The Starting Strength Channel | assistance lifts

Videos & Podcasts


Mark Rippetoe | August 26, 2024

Whether you’re recovering from an injury or managing training stress as a more advanced lifter, Rip shows you how to safely set up and perform box squats correctly, ensuring you get the most out of this lift.


Ricky Pinney | June 27, 2024

Chin-ups are a great ancillary exercise in the Starting Strength Program, but not everyone can perform a full chin-up. Ricky gives some practical tips to help you progress to a full bodyweight chin-up and reasons you'd want to add them to your program.


Ray Gillenwater, SSC | September 21, 2023

SSCs Ray Gillenwater and John Dowdy demonstrate the bench press with a close grip. The close-grip bench press is used as an assistance exercise, particularly if you have shoulder problems or are following an intermediate or advanced training program.


Mark Rippetoe | September 08, 2023

Rip discusses his article, The Inappropriate Use of the Rack Pull, and how coaches often use modifications to the basic lifts as a crutch instead of learning to fix technique issues.  

"Lumbar flexion needs to be corrected, but correcting it by using a position where it's not actually a problem is not a correction."


Ray Gillenwater, SSC | August 24, 2023

Starting Strength Coach Ray Gillenwater explains why and how to add partial movements like the rack pull when your deadlift progress slows down.




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