The Correct Use of Fractional Plates by Mark Rippetoe | February 15, 2022 People keep posting questions on the forums about their bench and press that lead me to strongly suspect they are trying to take 5lb/2.5kg jumps long after they shouldn't be. Continue reading
Online Coaching Services and When To Utilize Them by Rebecca Skinner, SSC | February 08, 2022 It’s no surprise that Starting Strength Coaches will tell you that in-person coaching is an invaluable experience. Coaches conducting in-person sessions can provide immediate feedback and verbal, visual, and tactile cueing to get a lifter moving in accordance with the lifting models quickly. This saves time: the faster the lifter can learn technique correctly, the faster the progress...[b]ut what do you do if you aren’t close to a Starting Strength Coach, Starting Strength Gym, or Starting Strength Affiliate? Continue reading
Simplicity by Daniel Oakes | February 01, 2022 Most thinkers are preoccupied with what the will is, whereas Rippetoe is concerned with how to best apply it. Instead of waffling on, he cuts through the mental masturbation and helps us by providing a basic premise – something with which we can all finally build upon... Continue reading
The Time Between Sets by Andrew Lewis, SSC | January 18, 2022 Five minutes seems like a long time when you're not doing anything. The five minutes between sets can be made productive, but it's important that when the time comes to do the next set, you do it. Don't get distracted by all the nonsense a phone can provide. Here are a few things you can do between sets to make 5 minutes feel faster... Continue reading
One Year of Low Volume Training by John Petrizzo, DPT, SSC | January 11, 2022 As the years have gone by, like most of us, the available time that I have to train has become more and more compressed. I have always worked multiple jobs...[i]n the fall of 2020 my wife and I welcomed the birth of our son. At the same time my mother was dealing with complications from a stage-4 cancer diagnosis. To say that life stress was at an all-time high and available time to train was at an all-time low would be an understatement. Continue reading
