Mark Rippetoe
| Mark Rippetoe | |
|---|---|
 Mark Rippetoe | |
| Born | February 12, 1956[1] |
| Organization | Starting Strength, Wichita Falls Athletic Club |
| Notable work | Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, Practical Programming for Strength Training |
| Website | Starting Strength |
Mark Rippetoe (born February 12, 1956) is an American strength training coach and author. He has published a number of books and peer-reviewed articles. He has a BSc in geology with a minor in anthropology, but no degree in exercise science. He has several decades of experience as a strength coach, is a former powerlifter,[2] and is currently a gym owner.[3]
He was a part of the charter group of individuals to receive the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist certification when it was first offered by the National Strength and Conditioning Association, in 1985.[2] He formally relinquished the credential in 2009.[4]
He was formerly associated with the CrossFit community as a subject-matter expert in barbell training.[5] He authored many training articles for the CrossFit Journal and created, with Lon Kilgore, the Basic Barbell Certification course, which they conducted from 2006 to 2009.[6][7] After purchasing rights from Kilgore, he expanded this course into a three-day Starting Strength Seminar produced through the Aasgaard Company in 2010.[6][8] Rippetoe ended his formal association with CrossFit in 2009 due to personal and ideological differences.[9]
He is also known for his particularly brash teaching style and humor, prompting several online compilations of his attributed quotations.[10][11]
Background
Rippetoe was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, where he now resides.[3][12] He obtained a Bachelor of Science in petroleum geology from Midwestern State University, where he met his mentor Bill Starr in 1979.[12] He competed in powerlifting from 1979 to 1988, winning the Greater Texas Classic in 1981.[12] He bought Anderson's Gym in 1984, which later became the Wichita Falls Athletic Club.[3][12] He collaborated with Glenn Pendlay, international-level Olympic lifting coach and Professor Lon Kilgore, who established the USA Weightlifting Regional Development Center in Wichita Falls.[12] Over the next 30 years, he used the gym to test and refine his training program that would maximize strength gains, ultimately resulting in the Starting Strength program.[4][12]
Authored works
Rippetoe has authored several books, peer-reviewed articles, online and DVD instructional videos, and internet posts concerned with strength training.[3]
Books
- Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training (editions 1, 2, 3)[4]
- Practical Programming for Strength Training (editions 1, 2, 3)[13]
- Strong Enough? Thoughts on Thirty Years of Barbell Training[14]
- Mean Ol’ Mr. Gravity[15]
DVDs
- Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training[16]
Journal articles
- Strength and conditioning for fencing, Strength and Conditioning Journal[17]
- Let's Learn How to Coach the Squat, Strength and Conditioning Journal[18]
- Redefining Fitness for Health and Fitness Professionals, Journal of Exercise Physiology[19]
- Going Deep, CrossFit Journal[20]
References
- ↑ Vanderbilt University Staff Resources, Birthday Quote for Feb. 12
- 1 2 Craig Rasmussen, Texas BBQ: Talking Shop with Mark Rippetoe, EliteFTS.
- 1 2 3 4 Wichita Falls Athletic Club, Staff. The Wichita Falls Athletic Club is a gym owned and operated by Mark Rippetoe.
- 1 2 3 Rippetoe, Mark (2011). Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training (3rd ed.). Aasgard Company. p. 347. ISBN 0-9825227-3-8. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ↑ Myles Kantor, A New Sport of Strength: An Interview with Mark Rippetoe on the CrossFit Total, 2007.
- 1 2 Starting Strength Seminars
- ↑ Joey, CCT, Basically Barbells: The CrossFit Basic Barbell Certification Seminar, 2006.
- ↑ The Aasgard Company, Starting Strength Seminars
- ↑ CrossFit: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly
- ↑ Testosterone Nation, Mark Rippetoe Quotes.
- ↑ Rip QoTD Coach Rip Quotes.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Matt Reynolds, In the Trenches - An Interview With Mark Rippetoe.
- ↑ Rippetoe, Mark (2009). Practical Programming for Strength Training (2nd ed.). Aasgard Company. p. 204. ISBN 0-9825227-0-3. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ↑ Rippetoe, Mark (2007). Strong Enough? Thoughts on Thirty Years of Barbell Training. Aasgard Company. p. 204. ISBN 0-9768054-4-8. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ↑ Rippetoe, Mark (2009). Mean Ol’ Mr. Gravity (1st ed.). Aasgard Company. p. 364. ISBN 0-9825227-1-1. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ↑ Rippetoe, Mark (25 February 2009). Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training (DVD). Aasgard Company.
- ↑ Rippetoe, Mark (April 2000). "Strength and conditioning for fencing". Strength and Conditioning Journal. 22 (2). 42.
- ↑ Rippetoe, Mark (June 2001). "Let's Learn How to Coach the Squat". Strength and Conditioning Journal. 23 (3). 11.
- ↑ Rippetoe, Mark; Lon Kilgore (April 2007). "Redefining Fitness for Health and Fitness Professionals". Journal of Exercise Physiology. 10 (2). 34.
- ↑ Rippetoe, Mark (September 2006). "Going Deep". CrossFit Journal.
External links
Interviews
- Rob Sachs, What Would Rob Do to Lose 10 Pounds in 2009?, 2009. NPR interview with Mark Rippetoe.
- Matt Reynolds, In the Trenches - An Interview With Mark Rippetoe
- Myles Kantor, Going Deeper into the Deadlift with Mark Rippetoe. Interview.
- Charles Staley, Mark Rippetoe: Starting Strength, mp3, 2008. Audio interview with Mark Rippetoe.
- Chris Colucci, Starting Strength: An Interview with Mark Rippetoe, 2009. T-nation interview with Mark Rippetoe.
- Reddit, I am Mark Rippetoe, author of Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training. Ask Me Anything., 2011.