I can teach idiots to squat in ten minutes. by Mark Rippetoe

I can teach idiots to squat in ten minutes.

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But a hot gym is where most of us have trained before. Learn to deal with it: more water, more minerals, bigger balls.

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I welcome you to the community of people who have decided that EA... by Mark Rippetoe

I welcome you to the community of people who have decided that EASY will no longer suffice!

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Strength is an excellent example of a physical characteristic that drives improvement in other athletic parameters. More strength means more power, more endurance, better coordination, and better everything else. This is why, all other things being equal, the stronger athlete is the better athlete.

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If every day of your life you are told by authority figures that the Earth is flat, you will be scared of falling off the edge whether you want to be or not.

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Start training yourself. You don't have to have been an elite lifter to be a good coach - I sure as hell wasn't. But you have to at least have been under the bar enough to know why wedon't look up at the bleeding ceiling when we squat!

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There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level ofmuscular stimulation and growththan the correctly performed full squat.

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I don't even like Greg Glassman. I don't have a cult like allegiance to the guy. I really don't like him. He's too hard to get on the phone and he doesn't drink my kind of scotch.

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There is no substitute for milk. Sorry. by Mark Rippetoe

There is no substitute for milk. Sorry.

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Exercise is not a thing we do to fix a problem - it is a thing we must do anyway, a thing without which there will always be problems

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I recommend against a wooden squat rack, for much the same reason that I recommend against a wooden car.

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Physical strength is the most important thing in life. This is tr... by Mark Rippetoe

Physical strength is the most important thing in life. This is true whether we want it to be or not.

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For young males that weigh between 150-200 lbs., deadlifts can move up 15-20 lbs. per workout, squats 10-15 lbs., with continued steady progress for 3-4 weeks before slowing down to half that rate. Bench presses, presses, and cleans can move up 5-10 lbs. per workout, with progress on these exercises slowing down to 2.5-5 lbs. per workout after only 2-3 weeks. Young women make progress on the squat and the deadlift at about the same rate, adjusted for bodyweight, but much slower on the press, the bench press, cleans, and assistance exercises.

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I recommend that you change colleges. by Mark Rippetoe

I recommend that you change colleges.

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Your muscles cannot get "longer" without some rather radical orth... by Mark Rippetoe

Your muscles cannot get "longer" without some rather radical orthopedic surgery.

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Your ideal body weight as an ectomorph at 6' 0" will be 214.378 lbs. There. Happy? And if you lose or gain a pound, I will have you killed. It is important to be ideal.

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Opinions are like phasers - everybody ought to have one. by Mark Rippetoe

Opinions are like phasers - everybody ought to have one.

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Women who do look like men have taken some rather drastic steps in that direction that have little to do with their exercise program.

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The spine is best at bearing a load in an arch by Mark Rippetoe

The spine is best at bearing a load in an arch

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Big arms are fun, and if their training doesn't interfere with the rest of the program, wait till everybody's gone, like I do.

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Since the trainee is both inefficient and unadapted, only a few basic exercises should be used, and they should be repeated frequently to establish the basic motor pathways and basic strength.

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