June 17, 2024
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On Starting Strength
Evolution of Military Fitness Training –
Rip talks to Grunt Proof about the evolution of military fitness training and how to best achieve combat preparedness through strength training. They emphasize the importance of strengthening normal movement patterns and explain how traditional endurance exercises like running can lead to injury and breakdown.
Are You Training Effectively For Your Sport? by Chris Olson –
My first “career gig,” well before becoming a Starting Strength Coach, was coaching competitive youth soccer. In the soccer world…
Avoid Squat Wrecks: Unracking and Racking Tips –
Rip explains the steps to safely unrack and rack a squat, covering everything from gripping the bar evenly and positioning your hands and wrists correctly, to centering the bar on your back. He also explains the correct way to step under the bar, maintain balance, and assume the proper squat stance. These tips will prevent accidents and improve your squatting technique.
How Starting Strength Beat My Arthritis –
Before training at Starting Strength Indianapolis, Collin experienced fatigue, lack of ambition and had arthritis flare-ups. Now, through consistent training and proper programming and coaching, he has found relief and has improved health and more energy.
IJGTWOT by stef bradford –
A statement often thrown around at the gym or in online discussions of training is “I’m just going to work on technique.” It’s one of two or three of…
Weekend Archives:
Is it Training or Exercise? by Lt. Col. Ryan Whittemore –
The Army’s FM 7-0, Training for Full Spectrum Operations, states, “Properly presented and executed training is realistic, safe, standards-based, well-structured, efficient, effective, and challenging.”
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The State of Strength & Conditioning Coaching by Mark Rippetoe –
This essay is about the state of the Strength and Conditioning profession in 2014, most of which is practiced in high schools, colleges and universities, and at the professional sports level…
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Best of the Week
Belt Placement After Laparoscopic Gallbladder Removal
mikiekimi
Two quick questions:I’m 14 days post-op, had my follow-up and naturally the surgeon said I have a 10lb restriction for another 14 days. I explained to him that I weight train, and that I would be returning in a few days with light weights (aggressive for him…probably conservative for Starting Strength) and after the discussion he shared that he was only concerned with one of my incisions where he had to place an extra stitch in the deep fascia. This incision is immediately to the left of my belly button. I also have another on the right of my belly button…another about 4 inches to the right of that one, and a 4th probably two inches below my left rib. All of those are stitch free.First question is on belt placement. I wear a 3 inch belt and it naturally sits below the navel and the incision points. I understand the nature of the repair is different than that of a hernia, and I’ve heard/read about you recommending a belt (or two) to wear over the incisions. For this situation is there any reason to adjust the belt to sit on top of the incisions that run “across” the belly temporarily as I work back up in weight due to the extra stitch?
Mark Rippetoe
My advice has been to wear an additional velcro belt above the normal placement of your 3-inch leather belt. If you wait 28 days, you are probably not going to hurt yourself. But chins are going to hurt for a couple of months. Most people don’t appreciate how much they hit your abs.
Best of the Forum
Towel pullups
Steven Kalin
Was wondering what the consensus was on these, specifically for grip strength? Worth doing, or just stupid?
Mark Rippetoe
How do you train them? Are you asking if they are better than deadlifts?
Mark E. Hurling
Other than for grip strength in some non-striking martial art, why do them? Those Judo people do love them some towel pull-ups.
Andrew Lewis
I can only speak for myself and the few anecdotes I’ve heard from friends, but they can fuck up your knuckles and wrists; especially if you do them with a balloon grip.Deadlifts and chins are just phenomenally better.Yeah, but judo people, in general, also don’t deadlift.