In this interview you'll hear us talk about mobility, proper positioning, Squats, creating torque on the SQ/BP/DL, knees out on Squats, simple way to test your current mobility, and a lot, lot more.

If you're struggling with back pain, knee pain, shoulder pain - any pain - or you just want to get as STRONG as you possibly can, then I highly recommend you to listen to this interview with Kelly Starret. Just click "play"...

To download the interview, click the link below...

Full disclosure: I've attended Kelly Starret's movement & mobility seminar 18 months ago. I've interviewed him before, I've held a seminar in his gym in San Fransisco, had a personal session with one of his coaches, etc.

I personally use Kelly's approach to movement and mobility in my own training - I changed a lot of my Squat technique (moving from toes out 30° to 10° for example) based on his recommendations and I've had a lot of success with it as a result. I do the mobility drills that he recommends EVERY SINGLE day as well. I've used his system with people I train, I've helped my dad recover from his knee/shoulder injury with it, and all my most successful StrongLifts Inner Circle Members are huge on Kelly's approach to movement and mobility.

My point is that Kelly's movement and mobility system has been really helpful to me, my friends, my dad, my clients, my StrongLifts Inner Circle Members - and so I highly recommend you check it out as well.

• FREE 50 page sample of "Becoming a Supple Leopard" - click here
• Pre-order "Becoming a Supple Leopard" on Amazon.com - click here
• For EU guys like me: pre-order "Becoming a Supploe Leopard" on the bookdepository (free shipping worldwide) - click here

By the way - this is NOT another training program. This is more like a "plugin" that you add on top of StrongLifts 5x5 - how to Squat/Bench/Deadlift/Press with proper form, what to do if you can't get into the proper positions, and how to get rid of pains caused by bad form. I get a lot of questions about mobility or guys telling me they have injuries holding them back - checking out Kelly's stuff is what I recommend you to do.

Stay strong,

Mehdi

P.S. You can find 520 free videos on Mobilitywod.com to get an idea of what Kelly Starret's stuff is all about.  I recommend you get the book though because it has everything properly organized in one place, so it will save you a huge amount of time understanding the big picture and what you have to do.

To pre-order Kelly Starret's new book "Becoming a Supple Leopard", click here.

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In this video you can see me doing the full StrongLifts 5x5 Workout A. I'm also going over how to do the Squat, Bench Press and Barbell Row with proper form so you don't get injured. And I'm answering common questions about StrongLifts 5x5, including:

• How to warm-up for Squats & co
• How much rest to take between sets
• How much rest to take between exercises
• Why the order of the exercises is important
• How to breathe
• How fast to lift
• and a lot, lot more

Watch the video, make sure you "like" it, then add it to your favorites because that helps more guys finding out about StrongLifts 5x5. Also, subscribe to the StrongLifts Youtube channel if you haven't already, because more free videos are coming... including the StrongLifts 5x5 workout B video of course.

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P.S. Watch also this free video with a rotator cuff stretch to eliminate shoulder pain so you can bench pain free. Link:

Click here for stretch video

And listen to the free interview I did with Rick, link:

Click here for free podcast

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In this podcast, we go over common mistakes guys make that cause shoulder injuries, proper form on the Overhead Press and specific techniques to eliminate shoulder pain. Click the play button below to listen to this free podcast...

To download the interview and/or the transcript, click the links below...

If you found this interview helpful, check out Rick Kaselj's new product "Fix Your Shoulder Pain". His program will show you exactly how to eliminate shoulder pain once and for all so you can quickly get back to doing StrongLifts 5x5 with heavy weights, without having to take expensive medication or getting surgery.

And if you claim your copy of"Fix Your Shoulder Pain" BEFORE this Friday October 19th 2012 at midnight EST, then you get a special 50% discount. Just claim your copy today by clicking the link below...

Click here to fix your shoulders at 50% OFF

Special bonus: if you claim your copy of "Fix Your Shoulder Pain" BEFORE this Friday October 19th 2012 at midnight EST using MY special link, then you'll get a free video on how to Overhead Press with proper form so you get big and powerful shoulders WITHOUT getting injured. This offer is ONLY valid if you use MY special link. To get my bonus video + 50% OFF, click here.

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Watch the video, then "Like" it and add it to your favorites. Also, subscribe to the StrongLifts youtube channel if you haven't already so you get free video updates.

