Just outstanding. Needs to be shared widely.
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Just outstanding. Needs to be shared widely.
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Wait a minute, Starting Strength is not just GOMAD and good morning squats?
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Agreed. The long list of ways in which people have partial, incomplete understandings of what SS is - when it's not actively MISunderstood - is something I've seen a lot of. The more people understand that:Originally Posted by Jonathon Sullivan
the better.
As our brand grows and becomes ever more widely recognized, clarifying this is even more important.
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That's probably one of the best articles to date I've seen written on SS. Very informative and insightful IMHO...
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It is, in fact. Please share it widely. Retweet, FB, IG, etc.
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Done!
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Great article!
I think it would be a good investment to make short versions of the best ones, for specific targets.
Something easy to send (one link not a collection of articles) with links for additional details.
For example, I recently talked to a high level executive in a big company.
All those articles are too long.
So, I wrote something (below).
It seemed to have worked.
It's a rough google translation.
Looks good enough to me.
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STARTING STRENGTH
1. What is it?
1. Strength is the ability to move heavy objects.
2. Strength is measured by adding the maxima to the squat, the press and
the deadlift.
3. Starting Strength is the only way, to my knowledge, that allows for
significantly become stronger, all for an investment in time and money
relatively low.
4. I doubled my strength in 6 months and I continue to progress. Thousands
others have also been able to measure their progress over the past 20
years. including: doctors, colonels, firefighters, psychiatrists,
engineers, financiers, gendarmes, etc.
2. Why be interested?
1. Strength is a property that comes from the whole body: muscles, tendons,
joints, metabolism, physiology, neurology and even psychology.
2. Becoming stronger means improving all of these factors at the same time.
3. Being strong helps to improve cognitive performance, to fight against
depression and improve one's sleep [1] among other things.
4. Strength training is superior to running and most other workouts. [2]
3. How to get started
1. The biggest barrier to entry is psychological. You must accept to
suspend many beliefs and read two books: Strength: Basic Barbell
Training [3] and in your case The Barbell Prescription: Strength
Training for Life After 40 [4].
2. The second barrier to entry is the rarity of the subject's
experts. There are only a hundred United States (and very well paid for
their advice elsewhere).
3. The third barrier to entry comes from the cost in time: 3H per week.
Given the benefits, it seems to me that the investment is worth it. It
is better to be strong than having good health insurance and ideally
both.
4. What are the risks?
1. Assuming that one is progressing slowly and with good
technical, almost none.
2. Even in the case of minor errors, the risk of serious injury is
almost null.
3. All things being equal, you will never take 20kg in 3 months (or
even in 5 years):
- https://i.imgur.com/JavMJGH.mp4
[1]: Strength Training for Depression | David Puder and Amul Shah
[2]: Why You Should Not Be Running | Mark Rippetoe
[3]: Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training | The Aasgaard Company
[4]: The Barbell Prescription | The Aasgaard Company
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Done.
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I wrote the following in Stef's thread about C.J.'s article:
It was good enough that I think it deserves to be lauded twice.Excellent read and completely lays out the reasons why this non-sedentary 65 year old incorporates the principles learned via the SS books, (including The Barbell Prescription), videos and the forum despite not following the modeled programs per se. It still works...and well at that, because of the fundamental truth it is built upon.
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