Hey guys, the key words to this video are 'intro' and 'progression.' if you were to teach anyone how to squat this is how you start. This is not all of the information, simply a baseline. No coach will ever recommend that you lift your butt up and then do a good morning to stand up.
@xmattyb123x Hey guy, you're fucking WRONG. Rip is a master at this stuff, and this is quoting verbatim directly from his book Starting Strength: "After you’ve established the bottom position, come up out of the bottom by driving your butt straight up in the air. UP, not forward. This movement keeps your weight solidly over the whole foot instead of shifting it to the toes. Think about a chain hooked to your hips, pulling you straight up out of the bottom." Now stfu and learn.
At 1:18 what muscle does Rippetoe say that is? The one he is pointing to with his finger. It sounds like he said "this is the center" but I'm not sure...
as a collegiate strength and conditioning coach and hear this guy teach a squat technique...... this is TOTALLY wrong. You are not suppose to put that much lean that much over b/c you would put too much mass on your lumbar portion of your spine.
@dmmiles84 I would love to see your publications, books, seminars, your powerlifting background. I have seen several players careers ruined by a piss poor strength and conditioning coach. Either they were taught wrong from the get go, or they misinterpreted the information taught to them. This guy has been teaching this stuff since 1980 has more than likely helped write the program or some portion you followed to get your certificate.He COACHES coaches
omfgggggggggg im only 15 and im not that massive and I thought it was going to be much easier than this when I heard people say that I should do squats to increase my thigh muscles -.-"
I'm on 120kg at the moment, but I have a cheap bench thats only intended for bench press. I have to get right down and use my back a bit to squat it out of the fucking thing, am I going to do myself damage?
@Murphy4709 if you do heavy lifts from a position like that maybe, heavy for you that is, try to bend your knees and go down further for unracking it instead of bending forward with your back
@aalexcp He basically means that his knees aren't flaring out. You could draw a straight line from the crease of his hips, along his thighs, across his feet. If they were NOT parallel, then his knees would be flaring, and damaging them and the adductors.
He probably meant to say "his thighs are in line with his feet", but he used parallel.
most people find their knees passing toes so that they can go to parallell or beyond. and that's ok as long as you're keeping tension on your hamstrings, so that your knees won't be overloaded, and focus on the hip drive.
@MutsuKazuma upside down pullups. Basically I'm not trying them again until I can get stronger all around because I have weak spots in the posterior chain.
@oggleman yes rippetoe is an idiot, he says you should focus on zour lower back, instead zou should focus on zour legs heals an lower abs to not fuck up zour back.
@veryfuck rippetoe is an idiot yet you can't fucking type the letter 'y' in your words. retard. additionally, he has over 25 years of coaching experience, and has a senior coaching certification by USA weight lifting. He has a published book on fpower lifting as well as a DVD. what the fuck do you have to call him an idiot beside an incredibly stupid opinion and lack of knowledge?
@JFSKO get cancer in your balls!! now fuck off, i dont care anything about what he did and how much he coaches, fact is he gives bad advice writing books and typing the letter y correctly has nothing to do with that
. now fuck of again zou stupid cunt. and think about that y and z mazbe zou get intelligent some time.
@veryfuck Thanks for making my point seem even stronger dip shit. When you post a non sensical stupid excuse for a response like that disagreeing with Rippetoe it only strengthens his arguments. If someone as stupid as you disagrees with him, it is going to make everyone with an IQ over 53 agree with Rippetoe ten times more.
@oggleman You could be right. Since I pay less attention to my squats i lean more forward as ussual and now i feel a strange feeling around the disc of my knee's. I also tried to improve my squats by standing wider, could this be a problem for the knees?
@oggleman Absolutely man, simply saying "it is OKay to lean forward" trains and creates a faulty recruitment of muscles and therefore incorrect movement pattern. This is what will lead to the points you alluded to. Plus in all of his videos he nevers mentions deep contraction of the Transverse Abdominus (TVA)...He is just another old school trainer.
@pwt1969 If you squat right you will be deeply contracting your TVA and just about every other muscle in your body, including some that medical science has yet to discover.
Rippetoe is the guy other trainers and coaches go to learn from. He can be a bit rough around the edges, but as others said he knows his stuff. Just because he doesn't look like Arnold in his prime doesn't mean he's dumb on the topic. I doubt Casey Stengel could run to 1st base without falling over in his later years, but as a baseball manager he was one of the best. Often the best atheltic teachers look like the Pillsbury dough boy.
@skatetodestroy1 A persons physical fitness has no correlation to how much they know about physical fitness. I'll remind you that knowledge is kept in the brain, not the muscles. Rippetoe is well versed in working out both. Listen to him.
@Condeycon Agreed. Often those that know most about how to "teach" their area of expertise, usually aren't or were not the "best" in that field. Take Jimmy Schmitz for example. His personal bests in Olympic lifts were never really great in terms of record settings. But he is one of the best trainers in Olympic lifts and was the US Olympic team coach three times.
@GarrettP8 I'm not taking away from Rippetoe's achievements as a lifter but my point remains the same. Just because someone doesn't lift doesn't mean they don't know anything about lifting. There are a lot of Olympic athletes who hardly know a thing about the finer points of their respective sports and rely heavily on the knowledge and advice of their less physically adept but more knowledgeable coaches.
@Condeycon And by that same token, just because someone isn't ripped like some roided out bodybuilder, doesn't mean they aren't strong and doesn't mean they don't lift on a serious basis.
@skatetodestroy1 Because he focuses on powerlifting, not bodybuilding. He doesn't care how he looks, he cares how much he lifts. Rippetoe's a strong motherfucker. He probably deadlifts fully grown oak trees.
