Core Quote by Mark Rippetoe

“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

Opinions are like phasers - everybody ought to have one.

— Mark Rippetoe

“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

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

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

Your muscles cannot get "longer" without some rather radical orthopedic surgery.

— Mark Rippetoe

An adult male weighs at least 200 pounds

— Mark Rippetoe

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

— Mark Rippetoe

“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

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

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

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