John Petrizzo
Starting Strength Coach

Happy Birthday. I'll be 74 on the 16th. It great to still be working out in our 70s

Sorry to read this Mr.B. Get well soon.

Glad to see you are getting your WOs in. As far as the Super Slow reps, they sure seem to at least maintain muscle mass. As far as strength...

Get well son Shugg. Let's hope the new year is better

Do you do the rows and SLDL before the DL to serve as WU for the heavy work? Your program seems like something I'd like to try myself.

Friday 12/1/23 SB SQT bar/5 75/5 95/5 115/5 125/5 Press bar/5 55/5 5 5 Axle bar bent over row 67/5 77/5 87/5 I did reps at a normal speed...

Nice work Mark. I have a similar belt sqt setup on my rack. I've been doing super slow for awhile but am going to go back to normal speed. I may use...

Nice work as usual. Did you go from 165 to 320 on the sqts?

Tuesday 11/28/23 Belt sqt 150/6 Bench Press 80/6 Pulldown 105/6 Trap bar SLDL 150/8 Lat raise 5/8 Tricep pullover 15/15 Calf raise and grip...

Thanks, I trying to get him to understand he doesn't have to spend hours in the gym. And when he has more responsibilities just keep doing what you...

Nice work as usual. I sure know how the weights feel heavier as the years roll on,no matter what anyone says. I've been training my grandson who...

Nice to see you back. Happy Thanksgiving.

Sometimes you have to do what your mind and body tell you. Have a Hsppy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday 11/23/23 SB sqt 100/8 Nautilus chest press 47½/7 Nautilus pulldown 52½/8 Tricep presssown 35/5 EZ bar curl 50/5 Trap bar shrug 140/5...

Sounds like a good plan. I read something like this in the book I have Gray Hair and Black Iron. I know know Ripp is against doing anything but...

Friday 11/17/23 Belt Sqt 145/10 BP 75/6 Pulldown 105/4 Lateral raise 5/4½ DB tricep pullover 15/6 Grip work All exercises done super slow...

Good idea, you know your body better than anyone.

Monday 11/14/23 SB sqt 95/ 10 60sec. Nautilus chest press 45/8 60sec. Nautilus pulldown 50/7 90sec. Tricep presssown 32½/5 90sec. EZ bar curl...

Nice work. I understand not wanting to sqt when your head feels like that.

Nice DL Shugg. As for the trap bar, I agree. When I did train at Dr. Ken's he had most of the lifters that were training for a meet use the trap bar,...

I hope the pain subsides quickly. The WO looks fine.

Wednesday 11/8/23 Belt sqt.135/12 BP 70/8 Pulldown 105/6 SLDL trap bar 150/5 Lateral raise 5/4 Some grip and calf raises All reps done as...

It seems a lot of illness is going around this year, but so far not much mention of covid. They did just send out " free" test kits so maybe there...

Its fun for sure. He will be 16 next month and on the last year sure got strong. He now out lifts me on all the big lifts even though he only weighs...