The book is called "Startling Strength." Another volume, "Practical Programming for Strength Training," is more advanced, and should be read after SS. Both are excellent examples of applied physiology and exercise science scholarship.
I guess I should have expected a few ignorant responses from the Ripptoe fan club when I commented... Perhaps when you explore some other methods of doing things, you might better understand what I'm talking about...
I've read "Starting Strength." As an athlete, doctor and physiologist, I find it one of the most thoughtful expositions on exercise I have ever read. His citations need work, but that is a quibble. Rip has clearly thought deeply about his subject matter. His book integrates solid anatomy, biophysics, kinesiology, experience and a no-nonsense, safety-first attitude into a comprehensive volume that you simply have to read. Ditto the DVD. Sorry, naysayers--the burden of proof is on you, not Rip.
@sullydawg To the one person who managed a mature response, I have not read his book, so I can only speak on articles I have read and footage seen. I agree his ideas have been thought out, and like I said, for the most part they are valid. However, as a Kinesiologist, Athletic therapist, and studying Physiotherapist, and having competed in national level olympic weight lifting, there is much about what he does that is flawed, but I guess its splitting hairs at this point. I'll agree to disagree.
Like I said, hes not a bad coach, hes just way overrated in my opinion. People who take his course think hes the king because they usually haven’t explored other ways of doing things. There is no one right way to do a squat for everyone, or one right way to do a deadlift or bench or almost any compound exercise. and there is no one perfect program. This is because everyone’s ideal anatomical position is slightly different, and we all start with different strengths and weaknesses
I wouldn’t go as far as to say this guy doesn’t know shit. But he definitely has a few interesting ideas as to how to execute a lot of the major lifts.
Firstly you don’t need to be "The Best" to be a world renown coach, people just have to know who your are. Second, the people he typically teaches are not exactly experts in the field, and those who are experts would rarely take his course, so that contributes to why so many people think he’s so great after following his teachings.
@Discostar12 Why would people know who he is? He's not unbelievable strong, he doesn't endorse supplements, doesn't conform to the popular bodybuilding hear-say so the only reason I can think why he would be known is because his methods work and work really well. Why would "experts" (and by this I'm assuming you mean educated AND strong) use a beginner program? Workout to workout progress is not realistic to someone who is benching 300, squatting 400 and pulling 500.
@jt339 Perhaps people would know him because he is on Youtube, or maybe because has aligned himself with CrossFit which does do quite a bit of marketing? That statement was ment to point out that many people are famous, but that’s not a measure of credibility. I'm not saying he knows nothing.
@jt339 When I mentioned the lack of experts in his courses, it was ment to make the exact same point you did. It’smuch easier to look good as a coach with beginners because there is so much of the performance curve left to achieve. Most half decent coaches will look like gods in the first 6 months if you give them a committed beginner.
He has been challenged on many occasions regarding his ideas about how to correctly execute many of the major olympic lifts. For the most part, his ideas are correct. Drive with the hips, power from the glutes, this is all basic. But that’s about as far as his knowledge goes. He is stubborn and set in his ways, and that prevents him from taking a step back to understand how some of his methods can be very damaging on the body in ways that are unnecessary to achieve strength, power, and growth.
Does anyone actually care if their joints hurt if they've increased their squat and deadlift from 115 to 315 for 3x5 and 405x1 respectively in 4-6 months? Most people will never hit those numbers in a lifetime, much less half a year. Take a couple weeks off and use some fish oil. Problem solved. I'm hard pressed to believe you'll find any program that produces results faster for beginners than SS.
@jt339 There are many programs that can match those numbers. Again when you are working with beginners its not hard to make gains if you are dedicated. I have achieved it with many clients, some just this past summer. You dont need anything special. You can do it on a Big3, Push pull, or a bodybuilder 5 day split if you wanted.
And when I was talking about damage to the body I wasnt refferening to a little bit of joint pain. I was talking about the unnessisary potential for long term injury.
@jiggaboo904 neither of two, but you are still stupid for saying that rippetoe doesnt know squat technique and shit. you know better? how come you are not a world known coach and he is?
I've been working on my squat form for some time now and this video helped ALOT especially the part where he emphasizes the lower back and "ass" haha As soon as i started doing it right i felt it BIG TIME. A lower back pump feels really weird. Squats are amazing.
I've been using the techniques from this video for a few weeks now and have already began to gain strength and flexibility. Squats are becoming one of my favorite exercises now that I am doing them properly. Thanks for posting the videos, I hope to see more soon.
@sonofmyrighthandbjh its a reference point so you can tell depth. if ur looking ahead (usually in a mirror) you cant perceive depth as well. Looking in front of you at the floor gives you better feedback.
@AlderMcGregor I've never seen Dave Camarillo fight inside the cage, but his fighters - Fitch, Koscheck, Swick, and Valaquez are pretty darn good at it. I've never watched Angelo Dundee compete in the ring, but Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Sugar Ray Leonard all did pretty well under his direction. You ever watch Duke coach Mike Kryzewski play basketball? What about Laker's coach Phil Jackson?
Great instructional .. .. but how come no-one noticed the guy using his weights to club someone to death in the background? I mean his shadow is in plain view!
Jeezus! Wrong! You're supposed to drive your hips up UNDER your chest/shoulders, not behind them first. Behind them is a Good Morning, not a squat. I don't care if he changes it after, he shouldn't get people in this frame of mind. With some serious weight, this is a good way for someone's ass to come up first, and the bar to go down to the squat supports. A squat is NOT a good morning.
