View Full Version : General Q&A
- weightlifting belt 3 or 4 inches?
- Military Powerlifting Competition
- Sharp pain when squatting
- Want to do chin-ups instead of powercleans but...
- Shins
- Side press vs. Overhead press, Pavel Tsatsouline
- PPST/Novice questions and advice
- Tell me about Creatine
- These cleans, how do they look?
- Lower back tightness/pain
- 5/3/1 enough stimulus?
- Weightlifting belt with overhead presses?
- Testing your 1RM
- A Fool Squats. Critique my squat form.
- Board pressing
- Bench, squat stalled
- Novice program including olympic lifts
- intermediate programs and recovery
- Is squatting in lifting shoes supposed to be harder?
- Knoisy Knees
- Strength to Weight Ratio
- My Dad
- Do you haz manly grunts?
- Groin Pain While Squatting
- SS: Is Only Overhead Pressing still doing the program?
- Milk in the Gym?
- adding dips to ss
- no pain, small bump in groin - inguinal hernia?
- Dough Hepburn Training article by Matt (PMDL)
- Hip Drive...?
- Squatting in Skate Shoes?
- Working around a SS-type program without increasing weight/substitutes
- Tendonitis in knee from squats...
- Would I be a dick to bother this guy..
- Posting competition notes/thoughts
- bouncing deadlifts - easier or harder?
- The belt's effect on the bottom of the low bar squat
- Looking for some simple knee sleeves..
- Where to learn the lifts around Boston, MA
- anyone training in the Davis, CA area?
- Where to lift around Camden, NJ?
- When to Halt 10lbs Progression
- Ez Pull ups
- Diet Help
- Weighted chins out of the gates.
- Starr model volume guildelines?
- VS Athletic Dynamo shoes
- Progress Hindered by Belt Use?
- Sweaty hands, or weak grip
- Decreasing Heel Height in Weightlifting Shoes?
- This kid could benefit from some milk I think...
- Strength Training for Throwers
- Help with rolling ankles
- SS...a beacon of hope for mankind?
- Help with squat, and other assorted questions
- Stirring the Pot, Episode I - "Looking down" in the squat
- Length
- Bench Press:Overheard Press ratio
- Who is cornering the belt market?
- tips on increasing pressing movements?
- Deadlift Belt
- Have a hernia, need advice
- Iron Radio
- safe-usa shoes have 1/2 inch heel lift
- Powercleans?
- The Magic of Compression
- elevation
- Cable rows - grip question
- Exhausting Linear Progression
- Belt bruising
- Hip / Glute Discomfort
- SS questions
- Training Pulls/Chins
- Is it possible to low-bar squat deep without using the posterior chain?
- First Missed Reps
- Go up or stay here
- Bradford Press
- Helping develop the 'bounce'
- Wrist Wraps
- Chalk - apply to hands or bar?
- Dirt Poor, shoes or barefeet?
- Fuck yeah! Milk+SS=PR
- washing knee sleeves?
- Too young to be under the bar?
- If you were a USAPL Ref would you pass these squats
- In-Season Biweekly Training
- Lifting on a sailboat
- Should I deload my squats a bit?
- Assistance lifts
- Working out early mornings?
- Training at a globo gym.
- Got my belt
- Time for damage control?
- For those who do barbell curls . . .
- IT band release?
- Women lift more than you
- Rolling - foam vs. pvc pipe?
- Well...crap
- program without power cleans?
- Bench trade
- Lifting Platform + Rack Plans
- From scrawny to skinnyfat
- Shane Hamman
- Squat Strength and the Quick Lifts
- Dead lift, primary, update
- Missed Reps - Try again or backoff
- Squatting with chondromalacia
- General and squat-specific warm up
- Myths and Misconceptions
- Power lifters peaking.
- hmm, choosing knee wraps,
- Issue with progression
- vs athletics shoes
- patella knee tendon straps
- What is your...
- How many cals do you guys eat a day?
- Press - what plays the most important part
- Eva Twardokens
- Valsalva problems
- Really Fat Guy has some questions...
- Deadlift Confusion
- New Guy - First workout
- What's the usual recommendation you guys give for someone who starts off fat?
- More Rippetoe squats - 335(?) x 11
- When exactly to do heavy walkouts?
