How do you fail a dynamic effort deadlift? | Ask Rip #34

[@goonerinSP]

Love watching these before training. Squats tonight.

[@little8940]

Only squats?

[@goonerinSP]

@@little8940 if I can think back 4 years ago when I wrote this it was squats that night with cable crossovers, wrist curls and calf raises.

[@little8940]

Rippetoe would say, "You weren't doing the program."

[@goonerinSP]

@@little8940 I was it was his little known program, squats, milk and accessories. Not available anymore and he denies it ever existed but I know the real truth!

[@PassportG]

Rip is the coach who made me enjoy Deadlifts. 👍

[@CrimsonStrider]

I really like these Q&As. I'm really looking forward to the day I join your seminar.

[@kj22697]

there is a constant swarm of flies that follows rip around where ever he goes

[@MrFINGERLICIOUS]

kj22697 lol

[@MrCGangsta]

I broke my ankel and im lifting again since I started my foot fells much better after only 3 weeks I have no pain when walking and I start to get stronger then I was before the injury my grip feels stronger then ever maybe its because of the wheelchair I was in for a month or from walking on crutches for 2 months I dont know but I feel great and will be hitting PR´s soon only my squats sufferd a lot but Im sure It will go up again I think its the best thing you can do after an injurie just train and the good thing is ppl come out of injuries strionger then ever I cant explain why but I heard it from many ppl and experiencing it myself right now.I get my pins removed in january and I will do Starting Streangh religiously....

[@metalrocks999]

3 bars on the plate at 9:50. lmao

[@adriansaninja]

Allidoiswynn93 haha noticed that too, then scrolled down and saw I wasnt the only one. Mere mortals tremble in the presence of rip

[@DearDM]

Good question nonetheless

[@robertlevy4613]

They should look at the new Army Combat Readiness Test. Rip would be happy with the new test format except the end (2 mile run)

[@oliverallen5324]

@@robertlevy4613 It's more functional fitness foolishness, so not really.

[@robertlevy4613]

@@oliverallen5324 yesh it’s still a bunch of silly nonsense but it’s much closer to being the direction. Beats APFT any day.

[@andrewwebster2403]

“Not everybody has the balls to be strong.”😂👊

[@Obsidian1392]

Weyland Corp t shirt... the corporation from the Alien movies?

[@Theaikro]

Obsidian1392 yes, Rip is a sci-fi guy.

[@patrickvanmeter2922]

Interesting question on having screws and metal holding ones leg together. In 2008 I had my femur basically disintegrated from a gun shot wound. Now, nothing but a metal bar attached through the bone to the hip and knee held together with screws on both ends. I'm 76 and love to squat but don't go over 200 pounds. That is about my max squat and I am afraid to increase it. I'm thinking the one inch bar is stonger than the bone was but not sure about the screws. So far so good. Had it xrayed and nothing is bent so I guess it is OK. I know I am not to interested in finding out the hard way that going heavier didn't work.

[@Fogyt121]

going up slowly is adequate, if you ask me

[@LTPottenger]

I don't think it's knowable how well it will work but your approach seems wise.

[@lazur1]

When weight's heavy enough, *trying* to move fast goes slowly..

[@zachlloyd9392]

I agree on the points in the military. We ran and it just tore up myself and the bigger guys. I had to lift 50cals and cans of ammo overhead a ton, carry 240's and SAW's/ AT4's, and running did jack shit for that. We do not need a distance run, any distance covered was more a relation to mental toughness than physical condition. If you can do the job, why the arbitrary weight requirements? I was overweight and barely passing tape with my abs showing while guys with bellys hanging over thier belt passed with flying colors, its so rediculous.

[@Kansanite]

This is exactly my experience in the military as well. Functional strength and fitness should be of the highest priority.

[@chriswaltman368]

Regarding military: endurance training is easier and simpler to do together as a group. It requires less equipment. Skinny in shape folks require less food to maintain. I think the rationale is largely cost and ease based. Part of the training is to break you down as a group and individual for morale and discipline reasons. Weight training is beneficial...look at how many military guys lift and look at what they do overseas...they lift. For basic training and fitness standards lifting is hard to conduct and judge and requires more training and equipment...$$$

[@oliverallen5324]

"The Strongest Shall Survive" by Bill Starr covers how to do strength training in large groups.

[@james_games9684]

the body composition did not change by the end of that year

[@00Noontide]

great content!

[@andreiionescu520]

what would you guys recommend for imbalanced spinal erectors?

