Simple Question about/for Mark; What did your routine look like when...

[SlevinsBrother]

Was wondering if anyone could tell me what Mark Rippetoe's routine looked like when this picture was taken. I'm assuming it wasn't the one outlined in his book, as that seems catered to beginners; and what I am looking at doesn't look like a beginner's physique.

[Mark Rippetoe]

What did my routine look like when Roger Estep's picture was taken? I wasn't training seriously in 1978, I wasn't logging my workouts then, and I don't remember. But what kind of a weird-ass question is this anyway?

[Adam Skillin]

What did my routine look like when Roger Estep's picture was taken? I wasn't training seriously in 1978, I wasn't logging my workouts then, and I don't remember. But what kind of a weird-ass question is this anyway?

And why would one assume that a book written for beginners was written by a beginner in the first place? The logical skills of this one are astounding.

[Drewcar]

Rip - when you lived on Croton, what made you decide to adapt the Bulgarian method for the ox-and-clean?

[Goatamon]

It has to be said, you two do look spookily similar. But I mean holy shit, I keep forgetting how big Estep was.


I'd imagine he's interested in knowing what kind of programming you were under when training seriously.

[Ernie623]

There are plenty of sites online that have that photo of Estep as you Rip. In fact if you go google images it's the second picture that pops up.

[curlrackhog]

What did my routine look like when Roger Estep's picture was taken? I wasn't training seriously in 1978, I wasn't logging my workouts then, and I don't remember. But what kind of a weird-ass question is this anyway?

Blame it on Brandon Gaille.

http://brandongaille.com/best-mark-r...uotes-alltime/

[Mark Rippetoe]

There are plenty of sites online that have that photo of Estep as you Rip. In fact if you go google images it's the second picture that pops up.

There are 250,000 books in print with my picture in all of them. So, who is Brandon Gaille, and why didn't he buy a book?

[meetch]

This picture gets mistaken for Rip far too often.

[Mark Rippetoe]

If it's gets mistaken for me ONCE, I am embarrassed. Roger Estep was a god. I have no business being confused with this mythological powerlifting icon.