The Starting Strength DVD is an excellent accompaniment to the book. The production is first class with all the exercises being filmed from a variety of angles, giving great clarity and leaving no doubt as to what is required to produce the correct form. The power clean instruction, especially, was a revelation and answered a lot of questions left by the book. There’s only so much that can be gleaned by reading and is certainly no substitute for seeing the exercise performed by a variety of athletes. Rip’s instruction and constructive criticism was the perfect soundtrack throughout.

I’ve been training with weights for many years, and until fairly recently had slavishly followed the kind of routines advocated in the popular “Muscle Press”, with relatively poor returns for my efforts. I only wish I’d heard of Mark Rippetoe 15 years ago and stopped wasting my time! I’ve made my best gains ever in the last 18 months, now being at the tender age of 44!!

– D. Heritage, UK

[via email feedback 10/31/2009]