I'll repeat, a good morning's bottom position is what his form is gonna end up putting someone in when trying to use serious weight, their ass in the air, and the bar on the squat supports. That's a good morning's bottom position. I don't care who the guy is. Find me someone else who explains for the ass to come up first rather than driving the hips up under the load.
@Masinacastle Your wrong! when you look up it takes your spine out of alignment and it takes away from you squat head forward and fix at a point where you keep your neck in line with your spine. Watch AND LEARN FROM A MASTER!!!!!
Thank you Mr. Rippetoe, this was my missing key to a successful squat! I was wondering why I could not drive out of the bottom, b/c I was lifting my chest first. After watching this, I was able to drive 230 lbs for 10 reps and makes me confident I can go much higher than this and not get stuck at the bottom!
This is probably the most useful video anyone could watch to permanently improve their weightlifting quality and success forever. It's all in your squats and this is exactly how to do it right.
starting strength: basic barbell training ny rippetoe and kilgore. if you only own one weight training book, you could do a lot worse than this masterpiece
@ 1Bers, make sure you are looking slightly up for the entire squat - if you look down you will lean forward. Find something to look at which is slightly above eye level, and look at it for the entire time.
@masinacastle : I'm usually looking at myself in the mirror to make sure I'm going deep enough, so that's a horizontal level. Thanks for your tip, I'll apply it next workout. I'm also considering to change my stiffed leg deadlifts with goodmornings.
Actually, rippetoe advises to find a spot BELOW eye level, about 10 feet in front of you. If that happns to be a wall, then look at a spot on the wall.
Please know what you're talking about before giving advice -__-
I would slow down this motion "the drive" and practice it in front of a mirror, SLOWLY lowering and raising, making sure you're hitting every point of the motion. Your body will adjust and your stabilizer muscles will adapt. Time and patience are needed!
whew. and i thought something was wrong w/ my squat. so the back angle REALLY DOES CHANGE W/ HIP DRIVE. and i was doing everything NOT to change the angle. @_@
I'm waiting for his book as a Christmas Present, and I know he is an olympic coach too, but does this work with overhead squats or highbar? thanks-Dave
Best coach, hands down. Read his book. It's much more detailed and a must have for anyone looking at doing serious bodybuilding exercises without getting injured.
This is one of the dumbest comments I have ever heard from someone who hasn't payed much attention to the book. This is a great comment actually, until the phrase "bodybuilding exercises" comes into play. Nothing Mark Rippetoe ever says will explain a bodybuilding exercise. Mark Rippetoe is a power lifter, and he despises fags who go to gym to do bicep curls and "bodybuild." Get your terminology down.
It's semantics. Flaming me for that is just dumb. And your "He despises fags who go to gym to do bicep curls and bodybuild" is even worse. First, that might be true, but to me it seems you're just interpreting his thoughts. Second, why on earth should bodybuilders be fags? Why should power lifting be better than bodybuilding? As long as you're happy with your discipline and do it the right way.
Bottom line, his explanations are the best for the exercises he shows. IMHO.
Why should bodybuilders be fags? Why should power lifting be better than bodybuilding?
Let's start off with bodybuilding is completely vain and serves no purpose other than to greaten one's own ego. A bunch of guys on stage wearing thongs with spray tan and oil? Give me a break. Secondly, power lifting is better than bodybuilding because it develops the body the way it was supposed to be developed, with compound movements.
What you're saying is biased and makes no sense at all. Bodybuilding is not only what you're describing. It's an activity like so many others. Ego or not, so what? What's so wrong about that? I love those simplistic approaches of things. It's like people saying soccer is dumb: 22 people running after a ball. It's also like people trying to prove a martial art is better than another.
Whatever you do, do it right. That's what matters. And yes, compound movements are more efficient.
@MrKuken911 whilst these exercises can and should be used as the basis for any serious bodybuilding routine, that's not their sole purpose. I think "weight lifting" (not the sport), "compound" or "strength" would be a more suitable term.
and best coach? at what? major respect to rippetoe for his coaching, teachings and his books but best coach is taking a bit too far. you crossfit faggots need to look beyond yourselves... (sorry if u aren't a crossfitter but most people commenting probs are)
i have a problem of keeping my heels on the ground, what should i do? i mean ive been squatting with a 10lb plate on my heels and im squatting over 300 but after all of my sets my lower back is real tight
you're kneeling instead of squatting and your core isn't active so you're bending over at the waist too far causing your lower back to overcompensate for poor form.
Drinking 1 Gallone of Milk a day plus about 1500-2500 calories by solid food will end up in a lot of size. And not just fat. But since you are doing Squats 3 times a week your body will unleash a big amount of testosterone which will cause your whole body to grow.
Hey guys, the key words to this video are 'intro' and 'progression.' if you were to teach anyone how to squat this is how you start. This is not all of the information, simply a baseline. No coach will ever recommend that you lift your butt up and then do a good morning to stand up.
xmattyb123x 1 week ago
@xmattyb123x Hey guy, you're fucking WRONG. Rip is a master at this stuff, and this is quoting verbatim directly from his book Starting Strength: "After you’ve established the bottom position, come up out of the bottom by driving your butt straight up in the air. UP, not forward. This movement keeps your weight solidly over the whole foot instead of shifting it to the toes. Think about a chain hooked to your hips, pulling you straight up out of the bottom." Now stfu and learn.
shrinkshooter 2 days ago
@MariosLasagna The sacrum is actually a bone, not a muscle.
baracapy 3 weeks ago
@MariosLasagna it's the "sacrum"
baracapy 3 weeks ago
At 1:18 what muscle does Rippetoe say that is? The one he is pointing to with his finger. It sounds like he said "this is the center" but I'm not sure...
