Chris Lane

@wolfstrength The real Hyper Trophy was all the meals that were eaten along the way.

On the left is 500 lbs in Fall 2010, my second time ever pulling 500 On the right is 605 lbs in June 2013, my first time ever doing 600 Between the two pictures I trained almost exclusively basic barbell lifts and chin-ups. And as you can see, zero hyper-trophies were achieved.

@EdLatimore Needs better parameters. What is "more difficult"? Length of time to goals? Amount of hours spent training? Amount of suffering for the individual? Better question would be: which of these skills has a larger carryover to the other skill?

Also, here's a way to put this question to of running versus lifting to bed: Let's take an average couch potatoe. 5'11", 200 lbs. Never trained. 30 year old. What do you think would be easier for him to accomplish: A 22 mim 5k or benching bodyweight and squatting 1.5x bodyweight (about comparable, percentile wise)?

@thebeautyofsaas A type of Dunning Kruger situation. 15 years into training, I prefer to never to talk about my time in the gym to anyone else.

the average gym bro is the perfect example of a spiritually broken individual. spending days trying to improve their looks while never taking a minute to reflect on their situation or the fact that they have nothing else but an identity built around impressing others

@alexp_ssc "New-ahnce" *snorts in Texan*

Might get my credential revoked but an excessive layback in the overhead press is fucking stupid

@wolfstrength "Don't optimally target any specific muscle..." my brother in christ is ALLERGIC to actual work. THE DEADLIFT TARGETS EVERYTHING 🥲 Tissue, sinew, bone, even your fucking soul. Enough time spent on the internet will make a sane man go mad.

Today we unpack this set of bro dogmas. As usual, the answer lies in having a coherent framework of lifter development instead of viewing training as a set of separate dashboard knobs to turn. Deadlift vs RDL is not either/or but “When and for whom?” Link in next tweet ⬇️

@asparagoid Projection. You are a homosexual obsessed with your appearance and that is okay. You are also afraid of actual physical effort which is the norm for the first world. Thirdly, the human body is far more resilient than you ability to comprehend. Keep baiting, dork.

Squats. Absolute waste of time for straight men. They gave me enormous legs relative to my upper body, wide birthing hips and an absurd big momma ass. The damage was permanent. I was told they'd make me "strong overall" but this was a lie. Only women and homosexuals should squat

@BonesawMD False. Will not elaborate.

Barbell Bench Press. Just a pointless ego exercise when the alternatives are so much better for gains & have a much lower risk for pec tears or violently caving your chest in to your spine

@OriolesFanRyan 8,000+ fans will be Yankees or Red Sawx but yeah 🥴

Sure this sucks but imagine how cool the light show at Camden Yards is going to be when Rico Garcia enters the game in a save situation as the Orioles look to improve to 47-65 in front of 9,412 fans in early August

@relishdaddy This is why I don't play real sports. Kenny Powers said it best.

Imagine being this yoked and sucking at sports. Kirby Puckett was built like a minion and made the hall of fame.

@jcalvinmeyer He drew a cross behind the mound before his first pitch, as well.

Chris Bassitt said the Orioles' starting pitchers had a "come-to-Jesus" talk earlier this week about being "too cute" and not attacking hitters. Shane Baz and Bassitt then went out and delivered their best starts of the season. "I think all of our starters have been pretty poor throughout the year. I thought we kind of had a come-to-Jesus before Shane’s start and just had some talks, hard talks about how we were pitching, our mindset of pitching. And then Shane went out there and did his thing. I thought he was on the attack, and it was just — that's how we want to be we. "I think overall we've been too cute throughout the year and we didn't do well. So, it's just, we have guys bullpen-wise, and obviously starters, that are way too good to be being cute out there."

@SarAllyce My response to those replies:

@wolfstrength @Atlas_Leather "Don't lose the forest for the trees." But once you find the forest then you can do stuff that makes you fatter and pinker 😂

One of the big disconnects between Starting Strength and almost everyone else (standard physical therapy models, bodybuilding, even the way most powerlifters think about things), is that ~everyone else is doing Histology while SS is doing Systemic Anatomy of the organ system or whole human body. Neither are completely sufficient or correct in and of themselves without reference to the other, but the latter is more important and fundamental to Novices who haven't yet Built Their Base™

@asparagoid This is engagement bait into getting attractive, lean powerlifters to share their physique for free. Just say that you're into lean, muscular dudes. It's not that weird. Or maybe you're closet chubby chaser. Either way, offer solutions to a problem that you perceive or STFU.

Imagine how popular "powerlifting" would have been if they had chosen 3 lifts that actually make you look good The guy who chose squat, deadlift, bench not only made millions of people into grotesque fat freaks with wide hips, but also cursed it to complete commercial failure

@relishdaddy @Orioles @BravoTV You'll get a post game Nelly concert and like it. 🙃

@Orioles @BravoTV Orioles' fans wish list: Top of the rotation starter High leverage reliever Give me my beer discount back Orioles fans get: Vanilla Ice Real Houswives Is Urkel next?

Batter up, Bravoholics! Join us on August 19th for @BravoTV Night with The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip at Oriole Park, where the drama comes to the diamond as we welcome Housewives from the iconic franchise. Get your tickets today! ➡️ atmlb.com/4tsJkCj

@wolfstrength I follow Captain Kirk's method of sneaking food in the middle of the night. Just enter random people's houses, consume all their whole milk, and leave. #stayanabolic

Matthew here encapsulates my entire training philosophy succinctly and perfectly in a single tweet. You basically only need this one thing to understand all of training ⬇️

@esmurfer336 @sweenprs @wolfstrength Correct! (My dad sucks. This explains your presence at said location). You'd be stronger if you used a belt on heavy lifts and the strength gained from using a belt would carry over to beltless sets. Your inability to comprehend this is preventing you from being stronger.

@Laner @sweenprs @wolfstrength Yeah, I was at your father's house.

Newton’s laws already contained the physics of why a lifting belt enhances abdominal bracing and produces carryover strength even when the belt is off. 350 years later people still make ‘the belt is a crutch that turns off your abs’ posts from the supercomputer in their pocket.

@esmurfer336 @sweenprs @wolfstrength You post from here?

@sweenprs @wolfstrength It's not a troll lmao, good lifters don't use a belt.

@wolfstrength At 5'8", I've never been heavier than 215. I have work to do 😤

For every height, you’re going to have an ideal weight that looks best on you. For guys, this weight (pounds) should be maintained at 25% body fat or below, meaning you need solid muscle development: 5’6 = 200 5’8 = 230 5’10 = 260 6’0 = 290 6’2 = 320 6’4 = 350

@BakerBarbell @wolfstrength @AntiDoc But have you considered the Risk to Reward Ratio™? 🤣

Was hoping to get feedback from @wolfstrength on power clean form and also let @AntiDoc know that he does have to worry about the long head of my triceps anymore. More overhead extension in 2026.

@JoeyJoJoPoker @Os_poems The Original Poster would have to tell you what they mean by their statement then. Otherwise we have to guess about their vagueposting.

@Laner @Os_poems I disagree with this also, but it isn’t a policy change by RFK that is killing Americans.

He’s actively killing Americans with his dogshit public health policies 😭 but god forbid I cyber bully him for shitty leg press form