- Resisting Temptation to Over-do it
- When to add Chins?
- Shaving Vs Athletics heel down
- New guy has blasphemes question. :)
- Is The Texas Method Hard?
- Best Workout When You're Short on Time?
- Grip failing on Deadlift!
- Biggest Gym Pet Peeves!
- pants don't fit!?!
- Can I sell an Elite FTS belt here?
- real weight gain
- weight thresholds for SQ, BP, DL, etc?
- Power Clean Progression
- Squat and Bench Form Check
- Clandestine Use of Chalk
- Deadlift alternate grip failure...
- old man strength
- A Question about Rows vs. HP Cleans and cycling.
- Olympic Style Squat vs. Low-Bar SS style
- Deadlift, time between reps?
- SS workout routine?
- Can't set back for DLs - use an odd stance instead?
- Lagging Deadlift
- "Clean" deadlifts vs. deadlifts
- When to man the fuck up or act like a conservative pussy?
- Inzer Econo Belt
- Doing Squats on the Carpet Ok?
- Los Angeles area pt?
- belt
- + 110 lbs in a month on Squats
- Sled vs Prowler
- Looks like im going to be kick out of my gym...
- Skinny smash!!
- 2 PR's today. SHA-DOOSH
- Squats making my shoulders tight?
- The Olympic-Style Press - Bill Starr
- Got my "Rips Shoes" - Review
- resetting appetite
- expansion of nerve recruitment?
- Whats wrong with DC style of training
- Doing SS and Squat after an injury
- Chronically Tight IT Bands
- Is seated OHP a suitable replacement for SS
- What is that ?
- the cream of silly bullshit - static contraction
- People died from squats!!!!!!
- Rib pain from new belt
- HIIT/cardio on SS question
- training while out of town?
- Adjusting Weight on Bench Press and DL
- deadlift taking off from the squat
- Article: Power and the Olympic Lifts
- Aching Joints And Trouble Progressing
- Training Partner(s)
- Interview with Rip
- Sportivny Press
- Bodybuilding fucked me up
- Genetically gifted in one area, not in others?
- Bumper Plates
- Cleaning a rusty Eleiko bar
- squat depth and fatigue
- Another strong woman
- Bench Press Woes
- Press -> Push press, Split Jerk
- Please define "Shoulder Width Stance"
- why do i suck at squatting?
- Thoughts on what I should do? (fucked up my 5x5 day)
- Smolov Squat Cycle
- football players and lifting... genetics?
- anthropometry
- openers for first PL meet
- microloading on press already!?
- Strength vs Size: an obvious observation to everyone except me
- Supermarket Chalk vs Gym CHalk
- Overhead Press - Lack of Progress
- dumping the bar - Squats?
- Getting proficient on the bounce
- Bench press shoulder impact
- Physical job and Strenth training!
- Deadlift alternative
- Moving from Crossfit to Starting Strength
- Reverse Hyper Extensions
- Tommy Suggs
- Best way to escape a failed bench
- Overeem Diet + Workout
- Oldtimers
- Lifting - intensity?
- Feeling It In The Quads
- Can't Do a Pullup
- Are wrist curls useful?
- bench press help
- First Failures Today
- Week's holiday, quick question.
- what stickies?!
- Strength dudes - your help is needed!
- My belt came the other day
- Failure with presses (lower back)
- Low Powercleans
- shoes glorious shoes
- Should I use a clean diet when starting SS?
- First workout in Rip's shoes
- Decent place for training in San Antonio
- Just Started Lifting But Lifts Not Going Up???
- Training in Buenos Aires
- Finding a starting 5x5 weight
- Two questions relating to shoulders
- Is this a good belt?
- Need SS knowledgeable coach/trainer in the California east Bay Area.
- two questions.
- Weight training for survival
- Abz anyone?
- tips for going it alone?
- Lifting in Austin and Miami
- Little help regarding belt purchase
- posterior chain exercises?
- Knee sleeve questions
- If you hate leg presses...
- belt use on deadlifts
- Seated Presses
- Can Depression Affect Training
- Fix form or increase weight?
- does this happen to anyone?
- Powerlifting, Year One, Part I
- How do i reverse the skinny fat look?
- God Damn it!