Alex Ptacek
Starting Strength Coach

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You started the press with soft knees, or at least it looks like that with the sweats on. Take your time, man. Step back, squeeze the piss out of...

It happens, man. There isn't much you can do, assuming you've done your best to inform them (including the risks of not training). If they decide to...

Do you have the 14 inch wide version?

If you're squatting correctly, the bar should be in the same spot when you unrack and re-rack. Is the bar sliding down your back? Are you losing...

I wouldn't mess around with the belt squat or GHD. Again the SSB is not optimal, which you know, but as long as you're driving up the deadlift you'll...

You don't need to be doing a 5x5. Hell, a heavy enough 3x5 is probably enough work on HLM. Don't beat yourself to piss with volume. I'd shave some...

It's not intuitive, sure, but most people can perform a pretty good lowbar squat their first day in the gym. Go to a seminar. Everyone's squatting...

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Poor choice of word, my fault. Point taken. Replace expert with coach. "Expert" is a goddamn mess of a word. Disagree. Skiing, just like all...