Training in the Time of COVID-19 by Carl Raghavan, SSC | May 19, 2020 In these trying times I, like all of you, am stuck with the million-dollar question: How do I train now? Are we gonna sit and watch more Netflix, drink more, and be even more sedentary? Yes. But we can’t be couch potatoes 24/7 – we have to find something productive to do. Continue reading
Learning From Marcus Aurelius During a Trying Time Amongst Trying Times by Daniel Oakes | May 12, 2020 The past few months, for me, and perhaps for you, have felt unbearably, perhaps almost comically, stressful. Continue reading
Knees Out in the Deadlift by stef bradford, PhD, SSC | May 06, 2020 The knees out movement is usually far more subtle in the deadlift than the squat since the toe point is more moderate, but the same benefits occur when we push our knees out in the deadlift. Continue reading
Keep Your Butt on the Bench by Mark Rippetoe | April 28, 2020 Why? you will ask. Standards, I respond. The bench press is enough trouble already, given that it is the only one of the five main lifts we use that is not performed standing in balance on the floor... Continue reading
Rack Pulls 101 by Nick Delgadillo, SSC | April 21, 2020 The first modification to most guys’ Starting Strength Novice Linear Progression will either be a change to deadlift programming or to press programming. And no matter which comes first, the second is always close behind. Continue reading
