June 24, 2024
Musteloid Edition
On Starting Strength
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Deal with Your Back Pain –
Rip talks to Dr. Travis Jewett about his book Deal With Your Back Pain. They discuss the inevitability of back pain as well as understanding when it can be managed through strength training and when to seek medical intervention. -
Bicycling and the X Factor by Chris Ronan –
Why an article on strength training and cycling? Let me begin by zooming out on the encumbrances of hyper-analyzing high-performance sports in our modern era… -
The Search by Jim Steel –
I just got off the phone with my buddy Larry. He’s around 50 years old. He said that he was unhappy about a show that he enjoyed not being renewed… -
Zero Before You Lift by Stef Bradford –
Have you ever noticed a lifter, maybe even an experienced one, struggling to respond to cues during a lift and still failing to move into the right positions… -
My Cues are Not the Same as Your Cues by Carl Raghavan –
A client of mine inspired me to write about this topic after we discussed it during a recent training session. The gist of our discussion… - Weekend Archives:
Hips in the Press by Diego Socolinksky –
Forward hip movement in the initiation of the press has multiple purposes. First, it helps move the head out of the way of the bar… - Weekend Archives:
When To Do the Lifts “Wrong” by Mark Rippetoe –
Starting Strength is famous for it’s dogmatic insistence that 1.) All squats must be done our way, 2.) everybody, without exception, must drink a gallon of milk a day…
In the Trenches
Adam Martin, SSC, gives a tactile cue to the low back of Brian McGill at the Squat & Deadlift training camp at Starting Strength Atlanta. Brian and his wife, Kathy, drove over 300 miles from out of state to participate, and walked away with actionable changes to their technique and programming. [photo courtesy of Laura Martin]
Paula Molinari (second from left) shares a smile with Camisha Noble, SSC (far left) at a Squat & Deadlift training camp held at Starting Strength Atlanta. Also pictured: The Parker Sisters (left to right), Chase, Riley, and Chandler, who gave their father Dennis (not pictured) a Father’s Day weekend to remember by joining him at the camp.” [photo courtesy of Laura Martin]
Member Jason Bui sets a new deadlift PR of 330 lb for three sets of singles at Starting Strength Boston. [photo courtesy of Michael Shammas]
Meet Report
This year’s Testify Strongman Summer Showdown competition was held this past weekend in Omaha, NE and some of the action is highlighted below. The Epic Strongwoman award (Morgard the Manatee) went to Christine Miller, and the Epic Strongman award went to Wes Fuller. View full results.
At the 8th annual Testify Strongman Summer Showdown, Amanda cleans-and-presses the axle overhead with 105 lb and locks out her second attempt on the tire deadlift at 285 lb (she finished with 305 lb). This was Amanda’s first competition, and she’ll be competing in the annual IronFest in a few weeks, which is also held at Testify Strength & Conditioning in Omaha, NE. [photo courtesy of Phil Meggers]
Rob cleans-and-presses 255 lb on the axle for his third attempt at the Strongman Summer Showdown. Later, in the sandbag carry and truck pull medley, he finishes off the sandbag portion with both style and grace. [photo courtesy of Phil Meggers]
Paul locks out 485 lb on the tire deadlift for his second attempt (he finished with 505 lb) at the Strongman Summer Showdown and later faces off against Justin for maximum time in the farmer hold. [photo courtesy of Phil Meggers]
Geneva moves fast with 330 lb on the yoke walk and finishes up her day with the sandbag carry and truck pull medley. Geneva has competed in several Strongman Summer Showdowns and is already looking forward to next year’s event. [photo courtesy of Phil Meggers]
Get Involved
Best of the Week
Pull up vs chin up
Sstrpls
You mentioned on the revisiting the barbell row video that the under hand grip could hurt the shoulders. Any comments on the same subject regarding chin ups? Is the pull up more friendly to the shoulder joint than chin ups? Also which of the two helps bring the chest to the bar more efficiently? I mean mechanically and anatomically wise. Not like saying “the chin up helps you put more power to the movement, so you’re more likely to touch your chest to the bar”.
Mark Rippetoe
Refresh my memory: what exactly did I say about how a supine grip hurts the shoulders in the barbell row?
Sstrpls
Yeah I am talking bullshit. You mention the proximal bicep tendons. Not the shoulder. I have a bad shoulder so I probably heard what I wanted to hear. Does this mean there is no stress of the shoulder in either exercise? What about the range of motion part of the question ? So mkm5 you experience more shoulder pain in chin ups right?
Mark Rippetoe
Both of my long head bicep tendons are ruptured, and I do chins every week.
Best of the Forum
Deadlift Grip Failing
TheChubbyViking
Today marked the start of my 7th week on the NLP. Gripping the bar for Deadlift has become increasingly difficult over the past two weeks, but today was the first day that I genuinely couldn’t finish my fifth rep (250lbs) without the bar slipping out from my hands. (Yes, I am using chalk).
At this point, is it best for me to get some straps and use those for my last warm-up set and my workset, or should I first try using the hook grip?
I recognize that I almost certainly should have a sufficient grip strength to lift 250, but I don’t, so here we are.
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