This is a recent post from the Starting Strength forum. Over the past few years, it’s become fashionable in the fitness world to ridicule the idea of New Year’s resolutions but the fact remains that it serves as a solid start point for people to make life-long changes to better themselves. If you’re already getting…
DetailsSteve’s knees had taken a beating from rugby and five decades of general wear n’ tear. He received regular injections of Synvisc (a substance that lubricates and cushions joints) to mitigate the constant pain in his knees. Since he began squatting, he’s slowly built his strength and the knee pain began to lessen. After a…
DetailsMaggie has come a long way. Just a year ago, a nagging knee injury from high school prevented her from doing squats due to sharp pain. With some patience and a lot of attention to technique, her squats got stronger and her knee pain subsided. She’s gone from just her bodyweight to squatting with 200+…
DetailsWhen John started training with us, he struggled to do a full squat with just his bodyweight. To be blunt, John was weak. Now a few months later, he’s added over 160 pounds to his squat along with high increases in his other lifts. Why does that matter? Above all, it’s made his job far…
DetailsOver the next couple weeks, we’ll be hosting a couple events at B&W Gym. On Sunday, October 30th, Starting Strength Coaches Bill Coyne and Spencer Irvin along with IPF referee and B&W Gym owner Dennis Brady will host a powerlifting clinic. This is a great opportunity to get coaching in the competition lifts — the…
DetailsJim Thaxtin has worked through some tough health challenges over the past couple years. The most difficult was phrenic nerve paralysis which inhibited Jim’s ability to breath normally. In an effort to combat it, Jim continued training and building his strength. His deadlift has seen the most improvement recently and he performed two sets or…
DetailsLoyola University student Alan Johansen has made steady progress since the beginning of his novice program earlier this year. When Alan first came to the gym, he already had a solid base of strength from lifting throughout high school. But at that time he was following an unnecessarily complicated program that yielded far lower returns…
DetailsJay is twelve weeks deep into his novice program and continues to make steady progress. After fighting through some hard sets of squats and presses, it was time for Jay to pass a big century mark on the deadlift. He did so without much trouble. Check out the video of his top set with 300…
DetailsShannon began working with us three months ago to get stronger. In that time, her squat and deadlift has increased 100 pounds each while her press and bench press have substantially increased as well. Through a simple combination of consistency and effort, Shannon has made incredible progress with lots of gains left to be made!…
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