Mark Rippetoe
Trust me, if you do an honest 20 rep program, at some point Jesus will talk to you. On the last day of the program, he asked if he could work in.Collection: Jesus
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.Collection: Mean
The full-range-of-m otion exercise known as the squat is the single most useful exercise in the weight room, and our most valuable tool for building strength, power, and size.Collection: Exercise
But a hot gym is where most of us have trained before. Learn to deal with it: more water, more minerals, bigger balls.Collection: Water
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.Collection: Fun
I like musicianship, and it's quite lacking in most modern popular music. You're always safe with old Chicago, the Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule, or Tower of Power.Collection: Brother
I welcome you to the community of people who have decided that EASY will no longer suffice!Collection: People
You don’t get to mis-define a thing, and then on the basis of that mis-definition, say that that thing is bad … it’s incumbent upon you, if you’re going to make a criticism of something, that you actually have at your command a working definition of the thing you're criticizingCollection: Criticism
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!Collection: Training
What we're trying to do is get things fixed, not allow them to stay broke.Collection: Trying
History tells us what works in the gym, and everything else walks down the road with a carrot in its ass.Collection: Ass
Physical strength is the most important thing in life. This is true whether we want it to be or not.Collection: Things In Life
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.Collection: Fall