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Your ideal body weight as an ectomorph at 6' 0 will be 214.378 lbs. There. Happy? And if you lose or gain a pound, I will have you killed. It is important to be ideal.
Mark Rippetoe
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Mark Rippetoe
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: February 12
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