When you finally decide to get stronger you’re in a mental state of mind of both readiness and acceptance. It takes a while to get there and some never do, while for others, they wax and wane in and out of the mentality. Having to miss scheduled training days due to external conflicts can […]
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2015 Starting Strength Fall Classic Results
This Saturday, Oct. 24th marked the first ever Starting Strength Fall Classic (previously the October Iron Fest). Forty-eight lifters from all over the upper-Midwest (Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, and Iowa) traveled to Chicago to compete at Bucktown CrossFit. Meanwhile, this same weekend, at seven other gyms across the nation hundreds of lifters were […]
Starr Rehab Protocol for Muscle Injury
Starting Strength pioneer, Mark Rippetoe addresses a frequently asked question about muscle injury and rehab in his #AskRip video. I figured many of you may have the same type of question rolling around in your head and wanted to share with you the details of the Starr Rehab Protocol created by Bill Starr. Keep […]
How to Have a Body Like a Caveman
Remember those old Saturday Night Live skits with Phil Hartman as the Caveman Lawyer? He used to always say, “I’m just a caveman and your whole flashy world frightens me,” right before he delivered a stereotypical lawyer statement such as, “hunting food is easier for me than hunting for a good Interior Decorator in Manhattan.” […]
3 Suggestions for Motivating Your Friends or Family to Start Strength Training
Last month Mark Rippetoe of Starting Strength started a thread in a forum challenging people in the strength training community to get the people in their everyday lives started on a strength training program. Somewhere along the way Jordan Feigenbaum of Barbell Medicine dubbed September as Strength Month to follow-up on that challenge. I couldn’t […]