August 18, 2025
Incentive Version
On Beginning Energy
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Books, Bars, and PRs –
Rip solutions questions from Beginning Energy Community subscribers and followers. -
Focus vs. Visualization by Carl Raghavan –
In energy coaching, there’s a time and place for each focus and visualization. And no, they’re not the identical factor… -
What is the Best Grip Width for the Clean & Press/Jerk? –
Grip width have to be balanced between the calls for of the pull, the rack, and drive wanted to finish the second a part of the raise – press or jerk. Stef Bradford and Josh Wells focus on after which present the variations between the positions for every raise. -
No One Cares About Your PRs by Phil Ringman –
One of many benefits of not starting weight coaching till later in life, versus beginning at a younger age, is that just about every little thing you do – a minimum of for some time – is a Private File… -
The Close-Grip Bench by Mark Rippetoe –
The close-grip bench is maybe the most typical help train for the bench press – an help train being outlined as a variation of the essential train… - Weekend Archives:
The York Barbell Series – Exhibitions by Invoice Starr –
Bob Hoffman was, before everything, a salesman. He constructed the monetary basis for his weightlifting empire by going from home to deal with promoting oil burners through the Despair… - Weekend Archives:
Strength and Prevention of Injuries by Mark Rippetoe –
Extremely-motivated highly-talented athletes will push themselves to the sting of their skills in an effort to win, since profitable is what athletes do. Profitable on the sector of play takes priority over every little thing else…
Within the Trenches
Starting Strength Atlanta has a busy platform devoted to the Olympic lifts. Lindsey Nelson takes her flip to coach her program’s name for the facility clear. [photo courtesy of Adam Martin]
Stephen is 70 years outdated and drives an hour and 45 minutes one method to prepare at Starting Strength Cincinnati. He views his memberships and the time spent within the automobile as an funding, and it is definitely paying off. Right here he’s locking out the final rep of a deadlift triple at 350 kilos. [photo courtesy of Nick Delgadillo]
Meet Report
Scott goes 3 for 3 on the evening and pulls a clean 380 lb for a PR third try on the current Deadapalooza occasion at Testify Strength & Conditioning. Scott competed alongside together with his son, Jacob, who additionally set a PR at 255 lb. [photo courtesy of Chris Charvat]
In his first Deadapalooza (and competing together with his dad!), Kyam goes 3 for 3 and units a PR with this third try pull of 375 lb. [photo courtesy of Chris Charvat]
Get Concerned
Better of the Week
Longer Rest Intervals
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This new article in The Journal of Energy and Conditioning studied 13 leisure lifters who did 5 units of squats and 5 units of bench press to failure, evaluating relaxation intervals of 4 minutes and eight minutes. The paper discovered that longer relaxation intervals produced higher features, and advocated alternating workout routines to permit longer relaxation between units of the identical train.
This is not the Beginning Energy routine, however I believe the advice for longer relaxation intervals matches Beginning Energy recommendation.
Mark Rippetoe
We don’t prepare to “failure.”
Jason Donaldson
The strategy of interleaving two completely different workout routines has been mentioned right here earlier than, particularly as a means of coping with restricted time within the fitness center. A method is to begin the warmups of the subsequent train between the work units of the present one. Interleaving the warmups and work units of two workout routines may also be executed, although this turns into more durable when the weights are heavy. The principle lifts all overlap to some extent or one other with one another.
As to size of rests between work units, the rule is to relaxation so long as it is advisable to be able to get the work set, however no extra, to keep away from cooling down. This can be a foundational idea within the technique, and evidenced by it being the primary of The First Three Questions.
Alexander Dargatz
Which I, as a psychiatrist, imagine is essential in additional methods than solely the physiological: We don’t prepare failure.
Better of the Discussion board
What works triceps more Bench Press or Press?
PrimalFish
I do know shut grip bench press is usually regarded as a tricep builder, however the press makes use of shut arms too and has a extra closed elbow angle. So I am stunned the press shouldn’t be regarded as extra of a tricep train then shut grip bench. Perhaps I am mistaken although, does bench or press use triceps extra?
Mark Rippetoe
During which of those workout routines is the triceps lifting a heavier weight?
MartinB
Is not the elbow joint rom a part of the equation?
I believe I misunderstood, I apologize however the writer appears to make use of “bench” and “shut grip bench” interchangeably within the title and within the put up. Obiouvsly the press and the CG bench have an identical rom across the elbow joint.
Yonason Herschlag
The query may be rephrased: will we bench greater than we press as a result of there may be extra muscle contribution past the triceps with the bench (pecs and lats), and due to this fact the triceps should not contributing any extra to the heavier raise than they do working within the press, or, are the triceps enabling heavier lifts within the bench as a result of they contribute extra as a result of the angle and positioning allows the triceps to contribute extra.
Mark Rippetoe
No, Rabbi, the query needs to be rephrased as, why will we bench greater than we press? Now we have already answered that for you, within the e-book.
MartinB
We bench extra as a result of it is a shorter kinetic chain however what does it must do with triceps? The triceps work extra within the bench than within the press due to the elevated weight however what concerning the ROM? How do you outline “work” executed by a muscle Rip? It would not appear a physics definition since drive shouldn’t be the one variable that defines work.
Mark Rippetoe
Aside from the truth that the triceps raise extra weight over a really barely shorter ROM (which varies with anthropometry), it would not have something to do with the triceps. I do not care concerning the triceps. If you care concerning the triceps, do LTEs.
