New Article: Why Powerlifting Should NOT Be in the Olympics

[Mark Rippetoe]

By Myles Kantor

It's not what you might expect.

http://startingstrength.com/index.ph...n_the_olympics

[FatButWeak]

Damn. Astute stuff.

[EvanJones]

Definitely not what I was expecting.

[Steve Hill]

Make no mistake: there are few, if any, international organizations that are as corrupt and inept as the IOC. Pray that they keep their hands off your sport. They have fucked mine up from end to end.

[abenn]

Never thought I'd see Rothbard in a strength article. Parts of my thesis revolve around him. Not much has changed since mercantilism it seems, not even in strength training. Haha. Great article.

[Mark Rippetoe]

This is not a board for stupid people.

[tertius]

This is not a board for stupid people.

It really isn't. Impressively so. You attract a weird class of client, Rip.

[MylesKantor]

Never thought I'd see Rothbard in a strength article. Parts of my thesis revolve around him. Not much has changed since mercantilism it seems, not even in strength training. Haha. Great article.

Thanks. What's your thesis on?

[abenn]

This is not a board for stupid people.

Not intentionally implied if implied at all. Perhaps it's more a self-criticism that I never thought I'd see Austrian economics used this way.

[abenn]

Thanks. What's your thesis on?

Elizabethan Bullionism / early Mercantilism and the cultural texts surrounding it, including plays, tracts, pamphlets, etc, and their association with privateering and early colonialism.