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Ask Rip #58

Starting Strength Radio

Mark Rippetoe

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

4.5768 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Mark Rippetoe, Niki Sims, and Matt Reynolds answer questions during the Q and A at the Starting Strength Seminar. Topics covered are chiropractic adjustments, the best bourbon, the strength elevator pitch, and the difference between empirical data vs. peer reviewed studies. ------------------­--------- Watch Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/oXlFDpqpM4w 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

You can't not sprint or not ski for a couple years, gain 30 pounds, and go do a black diamond ski,

0:07.0

and you're going to fucking kill yourself.

0:09.0

So you've got to take it easy the first day or two and get back into it.

0:12.0

So as far as the season goes, can I continue with that strength programming as I would?

0:17.0

Yeah, if you really like skiing, skiing's the practice.

0:19.0

So you just keep lifting and get strong, and the skiing is the practice of the sport.

0:25.0

Right? You just start, you ease back into it over the course of several days,

0:29.2

and eventually you'll be fine.

0:30.8

It's not a big deal.

0:31.8

All right.

0:32.4

So, Ben.

0:33.8

What are some common modifications you see post-lumbar fusion?

0:39.3

I don't think you'd need any.

0:42.3

I wouldn't think you'd need any modification.

0:45.3

I mean, you're going to keep your lumbar spine and extension anyway.

0:50.3

If you have a lumbar fusion, it might be easier to do that. Okay?

0:55.0

Because now you've got one less mobile.

0:57.0

You can't bend right there.

0:59.0

I train a lister who has Harrington rods through most of his back.

1:03.0

He fell from four stories and suffered.

1:06.0

It's called the first fracture of a couple of his lumbar vertebrae along with a number of other really nasty things

1:12.6

and yeah he holds his low back and extension real low he's a beautiful attention you guys

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