Mark Rippetoe be like: trap bar deadlift is bad for your back but this is fine

No disrespect to the woman or the lift. Just silly to think a trap bar is dangerous but this is fully safe

[goaltotroll]

The standing bench press. Perfectly executed

[bawdyanarchist]

Every exercise is a back exercise if you do it wrong enough.

[OnlyABill]

My back snapped in half just watching this

[tom_marsden]

Rip is pure comedic gold. Sometimes I feel like he and all of SS is just next level satire.

[ultra_maxed]

overhead loaded hip thrust nothing wrong with that brother

[prenticefaber]

The BROKE BACK PRESS IS THE KNEW NAME OF THE PRESS.

[khmak]

Standing bench press?
Worst OHP form I've ever seen.

[JavierAlejandroPerez-eljr]

That's a Horizontal Overhead Press 😅

[andrewtanczyk]

Mike Tyson, ” I broke my back! Spinal!”

[tonymaloney]

So basically if you cant do an overhead press, lean back and turn it into a "bench press" and call it an overhead press. As long as those numbers go up, whi cares right??

[IronMoose]

The instructions are written on the wall right in front of her

[zoddtheimmortal]

Thats not how mark teaches people to ohp. People love to shit on starting strength, but if you take out the "eat more eat more eat more" philosophy, and if people did starting strength as novices, they'd make way more progress than majority of people. When it comes to training NOT DIET, everything mark teaches will get people jacked.

[michaellopez]

A lot of people are criticizing this. Are you not impressed? The back bend is impressive and the weight is impressive for a female.

[randyduane]

That’s a back injury waiting to happen!

[darkpodok]

I would never count this in a competition but for a woman to even move this above their head is impressive

[jd]

This is less about Rip and more about the coach not being competent. Rip endorses the press to have a layback like what’s on the diagram on the wall which is not even 15% of the angle being used here

[ricksanchez]

I’ve been doing it wrong. I could press more like this.

[joesenate]

Any losers want to acknowledge a 135 press? Thats elite pressing strength. If you are a real competitor you understand that you get your hands dirty when you dig down. That’s guts. I’d be honored to for her to teach my athletes what it means to give everything you’ve got. She may not be liked here, but that’s championship mindset.

[DenisChampagne]

Look at her after finishing to relieve the undue stress and didn't show her face.. willing to bet it wasn't a smile.... highly unorthodox positioning initiated by SS Chase

[tkremarkTK]

The headline is click bait and fake news to get traffic. Mark never said the trap bar is bad for your back. He said, it does not engage enough muscle like the traditional deadlift. It hit differently and Starting Strength hits differently ta boot!