I don't think I'm ever going to bail on a squat simply out of fear that Mark will materialize right there in my rack, not say anything, but give me the look of frustrated disappointment. I can't deal with that emotional destruction.

This isn't a squat video, this is a life video.

Pretty sure Rip’s index finger just cracked my phone screen.

Man, needed to hear that today. Not just because of lifting, but just life in general.

"When Wichita Falls is ashes, then you have my permission to bail."

this is better than "Ask not what your country can do for you .... " Bloody motivational! Thanks Rip

The best lecture on strength training anyone could ever hear. Listen to this man.

Why do I feel like i'm getting scolded by my dad?

This is an awesome video. Definitely a speech I needed to hear today. Maybe yesterday lol. Today I had my first failure in the squat rack. I was properly set up and I set the bar down on the pins safely. I'm 46 and I've been squatting for 5 months now, still focusing on form but trying to increase the weight every time out. Last week I blew away my PR and in reflection I decided I wasn't getting low enough into those squats. So today I was focusing on depth, then I got stuck on rep 5. It really surprised me. After watching this video I realize that I didn't grind on it enough. So lesson learned... I'll be ready next time! Good pep talk/lecture!

Man did I need to see this today. Getting to the end of an intermediate template and squatting 405+ for the first time. Video says I can go higher, head says at 57 years old don’t get crazy.

I'm nervous because in two days, I will have to test my new 1RM after a 12 week training cycle. I have a bit of PTSD from back squats as 5 years ago I avulsed my adductor longus from my pelvis on a weight that was nowhere near my Max. But it stuck with me and I have been afraid to go above 180 kg ever since and bail myself because I am deathly afraid of injury. You gave me the hard words I needed to hear. Thank you. It hit me right in the truth zone. Thanks for the lesson. Subbed and liked!

Darn great video!! My son had to bail on a set when he lost his balance a little one day so he did exactly as described here. We lifted the bar back up without dropping the weight down he went right back under and did the entire set. I agree with showing bench press as well.

Uncle Ripp dishing out straight GOLD. This man know some shit.

Thanks once again Mr. Rippetoe. I appreciate and use your acumen of weights and training. Be well.

I have been low bar squatting without a rack. The fear of pain and gruesome death makes me skip reps I'm not confident in. I really do need a rack

That’s life advice. I like it.

This message is so important to people in general.

One of the best motivational speakers especially last podcast

The advice in this video can be applied to many things in life

Exactly. A person will never know if they don’t try! True in the gym and in life!

great speech, lifting is more than just building strength!

Haha needed this, I got stuck on 275 for squats and was afraid of pushing it beyond. It’s not much but I did 280 😬 Your Empire needs you, TROOPERS FORWARD

I was raised in Amarillo, Tx and Rip sounds like EVERY coach I ever had in Jr & High School. 'If you give yourself permission using some bullshit like RPE to judge that next rep will not be doable...' All I here is Coach West and Coach Huey telling me this...

I'm the only person in my gym who sets the safety bars in the power rack for my squats, everyone else just ignores them.

Excellent advice

Well said, Man!! 👍

Hi from NewZealand. Awesome advice, especially the last 1min of the video,Im actually gonna look into this, cheers mate.

Great stuff Rip

A good bit of advice I got from an SS coach was that a grind might take several seconds- more than 10 or 12. Under the bar that's an eternity.

Rip is such a bad ass. I love this. People need to watch this.

I follow Starting strength methodology. It is the best

Good Stuff Ripp

Good stuff.

The 10 people who disliked this video are those who bail on leg day.

Any time a weight scares me or a set gets too hard and I don't want to do it, I just hear Rip in my head saying, "quit being a pussy"

Flash back to the old man chewing on my ass “ bail sounds like fail to me “ no school like old school.

Life advice right there....

This is more than barbell training... it’s a philosophy for life.

I totally agree with rip you have to know what hard feels like before you bale, that goes for life to.

Thank you Sir! You have changed my training. I have been training for three years now and shifted to your App four weeks ago. My squat went up 20kg/44lb. Every time I wasn't sure, whether I could make all three working sets. Every time I could. Keep it up, Sir!

MARKS BEST VIDEO

How do I bail on my extension cord roll-ups? Gotta hit the can to bear down on a heavy load.

When you bail "you have given yourself permission to not try harder." I've never bailed on a squat, never plan to. But this quote is going on the wall as a reminder anyway.

Great!

i think a bigger problem with bumper plates is people feeling like they can attempt stuff that is totally unrealistic, knowing they can just dump it on the floor

Rip: “This is training. This isn’t fucking around.” KZfaq: *demonitization intensifies

What i learned from this video: don't f**** around with Rip's equipment.

