View Full Version : Mark Rippetoe Q&A
- Weightlifting shoes
- 12 weeks on 5x5 program.. bench&squats stalled
- What Crossfit's site says about nutrition.
- Need critique on hang power clean
- Stance width and uneven quad development?
- How much do you charge for a membership?
- Weird feeling in my left inner quad
- Form Checks + program advice
- Deadlift technique
- SS without the gallon
- The first three workouts are as followed.. correct?
- squats and hip flexors
- Form check
- Squats (5x5 routine) and a worn out patella
- Which Novice Program?
- Form Review
- Lower Back Question
- Hip arthritis and deep squats
- your thoughts on a shoulder injury..
- Squat and dead form.
- Leaning Forward
- trying to get the best of both worlds..
- deadlift form critique
- assistance exercises and conditioning while doing "starting strength" routine?
- Lack of hamstrings involvement in deadlifts?
- Toes wider than 30 degrees?
- Squat Forward Lean
- Errata -- SS:BBT
- Weighted Chins/Pullups
- Weightlifting Shoes (Elevated Heels)
- Strength Training and the Immune System
- First 2 novice workouts
- eating
- Pain Squatting
- Going from a 3day to a 4day
- "Advanced" SS alterations
- Squat Depth
- Press/bench's sensitivity to weight change
- First novice workout involving power cleans - form critique please
- Headache while lifting
- Muscle Tears
- SS Protocol for Missed Rep
- really sorry about the mistake
- Lifting for the Physically disabled
- Disproportionate strength
- wrist and shoulder pain when low bar squating
- negligent trainer
- Squat Issues
- Spare tire
- New lifters
- Protein - the key to recovery?
- Squatting in front of a mirror
- patellar irritation and soreness
- Help to apply the ideas of PP
- Medial epicondylitis not from squats?
- A thank you & question from a fat guy
- Behind the Neck
- "Onus Wunsler" Workout?
- Strained Back: Deadlifts or Squats for "Starr Rehab"?
- SS Programming
- Extreme Shoulder Inflexiblity
- Bench press technique question and pullup question
- Squat Form Check
- Applying PP for the intermediate athlete
- Height and weight numbers.
- power clean form check
- Lost squat strength
- Scapulae Imbalance
- Input
- They say a picture speaks 1000 words
- Squatting so much?
- Novice to Intermediate
- Texas Method Program Question
- Another Squat Form Check
- The Press and Shoulder Blade Retraction
- Stalling and Next Step
- Butt unlocking from back...
- squat form + discomfort near hamstring origin
- I think I know the answer to this... but...
- Bill Starr injury rehab.
- Deadlift and Squat on Same Day
- Advice for a beginner
- Squat check (need help recruiting my glutes)
- You're a genious
- Good/Bad Trainees
- "Two workouts on one or more days per week"
- Squat form check
- Few things of concern
- How do you know when you're recovered properly
- form check
- understanding assistance exercises
- For your enjoyment Mark
- Squat form critique
- Trainers in Wichita, KS?
- Deadlifts and the glutes
- SS for dummies
- Power Clean Form Check
- Squat form - self critique, comments on anything I missed appreciated.
- Women lifter for general fitness
- Expansion of workload
- Metcon and strength training.
- Intermediate Routine
- Form Check
- Barbell Rows
- Starr Rehab
- Squat form check, 5x305
- 2 Q's: Grip width on Bench; small plates on DL
- "Train movement not muscle"
- Self spotting
- Quick Squat/Clean form check
- Question on doing SS 2X week
- Evolution of Starting Strength
- Squat Form Check Again
- Training for cycling.
- Actually, one more question: Bodybuilding.
- Why Screw With the Program?
- Programming Question
- The Bottomless Jug
- Older Guy, Dead Lift and Back Pain
- Deadlift injury
- Press Form Critique
- back too vertical in this squat pic?
- Question about worn out joints, specifically shoulder joints.
- Body Position on Bench during Bench Press
- Lifting for teens, check out this article.