MariosLasagna 3 weeks ago
@MariosLasagna Erector spinae is the actual muscle i think but he said something else, the bone maybe?
Mr0Beast 1 week ago
this man has my full attention.
mullbenkt 2 months ago 5
man that guy is fat
mjb9982 2 months ago
Nuff said.
sirsalansugar 2 months ago
RIP IS THE MAN
thenewwoodsman 2 months ago
as a collegiate strength and conditioning coach and hear this guy teach a squat technique...... this is TOTALLY wrong. You are not suppose to put that much lean that much over b/c you would put too much mass on your lumbar portion of your spine.
dmmiles84 3 months ago
@dmmiles84 I would love to see your publications, books, seminars, your powerlifting background. I have seen several players careers ruined by a piss poor strength and conditioning coach. Either they were taught wrong from the get go, or they misinterpreted the information taught to them. This guy has been teaching this stuff since 1980 has more than likely helped write the program or some portion you followed to get your certificate.He COACHES coaches
Geek2freak337 3 months ago 3
@dmmiles84 lol what a scrub.
leslierawrs 3 months ago
@dmmiles84 funny you didn't mention which college. Could that be bc you athlete's suck due to piss poor coaching?
robwilson420 2 months ago
omfgggggggggg im only 15 and im not that massive and I thought it was going to be much easier than this when I heard people say that I should do squats to increase my thigh muscles -.-"
K1rkHammet 4 months ago
The best training coach in the world!
PUSSY100ish 4 months ago
is this a personaltraining seminar or somthing????
crotchrockett004 4 months ago
"What's his brain doing? His brain is thinking: why is Rippetoe touching me... on my ass?"
anticravity 4 months ago 3
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I'm 13, NATURAL at 203lbs and 6'4", no DRUGS not even PROTEIN SHAKES and I squat 690lbs for 1 clean ass to the grass rep, no suit!
I have video proof.
AndyHarglesis 5 months ago in playlist The Squat
Hey guys can someone please tell me what his answer to " when do we stretch? " was? I couldn't quiet hear.
SouthsPride10 6 months ago
@SouthsPride10 I think he was "what are you stretching?" and then he said "adductors."
PalerLaze 5 months ago
@PalerLaze Thank you.
SouthsPride10 5 months ago
see that thing lying on the plates in the background? that's the last poor bastard who questioned rip.
loosekarrott 7 months ago 25
@loosekarrott haha classic
ryanwegner2010 6 months ago
hes a fucking idiot.....
Arkanni 7 months ago
I'm on 120kg at the moment, but I have a cheap bench thats only intended for bench press. I have to get right down and use my back a bit to squat it out of the fucking thing, am I going to do myself damage?
Murphy4709 8 months ago
@Murphy4709 if you do heavy lifts from a position like that maybe, heavy for you that is, try to bend your knees and go down further for unracking it instead of bending forward with your back
MutsuKazuma 7 months ago
I don't get what he means with his thighs being parallel with his feet. I don't see them as being parallel.
aalexcp 8 months ago
@aalexcp He basically means that his knees aren't flaring out. You could draw a straight line from the crease of his hips, along his thighs, across his feet. If they were NOT parallel, then his knees would be flaring, and damaging them and the adductors.
He probably meant to say "his thighs are in line with his feet", but he used parallel.
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izzybizzy6 8 months ago
>lowbar squat
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Roxxzor816 8 months ago
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dapox9 8 months ago
could someone transcribe his exact words in some points, so that I can translate his amazing instructions?
the first and second sentences, till before "wider stance";
34s ~ 38s, between "show your knees out" and "want you to notice"
1:27 - "his brain is saying: ???"
2:34 - right after "if the back angle changes a little bit"
3:13 - between "if we'll hold that angle" and "and the back is tight"
the last sentence, right before "so it's ok if we exagerate right now"
Mahassiah 9 months ago
@Mahassiah "This is the progression we're going to use every time. I want you to face me on the platform."
34-38: "What are we stretching? The a-d-ductors (adductors)."
1:27: "His brain says, 'Why is Rippetoe touching me on my ass?'"
2:34: "When we put the bar on him, that'll stop it."
3:13: "if we hold that angle CONSTANT . . ."
Last: "The opposite of that is this . . ."
pierpontandreggie 8 months ago
@pierpontandreggie
thank you so much
Mahassiah 8 months ago
i thought knees shouldnt pass toes????
ManagFTW66 9 months ago
@ManagFTW66 dont question the rippletits.
Gannondalf 9 months ago
@ManagFTW66
most people find their knees passing toes so that they can go to parallell or beyond. and that's ok as long as you're keeping tension on your hamstrings, so that your knees won't be overloaded, and focus on the hip drive.
Mahassiah 9 months ago
@ManagFTW66 It's just differences in personal limb length. Some people have some long ass femurs and realatively short tibias.
KingHenryXI 9 months ago
@ManagFTW66 it actually depends on the length of your femur
MutsuKazuma 7 months ago
I can't do that stretch. I have no lower body fleixibility or else I'd do the SS routine.
mjs0077 9 months ago
@mjs0077 stretch until you can do it.
SheepStone 9 months ago
@SheepStone piece of cake now..my lower back was f-d from getting cocky on teh pull up bar and doing flips and what not
mjs0077 7 months ago
@mjs0077 how can you fuck up your lower backs with pull ups?
MutsuKazuma 7 months ago
@MutsuKazuma upside down pullups. Basically I'm not trying them again until I can get stronger all around because I have weak spots in the posterior chain.
mjs0077 7 months ago
wow my stance has been all wrong, this video is awesome
guitayrplaya 9 months ago
Rip is a wealth of knowledge
Ikefis 10 months ago
LOWER FAGGOT!
