If Mark Rippetoe can teach Freddie Mercury to power clean, I gotta listen to him.

12:26

Brett: "I'm funny"
Mark: "No you're not."
Brett: "ok."

Using this doll, tell me where the barbell touches you.

"THE ARMS HAVE NOTHING WHAT SO EVER TO DO WITH THE CLEAN" he stared into my soul.

My girlfriend chose me because of my ability to explode

"We don't care if you got your vertical from 18 to 36. You didn't, but if you did, it doesn't matter". Brilliant

Starting strength put over 30 pounds on my shitty scrawny little body in under a year, and I wasn't even eating as much as prescribed because I sucked at eating enough the first couple of months (used to be borderline anorexic)

Mark Rippetoe is the king of no-bullshit teaching and no-bullshit training routines.

On Starting Strength my squat went from 95 to 260, bench from 60 to 160, deadlift from 145 to 310, press from 45 to 105 and bent over row from 70 to 165, I didn't do powercleans because I had a really hard time learning them..

i get the feeling that he's just tired of explaining this shit

the key to cleaning heavy weights is definitely having a mustache

i like mark rippetoe, hes not a bullshiter

What a great fuckin teacher. No wasted words, every thing was a clean and clear point to progression.

Mark Rippetoe is absolutely my favorite instructor.

Don't agree with everything he says about power training, but this is by far the best power clean mechanics video I've seen imo

20:12 Mark gives his opinion on crossfit.

"Now it's heavier, what you gotta do? .... JUMP HARDER"

Best response ever! Wish I had such trainer. 😊😊

15:30 " A trigger, sticking out of your thigh. As soon as you make contact with it, you explode"


Oh you dirty, dirty boiiii

first started with Rippetoe's 3x5 routine workout when i was a 6 months rookie over a decade ago. It got me good gains and i gained 40 kgs in squats and deadlifts when doing it. He knows what he's talking about

Gotta love Rip, he's been explaining this to newbies for years and gotten it down to a t.
And that subtle bashing of crossfit made smile.

When Mark stares at the camera I feel my soul start doing reps

Mark rippetoe, pavel tsatsouline, mark wildman, dan john. All the strength training knowledge you need.