Coaching Question

[ChrisV25]

Mr. Rippetoe,

After following your program for some time, I have come to really enjoy lifting heavy weights and become stronger and more useful. However, I have come to some injury problems that have stalled out my progress. Each time, I reread SS and tried to drop weight and fix form issues as well as I could, and in turn the injuries resolved or were manageable, but now I seem to have hurt my back.
My strength gains have also suffered very seriously from the way I keep managing to hurt myself.
At this point, I don't want to waste anymore time trying to coach myself, getting hurt, and progressing slowly.
I'm thinking I need to be coached, and I believe I have read you say that some things just need to be coached.

Do you know of any good coaches you can recommend in the upstate New York area, around Ithaca (I can drive as far as Syracuse)? Alternatively, I will be home in Stamford for the summer, if you know of any good coaches in Connecticut or New York City.

Thank you,
Chris

[Mark Rippetoe]

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