MrAnon86 10 months ago
I'm skeptical of the idea of leaning forward. Doesn't that ruin lordotic extension and increase the risk of disc injury?
oggleman 10 months ago
@oggleman yes rippetoe is an idiot, he says you should focus on zour lower back, instead zou should focus on zour legs heals an lower abs to not fuck up zour back.
veryfuck 10 months ago
@veryfuck rippetoe is an idiot yet you can't fucking type the letter 'y' in your words. retard. additionally, he has over 25 years of coaching experience, and has a senior coaching certification by USA weight lifting. He has a published book on fpower lifting as well as a DVD. what the fuck do you have to call him an idiot beside an incredibly stupid opinion and lack of knowledge?
JFSKO 10 months ago
@JFSKO get cancer in your balls!! now fuck off, i dont care anything about what he did and how much he coaches, fact is he gives bad advice writing books and typing the letter y correctly has nothing to do with that
. now fuck of again zou stupid cunt. and think about that y and z mazbe zou get intelligent some time.
veryfuck 10 months ago
@veryfuck Thanks for making my point seem even stronger dip shit. When you post a non sensical stupid excuse for a response like that disagreeing with Rippetoe it only strengthens his arguments. If someone as stupid as you disagrees with him, it is going to make everyone with an IQ over 53 agree with Rippetoe ten times more.
Thanks.
JFSKO 10 months ago
@JFSKO no problem mister i dont even give arguments and fuck mister rippetoe in the ass..
veryfuck 10 months ago
@oggleman You could be right. Since I pay less attention to my squats i lean more forward as ussual and now i feel a strange feeling around the disc of my knee's. I also tried to improve my squats by standing wider, could this be a problem for the knees?
Fjerid 10 months ago
@oggleman Absolutely man, simply saying "it is OKay to lean forward" trains and creates a faulty recruitment of muscles and therefore incorrect movement pattern. This is what will lead to the points you alluded to. Plus in all of his videos he nevers mentions deep contraction of the Transverse Abdominus (TVA)...He is just another old school trainer.
pwt1969 10 months ago
@pwt1969 If you squat right you will be deeply contracting your TVA and just about every other muscle in your body, including some that medical science has yet to discover.
goldentwit 9 months ago
what is meant by going to parallel?
noggyd120 11 months ago
Rippetoe is the guy other trainers and coaches go to learn from. He can be a bit rough around the edges, but as others said he knows his stuff. Just because he doesn't look like Arnold in his prime doesn't mean he's dumb on the topic. I doubt Casey Stengel could run to 1st base without falling over in his later years, but as a baseball manager he was one of the best. Often the best atheltic teachers look like the Pillsbury dough boy.
willieofroanoke 11 months ago
Mark Rippetoe is my hero!!!!
davidsaj1 11 months ago
He looks out of shape, why would anyone take advice from him lol
skatetodestroy1 11 months ago
@skatetodestroy1 1.) He can lift more than you in your sleep 2.) He knows his shit
BMunich16 11 months ago
@BMunich16 Well I sure hope he can because I usually don't lift in my sleep, but i still have my doubts he can anyways.
skatetodestroy1 11 months ago
@skatetodestroy1 A persons physical fitness has no correlation to how much they know about physical fitness. I'll remind you that knowledge is kept in the brain, not the muscles. Rippetoe is well versed in working out both. Listen to him.
Condeycon 11 months ago 46
@Condeycon Agreed. Often those that know most about how to "teach" their area of expertise, usually aren't or were not the "best" in that field. Take Jimmy Schmitz for example. His personal bests in Olympic lifts were never really great in terms of record settings. But he is one of the best trainers in Olympic lifts and was the US Olympic team coach three times.
spazzhero 4 months ago
@spazzhero Exactly my point. Its good that more people look at someones work to gauge their credentials rather then what they lift.
Condeycon 4 months ago
@Condeycon i would say there is a correlation. Rippetoe's record was a 600lb squat. Idk about you but i think thats a lot of weight
GarrettP8 1 month ago
@GarrettP8 I'm not taking away from Rippetoe's achievements as a lifter but my point remains the same. Just because someone doesn't lift doesn't mean they don't know anything about lifting. There are a lot of Olympic athletes who hardly know a thing about the finer points of their respective sports and rely heavily on the knowledge and advice of their less physically adept but more knowledgeable coaches.
Condeycon 1 month ago
@Condeycon And by that same token, just because someone isn't ripped like some roided out bodybuilder, doesn't mean they aren't strong and doesn't mean they don't lift on a serious basis.
Condeycon 1 month ago
@skatetodestroy1 Because he focuses on powerlifting, not bodybuilding. He doesn't care how he looks, he cares how much he lifts. Rippetoe's a strong motherfucker. He probably deadlifts fully grown oak trees.
PalerLaze 11 months ago
i messed up my back doing olympic style squats improperly a few years ago. thanks to rippetoe i can squat again safely without pain. LOVE YOU BROTHER
boflex03 1 year ago
Rippletits is a great coach
OnCall101Villa 1 year ago
The book is called "Startling Strength." Another volume, "Practical Programming for Strength Training," is more advanced, and should be read after SS. Both are excellent examples of applied physiology and exercise science scholarship.
sullydawg 1 year ago
whats the name of his book i wanna rent it
goobertime102 1 year ago
I guess I should have expected a few ignorant responses from the Ripptoe fan club when I commented... Perhaps when you explore some other methods of doing things, you might better understand what I'm talking about...
