts by Robert Santana – The importance of the deadlift cannot be overstated. The deadlift is the most functional barbell exercise we perform because...
Weekend Archives: What Makes a Good Coach? by Mark Rippetoe – The profession of Barbell Coaching has come a long way in the past few years. I'm happy to say that Starting Strength has played a big part...

In the Trenches

james presses 190 at testify strength and conditioning

James presses 190 lb for singles on Tuesday afternoon at Testify Strength & Conditioning in Omaha, NE. James is gearing up for the annual Fall Classic strengthlifting meet, which takes place at Testify on October 21st. [photo courtesy of Phil Meggers]

muji locks out a deadlift at starting strength cincinnati

Muji locks out a deadlift to wrap up his first month at Starting Strength Cincinnati. [photo courtesy of Chris Reis]

videos being recorded at starting strength memphis

Starting Strength Memphis served as the video production studio for upcoming Starting Strength Gyms recruiting videos. [photo courtesy of Nick Delgadillo]

west point cadets deadlift in a mandatory core course

West Point cadets deadlift as part of physical testing in a mandatory core course. [photo courtesy of Gregory Hess]

bartosz squats 325 for his work sets at starting strength boston

Since joining Starting Strength Boston in July, Bartosz has added 100 lb to his squat. Here he is setting a new and large PR of 325#x5x3. [photo courtesy of Michael Shammas]

andrew lopez coaches josh at starting strength austin

Andrew Lopez coaches Josh through a set in the deadlift. Andrew has been an apprentice at Starting Strength Austin in preparation for becoming a coach at the Colorado Springs location when they open. [photo courtesy of Andrea Mates]

Rachel and her pup, Jolene, pose after a Saturday morning lifting session at Starting Strength Memphis. [photo courtesy of Nick Delgadillo]

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Best of the Week

Electrical Muscle Stimulation

Sdewitt10

Been a fan of yours for a while and thanks for providing this forum.

Had a question about EMS, I bought a Compex unit recently and wanted your perspective. I know opinions vary between supplementing workouts, replacing workouts, and being junk.

Curious as to if you had any opinion(s)

Mark Rippetoe

I'm sorry, this is a strength training board.

Andrew Lewis

How does electrical stimulation produce an effect that demands sufficient force production that will then cause adaptation?

Is there a specific claim that surrounds electrical stimulation that people commonly espouse?

heinz83

You just have to crank up the voltage.

wal

That's right, if you get across mains voltage from your house supply you either become paralyzed or dead. It is the frequency that causes an interruption to heartbeat rhythm and you go into fibrillation. Not really pleasant.

Mark Rippetoe

Very helpful, wal.

Best of the Forum

Programming for 600+ lbs deadlift

Jbien63

Do I need a Starting Strength Coach or does a specific program in the gray book give the best path to a 600 lbs deadlift, currently 5 '10 37 years old 230 lbs. 485 squat, 365 bench, 500 dead, 225 press. I’ve been running programs for 3 years now currently on the tail end of the gray books Starr 3 day model. 465 for 5 last week peaking out, going to rack pulls this week.

Mark Rippetoe

Are you asking if there is a specific program that takes you from a 500 to 600 deadlift?

Jbien63

I'm asking which is the best program out of the book do you think that will get me to a 600 deadlift

Mark Rippetoe

Without knowing anything at all about your training, I'd advise a rack pull/halting DL program.

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