Author Topic: Creating torque? (Read 14896 times)

Raptor · « **on:** August 12, 2013, 04:32:20 am »

http://bretcontreras.com/creating-torque-by-screwing-the-feet-into-the-ground/

Joe · « **Reply #1 on:** August 12, 2013, 05:20:24 am »

contreras strikes me as a major goober

Raptor · « **Reply #2 on:** August 12, 2013, 07:29:26 am »

What is a "goober"? It's like some sort of Word Police and Certified Asshole?

Joe · « **Reply #3 on:** August 12, 2013, 07:34:03 am »

Quote from: Raptor on August 12, 2013, 07:29:26 am

What is a "goober"? It's like some sort of Word Police and Certified Asshole?

It's kind of like a doofus but with some goofball thrown in.

AlexV · « **Reply #4 on:** August 14, 2013, 09:43:27 pm »

Kinda lame

Pavel calls this rooting and has been talking about this for over 15 years (that I know of). OLympic lifters and powerlifters have been doing it since the dawn of time. Basically you are taking the slack out of a joint and making it more stable. More stable joint = more efficient force production from prime movers cause you are not leaking energy.

LBSS · « **Reply #5 on:** August 14, 2013, 11:46:13 pm »

yeah rippetoe talks about this, too, in starting strength. "spreading the floor" has been a good cue for me in the past when i feel myself being a unstable.

btw i just realized that starting strength is currently the 741st best-selling book on amazon, which means it's selling something like 800-1000 copies a month. rippetoe publishes the book himself, so he's probably netting like $10k/month just on starting strength sales. not too shabby, especially if you live in BFE, texas.

Raptor · « **Reply #6 on:** August 15, 2013, 03:47:52 am »

So people actually BUY books? Weird.

pelham32 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 15, 2013, 04:23:00 am »

Quote from: LBSS on August 14, 2013, 11:46:13 pm

yeah rippetoe talks about this, too, in starting strength. "spreading the floor" has been a good cue for me in the past when i feel myself being a unstable.

btw i just realized that starting strength is currently the 741st best-selling book on amazon, which means it's selling something like 800-1000 copies a month. rippetoe publishes the book himself, so he's probably netting like $10k/month just on starting strength sales. not too shabby, especially if you live in BFE, texas.

Whhaatt!? Well kudos to Rip for that..

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