The hang clean is unweighted and is of little use to watch, except that it shows a problem known as a Donkey Kick. As the jump occurs, the heels come up in the back and then stomp back down into place. This is a terrible waste of time and energy, and contributes nothing to making the bar go up. Stop doing this immediately or I will have you killed.

History tells us what works in the gym, and everything else walks down the road with a carrot in its ass.

A weak man is not as happy as that same man would be if he were strong. This reality is offensive to some people who would like the intellectual or spiritual to take precedence. It is instructive to see what happens to these very people as their squat strength goes up.

Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general.

You don't get big and strong from lifting weights - you get big and strong from recovering from lifting weights

Exercise is not a thing we do to fix a problem - it is a thing we must do anyway, a thing without which there will always be problems

A squat cannot be performed on a Smith machine any more than it can be performed in a small closet with a hamster.