July 29, 2024
MC Edition
On Starting Strength
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Training vs. CrossFit –
Rip and Tanner Shuck discuss his journey from football player to CrossFit athlete to coach and issues with workouts focused on speed and maximum reps instead of training. -
Never Too Late by Jim Steel –
I have a 12 year old son, Maximus, who plays travel baseball. He’s a good kid, he loves playing. This travel baseball thing is sorta crazy… -
The Making of a Starting Strength Coach –
Join Andrew Lewis, head coach and owner of Starting Strength Indianapolis, as he shares his inspiring journey from a college freshman discovering strength training to becoming a Starting Strength Coach. -
How to Punch a Hole in Your Belt –
Mark Rippetoe demonstrates how to punch a hole in your lifting belt. -
Why I Stopped Running After 51 Years by Phil Ringman –
I’ve lifted weights for about five years, but I was a runner for 51 years. I ran four marathons at a time when only a few hundred people showed up, instead of the thousands we see today… - Weekend Archives:
The Valsalva & Stroke by Jonathon Sullivan –
Have you heard? They are telling us that lifting weights under Valsalva isn’t just unsafe, it may soon be illegal. Perhaps not by statute, but in terms of the standard of coaching practice… - Weekend Archives:
The Olympic Games: Time to Stop by Mark Rippetoe –
The Olympics has turned from a celebration of human physical performance that once transcended global politics and popular culture into a propaganda event…
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Best of the Week
Spaz
Dave Longley
UK correspondent here.
Spaz is short for spastic.
In the UK, people with Cerbral Palsy were called spastics and the charity associated with it was called THE SPASTICS SOCIETY.
If one were to do something clumsy you’d generally be called a “stupid fucking spastic”. As it became more of a slur, the charity was changed to SCOPE. Calling people “scopeys” didn’t really take off so we carried on with spaz/spastic.
You might also be called a “mong” but that’s frowned up too as it referred to Down’s Syndrome.
Retard has really taken off but that’s on the level of spastic. Generally, mongs and retards and spastics tend to get upset about the use of the words.
It’s nowhere close to the level of the N word. You’ll get a frown, unless you’re extra sensitive, but dropping an N bomb even in the UK will get you some severe blow back.
Fags are dying out because everybody vapes now
Dave Longley
A very soft swear, similar to damn/damned I’d say.
“It’s bloody raining again.”
“Look at that damned rain.”
Or “bloody hell, sorry. I didn’t expect to cum so quickly.”
Best of the Forum
How does TX Cafe keep knives sharp?
Flying_tiger
Love TX Cafe Classics and Contemporary TX Kitchen. Proud owner of TX Cafe apron, every single recipe is fantastic, Lodge cast iron skillet is the go to, etc…
What is the recommendation for keeping cooking knives sharp? Manual with a stone seems time consuming for a working kitchen. If electric sharpeners, which brand is recommended please?
Since Rip has never steered me wrong I thought I’d just cut to the chase and ask. Christmas is coming and a gift from me to me is in order.
Mark Rippetoe
I use a combination of a whetstone and a knife steel. Use the whetstone to build the edge occasionally, and the steel to dress the edge before each use.
Wasn’t this goddamn expensive 8 years ago.
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