Discostar12 1 year ago
I've read "Starting Strength." As an athlete, doctor and physiologist, I find it one of the most thoughtful expositions on exercise I have ever read. His citations need work, but that is a quibble. Rip has clearly thought deeply about his subject matter. His book integrates solid anatomy, biophysics, kinesiology, experience and a no-nonsense, safety-first attitude into a comprehensive volume that you simply have to read. Ditto the DVD. Sorry, naysayers--the burden of proof is on you, not Rip.
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Discostar12 1 year ago
@sullydawg To the one person who managed a mature response, I have not read his book, so I can only speak on articles I have read and footage seen. I agree his ideas have been thought out, and like I said, for the most part they are valid. However, as a Kinesiologist, Athletic therapist, and studying Physiotherapist, and having competed in national level olympic weight lifting, there is much about what he does that is flawed, but I guess its splitting hairs at this point. I'll agree to disagree.
Discostar12 1 year ago
@sullydawg Nice.
aalexcp 9 months ago
who is this Discostart, and why is he/she yapping like an annoying small dog.
Rippetoe is VERY well known and respected WITHIN the strength and fitness community. He speaks, it's worth listening.
sensoukami 1 year ago
Like I said, hes not a bad coach, hes just way overrated in my opinion. People who take his course think hes the king because they usually haven’t explored other ways of doing things. There is no one right way to do a squat for everyone, or one right way to do a deadlift or bench or almost any compound exercise. and there is no one perfect program. This is because everyone’s ideal anatomical position is slightly different, and we all start with different strengths and weaknesses
Discostar12 1 year ago
@Discostar12 Go be useful and deadlift something.
neila77 1 year ago
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Discostar12 1 year ago
I wouldn’t go as far as to say this guy doesn’t know shit. But he definitely has a few interesting ideas as to how to execute a lot of the major lifts.
Firstly you don’t need to be "The Best" to be a world renown coach, people just have to know who your are. Second, the people he typically teaches are not exactly experts in the field, and those who are experts would rarely take his course, so that contributes to why so many people think he’s so great after following his teachings.
Discostar12 1 year ago
@Discostar12 Why would people know who he is? He's not unbelievable strong, he doesn't endorse supplements, doesn't conform to the popular bodybuilding hear-say so the only reason I can think why he would be known is because his methods work and work really well. Why would "experts" (and by this I'm assuming you mean educated AND strong) use a beginner program? Workout to workout progress is not realistic to someone who is benching 300, squatting 400 and pulling 500.
jt339 1 year ago
@jt339 Perhaps people would know him because he is on Youtube, or maybe because has aligned himself with CrossFit which does do quite a bit of marketing? That statement was ment to point out that many people are famous, but that’s not a measure of credibility. I'm not saying he knows nothing.
Discostar12 1 year ago
@jt339 When I mentioned the lack of experts in his courses, it was ment to make the exact same point you did. It’smuch easier to look good as a coach with beginners because there is so much of the performance curve left to achieve. Most half decent coaches will look like gods in the first 6 months if you give them a committed beginner.
Discostar12 1 year ago
He has been challenged on many occasions regarding his ideas about how to correctly execute many of the major olympic lifts. For the most part, his ideas are correct. Drive with the hips, power from the glutes, this is all basic. But that’s about as far as his knowledge goes. He is stubborn and set in his ways, and that prevents him from taking a step back to understand how some of his methods can be very damaging on the body in ways that are unnecessary to achieve strength, power, and growth.
Discostar12 1 year ago
@Discostar12
Does anyone actually care if their joints hurt if they've increased their squat and deadlift from 115 to 315 for 3x5 and 405x1 respectively in 4-6 months? Most people will never hit those numbers in a lifetime, much less half a year. Take a couple weeks off and use some fish oil. Problem solved. I'm hard pressed to believe you'll find any program that produces results faster for beginners than SS.
jt339 1 year ago
@jt339 There are many programs that can match those numbers. Again when you are working with beginners its not hard to make gains if you are dedicated. I have achieved it with many clients, some just this past summer. You dont need anything special. You can do it on a Big3, Push pull, or a bodybuilder 5 day split if you wanted.
And when I was talking about damage to the body I wasnt refferening to a little bit of joint pain. I was talking about the unnessisary potential for long term injury.
Discostar12 1 year ago
He’s just another average coach with a big attitude in my opinion, and he’s very good at making what he teaches sound like the only way to do things.
Discostar12 1 year ago
@jiggaboo904 You're a troll
Marlowann 1 year ago
@jiggaboo904 neither of two, but you are still stupid for saying that rippetoe doesnt know squat technique and shit. you know better? how come you are not a world known coach and he is?
skata123456789456123 1 year ago
@jiggaboo904 you are either a troll, which i find really stupid, or some one who know shit and ignorant, which i find just stupid.
skata123456789456123 1 year ago
I've been working on my squat form for some time now and this video helped ALOT especially the part where he emphasizes the lower back and "ass" haha As soon as i started doing it right i felt it BIG TIME. A lower back pump feels really weird. Squats are amazing.
AncientHer0 1 year ago
I've been using the techniques from this video for a few weeks now and have already began to gain strength and flexibility. Squats are becoming one of my favorite exercises now that I am doing them properly. Thanks for posting the videos, I hope to see more soon.
sonofmyrighthandbjh 1 year ago
how wide should feet be?
fukidomev2 1 year ago
@fukidomev2 shoulder width.
SKazclaw 1 year ago
I wonder what Rip would respond to this:
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Raptorel 1 year ago
Thanks. I'll give it a try.
sonofmyrighthandbjh 1 year ago
I don't understand why it's better to look down rather than straight forward. Please explain...
sonofmyrighthandbjh 1 year ago
@sonofmyrighthandbjh Better hip extension occurs when looking down (better hip drive, that is). Try it for yourself.