About to go squat, just had to watch this beforehand.

Be good to see Rip demonstrate heavy squat and deadlift.

I got trapped under the bar for the first time ever in squat last month. I had a bad spotter who was dicking off on candy crush instead of spotting and my dumb rear end went up 10 lbs instead of 5 lbs when I knew I shouldn't have. Had to let it roll off my back. Wouldn't reccomend. Great video.

This same set up should work for the bench press, correct?

"If you give yourself permission using some bullshit like RPE to judge that the next rep will not be doable..." Ouch! :))

Shit, I wish I had known this guy's work when I was younger.

Yes sir.

I'm curious about what Rip's training program is

The rack looks awsome

Thank you for this. Rather break my ego than my neck

We need more Rip. Get the clone machine ready

Don't come in my gym and bend my bars. LMFAO🤣🤣

I really hope mark has a son. The values he instills in me, as a stranger and fill grown man is surprising.

"Don't do that on my gym". Got it.

I love Mark's cadence, and the video's lack of jump-cuts every 15 seconds.

"If you give yourself permission using some bullshit like RPE to judge that the next rep will not be doable..." Best advice ever!!!

In my opinion, if you've set the safety pins at the right height then you do not need a spotter. If you cannot complete a rep, you simply set the bar -- not drop it -- on the pins.

If you're not a little scared before a set, then the bar's not heavy enough.

What's with the giant fishing lure on the back wall?

Dang I came here to listen to him talk about pin height and got so much more. Thank you Mark. I'll think of this video next time I even think about NOT attempting that 6th or 7th or higher rep.

discipline is doing something you hate, but doing it like you love it

Now that was an epic rant on how to grind harder. But shit happens, i was'nt a lifter, i was a boxer and just tipped my toe into lifting waters at my time. If i knew back then what i know now, i would've done different, but that's spilled milk. So i learned that stuff not from a Coach, but from your blue book four years ago, and i was going to my novice progression, a very inexperienced lifter, and somehow i lost balance, i think i didnt squeeze my abs hard enough and my trunk was'nt rigid, man was i glad i figured that out in the beforehand.

This is like Yoda telling you that you can lift it.

He's right.

Dammit why does this come out the very next day after 4 reps per set. He knows too much

How do you really feel about it, Rip?

Failed my PR squat this morning, retried it and got it the 2nd time, think the failure was due to setup. Disheartening though, and concerned on knee stress due to it.

That’s how I always bail if I’m squatting inside a rack

6:15 If you haven't failed you haven't even tried. How ive attacked my PR's lately. Broke axle press, DL, and squat by quite a lot simply because i was too worried to fail.

I have all my own equipment and I bailed in my rack a lot of times with 400lb on the bar and nothing ever bent. I made my own rack out of 1/2 steel so itll never break or bend. As for the bar.... you can get a decent one for like $300 they're pretty cheap so I really dont care. Then again I'm also well off with money lol

Is this just as safe with high bar squat? Given the fact that you will be more upright.

Are you on TRT, Rip?

Ohhh Ok R E S P E CT, golden rule,thanks Sir!😀

Not coming to the gym anf fu*king around. 2:20 Yeah I'm guilty of that sometimes 😂

Rip: Remember when you joined my gym I said never bail a squat by dropping the bar? Newb: Yes but I..... Rip: HIT THE FUCKIN ROAD!

What's the story with that giant Rat'L'Trap on the back wall?

if you do not fail, you are not even trying (Denzel Washington)

People who disliked this video are people who do leg extensions as their main exercise

If only my commercial gym had power racks... The racks there make you lift the weight outside the cage and the safety brackets are too short for my taste unless I strictly tried to good morning the bar as Mark explained, hmmm.

If you're on your fifth rep and you take it down and push it back up and rack it. You don't have data if you'll ever be able to do the sixth rep. And so on.

I cant believe a video has to be made about this

I rack a sketchy rep one session....by next session I've got overall stronger and that sketchy rep is just normal

I've been pondering this same thing, giving myself permission to bail on the hard work of lifting, to not finish that last rep. This video is what I needed to see. "Grind through shit I'd rather not do."

6:07 What do you tink about that, FEIGENBAUM?!

omg... this is the best lol

I wonder if the Engineers from Prometheus ever bail on squats.

I feel like I'm in trouble

In your face- wake up and smell the coffee- 👍

😀👍 yay Bailing Out

Sure but these people have like inches of depth left, what if you go atg?

Need a Life's Advice book by Rip. He's gold in an age of shit.

Do not let the fact that bailing from under a squat is a dumb thing to do, distract you from the fact that Rip can barely see your tee-tee.

I bailed on a squat and let that Cheeto stay on the ground.