"You don't get big and strong from lifting……" — Mark Rippetoe

"You don't get big and strong from lifting weights - you get big and strong from recovering from lifting weights"

— Mark Rippetoe

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47 Quotes by Mark Rippetoe

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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,…

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