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Yesterday, 10:58 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

And what was the price, and who expects anything to be impervious? What we have now is a slowly-unfolding disaster, the likes of which no one has...

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Yesterday, 08:33 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread Don't Artificially Limit Your Lifts | Mark Rippetoe in General Q&A

You are placing the bar on the heel of your palm incorrectly. The grip in the two presses deals with the bar in compression, while the pulling grips...

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Yesterday, 04:08 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

Bill Maher is becoming harder to dislike. This is pretty good: New Rule: Along for the Pride | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

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Yesterday, 12:03 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread muscle mass and tonnage in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

Stef has tools.

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Yesterday, 11:47 AM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

Please explain how COVID is a severe disease, please explain how the vaccine adverse events rate is justified, and please explain why effective...

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Yesterday, 11:18 AM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

That didn't take long. I told you this two years ago. How stupid do you have to be to fail to understand this whole thing now? And still, governments...

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Yesterday, 11:09 AM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread muscle mass and tonnage in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

Bigredbull and henryjones are the same guy. Deactivated. You guys need to help me spot these pieces of shit faster.

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05-21-2022, 09:04 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread Rack Pulls and Haltings didn’t carry over to regular deadlift in General Programming

At your level, squat and deadlift are often nearly even.

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05-21-2022, 06:55 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread muscle mass and tonnage in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

I do not respond to "gotcha" posts very well. I know the answers, and I have discussed them several times, most recently here: Bodybuilding Mythology...

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05-21-2022, 06:01 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread Rack Pulls and Haltings didn’t carry over to regular deadlift in General Programming

Low back still needs work. I'd open with 265, and call for 277 for 2nd attempt, waive the 3rd. I don't think you can pull three heavy singles with...

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05-21-2022, 05:24 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

And not to miss an opportunity: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/05/20/tracking-coronavirus-variants-animals/ Stoke The Fear.

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05-21-2022, 11:59 AM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread Deadlift form check in Technique

Correct.

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05-21-2022, 11:52 AM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

The references we've posted every day for 2 years. He's either ignored them for 2 years because he didn't like the idea of being on the wrong side,...

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05-20-2022, 07:16 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

At best. I don't get the impression that the man is stupid. He can read the same things we can, and he has to know that the data is shit --...

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05-20-2022, 05:12 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread muscle mass and tonnage in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

It leaves Table 4.2 squarely at the bottom of page 55. "Hormones of specific interest to training."

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05-20-2022, 02:23 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread muscle mass and tonnage in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

Because complexity is just so fucking cool.

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05-20-2022, 02:16 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

Anytime you apologize because someone coerces you to apologize -- not because you feel the personal need to do so, because you know you did something...

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05-20-2022, 12:12 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread Patellar Tendinosis and Tear in Managing Injuries

Lunges? You're doing lunges??? And you're running? What other stupid kinds of shit are you doing?

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05-20-2022, 12:07 PM

Mark Rippetoe started a thread SS Radio #161: Your calls, next... in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

Q&A Episode - Old Guy Training, College Gains, and Unsticking Chins | Starting Strength Radio #161

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05-20-2022, 12:06 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread Average SVJ of D1 male and female athlete in General Q&A

I never said that, and I don't know.

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05-20-2022, 11:49 AM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread muscle mass and tonnage in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

Well, you got me, Henry. I don't know.

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05-19-2022, 11:12 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

I do not believe the data because the people providing the data are liars. This has been demonstrated so many times that we question your motives in...

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05-19-2022, 09:42 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

If it was used at all. Many hospitals prohibited its use. For example: Maine doctor suspended, ordered to undergo psych evaluation for spreading...

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05-19-2022, 08:42 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

This is complete bullshit. The "other treatments" haven't been tried in severely ill patients, because the "other treatments" haven't been approved...

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05-19-2022, 06:38 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread Deadlift Form Check- low Back Pain in Technique

Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition (Current Revision, Paperback) – The Aasgaard Company

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05-19-2022, 11:39 AM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread SS Radio #160: Dr. Keith Nichols and TRT: Myths and Confusion in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

Here is a piece about environmental pollution and its ramifications: 'Polluted' babies, millions dead: Scientists sound alarm on global pollution

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