Mark Rippetoe is een Amerikaanse krachtcoach en auteur die bekend staat om zijn praktische benadering van krachttraining. Zijn methodologie, geworteld in tientallen jaren ervaring en verfijning, richt zich op de fundamentele principes van effectieve krachtontwikkeling. Rippetoe legt de nadruk op efficiëntie en op bewijs gebaseerde praktijken gericht op het maximaliseren van krachttoename voor sporters. Zijn werk biedt lezers een duidelijk en bruikbaar kader om hun fysieke doelen te bereiken.
There is a difference between Exercise and Training. Exercise is physical activity for its own sake, a workout done for the effect it produces today, during the workout or right after you're through. Training is physical activity done with a longer-term goal in mind, the constituent workouts of which are specifically designed to produce that goal. Training is how athletes prepare to win, and how all motivated people approach physical preparation.
This book is for anyone serious about learning or coaching the basic lifts.
Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training is the new expanded version of the book that has been called "the best and most useful of fitness books." It picks up where Starting Strength: A Simple and Practical Guide for Coaching Beginners leaves off. With all new graphics and more than 750 illustrations, a more detailed analysis of the five most important exercises in the weight room, and a new chapter dealing with the most important assistance exercises, Basic Barbell Training offers the most complete examination in print of the most effective way to exercise.