Rippetoe Bench Quotes & Sayings

Our past is what shapes us, the scars it leaves behind mold us, and what we do with the shit that's left over is what defines us. — Gail McHugh

America needs jobs and opportunity, not make-work and handouts. — Ronald Reagan

You're drowning them!" she complained. "Hey, I'm a Poseidon kid," he said. "I can't drown. And neither can my pancakes." To — Rick Riordan

Only a few things in life matter a little. The rest don't matter at all. — John Cleese

Jasnah was never wrong."
"This would be a storming bad time for her to break her record, — Brandon Sanderson

If you insist on using a thumbless grip on the bench, you need to do it at home so that when the ambulance comes (if anyone is there to call 911), it doesn't disrupt anyone else's training. — Mark Rippetoe

Focusing on your values may provide you with meaning, but it won't simplify things. — David Allen

They used to call the devil the father of lies. But for someone whose sin is meant to be pride, you'd think that lying would leave something of a sour taste. So my theory is that when the devil wants to get something out of you, he doesn't lie at all. He tells you the exact, literal truth. And he lets you find your own way to hell. — Mike Carey

Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane. — Martin Luther King Jr.

If living was easy then everyone would be doing it. — Steve Thomas

We're Americans. I don't consider us to be evil, I just don't think we know any better. We're a really young culture. We're hillbillies, and the rest of the world sees us that way. I travel all over the world, and probably the only worse rednecks than us are the Australians. And they're an even younger country. — Steve Earle

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete ... not victory but combat ... not to have vanquished but to have fought well ... not winning but taking part ... — Pierre De Coubertin

I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter. — Mary Shelley

For young males that weigh between 150-200 lbs., deadlifts can move up 15-20 lbs. per workout, squats 10-15 lbs., with continued steady progress for 3-4 weeks before slowing down to half that rate. Bench presses, presses, and cleans can move up 5-10 lbs. per workout, with progress on these exercises slowing down to 2.5-5 lbs. per workout after only 2-3 weeks. Young women make progress on the squat and the deadlift at about the same rate, adjusted for bodyweight, but much slower on the press, the bench press, cleans, and assistance exercises. — Mark Rippetoe