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. He has several decades of experience as a strength coach, is a former powerlifter, and is currently a gym owner.
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. He formally relinquished the credential in 2009.
He was formerly associated with the CrossFit community as a subject-matter expert in barbell training. 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. After purchasing rights from Kilgore, he expanded this course into a three-day Starting Strength Seminar produced through the Aasgaard Company in 2010. Rippetoe ended his formal association with CrossFit in 2009 due to personal and ideological differences.
He is also known for his particularly brash teaching style and humor, prompting several online compilations of his attributed quotations. He is the second chair trumpet player in the brass band known as The Anarene Transit Authority.
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Background
Rippetoe was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, where he now resides. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in petroleum geology from Midwestern State University, where he met his mentor Bill Starr in 1979. He competed in powerlifting from 1979 to 1988, winning the Greater Texas Classic in 1981. He bought Anderson's Gym in 1984, which later became the Wichita Falls Athletic Club. 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. 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.
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Authored works
Rippetoe has authored several books, peer-reviewed articles, online and DVD instructional videos, and internet posts concerned with strength training.
Books
- Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training (editions 1, 2, 3)
- Practical Programming for Strength Training (editions 1, 2, 3)
- Strong Enough? Thoughts on Thirty Years of Barbell Training
- Mean Ol' Mr. Gravity
DVDs
- Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training
Journal articles
- Strength and conditioning for fencing, Strength and Conditioning Journal
- Let's Learn How to Coach the Squat, Strength and Conditioning Journal
- Redefining Fitness for Health and Fitness Professionals, Journal of Exercise Physiology
- Going Deep, CrossFit Journal
References
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.
Other
- Charles Poliquin, Five Valuable Strength Lessons From Mark Rippetoe, 2011.
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