When To Do the Lifts “Wrong” by Mark Rippetoe | September 22, 2020 Starting Strength is famous for it's dogmatic insistence that 1.) All squats must be done our way, 2.) everybody, without exception, must drink a gallon of milk a day, and 3.) it's okay if Rip is fat. This is all true, to a certain extent. But today, let's confine ourselves to the discussion of the form used in the barbell exercises. Continue reading
Grip Width on Pulls by stef bradford, PhD, SSC | September 16, 2020 Lifters commonly use too wide a grip in the deadlift and too narrow a grip in the clean. This can happen due to prioritizing comfort, copying other lifters, lax coaching, or rushing during setup. When both errors occur in the same lifter, there's a good chance he's also lost sight of the main focus of each lift and the impact that small differences in technique make as the weight gets heavy. Continue reading
Grip for the Pull by Mark Rippetoe | September 08, 2020 It has come to my attention that some of you people are reluctant to move to the hook or alternate grip as your deadlifts get heavier. You apparently think you'll be giving up grip strength if you do... Continue reading
Training in the Time of COVID-19: Part 2 by Carl Raghavan, SSC | August 26, 2020 Last you heard from me, I was doing some work with gymnastics rings and kettlebells. Well, that lasted all of six weeks, because exercise sucks. It doesn’t have a big-enough “why” to keep me motivated. What’s the point? Why am I doing this? To stay in shape? Round is a shape – how about I just stay round? Continue reading
Solitude by Jim Steel | August 25, 2020 I have always craved solitude. While I worked as a strength coach at the University of Pennsylvania for 20 years, I would go for maybe a month or so of working, and I'd start to feel this yearning to get away, for a reset of everything... Continue reading
