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Ask Rip #37 | The importance of a good training environment

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Mark Rippetoe

Health, Fitness & Nutrition, Fitness, Barbell, Training, Strength

4.5768 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2016

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Mark Rippetoe answers questions during the Starting Strength Seminar Q&A at Wichita Falls Athletic Club in December 2016. In this episode, Rip discusses neuromuscular efficiency and it's effect on the stretch reflex, the "X" factor with regards to your training environment, Carroll Smith's books, and why going to Canada sucks. ------------------­--------- Watch Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UY1jAf4SrWk WEBSITE: http://startingstrength.com FORUM: http://startingstrength.com/resources/forum/ STORE: http://aasgaardco.com Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=AasgaardCo Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SS_strength Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Starting-Strength-The-Aasgaard-Company/142424022490628 -----------------------------

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0:00.0

In York speak English.

0:12.0

English only.

0:14.0

All right.

0:16.0

Okay.

0:20.0

We begin. Ne does neuromuscular efficiency affect the lift that has a stretch reflex first one that doesn't?

0:30.6

Well, a person who is extremely efficient, someone with a big standing vertical jump, is better at recruiting motor

0:46.3

units than somebody who is not. This means that he is going to have more profound stretch

0:52.0

reflex efficiency. His recruitment as a result of performing stretch reflex

0:57.0

will be better than ours. And as far as the, I mean, stretch reflexes are used at the

1:10.0

start of essentially every explosive movement anyway.

1:13.6

So people with big standing verticals just more effectively use a stretch reflex.

1:19.6

One of the other interesting things about people with big standing verticals

1:24.6

is that the first day they train, guys like that are always stronger than people with lower verticals,

1:32.3

just in terms of how much weight they can lift on day one.

1:36.3

They start off stronger because they're using more of their muscle mass.

1:41.3

They're used to using more of their muscle mass. They're better

1:44.4

visual learners. They're better technically at first. In addition to the fact that they have a big

1:53.0

stretch reflex efficiency with the standing vertical jump and every other stretch reflex they perform.

1:59.3

So the benefit is greater for the squat than the deadlift.

2:03.6

Yeah, because the deadlift is an exercise that is designed to take out the stretch reflex.

2:10.6

In fact, you'll notice that novice lifters, and perhaps I't ever thought about this but I would I

2:21.8

would say that following along your lines probably if you're teaching a guy with a

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