Any idiot can get on a treadmill and watch TV and then take great pride in the fact they've ‘exercised. — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as "firming and toning." There is only stronger and weaker. — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
Since the trainee is both inefficient and unadapted, only a few basic exercises should be used, and they should be repeated frequently… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level ofmuscular stimulation and growththan the correctly performed full… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
Women who do look like men have taken some rather drastic steps in that direction that have little to do with their… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
A squat cannot be performed on a Smith machine any more than it can be performed in a small closet with a… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
Exercise is not a thing we do to fix a problem - it is a thing we must do anyway, a thing… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
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… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
If a program of physical activity isn't designed to get you stronger or faster or better conditioned by producing a specific stress… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level of central nervous system activity, improved balance and… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
“Stance is a highly individual thing and will vary with hip width, hip ligament tightness, femur and tibia length and proportion, adductor… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
Bodybuilding is men on a stage in their underwear wearing brown paint showing other men their muscles. It is training for appearance… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
I am of the opinion that anyone who can squat 400 lb below parallel without a suit or press200 overhead has a… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
The full squat is a perfectly natural position for the leg to occupy. That's why there is a joint in the middle… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
On resting in between reps: It varies with the length of the set. 5s or fewer get a breath to reset. Longer… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
“myofibrillar hypertrophy, more actin, myosin, and other associated proteins are added to those already existing in the cell. More contractile elements within… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
“...full range of motion, multi-joint exercises are not supposed to isolate any one muscle. We use them precisely because they don't. We… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
You do not need to do many different exercises to get strong - you need to get strong on a very few… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
For young males that weigh between 150-200 lbs., deadlifts can move up 15-20 lbs. per workout, squats 10-15 lbs., with continued steady… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
“Every barbell exercise that involves the feet on the floor and a barbell supported by the body will be in its best balance, both… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share
“myofibrillar hypertrophy, more actin, myosin, and other associated proteins are added to those already existing in the cell. More contractile elements within the cell… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share
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. — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share
Exercise is not a thing we do to fix a problem - it is a thing we must do anyway, a thing without which… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share
Your muscles cannot get "longer" without some rather radical orthopedic surgery. — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share
You don't get big and strong from lifting weights - you get big and strong from recovering from lifting weights — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share
“If you insist on using a thumbless grip on the bench, you need to do it at home so that when the ambulance comes… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share
I don't even like Greg Glassman. I don't have a cult like allegiance to the guy. I really don't like him. He's too hard… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share
Bodybuilding is men on a stage in their underwear wearing brown paint showing other men their muscles. It is training for appearance only, and… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share
The hang clean is unweighted and is of little use to watch, except that it shows a problem known as a Donkey Kick. As… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share
A weak man is not as happy as that same man would be if he were strong. This reality is offensive to some people… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share
You can't make people smarter. You can expose them to information, but your responsibility stops there. — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share
If every day of your life you are told by authority figures that the Earth is flat, you will be scared of falling off… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share
