{"id":4619,"date":"2021-05-20T10:20:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T16:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strengthsenseiinc.com\/?p=4619"},"modified":"2021-08-31T14:45:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T20:45:23","slug":"strength-sensei-bookshelf-starting-strength-basic-barbell-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strengthsenseiinc.com\/2021\/05\/20\/strength-sensei-bookshelf-starting-strength-basic-barbell-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Strength Sensei Bookshelf: Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Insight into a popular textbook on weight training basics<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t The Iron Game is full of strong personalities. Some good. Some bad. Some that just won\u2019t go away. Mark Rippetoe is all three. To say that Rippetoe is outspoken is a bit like saying a tiger is a large cat. He became one of the first to get a CSCS credential from the National Strength and Conditioning Association in 1985. Twenty-four years later, he announced that he would relinquish the credential because he did not like the direction the organization was taking. It would not be the first time Rippetoe has expressed controversial opinions. Consider these \u201cWhy do the arbiters of all things exercise \u2013 the members of the Physical Therapy profession \u2013 insist that injuries must be rehabbed in a way that is completely different from the way that the uninjured component functions? Why must they divide the body into its constituent components, figure out a way to make that isolated component function all by itself, and then base their rehabilitation exercises on this faulty analysis?<\/p> \u201cWhen does the \u201crotator cuff\u201d externally rotate the upper arm? When your Physical Therapist hands you the 3-pound dumbbell and carefully explains how to do it. What do these little muscles do the rest of the time? Sleep? Play poker? Why must an injured knee be rehabbed with \u2018quad sets\u2019 and knee extensions, when its function is to allow you to squat down and stand back up, walk, run, and serve as a place for your leg to bend?\u201d<\/p> And here are a few of his\u2026well, \u201cbrash\u201d statements that helped earn him a reputation as a strength coach who is not afraid to upset the applecart:<\/p> \u201cIf you insist on wearing gloves, make sure they match your purse.\u201d<\/p> \u201cThere is no such thing as \u2018firming and toning.\u2019 There is only stronger and weaker.\u201d<\/p> \u201cA squat cannot be performed on a Smith machine any more than it can be performed in a small closet with a hamster.\u201d<\/p> \u201cIf you are so inflamed that you can\u2019t train, and Ibuprofen and fish oil help with inflammation, maybe you\u2019d better take the Ibuprofen and fish oil.\u201d<\/p> As its name implies, Starting Strength<\/i> is about getting you started on the path to get \u201cBang your fists on your chest\u201d strong. Squats, bench press, deadlifts, power cleans, and military presses? You\u2019ve come to the right place. Crunches and triceps kickbacks? Wrong book.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Rippetoe is the author of Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training<\/i>, a total program book <\/span>that teaches the most result-producing barbell lifts to get strong. Written for a general <\/span>audience, it\u2019s a good starting point, especially for high school athletes. Now let\u2019s get back <\/span>to Rippetoe.
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Rippetoe was a powerlifter, retiring from competition in 1988. At that time, he switched <\/span>his focus to coaching at his gym, Wichita Falls Athletic Club. In 1997, his emphasis was <\/span>on weightlifting, and he had a great mentor in Bill Star, an international-level weightlifter <\/span>who wrote the Iron Game classic, The Strongest Shall Survive<\/i>.<\/span>
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controversial remarks he made about the physical therapy profession, which give you a glimpse into Rippetoe\u2019s personality:<\/p>