Raptorel 1 year ago
@Raptorel Thanks.
sonofmyrighthandbjh 1 year ago
@sonofmyrighthandbjh its a reference point so you can tell depth. if ur looking ahead (usually in a mirror) you cant perceive depth as well. Looking in front of you at the floor gives you better feedback.
Salao212 1 year ago
I've never seen fat man Rippetoe actually perform any of his exercises! Always used others! LOL!
AlderMcGregor 1 year ago
@AlderMcGregor I've never seen Dave Camarillo fight inside the cage, but his fighters - Fitch, Koscheck, Swick, and Valaquez are pretty darn good at it. I've never watched Angelo Dundee compete in the ring, but Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Sugar Ray Leonard all did pretty well under his direction. You ever watch Duke coach Mike Kryzewski play basketball? What about Laker's coach Phil Jackson?
elitewarsaw 1 year ago
Nuff said
Solus77 1 year ago
hes such a hill billy in how he explains everything. its so funny. His words are gold though. I wish I had of seen this 10 years ago.
muscleturtle 1 year ago
i think i'm starting to understand this... mmm...
tlast2O12dude 1 year ago
but its not really the ass is it? its more like the hip
humpa 1 year ago
ohhhh!!!!!
shredicon86 1 year ago
I hate the new layout YouTube made for the comments.
armil365riza 1 year ago 18
@armil365riza me too...anyway this guy really knows his stuff.love to have him with me in the gym for 1 hour.
ah4fecksake 1 year ago
Great instructional .. .. but how come no-one noticed the guy using his weights to club someone to death in the background? I mean his shadow is in plain view!
proudhon 1 year ago 5
Jeezus! Wrong! You're supposed to drive your hips up UNDER your chest/shoulders, not behind them first. Behind them is a Good Morning, not a squat. I don't care if he changes it after, he shouldn't get people in this frame of mind. With some serious weight, this is a good way for someone's ass to come up first, and the bar to go down to the squat supports. A squat is NOT a good morning.
ProPlayMaker 1 year ago
Go look up what a good morning is. you realize you're arguing squat form with mark rippetoe, right?
EzMac1337 1 year ago 6
I'll repeat, a good morning's bottom position is what his form is gonna end up putting someone in when trying to use serious weight, their ass in the air, and the bar on the squat supports. That's a good morning's bottom position. I don't care who the guy is. Find me someone else who explains for the ass to come up first rather than driving the hips up under the load.
ProPlayMaker 1 year ago
ppl dun know man ahha
SundinOwnsYou 1 year ago
@Masinacastle Your wrong! when you look up it takes your spine out of alignment and it takes away from you squat head forward and fix at a point where you keep your neck in line with your spine. Watch AND LEARN FROM A MASTER!!!!!
Krylogenic 1 year ago
doesnt that feel more like a good morning?
NiTr091 1 year ago
Thank you Mr. Rippetoe, this was my missing key to a successful squat! I was wondering why I could not drive out of the bottom, b/c I was lifting my chest first. After watching this, I was able to drive 230 lbs for 10 reps and makes me confident I can go much higher than this and not get stuck at the bottom!
baypos 1 year ago 3
That ''fat man'' used to be a powerlifter you fatass keyboardwarrior.
Diako2509 1 year ago 3
This is probably the most useful video anyone could watch to permanently improve their weightlifting quality and success forever. It's all in your squats and this is exactly how to do it right.
celconicuzn 1 year ago 2
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funnyman891 2 years ago
great video.
ChillyTChris 2 years ago
starting strength: basic barbell training ny rippetoe and kilgore. if you only own one weight training book, you could do a lot worse than this masterpiece
MeesterChum 2 years ago 5
@ 1Bers, make sure you are looking slightly up for the entire squat - if you look down you will lean forward. Find something to look at which is slightly above eye level, and look at it for the entire time.
masinacastle 2 years ago
@masinacastle : I'm usually looking at myself in the mirror to make sure I'm going deep enough, so that's a horizontal level. Thanks for your tip, I'll apply it next workout. I'm also considering to change my stiffed leg deadlifts with goodmornings.
1Bers 2 years ago
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@masinacastle
Actually, rippetoe advises to find a spot BELOW eye level, about 10 feet in front of you. If that happns to be a wall, then look at a spot on the wall.
Please know what you're talking about before giving advice -__-
funnyman891 2 years ago
My problem is : I lose balance when raising up from the lowest point because of the tilt forward. How should I fix that?
1Bers 2 years ago
I would slow down this motion "the drive" and practice it in front of a mirror, SLOWLY lowering and raising, making sure you're hitting every point of the motion. Your body will adjust and your stabilizer muscles will adapt. Time and patience are needed!
saintapathy 2 years ago
whew. and i thought something was wrong w/ my squat. so the back angle REALLY DOES CHANGE W/ HIP DRIVE. and i was doing everything NOT to change the angle. @_@
Felsennest 2 years ago
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Taking instructions from a fat man = FAIL.
truckdrivah 2 years ago
The fat man used to be a powerlifter.
tempac91 2 years ago 3
@truckdrivah not knowing who mark ripptoe is = FAIL
soseg 2 years ago 2
im spinning out.......no need to bring chest up? it not mattering about back not being rigidly straight? i dunno what to believe anymore.
lm1503 2 years ago 2
He doesn't say there's no need to keep the back straight.
In fact when driving with your hips it's the lower back that gets most of the stress so yes, it has to be kept straight.
You can deadlift more than you can squat normally so if your lower back can handle the weight then you can squat with your hips no problem.
christosswc 2 years ago
I will try this. I have always thought something was wrong with my squats....
