When the Barbell Hates You Back: A Neurotic Lifter’s Survival Guide by Bre Acosta | June 25, 2024 Here’s the harsh truth: your worth is not measured by a single lift. It took me seven years to figure that out. I am still fighting with myself to this day, and I wanted to share my experience, so that others may have some insight. Continue reading
Zero Before You Lift by stef bradford, PhD, SSC | June 20, 2024 Have you ever noticed a lifter, maybe even an experienced one, struggling to respond to cues during a lift and still failing to move into the right positions? If you do, take a moment to pay extra attention to the start position. An improper set up not only begins the movement from the wrong position, creating an extra mechanical problem to solve, but it can also alter a lifter’s perception of where his body is in space since the reference position that he moves in relation to is out of alignment – his “zero” is wrong. Continue reading
Five Years On: Why I’m Still a Member at Starting Strength Dallas by Tom Brunell | June 04, 2024 Five years ago, on the advice of a close friend I bought the blue book, because at 51 years old I found myself straining to accomplish some everyday tasks. Getting up off the floor required far more time and effort than it should have. Walking up one or two flights of stairs would have me wheezing. I was weak and I needed to do something about it... Continue reading
A Change of Perspective by Terry Brown | April 02, 2024 My plan was simple: I’d stick to the program for a month to try it out, and if I wasn’t happy with the results, I’d just try something else. It wasn’t like I’d been making stellar progress to date anyway. In my eyes I had nothing to lose. With just a hint of skepticism, I approached my self-assigned one-month challenge. Continue reading
Rose-Ann Gets Strong at 99 by Michael Shammas, SSC | January 23, 2024 I want to share with you the story of Starting Strength Boston’s oldest member, Rose-Ann. She turned 99 years old on September 18th of 2023, which I believe makes her the oldest member within SS gyms, and probably the oldest barbell trainee in the world. Continue reading