- Sumo Deads... form check, same ol' BS.
- Squat check - locking hips
- One happy customer
- Form check all around, with self critique
- Suffering from overtraining?
- Runner's knee
- squat form
- Question about equipment.
- Power Clean/Squat Critique
- Wrist Posistion in Squat
- Strong Athlete, Zero Injuries?
- Can you critique my squat
- Add chins or switch to Onus Wunsler?
- ye olde squat check
- squat, lower back issue.
- Pop in glute-ham tie-in?
- Valsalva
- Deadlift - abdominal pain/pressure
- About kidneys and diet
- Texas Method Kicking My Butt - Some Questions
- Absolute Novice Needing Advice
- Barbell Hack Squat...Your Opinion
- Hesitant to move forward in squats
- Good knees forward vs. bad knees forward
- Trap Bar Deadlift?
- stomach virus
- Sport Specificity
- Approach to bad sessions
- Metcon/Strength Program
- Squat - low bar position
- Missing pages in SS:BBT
- Two unrelated questions: bruised rib cage? hormone levels?
- Groin Strain
- back extensions
- How does this Intermediate Routine look?
- How to know what jump to use doing simple progression?
- Milk
- Capillarity
- Few questions
- The hernia/strain/ow-ee
- Jumping during cleans
- Barbell Row Movement
- nutrition
- Valsalva
- re-injured my lower back + Scheuermann?s kyphosis
- Appropriate system response?
- Bench Press - Bar speed?
- people and stupid statements
- Weight Training During Sport Season
- Two questions from a chubby guy
- Squat/Press/Clean Form Check
- dumping the bar
- Deadlift issue
- Vitamin supplementation and the shovel approach
- NSCA Cert Question
- Crossfit Level 1 Cert.
- I think you will find this somewhat amusing.
- 5 minutes aerobic warm-up question
- No snatch in SSBBT
- Self Critical in the Weight Room
- How to find a good gym?
- Coach Rippetoe, what is going on?! Please help.
- Low back pain question
- Front Squat Critique
- Neck pinching during overhead press?
- Lower back pain
- Partial squats
- Powerlifters at my gym use the look up cue for deadlifts.
- Program question about PC
- Dinosaur Training
- Squat Form
- Squat Question
- Shoulder blades: adduction or not in deadlift?
- Your thoughts on dealing with shoulder impingement....
- Can't get rid of the damn butt wink
- Sex detrimental to progress?
- Coccyx pain
- Programming Question
- Spinal fluid and rotator cuffs.
- I kinda broke your programming rules
- How did you rehab after your mesh op?
- Squat Form: Self Critque
- Muscle imbalances in my arm?
- Shoulder pain while Benching
- PowerClean&PushPress form check
- Eye focal point during squats
- Bench press? Why not dips instead?
- Silliness...Madness...Crossfit?
- Masters Powerlifting Questions
- Sets and Reps
- Kirk Kawowski squat
- Recommendations after Starting Strength
- Crossfit Cert- Boston 9/08
- Power Shrugs
- Two Questions: Overtraining and ART in Dallas,TX
- Programming help needed
- Jerk elbow pain
- Question and another form check
- Clean and Press Together?
- Rippetoe or Billy Gibbons?
- Cleans and rows?
- Wide legs while doing press.
- Thank you
- Clean - Hand Positioning
- Squat & Deadlift form check
- Accumulation Phase
- Returning from lumbar disc injury
- Deadlift form check/back strain
- helping/preventing arthritic knee problems
- Thirties lifter
- Chronic bursitis of the knee
- Knee cracks/pops
- Squat Form Check
- SS Obsevations
- Knee Surgery - Meniscul Tear
- Calf-muscle strength
- Skim milk for poor people who are fat?
- Why people don't do cleans
- Another Deadlift and Squat form check
- determining goals
- Training plates & power cleans
- Squat Question: Hip angle closing too much?
- Unable to do Deadlifts
- I think I just did my first real squat ever
- Pain in back, hurts more with breathing?