Stay strong,

Mehdi

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The muscle gaining technique that I reveal inside this video has been used by some of the best-built guys that ever existed... and is extremely efficient for guys with lousy genetics... who always struggled to gain muscle... and who tried everything already with little or no results. In fact, I've personally used this muscle gaining technique to gain 43lb of almost all muscle, while burning my belly fat and man boobs and without ever using drugs.

Watch the video, then "Like" it and add it to your favorites. Also, subscribe to the StrongLifts youtube channel if you haven't already so you get free video updates.

Stay strong,

Mehdi

P.S. I'm going to start making more videos. Make sure you subscribe to the StrongLifts youtube channel so you get free video updates automatically. Just go here to subscribe.

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In this free video you'll see me working towards an easy Deadlift with 451lb (that's 205kg or over 2.7x my own body-weight).

I put this Deadlift video together because many guys had been asking me for this after seeing the previous Squat video. So please do me a favor and share this free Deadlift video with to your friends so they too discover how to Deadlift with proper form. Just send them this link: http://youtu.be/WP8lEbeY4LM

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In this free video you'll see me Squat weights up to 368lb from different angles, you'll hear why it's vitally important that you Squat and I'll also reveal the biggest Squat mistake you must avoid if you want to gain muscle and strength while burning fat and without injuring your knees.

I put this video together because many guys had been asking me for this for a while. So watch the Squat video, and please do me a favor and share this video with to your friends so they too discover how to Squat with proper form. Just send them this link: http://youtu.be/VnV7vEi7Sz8

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First, I am sure switching to a paid community was the correct decision. Recently StrongLifts achieved a new breakthrough by reaching over a million people per month from over 187 countries. We are changing more bodies and lives than any other strength training website. And we're just getting warmed up: my goal is to help 100 million people a year by StrongLifts' 10th anniversary in 2017.

To accomplish this goal we need to hire talented people. Which also means we need stable and scalable streams of income to pay for their work. It was obvious StrongLifts couldn't keep relying on ads and affiliates to generate 80% of its revenue. We had to change to a freemium model where StrongLifts.com remains 100% free while StrongLiftsInnerCircle.com becomes paid-only.

This change has paid off. Revenue has boomed. As a result, the StrongLifts 5x5 App for iPod/iPhone was released (100% free), and revenue continues to be poured into its development to add more features requested by guys like you (Android is coming as well). Revenue is also being poured into the development of the new workout tracker inside the StrongLifts Inner Circle Community. None of this would have been possible if we had clinged to the old revenue model.

Second, nothing has worked better to keep the spam, trolls and bullies out of the StrongLifts Inner Circle Community than charging a fee. With our thousands of paid Gold Members from all over the planet, this not only continues to make us the biggest private strength training community on the Internet, but also the most friendly and helpful one. This, together with the new workout tracker that is being developed, continues to keep us far ahead of the competition.

Three, even though we've made the right decision by keeping StrongLifts 100% free while making the StrongLifts Inner Circle a paid-only community... and even though this has increased the quality of the experience for the thousands of existing Gold Members, the founding Members deserved a better treatment.

I blew it by disabling your free account weeks after promising you could remain for free. I blew it by disabling all accounts of free Members who did nothing wrong when a few free Members were trying to bring the place down because they didn't agree with the changes. And I blew it by disabling your free account without warning and without giving you the opportunity to backup your training log or exchange information with the friends you made over the years.

Hundreds of ex-free Members became paid Gold Members anyway in the days, weeks and months that followed. But some were too upset to ever trust me with their hard-earned cash and lost access to their training logs as a result.

Therefore, because I know your training log was vitally important to you, I'd like to offer you a free copy of your training log(s) at no cost. Simply submit a ticket inside our helpdesk, mention your username, and you will receive a free copy of your log within seven days. Dozens of ex-free Members like Adam and Andreas have already received copies of their logs during the past months. So will you.

Click here to request a free copy of your training log.

I've also decided to offer every ex-free StrongLifts Member who helped building our community (registered before 2011 and with over 100 posts) a 20% Gold Membership discount if you become part of our community again. Simply submit a ticket in our helpdesk next time the doors open to get the special discount.

I really want to help 100 million of guys change their body and life. I've been doing this for not even five years, so I still have to learn a lot. I apologize if I disappointed some of you, and will keep working hard so StrongLifts and the StrongLiftsInnerCircle continue to be the best strength training resources ever.

-Mehdi

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Hi, my name is Troy and I'm a software developer living in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

I played sports through high school and university (recreational) but stopped after that. I separated from my wife in Winnipeg and moved to Ottawa to get close to my family. I needed something to focus, was very unsatisfied with my fat skinny body, and my dad wanted a workout partner so I joined his gym.

