You Are Training Your Deadlift Not Your Grip | Starting Strength Network Previews

[@HeathWatts]

Caller: I'm 5'6" and weigh 488 lbs. Rippetoe: First, you need to gain some weight. Ha!

[@connorhering9069]

All I’m saying is this Samuel guy from Fort Worth sounds like an absolute machine

[@GazedDzn]

This man has monstrous strength. Double overhand non hook 400+ pull after 3 months of training?

[@woodshcc5]

The bigger we are, the crazier it gets. It took me 6.5 months of training to get there. I can do a single 405 dl with double overhand or a 455 lb with straps.

[@Christopher_Stead]

Rip: "6'1.....225....". I knew exactly what was coming next 😄

[@senzatieee]

Jesus why would you wanna weigh more than 100kg...

[@Guezz87]

​@@senzatieeebecause you can't increase strenght without increasing weight. You can't weight 80kg and have 350kg deadlift

[@senzatieee]

@@Guezz87 Why would a random person that's not a powerlifter have to deadlift 350kg, it just seems like you're putting your health at risk for no reason, 100kg+ is way too much.

[@thehightide2559]

it's unlikely that extra body fat will be detrimental, when you are very strong, because it trains your cardiovasc to a decent extent and strength itself is one of the best indicators of health in general. Makes it that much harder for diseases or anything to harm you And we know that older people who have good grip strength are also less likely to get sick

[@okkomp]

​@@Andrewiv8qxpretty fat or huge.. I'm 6'1 and 180

[@nordicwarrior5014]

Sounds like a strong guy. God Bless.

[@ByronTexas]

You can make very simple and strong (and safe) straps with a good canvas belt and some athletic tape

[@VayaconDios018]

Funny how add before the video was about functional training

[@joethomas909]

Rip is living legend 😁

[@SOC-ir6im]

The heck are you talking about those straps with the loop at the end don’t work???

[@kw12784]

It's not that they don't work, it's that there's a safety issue with them.

[@wesoblander3648]

Did he stutter?

[@SOC-ir6im]

@@wesoblander3648 your mom did but we fixed that

[@SOC-ir6im]

@@kw12784and just what is this safety issue?

[@wayoutwest7]

This guy has a 490lb squat (based on a set of 5 @ 395 RPE 7.5-8) after 3 months of training?

[@Mukation]

It's possible he's a fireman or construction worker. They tend to be strong as fuck from the get go, due to their work. Or he has been a lifter in the past and just now got back into it through SS. But it's impossible to tell if he's serious, nor can we judge his depth based on a phone call. Feeling like you hit depth and actually hitting depth are two different things.

[@AcceleratingUniverse]

and at least a 405 double overhand deadlift lmao

[@rigfordthebarbarian2895]

I'm a stocky 5'9 and was squatting 405+ in 2 months at 20 years old at 230-240lbs. I am as wide as a barn door. My older brother is the exact same build as me but with slightly longer limbs and his sophomore year of high school was squatting 405 for sets of 5 at 220lbs. I went to school with a half Filipino and half Samoan kid who squatted 495lbs his first day, was benching 250 for sets of 10, etc at 6'1 250lbs.

[@okkomp]

​@@rigfordthebarbarian2895freak

[@TheDiablosix6six]

He never said he was training for only 3 months!! He said he's been doing the linear program for 3 months!! No doubt he's been training a lot longer than this!!

[@mojado84]

This is why you Rip is the best.

[@brendanmarsh4523]

Dude is deadlifting 3 times per week after 3 months NLP and no one told him to stop.

[@caleb2159]

Why fix what isn't broken?

[@koffeekage]

RIP!

[@patriot411]

No f*cking way this guy is squatting 395x5 after 3 months of training. Not even close. 😂😂 film it or it didnt happen.

[@joebloggs6922]

He's 'been doing the novice linear progression for 3 months'. Doesn't mean he doesn't have previous experience training or working a manual labour job etc

[@wesoblander3648]

No one has to prove anything to you. Loser. Your sis can out squat you. Boy.😊

[@bostonirishcaps]

Lifts are way beyond average but apparently not for a 225lb lifter 😂

[@Jacemang_Outdoors]

StraePPSs

[@skandalbanker]

The cup isn't woke, neither is the shirt

[@nordicwarrior5014]

Good News.

[@brianbonilla7720]

He’s strong, but doesn’t seem very bright

[@__Ned_Flanders__]

Rippletits 😊