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There is no such thing as firming and toning. There is only stronger and weaker.

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Mark Rippetoe
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: February 12
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Stronger
Thing
Toning
Weaker

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Start training yourself. You don't have to have been an elite lifter to be a good coach - I sure as hell wasn't. But you have to at least have been under the bar enough to know why wedon't look up at the bleeding ceiling when we squat!
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Most of the problems with the bodies and minds of the folks occupying the current culture involve an unwillingness to do anything hard, or anything that they'd rather not do. I applaud your resolve, and I welcome you to the community of people who have decided that EASY will no longer suffice.
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You guys that worry about eating clean are actually merely bodybuilders looking for justification for your obsession with abs. You cannot get big and strong on 3000 kcal/day. And you cannot eat 7000/day and eat perfectly “clean”.
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Physical strength is the most important thing in life. This is true whether we want it to be or not.
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I can teach idiots to squat in ten minutes.
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The deadlift also serves as a way to train the mind to do things that are hard.
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