Quote: (03-27-2014 10:03 PM)velkrum Wrote:
Rippetoe makes quite a few fundamental mistakes in his teachings. No serious powerlifter has ever fully agreed with rippetoe and there are quite a few videos that point out his mistakes.
One of his biggest teaching blunders is his squat technique; more specifically his stance on hip drive.
I've come across a couple of critiques, most of them didn't take the time to understand the actual technique. They watch the video of Rippetoe coaching this kid in red shorts, sees the kid perform an over-exaggerated hip drive, ignores the rest of the instructions and then critiques the over exaggerated motion. Others will see the stance and critique when it is merely a starting point for the beginners because of their weaker hips.
In one video, Johnny Candito critiques the over exaggerated hip drive, but he agrees with the detailed instructions written in SS.
There are some valid critiques, but they are operating under another context. The most well known powerlifters compete in geared lifting. What they preach is undoubtedly the best way to build your way up for a max effort squat in the suit. In this context, using hip drive the way Rippetoe teaches will simply not work.
You'll need to watch the exceptional lifters that focuses on competing raw. Check out Mike Tuchscherer, a very impressive raw lifter that uses a similar squat technique as Rippetoe, looking down and applying that style of hip drive.
Here is a thread on the SS forum where they talk about that same hip drive being used by Dan Green and Malaniechev.
http://startingstrength.com/resources/fo...hp?t=44456