A weak man is not as happy as that same man would be if he were strong. This reality is offensive to… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
You can't make people smarter. You can expose them to information, but your responsibility stops there. — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
Only people willing to work to the point of discomfort on a regular basis using effective means to produce that discomfort will… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
The BEST training program in the entire world will be a DISMAL FAILURE if people fail to hold up their end of… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
I welcome you to the community of people who have decided that EASY will no longer suffice! — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
Most of the problems with the bodies and minds of the folks occupying the current culture involve an unwillingness to do anything… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
People seem to have acquired the idea that they have the inalienable right to stroll through life without either having sweated, picked… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general. — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Your muscles cannot get "longer" without some rather radical orthopedic surgery. — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
You don't get big and strong from lifting weights - you get big and strong from recovering from lifting weights — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
