Rugby while doing SS? A person would literally be spending all of their time training, shoving food food in their mouth, sleeping, and sitting on the toilet....

I fucking love Mark so much. He is the goat to me. He helped me how to squat after COUNTLESS trainers and tips from dozens of insane good squatters like Dave Tate, Max Aita, Louie Simmons couldnt do shit for me. He breaks it down and makes sense on every level and his level of honesty and realness is genuine. I dont care if he is abrasive, he is just being honest. Iam the same way. People dont like me/us for it but Iam just telling you like it is. You WONT get up and cook your eggs and oatmeal and take care of yourself like you should, which is what separates the men from the boys and the real lifters from the fakes.

I'm an intermediate lifter and rock climber, and I'm not that good at either because I do both. I do enjoy doing both, and since I'm in good shape and almost 40 I feel okay about it. lol

Back when I was in high school sports, I had no clue what I was doing. I could have been a much better athlete if I ate like I should have and trained the way I should have like in starting strength.

Yes, I was dumb enough to play rugby. Thanks for the reference. Was able to add 5 to 10 lbs per week to my squat per week. Recovery sucks at an advanced age. I have to space squats and dead’s every 10-12 days to recover properly.

Great pep talk

My Rugby coach told me to get the starting strength book and just follow what’s in there

Love that shirt, do you have a link for it?

Can you talk about scoliosis ?

Some people just don't have a good appetite, even at 16.

What if you are doing some sort og grappling (brazilian jiu jitsu), and is trying to improve your strength as an adult novice lifter?

Thoughts on replacing squats with reverse lunge and barbell rows with weighted chinups in starting strength? The direct carry over it had to baseball is too good to ignore and I still want to run the 3x5 while in off season

Hopefully coaches and young athletes are paying attention. Pack some peanut butter sandwiches kids!

LoL, Kids eating enough and going to sleep at night? Nah, they'd rather drink, bang and eat crap food. They call it "YOLO", I believe. They think that's "living." By the time they get it, they're no longer kids. So I understand why you enjoy coaching older people so much.

Youre not gonna are ya?......

Damn. Harsh words but so true. It's not all rainbows and glitter and everybody gets a f*cling medal because they showed up

There's a reason there is not a single collegiate or professional athletic program in the world that will go near these guys. Take anything these guys say with regards sports training with a huge grain of salt.

= my son 🙄