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Topic: short and sweet Bill Starr training article (Read 3744 times)
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Doc
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I followed many of Bills strength programs. I played college football at Towson State in Maryland early to mid 1970's- when Bill was the strength and conditioning coach for the Baltimore Colts (before they left town for Indy).
The Colts used the athletic facilities at Towson for their training. He would be there in the afternoons with the team--various positions would there on different days of the week with him.. As a scholarship athlete at the university we were allowed to train along.
I entered college as a 190 lb freshman ( I had already been working out since jr. high) and graduated a few years later weighing 220. No drugs, no supplements other than Hoffman's pasty powders and Energol, but a lot of milk, burgers, eggs and steaks.
Bills programs were straight forward, to the point and no nonsense. No silly names such as dogcrap, warrior, matrix, muscle confusion--you picked the weight up and put it back down--no rocket science. (if I am not mistaken Dave Draper also said the same thing--pick it up and put it down, it's not rocket science).
Bills influence was one of the reasons I also went on to be come a strength coach (univ. of Florida early to mid 1980's).
Call me old and outdated, but there is nothing new under the sun. You pick it up and you put it down. next time add a few more reps and some more weight to the bar. Stick to the basics, and don't try and over complicate matters.
Bills writings withstand the test of time. Follow his routines and you will grow bigger and stronger. I guarantee!
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aameduri
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Dr. to Doc,
Could not agree with you more. Bill's training was simple and effective and to the point.
Dr. A
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Terry Strand
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I'd vote out the bench press. Doesn't do much for overall strength. If you did a thermogram after the clean and press your whole body musculature would be lighting up. Do a thermogram after the bench and your pecs and tri's will light up, with minor anterior delts.
Take the power clean of Starr's and convert it from a floor to shoulders lift, to a floor to overhead lift. By skipping the press, which is the second and very important part of the clean and press, you kill half the exercise.
They say the king of the exercises are squats, yet I say it is the queen....and that clean and presses are the king for overall body strength, cardio, grip, ruggedness, etc.
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jstone6507
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If more people did repetition clean and presses, barbell rows and full squats, you could throw away every piece of cardio equipment away, obesity would be a thing of the past...and gym memberships to a 'real gym' would be down to $15 months. It doesn't get any simpler than that.
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