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Yesterday,
01:37 PM
Jason Donaldson
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It is very hard to overestimate the importance of this statement. Case in point, from just last week up here: Charities prepare to scale...
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Yesterday,
01:09 PM
Jason Donaldson
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Which Gym Belt? Yes another one of these.
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You could be hitting those lift numbers in under a year by training three days a week, no steroids or magic required, on the Novice Linear...
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12-10-2024,
03:40 PM
Jason Donaldson
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On "Getting Stuck"
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Honestly, you won't know how the grind will be until you do it. Sometimes you'll grind and grind and grind, and sometimes you'll have a one-off. ...
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12-10-2024,
03:36 PM
Jason Donaldson
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Why I Love My Doctor
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Managing Injuries
Ah, too far from here to recommend mine, then. Mine is still an employee of a large organization, so I don't know that his degree changes...
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12-10-2024,
12:24 PM
Jason Donaldson
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Which Gym Belt? Yes another one of these.
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But you absolutely DO build those small muscles with straight bars. You may feel them when you use them in ways outside the weight room that are...
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12-10-2024,
12:08 PM
Jason Donaldson
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Going from 200 to 225 bench in one month ?
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General Programming
I'll take a swing here - Ben, if you haven't done the NLP (and you haven't), then that's what you should do, and all that you should do. No AMRAPS,...
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12-09-2024,
05:53 PM
Jason Donaldson
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Deadlift Followup
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For your setup, I'd say try to squeeze yourself into place slowly on step five, instead of the aggressive jerk you're doing on most of your reps. ...
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12-09-2024,
05:47 PM
Jason Donaldson
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Press | 100lbs
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You're making good progress on these, Kyle. Try keeping your mouth open on your Valsalva, to ensure you're holding it at your glottis and not...
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12-09-2024,
01:31 PM
Jason Donaldson
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squat 275 asymmetry
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Technique
Good call - start here: The Belt and the Deadlift | Mark Rippetoe then proceed to here: The Belt and Your Training | Mark Rippetoe .
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12-09-2024,
01:27 PM
Jason Donaldson
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Deadlift Form Check
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We call the deadlift a "pull", but that's a misnomer. It's a push - you need to start with the knees straightening and the hips driving up, not...
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12-09-2024,
01:20 PM
Jason Donaldson
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Which Gym Belt? Yes another one of these.
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Random One: Please make sure to let us know once you've read what Rip told you to read, so we can go from there. You're legally forbidden from...
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12-07-2024,
03:01 PM
Jason Donaldson
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COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events
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Mark Rippetoe Q&A
Not to mention the fact that your forebears overwhelmingly voted to secede from a union that responded with "Yeah, no", and they stayed. What was...
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12-06-2024,
03:55 PM
Jason Donaldson
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Why I Love My Doctor
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Managing Injuries
I'm sorry, I wish I could tell you, Dave - in my case, it was basically just dumb luck. About ten years ago, I was looking to find a primary care...
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12-03-2024,
12:36 PM
Jason Donaldson
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Why I Love My Doctor
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Managing Injuries
My primary care physician is a DO, not an MD, and he's fully supportive of my strength training, as well as my TRT. I had my annual physical today,...
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12-03-2024,
12:20 PM
Jason Donaldson
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The Movies
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Mark Rippetoe Q&A
The bulk of my growing up years, we had a B&W TV, so I was in that boat, too. Seeing things like the Wizard of Oz, Star Trek, even Sesame Street in...
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11-25-2024,
09:17 AM
Jason Donaldson
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Bicep Tendonitis
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Managing Injuries
I'm not trying to add to Nick's response, just commenting on how facile the "no weights for 6 months" advice is. DBA, you told the doctor that your...
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5 replies | 533 view(s)
11-25-2024,
09:03 AM
Jason Donaldson
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Ultra running & Starting Strength
in
Mark Rippetoe Q&A
For what it's worth, I have very, very similar experiences training under the bar, as do many other folks. I do understand that people are...
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20 replies | 3639 view(s)
11-25-2024,
08:50 AM
Jason Donaldson
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I think I de-trained my squat a bit, going to try and reset.
in
General Programming
My apologies if I'm missing it, but skimming the thread, I think this may have gotten missed - have you shared your age, height, weight, and what...
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17 replies | 3406 view(s)
11-25-2024,
08:44 AM
Jason Donaldson
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Programming Pulls
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General Programming
Please unpack this. Are you continuing to add weight with what you're currently doing, or are you missing reps? More details, including both what...
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6 replies | 1145 view(s)
11-22-2024,
06:53 PM
Jason Donaldson
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Training my Mom
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Programming Modifications
Depending on the doctor, you might not even need to decide between the two....
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11-22-2024,
06:49 PM
Jason Donaldson
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Ultra running & Starting Strength
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Mark Rippetoe Q&A
When you're talking about competing resources (time, energy, recovery, whatever), you can at best hope to do one thing great, two things well, or...
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20 replies | 3639 view(s)
11-22-2024,
06:39 PM
Jason Donaldson
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COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events
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Mark Rippetoe Q&A
East and West, or North and South?
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31527 replies | 28128110 view(s)
11-22-2024,
06:30 PM
Jason Donaldson
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squat 400x5 check pls
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Technique
I've generally been the opposite - I prefer facing the wall, and for the same reason. No worries, though - whatever works for you. A thought: A...
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9 replies | 1153 view(s)
11-22-2024,
12:12 PM
Jason Donaldson
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Rip: Music in the Gym
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Mark Rippetoe Q&A
Yngvi, you are truly a master of suspense. Your link is a no-go: Video unavailable This video is private
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11-21-2024,
02:19 PM
Jason Donaldson
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COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events
in
Mark Rippetoe Q&A
The Jen Psaki clip at the beginning is of a tiresome, standard argument format: No one's doing X. And even if they are doing X, there's not a...
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11-20-2024,
07:09 PM
Jason Donaldson
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I think I de-trained my squat a bit, going to try and reset.
in
General Programming
It sounds like lifting with the belt on and backed out a hole or two from what you were doing is the logical thing to try next. It is quite possible...
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11-20-2024,
03:50 PM
Jason Donaldson
replied to a thread
COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events
in
Mark Rippetoe Q&A
From that poster's listed source: Inside The Life Of An Apple Picker : The Salt : NPR An NPR article with an illustration of both the Novice...
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31527 replies | 28128110 view(s)
11-19-2024,
03:24 PM
Jason Donaldson
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Form Check: Deadlift 277.5lbs
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Technique
Great - thank you, sir.
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