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• wasteduniverse 2y ago
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• epiccoleman 2y ago
  > Physical strength is the most important thing in life. This is true whether we want it to be or not. As humanity has developed throughout history, physical strength has become less critical to our daily existence, but no less important to our lives. Our strength, more than any other thing we possess, still determines the quality and the quantity of our time here in these bodies. ... A weak man is not as happy as that same man would be if he were strong. This reality is offensive to some people who would like the intellectual or spiritual to take precedence. It is instructive to see what happens to these very people as their squat strength goes up. - Mark Rippetoe, from Starting Strength I've always loved this first paragraph of the book for how direct it is. Agree or disagree, that's fine, I'm not saying this is an incontrovertible truth or endorsing it necessarily. Just nice to see someone state their priors so unambiguously.
  • beryilma 2y ago
    Rippetoe should be required reading for anybody interested in strength training. I amusingly love his literal 60-page chapter on squatting alone. More seriously, I observed many times that the moment of starting to loose their muscle strength was the start of the end for older people. It is well known that, for example, older people who break their hips don't survive for too long...