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Starting Strength Coach Josh Wells shows the snatch teaching method using iron plates, demonstrating that you can get started and keep working the lifts even without modern conveniences like bumper plates.

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The barbell is the most effective tool for improving athletic fitness – just ask Mark Rippetoe! With nearly a half-century of strength coaching experience, Coach Rippetoe will assure you that to get stronger and more powerful, barbells can’t be beat. Unfortunately, many coaches who promote kettlebell training didn’t get the memo.

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You walk into the gym, and there he is: the gym bro with 18-inch arms. He’s pumping out curls, hitting lateral raises, throwing in some triceps pushdowns for good measure. He’s chasing the pump, veins popping, sleeves struggling to contain his biceps...

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Starting Strength Coach Andrew Lewis explains how to film your lifts for coaches to check your form.

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Intensification Edition 2025-12-01 | ​Being in a Band; Training in Cold Weather; Steak and Burgers on the Grill; The Bulgarian Method of Training Olympic Weightlifters; Power Clean Series; Strength Training is Not “Fat Loss” Training. And Neither is Aerobics; Your Gut, Your Health, and Situps; Are some people just unable to do snatches?; Warming up taking too long

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