Rippetoe Workout Quotes & Sayings

With change there is no task too hard for you. — Sunday Adelaja

Kitty, The "Secret Annexe — Anne Frank

As the Persians wrote very little about how they ran their affairs, the Greek propaganda of the 5th century B.C. has for centuries gone virtually unchallenged - indeed, for Edward Said, it was the beginning of Europe's long habit of misunderstanding and ill-informed contempt of the Middle East. — Neil MacGregor

He smashed all my reservations that he couldn't give me what I desired and proved love could change anyone - no matter how destroyed. — Pepper Winters

I think people that have a brother or sister don't realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that there's always somebody there, somebody that's family. — Trey Parker

Time is like a wheel. Turning and turning - never stopping. And the woods are the center; the hub of the wheel. It began the first week of summer, a strange and breathless time when accident, or fate, bring lives together. When people are led to do things, they've never done before. On this summer's day, not so very long ago, the wheel set lives in motion in mysterious ways. — Natalie Babbitt

A man can face known danger. But the unknown frightens him. We — Robert A. Heinlein

Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths ... ? — George Washington

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

Anonymity may be a powerful drug; it is as well we do not taste too much of it in our daily lives. — Stephanie Barron

I am made of words. Cut me & I bleed sentences. Read me, & I speak to your soul. — Chloe Thurlow

His life is an example. I pray that God will heal Jim's body. But until he does, God is using Jim to inspire people like me. God will do the same with you. He will use your struggle to change others. — Max Lucado

Michelle wasn't butch enough to mess around with men. It would be simply heterosexual, and slutty. For Ziggy and Stitch it was something else, proof of their toughness. They could tumble around with this guy and emerge from the van as queer as ever, more queer, even, and the man might now in fact be a bit queer from his time spent cracked out in Ziggy's butch bosom. — Michelle Tea

Mediocre athletes that tried like hell to get good are the best coaches. — Mark Rippetoe

I'm always aware of trying to put my body in different positions to test it and strengthen muscles that you don't get when you do dumbbell press or pulls or weight-type exercises. — Adrian Peterson

Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general. — Mark Rippetoe

In the first place, most princes apply themselves to the arts of war, in which I have neither ability nor interest, instead of to the good arts of peace. They are generally more set on acquiring new kingdoms by hook or by crook than on governing well those that they already have. — Thomas More

There are no shortcuts. The fact that a shortcut is important to you means that you are a pussy. — Mark Rippetoe

You are right to be wary. There is much bullshit. Be wary of me too, because I may be wrong. Make up your own mind after you evaluate all the evidence and the logic. — Mark Rippetoe

If the rowan's roots are shallow, it bears no crown. — Ursula K. Le Guin