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June 12, 2023
Dandelion Wine Edition
Announcements
- Starting Strength Tampa will be hosting a women’s event on July 1st from 6-8 pm. SSC Jacob Pearce will teach you a lift, explain why it is important for women to lift, and then we will enjoy some local wine! Sign Up
On Starting Strength
- Training Bodyparts or Movement Patterns – Rip explains how our DNA dictates how we adapt to training, why big, strong men command more attention than small guys, and how getting strong improves aesthetics.
- How To Sumo Deadlift The Starting Strength Way – Starting Strength Coach John Dowdy shows you how to sumo deadlift the Starting Strength way.
- Mom, Coach, 300 lb Deadlifter – SSC from SS Austin, Andrea Mates, joins Ray on the podcast to discuss Andrea’s career change from teaching to coaching, why strength is essential for motherhood, body image, body composition, and her two pregnancies: one from before she started training and her most recent pregnancy as a strength trainee.
- Critical Technique Elements – Part 3: The Deadlift by Andrew Lewis – Each lift has technique elements that must be correct. Correctly following the five steps to a correct deadlift will produce a perfect deadlift set up every time, but…
- Barras Olímpicas – En este video, Hari, nuestro entrenador de Starting Strength en México, nos explica las bondades de la barra olímpica como herramienta para transformar nuestros cuerpos, algunas de sus características y otros datos interesantes. También nos comparte consejos de mantenimiento para este gran instrumento.
- Weekend Archives: A Pilot Study of Strength Training in the Memory-Impaired Elderly by Inna Koppel – It was my responsibility to teach participants – both those who had no cognitive impairment and those with memory problems and dementia – how to strength train in the structured environment of an assisted living facility.
- Weekend Archives: Exercise, Government-Style by Mark Rippetoe – The National Institute for Health operates a subdivision they call the National Institute on Aging, apparently charged with, among other very important things, the task of amusing us…
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Best of the Week
Bulk, cut or recomp?
DDH2026
I’m an intermediate lifter training for Strongman. My stats are 6’1, 210, 22% body fat. My deadlift max is 445 and my press max is 185. I’d like to be much heavier but I’ve seen a recommendation of 15-20% body fat so I’m not sure what to do.
Mark Rippetoe
You are not an intermediate lifter with these numbers. You cannot possibly be finished with your novice progression, and I seriously doubt you’re at 22%.
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If people understood athletics.
Griffin727
Do you feel that if everyone understood that pro sport athletes, say NFL for example, won the genetic lottery that less people would watch pro sports. I feel like pro sports and the media sell a narrative that hard work and self belief will get you anywhere you want to be. It’s the same crap they use when they say to be the best you don’t need steroids. We know that the only reason Tyreek Hill runs a 4.2 and has 40 inch vertical is genetics and of course working out some, but no more than your hardcore gym member. But obviously your gym member doesn’t run a 4.2 or jump over 3 feet in the air. I feel high school athletes, especially the parents, need to understand this. Hard work doesn’t ensure success. Yet you have these coaches saying I’ll take hard work over talent.
Mark Rippetoe
It is possible that a hard-working athlete of above-average talent can get further in athletics than a lazy freak athlete. But it’s not likely, everybody knows this, and statements by coaches must be kept in perspective — they’re not very intelligent people, and they may have other reasons for saying patently false platitudes.
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