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Before I was a coach, I was a janitor at MIT. I worked mostly at night and would go around the building solving complex math equations while I cleaned. One day I got caught and was forced to go talk Robin Williams every week about my feelings as punishment. Mostly we talked about…
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The Barbell Prescription features in the New York Times this week! Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since we wrote this! nytimes.com/2025/07/26/wel…
This @nytimes story about "older" (>40y) people lifting is wonderful (and a brilliant idea) - and I guess @SS_strength's secret is out, as Dr. J. Sullivan's book "The Barbell Prescription" has been shared for years like samizdat among enthusiasts... nytimes.com/2025/07/26/wel…
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I remember you telling me about when Rip looked through your file of fitness stuff you used to do. And then he looked at you and said “son, all this silly bullshit…it’s not your fault.”
Oh look. The shoulders aren't directly over the bar when it comes off the ground. Someone let Squat Community College know he's wrong again.
Hip position when he starts pulling Vs Hip position when the bar breaks off the floor The Standard Pulling Position on display
Hey @grok who is the weakest person that’s blocked me?
"I told myself that if the science got me out of there, insofar as it was up to me, I would do everything to keep this train moving, physically and mentally. I knew then that even I was not arrogant enough to think I would ever 'beat' cancer, but I would do everything in my power…
Weekend Archives: Training Through Leukemia startingstrength.com/article/traini…
Weekend Archives: Training Through Leukemia startingstrength.com/article/traini…
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Video request: Would like to see Rip demonstrate this one:
Top of the line, primo bolt and bolt carrier offerings from LMT with actual NSNs (aka military heritage) are in stock and available from us now. LMTFLASH takes 15% off through the weekend
Pulled 270kg at Globo-Gym 🏋️♂️ — way more whip than usual, clips barely holding on 😬 Flashback to Bariloche 🇦🇷 where a cheap bar nearly came apart mid-pull. Being too strong for bad bumpers isn’t cool—it’s dangerous. ⚠️
2 “Small” Changes That Unlock Big Squat Gains @SS_strength testifysc.com/articles/2-sma…
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
Q&A Episode - Trolling Rip, Grip, and Mace or Warhammer? | Starting Strength Radio #327 startingstrength.com/video/q-a-epis…
Q&A Episode - Trolling Rip, Grip, and Mace or Warhammer? | Starting Strength Radio #327 startingstrength.com/video/q-a-epis…
Autoregulation via RPE was invented to solve a real problem: sufficiently advanced lifters noticed their performance, daily readiness, whatever you want to call it, wasn't perfectly predictable but fluctuated depending on recent training, life stress, recovery factors etc. It was…
It takes a certain kind of brutally honest masochist to accurately gauge RPE and that is probably not you. Just program your lifts ahead of time and don’t give up on it.