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My wife when I begin to explain to my In laws at Thanksgiving Dinner that "Physical strength is the most important thing in life. This is true whether you 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...... we are still animals - our physical existence is, in the final anal ysis, the only one that actually matters. A weak man is not as happy as that same man would be if he were strong..."

Today is a great day for me to take a bunch of elderly people through workouts consisting of heavy squats, bench, press, and deadlifts.

4 ERRORS Beginners Make that Experienced Lifters NEVER Do | Part 3 - The Deadlift @SS_strength testifysc.com/articles/4-err…

Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.

Q&A Episode - Inserts, Ostomy Bag, & Wraps | Starting Strength Radio #359 startingstrength.com/video/q…

You can tell someone is a Starting Strength guy because they have small arms. - SSC

The most annoying part of getting a bigger, stronger deadlift? Having to load and unload all of those plates. Keep it simple and keep it easy. Starting Strength Coach Phil Meggers of Testify Strength & Conditioning in Omaha, NE, gives you 6 tips to make your life easier so you can save some energy for that big pull you've got coming up.

6 Tips to Help Load and Unload Your Deadlifts | @TestifySC startingstrength.com/video/6…

Get Your FIRST Chin-up or Pull-up | 6 Ways to Success! @SS_strength Click here to watch the full video: testifysc.com/articles/get-y…

See @SS_strength has been wrong all along. You don’t need to gain bodyweight. lol

How to Stay Injured As a Powerlifter: Lots of PLing programs use a “top set + back off sets” type of protocol for the main lifts. Example: Work up to a top set of 1-3 reps. Then back off and perform like 2-5 sets of 2-5 reps. So like: 405x1 then 3x3x365 With this type of programming, you will occasionally have some misses on that top set. Good coaching/programming minimizes this as much as possible but it will inevitably happen. Guys who LOVE GETTING INJURED will attempt that top set 2-3 times. Most of the time they just keep missing. Sometimes they may actually complete it on 2nd or 3rd try with atrocious form and bar speed of a snail. Either way - you are running fatigue SKY HIGH when you do this. Then you move onto your back off work and complete the sets under that sky high fatigue and wind up with a torn adductor or strained SI joint and blame your form. It wasn’t your form. Missed reps have a very high fatigue cost. Multiple missed reps in a row is peak training stupidity. When you miss that top set - MOVE ON. Adjust programming protocol for the next week or block as needed.

.@sam_gzstrength fully vindicated.

Fairlife chocolate protein shake has one main ingredient. Filtered lowfat milk. Every other item on the list is under 1%. The 26 grams of protein in the bottle comes from filtered milk, not from anything added. Regular lowfat milk is about 8 grams of protein a cup, so 14 ounces would give you around 14 grams. Ultrafiltration pushes the milk through membranes that hold the protein back and let the water and most of the lactose through, then the plant recombines it with more of the protein fraction. That's how you get to 26 with nothing on the list but milk. The under 1% group is the taste and the texture. Four sweeteners, monk fruit, stevia, acesulfame potassium and sucralose. Each has its own aftertaste, and stacking them at low levels lets each one cover for the others. Then carrageenan, cellulose gel and cellulose gum, three thickeners that keep the cocoa from settling and give the shake some body. It's about as clean as a protein shake gets.

Then there's this absolute banger from @SS_strength

Rip talks about making adjustments to training when things are hampered by injuries, illness, or equipment.

Training When It's Not Optimal | Mark Rippetoe startingstrength.com/video/t…

Post squat

The FWYS Principle: If You Don't Change This, Your Press Will Always Suffer @SS_strength testifysc.com/articles/the-p…

As you age, don’t just worry about your weight or how you look in jeans. Think about your bones. Weak bones increase your risk of serious fractures from falls. Strength training helps build and maintain bone strength. Train heavy. Build a body that can handle getting older.