March 10, 2025
Beggars & Choosers
On Beginning Energy
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Perspective on Testosterone Therapy –
Dr. Wittmer returns to debate elements in testosterone substitute remedy, synergy with lifting and weight-reduction plan, and the significance of taking cost of your individual well being moderately than counting on the usual medical business. -
RPE – My Thoughts by Carl Raghavan –
RPE Is Not a Coaching System. RPE is commonly mistaken for a full-fledged methodology. In actuality, it’s only a subjective strategy to gauge depth, initially developed for cardiovascular testing and later repurposed for energy coaching… -
Developing Strength for Your First Chin Up –
Rusty explains how one can use negatives and assisted chins to organize for chins while you’re coaching to get robust sufficient to carry out your first full rep. -
Why We Don’t Push Press by Brent Carter –
The press and bench press type the muse of our higher physique energy coaching workouts at Beginning Energy. We don’t use the dumbbell press, nor the behind the neck press for a similar purpose… -
How To Sumo Deadlift The Starting Strength Way –
Beginning Energy Coach John Dowdy exhibits you how one can sumo deadlift the Beginning Energy approach. - Weekend Archives:
Strength Training & Stroke Recovery by Todd Peters –
It was Thursday, October twenty ninth, 2008 and I had night no-gi observe at my native Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu membership. My neck had been sore for a number of weeks, however anybody who has spent any period of time coaching in a grappling sport… - Weekend Archives:
Strength is Money in the Bank by Mark Rippetoe –
There are extra essential issues in life than cash. There’s household, studying, music and artwork, love and friendship, and your well being. There’s pleasure, laughter, ardour, triumph, the rebound from failure…
Within the Trenches
Ken pulls 80 kg for a easy set of 5 as he wraps up his Saturday morning coaching session at Testify Strength & Conditioning in Omaha, NE. [photo courtesy of Phil Meggers]
Petite and highly effective Harika Bandi hits the one plate milestone on her deadlift at Starting Strength Atlanta. What was once workset weights are actually warmups. [photo courtesy of Brent Duckett]
Energy coaching is protected and tremendously useful for all ages. Right here to show it’s Starting Strength Boston’s midday class with lifters (from left to proper) of their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. An ideal straight representing six many years of life. [photo courtesy of Stephen Babbitt]
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Better of the Week
Shoulder rehab case study
george_97
Hiya Rip i would like some recommendation on my rep vary for the Press and your ideas on my progress
im nonetheless following your shoulder case rehab and that i heat up based on sensible programming underneath warmup within the novice chapter. i begin the warmup with 5×10 on an empty bar (20 kg) after which i increment evenly in 3-5 units to 45 kg and that i do 5 reps at that weight for 3-5 units relying on how the shoulders really feel. I do that twice per week. i began with a 15 kg bar final 12 months eccentrically like within the youtube video for “shoulder case examine”. This has been occurring a number of months now. i nonetheless have some nagging shoulder ache that refuses to go away. i attempted performing some bench press (small and broad grip) and a few broad chins and the shoulder didn’t like that at ALL. i can handle shut grip supinated lat pulldown although. I deadlift and squat. That is about what i can do. Bench press hurts an excessive amount of proper now, and it is solely the bar.. it is anterior shoulder ache i am at present experiencing. MR confirmed no harm when i did it 6 months in the past. It’s going ahead but it surely’s actually sluggish progress.. i am questioning if increased rep vary can profit me indirectly or maybe supplementation like fish oil or one thing…
I nonetheless have ache in my left shoulder. Are you able to suggest me to extend the repetitions for extra blood circulation if i’ve some form of irritation/irritation or what would you alter in my state of affairs?
Mark Rippetoe
Perhaps a analysis is so as.
george_97
Do you suggest me to go to an orthopedist for one more MRI?
Mark Rippetoe
I see no analysis. “Ache” just isn’t a analysis.
Better of the Discussion board
RPE
Nockian
I carried out an advert hoc little bit of experimentation on a number of very skilled, superior lifters in my health club. One among them knew what RPE was and thought of it helpful, although he did not truly use it.
On the second set of the working set, I requested them to price their RPE. All of them estimated 7 or 8 which implies that they had 2-3 reps left within the tank. After a brief relaxation I requested them to see what number of reps they might truly obtain. The outcomes have been stunning, however in hindsight maybe they weren’t stunning in any respect.
What number of further reps do you suppose they did ?
Mark Rippetoe
Most likely 5. Perhaps 1. However not 2-3.
Nockian
Zero.
None of them might add a single rep, so their RPE was nicely out of whack. I think that for this reason skilled lifter will say RPE works for them. By underestimating the RPE, maybe they mentally put together to carry out at their higher limits. It is the previous adage of constructive pondering.
Conversely, from my very own private expertise, novices over estimate their RPE, as I think would those that have been mot as centered on progress.
RPE appears to be psychological trickery for centered, excessive reaching lifters to push their limits, while it’s an excuse for everyone else not to try this final heavy rep. In different phrases they’re all the time actively imagining they’re able to excess of they really are.
After all this was solely a tiny variety of lifters, it will be fascinating to see the way it utilized to bigger teams. Humorous that nobody had truly thought to test this out after all of the arguments.
Ivan Stepic
Will this be a brand new 11 web page thread about how Rip is an previous idiot that’s set in his methods and the way he is unwilling to embrace this new know-how we now have known as RPE?
Nockian is my favourite man for amusement.
Mark Rippetoe
Expertise! Goddamn! How did these youngsters get to be so stuffed with shit? They appear to simply consider something that reaffirms their self-satisfaction. And it’ll not be an 11-page thread, I guarantee you.