Degenskonto 2 years ago
Probably the most useful lesson you could ever have in weightlifting about anything.
celconicuzn 2 years ago
I'm waiting for his book as a Christmas Present, and I know he is an olympic coach too, but does this work with overhead squats or highbar? thanks-Dave
DKerelchuk 2 years ago 3
WOW! This just revolutionized my squat! I'm buying beginning strength right now!
TheExPlOiTeDOne619 2 years ago
Starting strength bro, starting strength...
Fullblaster 2 years ago
i too shall purchase Initiating Brawn...
supguiselol 2 years ago 4
Best coach, hands down. Read his book. It's much more detailed and a must have for anyone looking at doing serious bodybuilding exercises without getting injured.
MrKuken911 2 years ago 46
@MrKuken911
This is one of the dumbest comments I have ever heard from someone who hasn't payed much attention to the book. This is a great comment actually, until the phrase "bodybuilding exercises" comes into play. Nothing Mark Rippetoe ever says will explain a bodybuilding exercise. Mark Rippetoe is a power lifter, and he despises fags who go to gym to do bicep curls and "bodybuild." Get your terminology down.
inthered69 1 year ago
@inthered69
It's semantics. Flaming me for that is just dumb. And your "He despises fags who go to gym to do bicep curls and bodybuild" is even worse. First, that might be true, but to me it seems you're just interpreting his thoughts. Second, why on earth should bodybuilders be fags? Why should power lifting be better than bodybuilding? As long as you're happy with your discipline and do it the right way.
Bottom line, his explanations are the best for the exercises he shows. IMHO.
MrKuken911 1 year ago
@MrKuken911
Why should bodybuilders be fags? Why should power lifting be better than bodybuilding?
Let's start off with bodybuilding is completely vain and serves no purpose other than to greaten one's own ego. A bunch of guys on stage wearing thongs with spray tan and oil? Give me a break. Secondly, power lifting is better than bodybuilding because it develops the body the way it was supposed to be developed, with compound movements.
inthered69 1 year ago
@inthered69
What you're saying is biased and makes no sense at all. Bodybuilding is not only what you're describing. It's an activity like so many others. Ego or not, so what? What's so wrong about that? I love those simplistic approaches of things. It's like people saying soccer is dumb: 22 people running after a ball. It's also like people trying to prove a martial art is better than another.
Whatever you do, do it right. That's what matters. And yes, compound movements are more efficient.
MrKuken911 1 year ago
@MrKuken911 "bodybuilding" exercises? lol
vongSTAA 1 year ago
@vongSTAA smart ass? lmao
MrKuken911 1 year ago
@MrKuken911 whilst these exercises can and should be used as the basis for any serious bodybuilding routine, that's not their sole purpose. I think "weight lifting" (not the sport), "compound" or "strength" would be a more suitable term.
and best coach? at what? major respect to rippetoe for his coaching, teachings and his books but best coach is taking a bit too far. you crossfit faggots need to look beyond yourselves... (sorry if u aren't a crossfitter but most people commenting probs are)
vongSTAA 1 year ago
@MrKuken911 Bodybuilding? lawls.
breezethrough 1 year ago
@breezethrough Read the entire thread before posting something stupid and useless.
MrKuken911 1 year ago
@MrKuken911
Thanks for your honest opinion.
I will buy his book. Peace man.
EndAllDisease 11 months ago
1:13 loooooool
xshadw 2 years ago
excellent
Patresem 2 years ago
He explains everything better than anyone else I have ever seen. Anyone unsure of how to lift? Listen to this man
cbass5511 2 years ago 2
Does anyone know if this is found on his Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training DVD?
QuarkS0up 2 years ago
Yes. As well as Deadlift, Bench Press, Shoulder Press, and the Power Clean
C1PH3RTXT 2 years ago
I should also mention that it's not exactly this lecture but the DVD does explain his methods and demonstrates them on all the lifts.
C1PH3RTXT 2 years ago
Rip is so awesome
jts001 2 years ago 4
i have a problem of keeping my heels on the ground, what should i do? i mean ive been squatting with a 10lb plate on my heels and im squatting over 300 but after all of my sets my lower back is real tight
zkb24 2 years ago
you're kneeling instead of squatting and your core isn't active so you're bending over at the waist too far causing your lower back to overcompensate for poor form.
Jynus13 2 years ago
what advice can ya give me man
zkb24 2 years ago
Try keeping your toes above the ground with just the bar it self, try it, it might be awkward in begining but your muscles will adapt soon.
TTorance1 2 years ago
you need to keep your weight spread over the middle of your feet, id suggest restarting at a lower weight until you
HPfighter 2 years ago
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help me man!
zkb24 2 years ago
As Rip would tell you. Lift your ass up out of the hole, not your chest.
C1PH3RTXT 2 years ago
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UltraMegaSandwich 2 years ago 18
i wish he was my trainer. he is just excellent
montelka 2 years ago 4
he sure likes smackin dudes asses...
FreshNapp 2 years ago
He's hitting his lower back
V8ern 2 years ago 2
Drinking 1 Gallone of Milk a day plus about 1500-2500 calories by solid food will end up in a lot of size. And not just fat. But since you are doing Squats 3 times a week your body will unleash a big amount of testosterone which will cause your whole body to grow.
KorashSyndikat 2 years ago
I'm definetly considering getting his book(s). Hmm, I originally had a goal in mind for mostly size though.
CorpseGrinder18 2 years ago
"WHy is rippetoe touching me on my ass"
Prons 2 years ago 14
I dont have a power rack. if i just hang on to the barbell across my thighs (but not touching them), is it still a legit squat?
registeredhater 2 years ago