Over at Starting Strength Mark Rippetoe interviewed Kirk Karwoski. Mark calls Kirk the greatest squatter of all time. Bar none, for style, strength, balls, depth, power, and color. Duration: 1 hour
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Listen To Your Body Mark Rippetoe Quote
Listen to your body, especially if you don’t like what it is telling you.– Mark Rippetoe (via)
Mark Rippetoe Interview on PJTV
Here is a 11 minute Mark Rippetoe interview on PJTV. “The Ironpundit: The Secrets of Strength and Barbell Training”
"More than just wellness" Mark Rippetoe Quote
Another Mark Rippetoe quote. This time from Strong Enough? If your expectations are always those of someone content to live without physical challenge, then when it comes time for mental, moral, or emotional challenge you fail to meet it because you are out of practice. Meeting and overcoming obstacles are skills that can be honed, as opposed to […]
Mark Rippetoe Squat Quote
Here is a Mark Rippetoe quote on squats from Starting Strength 3rd Edition. “There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that provides the level of central nervous activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading and bone density enhancement, muscular stimulation and growth, connective tissue stress and strength, psychological demand and toughness, and […]
Mark Rippetoe on the Squat Bar Position
Mark Rippetoe on Squat Bar Positions. This is another valuable lesson. He covers everything you probably ever want to know about proper grip for low-bar squat. Grip all of the weight of the bar is on the body, not the arms. lowest point where the bar can stabily be carried wrists and elbows not under […]
Mark Rippetoe and the Overhead Press
Some clips of Mark Rippetoe talking about the Press. Press Review Weighted Press, Part I Weighted Press, Part II Weighted Press, Part III Press Instruction, Part 1 Press Instruction, Part 2 Press Instruction, Part 3 Press Posture Question Basic Positions Hand Positions
Fixing The Donkey Kick
Here is Mark Rippetoe on the Donkey Kick (aka CrossFit Jump). The Donkey Kick is a misguided attempt to make explosions happen faster.If you have to do this, it’s a bunch of wasted effort, because a whole bunch of energy got expanded moving your feet around that didn’t make the bar go up.We want to […]