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(Lol @ Mar. 04 2009,10:55)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE"><div>
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(Lol @ Mar. 03 2009,8:13)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">Cheers El-viejo. Mine's on its way. This is great value. Only $25.94 delivered to the UK.
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I'm particularly interested in your reaction to two things, based on prior conversation:
1) Speed of descent in squats (tee hee)
2) Starting height of hips to have the bar over midfoot and the shoulder blades actually over the bar. I.e. I think the "proper" deadlift position, mechanically speaking, is higher than a lot of form enthusiasts realize.</div>
1) Yeah. But I bet the vid will be showing form with pansy weights. I hope that's not the case (seeing this is coach Ripp's vid), but that's what tends to happen for video shoots. I guess it makes it easier to do multiple takes. It would be good to see the same guy lifting around a 15RM load and around a 3RM load, with a few others in between to see how his form/speed varies with load.
2) Again, yeah. Ripp suggests (in SS - the book) that those who set up with the hips too low tend to raise the hips at the start of the lift anyway, in order to get into the mechanically most efficient position to pull. I wonder if the vid will show how the start position varies in lifters of different heights and proportions. That's probably expecting too much.</div>
Ahh, didn't realize you didn't have it.
They do have lifters of different proportions, men and women both, and you get to see them warm up to work sets of 5 for all of the lifts. Not necessarily "ZOMG!!HARD!" sets of 5, but medium-heavy for most people. So it's a pretty good range.
In that context, I think you're going to be surprised by how fast the average trainee under Rip drops down in his squats.
Also, in terms of deadlifts, when you actually SEE him coach it, most people's form looks a lot closer to that one video I showed you (which you called a DL/SLDL hybrid) than the hips lower style people are used to seeing.
It's an interesting combination, really. I'd love to discuss more of the particulars of his recommendations with you, but I want you to see it first, obviously