"Strength is an excellent example of a physical……" — Mark Rippetoe
"Strength is an excellent example of a physical characteristic that drives improvement in other athletic parameters. More strength means more power, more endurance, better coordination, and better everything else. This is why, all other things being equal, the stronger athlete is the better athlete."
—
Mark Rippetoe
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
47 Quotes by Mark Rippetoe
Mark Rippetoe has 47 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Since the trainee is both inefficient and unadapted, only a few basic exercises should be used, and they should be…
-
Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general.
-
Mediocre athletes that tried like hell to get good are the best coaches.
-
You are right to be wary. There is much bullshit. Be wary of me too, because I may be wrong.…
-
There are no shortcuts. The fact that a shortcut is important to you means that you are a pussy.
-
Trust me, if you do an honest 20 rep program, at some point Jesus will talk to you. On the…
-
You do not need to do many different exercises to get strong - you need to get strong on a…
-
A weak man is not as happy as that same man would be if he were strong. This reality is…
-
There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level of central nervous system activity, improved…
-
Humans are not physically normal in the absence of hard physical effort.
-
Physical strength is the most important thing in life. This is true whether we want it to be or not.
-
Big arms are fun, and if their training doesn't interfere with the rest of the program, wait till everybody's gone,…
See all 47 quotes by Mark Rippetoe »
More All Quotes
This quote is filed under All Quotes,
one of 128,558 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally…
— Hannah Arendt
-
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
— Hannah Arendt
-
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
— Hannah Arendt
-
The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes…
— Hannah Arendt
-
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of…
— Hannah Arendt
-
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
— Hannah Arendt
-
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
— Pietro Aretino
-
We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
— Aristophanes
-
A friend to all is a friend to none.
— Aristotle
See all 128,558 All Quotes »