[@abdeldjalilbelhani6244]

starting squatting with a good form using light weights while keeping your spine rigid, then increase the weight progressively slowly , thats it i think .

[@aaronfitch4585]

maybe check this article, in particular the section "What Does 'Imbalance' Really Mean?" www.t-nation.com/training/rippetoe-goes-off

[@andreiionescu520]

@aaron finch very interesting article, thanks for sharing it. But my imblance wasnt caused by lifting, it was enhanced by lifting without me noticing for quite a while(i played team handball for about 4 years before touching the iron) and i was looking for some advice on fixing this.

[@ggrthemostgodless8713]

17:00 The thing about the military and the uselessness of aerobic exercise (running)--- Rip, So that is a great idea, to decide that EVERY MALE in the military should at least squat his own body weight, preferably twice his body weight. I know you don't like BW as a measurement, but seldom have I seen ANYONE lift more than 1.5 BW, and for the military that would be a good HARD BUT ACHIEVABLE goal, since they can force them to do it and do it well. The issue IN MY EXPERIENCE is that this type of conditions and circumstances in a very strict structural HIERARCHICAL system like the military would cause morale, and obedience issues, lots of them, who wants to obey and listen to a skinny soft motherfucker when you have seen and demonstrated DURING TRAINING that you are stronger, much stronger and perhaps SMARTER?? Imagine my skinny soft good-runner drill instructor trying to scream at me or make me do ANYTHING after WE have been to the gym and he has seen me lift 500 lb--- imagine. That place is nuts with male dominance (as it should be, for combat)---- I mean, the way I feel right after I have done four or five reps at 450 lb --- I feel I can kill anyone at the gym, even the bigger SIZE TALLER guys, I can take on ANYONE.... imagine that shit in the military where they want you to BLINDLY OBEY orders... from a weaker mean-mouth little fuck!! So I think it is a great goal overall and the benefits would show it, but it would AUTOMATICALLY RESTRUCTURE the whole thing in there... and honestly I am not sure that would be better, that the PHYSICALLY strongest should lead or be in charge.

[@chironow3446]

@@petter9399 Most spec ops are 2.5xheight in inches. Size doesn't equal weight and you can't measure psychological strength to overcome and not quit. Military standards are for getting numbers, not the best. Someone who can deadlift 2.5x 3-5 and run 3 miles under 20 will be able to handle many things, bit doesn't guarantee they will not quit. As a % spec ops see ex-wrestlers and ex-cross country runners make it through because the are comfortable being uncomfortable without breaks.

[@petter9399]

@@chironow3446 if you dont think you get psychologically strong from getting physically strong i think you havent actually gotten physically strong, my view on it

[@andreyche193]

Somebody who was overweight or even obese in the past should be very strict with sugar and starch: basically avoid it at any cost!

[@ConvictJ96]

Mental block? 3 bars on a plate? lolwut

[@LTPottenger]

Running is the most useless exercise ever invented

[@canererbay8842]

And how does strength apply better than endurance in today's warfare?

[@2294cb]

Caner ERBAY Strength and speed has been more applicable in all of warfare. The only endurance necessary was and is for marching with heavy gear. Being able to deadlift 2x bodyweight translates better to bearing heavy packs and or carrying warriors off the field than running 1.5+ miles unburdened ever could

[@geoffbischoff816]

Ideally you have both strength and endurance. But I've done the endurance-only route early in my military career, then transitioned to the "be as strong as you can be and THEN go running" method, and I can tell you: Stronger is better, hands down.

[@johnwest6019]

I can tell you strength matters more. As RIP said, at 25 it wasn't hard running 5 miles, not even a bit. In my 30s, I can still run 5 miles pretty easily it just hurts the injuries I sustained in combat and I rarely do any cardio. Maybe the rower or bike for a 5 min warmup. I've watched lifters outperform the guys who could run 11 minute 2 miles on almost every occasion. All of our discounts were lifters, every one, and we didn't have a problem humping it several miles a night. The non-lifters were stuck in the vehicle's as drivers and gunners. Those dudes were really good at endurance running, but you strap 60 pounds of gear to them and put them in a firefight that endurance doesn't count for much when you're running for cover. The new army combat fitness test includes a deadlift explosive ball tods and a sprint drag. It still needs some work but it's a small win. They still have bodyweight pushups and a 2 mile run at the end.

[@LTPottenger]

Carrying 150 lbs of gear is very useful.