Mark Rippetoe
| Mark Rippetoe |
Mark Rippetoe |
| Organization |
Starting Strength, Wichita Falls Athletic Club |
| Notable works |
Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, Practical Programming for Strength Training |
| Political party |
libertarian |
| Website |
| Starting Strength WFAC |
Mark Rippetoe is a national-level, American strength training coach and author.[1] He is one of the few strength athletics authorities to publish both peer-reviewed articles as well as books for the lay population. Unlike most strength and conditioning academics, he has several decades of practical application as an elite-level strength coach, former competitive powerlifter,[2] and a current gym owner.[3]
He was a part of the charter group of individuals to receive the CSCS (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist) certification when it was first offered by the NSCA ([National Strength and Conditioning Association www.nsca-cc.org]) in 1985.[2] He formally relinquished the credential in 2009.[4]
He has been associated, in varying degrees of formality, with the CrossFit movement since 2006.[5] He authored many training articles for the CrossFit Journal and created the Basic Barbell Certification course, which he conducted from 2006 to 2009.[6][7] He expanded this course into a three-day Starting Strength Seminar produced through the Aasgaard Company in 2010.[6][8]
He is also known for his particularly brash teaching style, humor, and libertarian leanings,[9] prompting several online compilations of his attributed quotations.[10][11][12][13]
Background
Mark Rippetoe was born in Wichita Falls, Texas where he currently resides.[3][14] He obtained a Bachelor's of Science in Petroleum Geology from Midwestern State University, where he met his mentor Bill Starr in 1979.[14] He competed in powerlifting from 1979 to 1988, winning the Greater Texas Classic in 1981.[14] He bought Anderson's Gym in 1984, which would later become the Wichita Falls Athletic Club.[3][14] He would later be joined by Glenn Pendlay, nation-level olympic lifting coach and Dr. Lon Kilgore, competitive powerlifter and PhD.[14] Over the next 20 years, he would use the gym to test and refine his training program that would maximize strength gains, ultimately resulting in the Starting Strength program.[4][14]
Starting Strength Program
Mark Rippetoe's first two books[4][15] detail the technical aspects of each primary barbell lifts and major assistance exercises, and created a program for the basic acquisition of strength using these lifts. This program is known as the Starting Strength barbell training program, or simply Starting Strength. The program involves:
The bench press is alternated with overhead press and deadlift once a week, using power cleans on the other two days. Weights are gradually increased in each session until strength gains reach a plateau. He advocates 3 sessions per week for beginners and drinking a gallon of whole milk per day if underweight to maximize strength gains.[4]
He also defined a model of training progress in conjunction with Lon Kilgore; it classifies trainees into 'novice,' 'intermediate,' and 'advanced' categories, with very few athletes ever reaching the 'elite' category.[15] They define these categories as:
- Novice: a trainee capable of increasing strength from a single workout/recovery cycle.
- Intermediate: a trainee capable of increasing strength over a small series of workout/recovery cycles, typically over a week.
- Advanced: a trainee capable of increasing strength only over a series of workouts over a longer time frame (a month or more).
- Elite: an athlete achieving the highest standards within his or her sport.
Both the Starting Strength novice training model and adaptations for more advanced trainees have received attention in mainstream fitness journals.[16][17][18]
Authored works
Mark Rippetoe has authored several books, peer-reviewed articles, online and DVD instructional videos, and internet posts concerned with strength training.[3]
Books
- Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training[4]
- Practical Programming for Strength Training[15]
- Strong Enough? Thoughts on Thirty Years of Barbell Training[19]
- Mean Ol’ Mr. Gravity[20]
DVD
- Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training[21]
Journal Articles
- Strength and conditioning for fencing, Strength and Conditioning Journal.[22]
- Let's Learn How to Coach the Squat, Strength and Conditioning Journal.[23]
- Redefining Fitness for Health and Fitness Professionals, Journal of Exercise Physiology.[24]
- Going Deep, CrossFit Journal.[25]
References
- ^ Starting Strength Wikia, Mark Rippetoe
- ^ a b Craig Rasmussen, Texas BBQ: Talking Shop with Mark Rippetoe, EliteFTS.
- ^ a b c d Wichita Falls Athletic Club, Staff. The Wichita Falls Athletic Club is a gym owned and operated by Mark Rippetoe.
- ^ a b c d e Rippetoe, Mark (2011), Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training (3rd ed.), Aasgard Company, pp. 347, ISBN 0982522738, http://www.amazon.com/Starting-Strength-3rd-Mark-Rippetoe/dp/0982522738/ref=sr_1_4, retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ^ Myles Kantor, A New Sport of Strength: An Interview with Mark Rippetoe on the CrossFit Total, 2007.
- ^ a b Starting Strength Seminars
- ^ Joey, CCT, Basically Barbells: The CrossFit Basic Barbell Certification Seminar, 2006.
- ^ The Aasgard Company, Starting Strength Seminars
- ^ Pete Eyre, Mark Rippetoe, libertarian Gym Owner, Chats with Motorhome Diaries (2009).
- ^ Starting Strength Wikia, The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Rippetoe.
- ^ Testosterone Nation, Mark Rippetoe Quotes.
- ^ Rip QoTD Coach Rip Quotes.
- ^ Facebook, Mark Rippetoe Quotes.
- ^ a b c d e f Matt Reynolds, In the Trenches - An Interview With Mark Rippetoe.
- ^ a b c Rippetoe, Mark (2009), Practical Programming for Strength Training (2nd ed.), Aasgard Company, pp. 204, ISBN 0982522703, http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Programming-Strength-Training-Rippetoe/dp/0982522703/ref=sr_1_1, retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ^ Men's Journal, Be Your Own Trainer.
- ^ Men's Journal, Training Program.
- ^ Men's Journal, Everything you Know About Fitness is a Lie.
- ^ Rippetoe, Mark (2007), Strong Enough? Thoughts on Thirty Years of Barbell Training, Aasgard Company, pp. 204, ISBN 0976805448, http://www.amazon.com/Strong-Enough-Thoughts-Barbell-Training/dp/0976805448/ref=sr_1_1, retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ^ Rippetoe, Mark (2009), Mean Ol’ Mr. Gravity (1st ed.), Aasgard Company, pp. 364, ISBN 0982522711, http://www.amazon.com/Mean-Mr-Gravity-Mark-Rippetoe/dp/0982522711/ref=sr_1_1, retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ^ Rippetoe, Mark (25 February 2009), Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training (DVD), Aasgard Company, http://www.amazon.com/Starting-Strength-Basic-Barbell-Training/dp/B001U9FDP2/ref=sr_1_1.
- ^ Rippetoe, Mark (April 2000), "Strength and conditioning for fencing", Strength and Conditioning Journal 22 (2): 42, http://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/Citation/2000/04000/Strength_and_Conditioning_for_Fencing.13.aspx.
- ^ Rippetoe, Mark (June 2001), "Let's Learn How to Coach the Squat", Strength and Conditioning Journal 23 (3): 11, http://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/Citation/2001/06000/Let_s_Learn_How_to_Coach_the_Squat.2.aspx.
- ^ Rippetoe, Mark; Lon Kilgore (April 2007), "Redefining Fitness for Health and Fitness Professionals", Journal of Exercise Physiology 10 (2): 34, http://faculty.css.edu/tboone2/asep/JLKilgoreJEPonlineApril2007.doc.
- ^ Rippetoe, Mark (September 2006), "Going Deep", CrossFit Journal, http://journal.crossfit.com/2006/09/going-deep-by-mark-rippetoe-se.tpl.
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