Barry Charles
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Sure it does. It just doesn't change the probability per pull that you will, and that's assuming a truly random result each time. The definitional...

Muscle failure is irrelevant. Adding weight is what's important for strength. If you have never gone all the way through the Novice Linear...

A lot of folks have gotten good results with the so-called Horn stretch for shoulders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV-jQmVUEWk I don't (to my...

You're looking forward too much - find a spot on the floor (or put something there) to focus on, and that should help that. Looking down can help...

Indeed. And, sadly, a growing number of Americans.

Sounds like you're addressing Rip, George, but I'll chime in with my thoughts anyway. Assuming that your arms are the same length, you have your...

Only if one believes in personal agency and responsibility...

This video may help you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXfOdvd-sJ0 Watch through the whole thing.

For what it's worth, Dave, I've consistently found that the heavy singles are the thing that's helped me best over the years with improving hip...

Too many people have built too much muscle mass using abbreviated ranges of motion, and without building weirdly proportioned muscles to conclude...

In many cases, such an owner can rehab an abused dog. Not all abused dogs are the same in their behavioral pathologies. What I was getting at about...

I happen to know that Rip, Rusty, and Nick talked about monolift attachments on Starting Strength Radio episode 273, since it was in response to a...

I understand your confusion if, as it sounds, you've never had experience with a shelter or a foster group. Or, it seems, with a lot of dogs. ...

Compounded by being more likely to precipitate a dog attack, for multiple reasons: More likely to try to play with strange dogs, blunder into them...

Of course - just like between a mastiff and a pug, for example. Or a dog vs a hamster. This is part of the responsibility of the owner. Also,...

I appreciate your clarifications. Please forgive me for incorrectly lumping your ideas in with prohibitionism. I think we still disagree on...

But there have been counterarguments made, you're just not acknowledging or accepting them. There has been questioning of the breed definitions,...

Very well said, sir.

Re. upper vs. full body lift numbers, let me make a guess here. Do you have a short torso and long arms? As to your programming, why not try a...

I think I see your confusion, Brookfine. Strength training is geared toward developing the general adaptation of increased strength. We...

Post-novice programming becomes increasingly individualized, which is why there are so many disparate programs out there that work for different...

That makes sense. Thank you, ma'am.

Cole, I really like that you've figured this out for yourself over time and experience. This is an excellent microcosm of both exercise vs. training...

Great article, Zach - well done, and thanks for writing it. It brings to mind Charles Duhigg's concept of the keystone habit, a behavior that...

I wholeheartedly agree on bench, for sure. I know Rip has talked about the fact that squatting with safeties does introduce additional risk of...

I definitely understand that it can be hard to scrape together money, but I'll encourage you on this point. Early in my training career, I was able...

A couple of points come to mind. First, the NLP doesn't just mean five pounds a workout. At first, the jumps can be bigger - the idea is to...

As with many things, the dose makes the poison. (For the sitting on one's ass part, that is...not the Tolkien part... Reading Tolkien is almost...

It's uncanny that you bring up such a similar comment to ones I've made to people before... Must be a Marine thing... I have that exact...