{"id":17481,"date":"2026-10-11T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=17481"},"modified":"2026-10-11T03:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T03:49:51","slug":"short-well-known-old-fat-guy-dead-lifts-500-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=17481","title":{"rendered":"Short; Well known old fat guy deadlifts 500 lbs."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The guy doing this lift is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Rippetoe\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Rippetoe\">Mark Rippetoe<\/a> who is 70 years old and you can decide if he&#8217;s fat. He is a former competitive power lifter and a well known coach and owner of a string of<a href=\"https:\/\/startingstrength.com\/author\/mark-rippetoe\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/startingstrength.com\/author\/mark-rippetoe\"> Starting Strength<\/a> fitness gyms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He&#8217;s also an author of several books and his book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Practical-Programming-Strength-Training-Rippetoe\/dp\/0982522754\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=23PT0OCIIB3JR&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.T0dnGU7PPkIyDHX_2vFCX_wk83eEf5HzOb-ZX8jVxzICvQ_6xiDkOR1nL3eTfiIc9-CisKwsRig5EP1ffm1LaJJ40lgyP3gSwCVAHmxFvOWVnv2mtKeh7whYDrmrv3JTQQfJC5nOy1MiILOQHJbo0ARXMkd4qBw4kPUlB5keK8levVv4VlLDXBtDcOItDGJCvBJl1EeDoRTQZT9RA_JzookaH2mJFk2HfgZf1BBI4mY.b96JVchCPEYttqR5jKtzbfPTEHVYcjPeBpy4q_BfFyQ&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=practical+programming+for+strength+training&amp;qid=1791690082&amp;sprefix=praciticl+programming%2Caps%2C146&amp;sr=8-1\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Practical-Programming-Strength-Training-Rippetoe\/dp\/0982522754\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=23PT0OCIIB3JR&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.T0dnGU7PPkIyDHX_2vFCX_wk83eEf5HzOb-ZX8jVxzICvQ_6xiDkOR1nL3eTfiIc9-CisKwsRig5EP1ffm1LaJJ40lgyP3gSwCVAHmxFvOWVnv2mtKeh7whYDrmrv3JTQQfJC5nOy1MiILOQHJbo0ARXMkd4qBw4kPUlB5keK8levVv4VlLDXBtDcOItDGJCvBJl1EeDoRTQZT9RA_JzookaH2mJFk2HfgZf1BBI4mY.b96JVchCPEYttqR5jKtzbfPTEHVYcjPeBpy4q_BfFyQ&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=practical+programming+for+strength+training&amp;qid=1791690082&amp;sprefix=praciticl+programming%2Caps%2C146&amp;sr=8-1\">Practical Programming for Strength Training<\/a> is excellent.  &#8220;Rip&#8221; is known for his brash and no BS style of coaching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rip Deadlifts 500 lbs\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sNSKqInTi_8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The guy doing this lift is Mark Rippetoe who is 70 years old and you can decide if he&#8217;s fat. He is a former competitive power lifter and a well known coach and owner of a string of Starting Strength fitness gyms. He&#8217;s also an author of several books and his book Practical Programming for &#8230; <a title=\"Short; Well known old fat guy deadlifts 500 lbs.\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=17481\" aria-label=\"Read more about Short; Well known old fat guy deadlifts 500 lbs.\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-and-fitness","category-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17481"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17483,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17481\/revisions\/17483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}