One of the Greatest There Ever Was... and Ever Will Be May His Memory be Eternal (a.k.a. "Bill Starr-style Advanced Squat Training") I've been away from the internet, and lifting in general, for too long over the last couple of months. Generally, of course, lack of internet-perusing is, decidedly, not a bad thing. But in this case, I failed to read the news that Bill Starr died about two months ago. If you haven't read much of my material, then you may not know that one of my greatest influences in lifting has always been Bill Starr. There was no one like him. No one. Period. This is what I had to say in a post a few years ago: For those of you who don't know—and most of you who have read my training articles do know—my primary inspiration in training and writing has always been Bill Starr. Perhaps nowadays people—powerlifters, stre...
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