Mark Rippetoe

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Mark Rippetoe
Mark Rippetoe
Mark Rippetoe
Born (1956-02-12) February 12, 1956 (age 68)[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

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External links

Interviews

Other

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  1. Vanderbilt University Staff Resources, Birthday Quote for Feb. 12
  2. 2.0 2.1 Craig Rasmussen, Texas BBQ: Talking Shop with Mark Rippetoe, EliteFTS.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Wichita Falls Athletic Club, Staff. The Wichita Falls Athletic Club is a gym owned and operated by Mark Rippetoe.
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  5. Myles Kantor, A New Sport of Strength: An Interview with Mark Rippetoe on the CrossFit Total, 2007.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Starting Strength Seminars
  7. Joey, CCT, Basically Barbells: The CrossFit Basic Barbell Certification Seminar, 2006.
  8. The Aasgard Company, Starting Strength Seminars
  9. CrossFit: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly
  10. Testosterone Nation, Mark Rippetoe Quotes.
  11. Rip QoTD Coach Rip Quotes.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Matt Reynolds, In the Trenches - An Interview With Mark Rippetoe.
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