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Best Shirt For Barbell Training

You need the right clothing to make the most out of your barbell training. Starting Strength Coach Grant Broggi explains the best shirt to wear for your workouts.

Best Shirt For Barbell Training

You need the right clothing to make the most out of your barbell training. Starting Strength Coach Grant Broggi explains the best shirt to wear for your workouts.

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Staying Strong As A New Dad

By Connor King, SSC It has been 6 months since my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world.  As with most expecting parents, we received plenty of...

Staying Strong As A New Dad

By Connor King, SSC It has been 6 months since my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world.  As with most expecting parents, we received plenty of...

Something Hurts!

Something Hurts!

By Brayden Wilson, SSC Pain is an inevitable part of life, whether you train or not. You’ve decided to train in order to become more resilient and experience less pain...

Something Hurts!

By Brayden Wilson, SSC Pain is an inevitable part of life, whether you train or not. You’ve decided to train in order to become more resilient and experience less pain...

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How To Make a Brikka Espresso

Starting Strength Coaches Grant and Connor both love their Brikka pots.  Check out Grant's video here on the difference between a Moka and a Brikka and read Connor's how to...

How To Make a Brikka Espresso

Starting Strength Coaches Grant and Connor both love their Brikka pots.  Check out Grant's video here on the difference between a Moka and a Brikka and read Connor's how to...

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What You Should Know About Fasting And Lifting

By Grant Broggi   Weightlifters are Food Addicts  After 10+ years of barbell coaching I have concluded that most weightlifters are addicted to food.  That’s right. They’re food addicts. They...

What You Should Know About Fasting And Lifting

By Grant Broggi   Weightlifters are Food Addicts  After 10+ years of barbell coaching I have concluded that most weightlifters are addicted to food.  That’s right. They’re food addicts. They...

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Coaching The Deadlift

By Grant Broggi, SSC As more and more people become interested in barbell training, we often get asked many questions about the correct way to deadlift. Most trainees view the...

Coaching The Deadlift

By Grant Broggi, SSC As more and more people become interested in barbell training, we often get asked many questions about the correct way to deadlift. Most trainees view the...

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Learning How to Deadlift

Coaching the Deadlift As more and more people become interested in barbell training, we often get asked many questions about the correct way to deadlift. Most trainees view the deadlift...

Learning How to Deadlift

Coaching the Deadlift As more and more people become interested in barbell training, we often get asked many questions about the correct way to deadlift. Most trainees view the deadlift...

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Strength Training for the Elderly

By Grant Broggi, SSC Back in September of 2021 I wrote about Strength Training for Older Adults and how important resistance training is for the older population. We received lots...

Strength Training for the Elderly

By Grant Broggi, SSC Back in September of 2021 I wrote about Strength Training for Older Adults and how important resistance training is for the older population. We received lots...

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Strength Training for Older Adults

Capt Grant Broggi, SSC Originally posted on Starting Strength   I have learned quite a bit during my last ten years of barbell coaching. I first began by coaching young...

Strength Training for Older Adults

Capt Grant Broggi, SSC Originally posted on Starting Strength   I have learned quite a bit during my last ten years of barbell coaching. I first began by coaching young...

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Resistance Training in Your 60s

Connor King, SSC   Almost a year ago during the frenzy of the pandemic and the early days of our online coaching, our owner Grant shot me a text : “Need...

Resistance Training in Your 60s

Connor King, SSC   Almost a year ago during the frenzy of the pandemic and the early days of our online coaching, our owner Grant shot me a text : “Need...

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How To Grip Your Deadlift

by Grant Broggi, SSC I was coaching some lifters online and in the gym this week and I realized that a lot of new lifters do not know why we...

How To Grip Your Deadlift

by Grant Broggi, SSC I was coaching some lifters online and in the gym this week and I realized that a lot of new lifters do not know why we...

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Buying Your Own Belt

Grant Broggi, SSC Reposted from Starting Strength. Updated with video Sept 2022. In 2011 while stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma I began going to a local gym owned by Jim...

Buying Your Own Belt

Grant Broggi, SSC Reposted from Starting Strength. Updated with video Sept 2022. In 2011 while stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma I began going to a local gym owned by Jim...