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Yesterday, 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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Yesterday, 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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Yesterday, 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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Yesterday, 06:38 PM

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

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Yesterday, 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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Yesterday, 11:36 AM

Mark Rippetoe started a thread The Contemporary Texas Kitchen: Venison with a Bleu Cheese Wine Reduction Sauce in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

Venison with Bleu Cheese and Wine Reduction | Contemporary Texas Kitchen

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Yesterday, 11:30 AM

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

The bar is moving forward off the floor, not straight up. Start there.

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Yesterday, 11:21 AM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread Squat Form Check in Technique

All the standard shit is wrong: back too vertical, the accompanying knee slide, late/little hip drive, weight too forward on the feet.

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Yesterday, 11:04 AM

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

And it's still there, as of now.

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05-18-2022, 03:53 PM

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

Best summary so far. Read the whole thing. This is particularly offensive:

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05-18-2022, 02:01 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread The Movies in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

If it's anything like The Lighthouse, I won't be interested.

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05-18-2022, 12:41 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread Herniated disc in Managing Injuries

Then stop pulling from the floor and switch to rack pulls while it heals.

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05-18-2022, 12:21 PM

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

This has been discussed recently. Look it up.

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05-18-2022, 11:40 AM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread Bench Pad Width in Gyms & Equipment

The SS Bench is 10 inches wide. If you want to use a 14-inch pad to help your rebound against your triceps out of the bottom, fine with me, but...

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05-18-2022, 11:38 AM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread Herniated disc in Managing Injuries

How do squats/presses feel?

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05-18-2022, 11:29 AM

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

How about if he takes the rack pull from 425 to 625? Does it help then? Yes, low back was round off the floor. No way to lock that out.

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05-18-2022, 11:26 AM

Mark Rippetoe started a thread Barry Charles: Better Than Some, Worse Than Others in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

Better Than Some, Worse Than Others: A Strength Odyssey | Barry Charles

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05-17-2022, 11:20 AM

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

How about if he goes to 425?

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05-17-2022, 11:13 AM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread Squat form check in Technique

You are. Slows the bar down.

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05-17-2022, 11:10 AM

Mark Rippetoe started a thread Rip: Don't Artificially Limit Your Lifts in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

Don't Artificially Limit Your Lifts | Mark Rippetoe

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05-16-2022, 05:51 PM

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

Where do you live, so we don't go there?

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05-16-2022, 12:29 PM

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

Here's some helpful advice from the mental health experts: Seven Ways to Change from a Human Doing to a Human Being | Psychology Today Just...

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05-16-2022, 12:04 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread Novice Masters Squat Selection in General Programming

Through 16 years of seminars, we have never found it necessary to use a box squat for any novice lifter.

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05-16-2022, 12:01 PM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread Squat form check in Technique

Look at what you did with your chest on rep 4 and 5. Note the bar speed.

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05-16-2022, 11:56 AM

Mark Rippetoe replied to a thread Halting deadlift form check in Technique

The difference between them is too subtle, as you have discovered.

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05-16-2022, 11:53 AM

Mark Rippetoe started a thread SS Gyms Podcast: David Heon MD in Tulsa deadlifts 520 at 59 in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

A Surgeon that Deadlifts 520 pounds at Age 59 | Starting Strength Gyms Podcast #15

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05-16-2022, 11:22 AM

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

Professor Grantham's assumption has always been that there are no other treatments than the "vaccines." He's just doing his job, as he perceives it....

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05-15-2022, 10:34 PM

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

1. What are the criteria for "confirmed"? This is terribly critical, since 660,000 people die from heart disease every year in the US, and this is...

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05-15-2022, 08:57 PM

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

How many people have been killed by "omicron"?

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