We went 6 days a week for 1 1/2 hrs, working the circuit on the machines and cardio every other day. Results came but who really cared, I knew benching on a machine was not the same as free weights, I knew that the plateau was coming fast. I did this for 3 months always looking over apprehensively at the free weights section.

Then a friend / co-worker mentioned your site and explained the rush he was getting from squats and I looked into it. I bought in immediately. I had some apprehension, but was willing to follow the program for 12 weeks and see. I had nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Before StrongLifts 5x5 I had never squatted, dead lifted, over head pressed or rowed. I had benched and to get a base line I bench 165x5 before starting the program so I had a baseline I was 5'10", 185lbs.

I am 42 years old, weight fluctuates between 192 and 198lbs. I am on week 23 of strong lifts 5x5 / 3x5. I had my first forced deload of squats at 5x5 315lbs last week (did 2 deloads prior due to bad form and injury).

Current Stats:

• Squat: 5x5 310lbs
• Dead Lift: 1x5 365lbs
• Bench: 3x5 190lbs
• Overhead Press: 3x5 140lbs
• Rows: 3x5 190lbs

People know I lift weights now, they can see it immediately. When I show them videos of me DL 365 or squatting 315, they can't believe it. Funny though, so few want to try it. I don't know, 0 -315 squat in 5 months, how much more proof do you need that the system works?

I am super confident and feel like a beast in the gym. I know I can lift more then 90% of the trainers there and I am a newbie. My dad received a letter from one of the trainers telling him that Strong Lifts 5x5 is a scam, I told the trainer I squat 315 now and his jaw dropped to the floor.

The strong lifts community helped immensely. In particular Gold Member Gregory R (400lbs squatter), was a huge influence / mentor. Gold Member Chris D. and I are around the same level so we helped motivate each other to keep pushing, as well Gold Member Quinn W. introduced me to the program and helped me find good supporting videos and documentation. They all helped me get past injuries and missing reps. All Gold interviews and Gold news letters helped as well.

I have achieved 2 of my 3 initial goals, 1, 300lb squat, 2 350lb DL and I am 5 lbs away from 3. 200lb bench.

New goals: get to 5x5 330lb squat, 3x5 350 squat, 1x5 370lb squat - then we'll switch to madcow.

I say anyone can achieve what I have achieved, strong lifts does work, no question. Three keys to my success, the inner circle, being prepared for my workout and, most important, never missing a workout.

Stay Strong, thanks Mehdi, Jake and the inner circle

-StrongLifts Inner Circle Gold Member Troy D.

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I'm currently accepting 350 new Gold Members to the StrongLifts Inner Circle. Join today and you'll receive seven free bonuses as a free gift. To become part of our private club and receive 7 free bonuses, just click here.

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Ho ho ho! The StrongLifts 5x5 Tracker for iPhone/iPod is now available on iTunes. You can download it for free by going here right now:

CLICK HERE for StrongLifts 5x5 iPhone/iPod App

With this app you'll never again need paper and pen in the gym. What's more, the app will automatically tell you which workout to do, which exercises and with how much weight. It will even tell you when to deload, and how weight weight to use when you deload. It's not exactly like me coaching you, but we're getting closer to it.

It's all free, there's no need to subscribe, no upsell, no crosssell, no ads, no anything. Consider it my Christmas gift for you. Just get it here:

CLICK HERE for StrongLifts 5x5 iPhone/iPod App

Got to run now, by Grandma unfortunately passed away this week and her funeral is in one hour. Talk to you later.

Merry Christmas,

Mehdi

P.S. Check out the feedback we've already received about the StrongLifts 5x5 app:

"Perfectly Elegant! The perfect app for this type of workout. No disrespect to others who want to be able to modify the exercises but that doesn't make sense. This is for the Stronglifts 5x5 exercise program only. And for that is is perfectly and elegantly designed. Bravo! And thanks!" - THOMAS MAZZONE

"Great, simple tracker for the StrongLifts program. Easy to use and the design is great!" - Igor Zlobinsky

"So easy to use!! Wow this makes the 5x5 program so much easier to follow! Been waiting for this forever." - Jasons

"I just downloaded it for my iPod and it ROCKS!" - Matthew Gerberding

Get the StrongLifts 5x5 Tracker for iPhone/iPod by going here: (it's free)

CLICK HERE for StrongLifts 5x5 iPhone/iPod App

P.P.S. Regarding Android: after talking with an android developer about this, I decided to not pursue android at this moment and stick with iphone/ipod. Here's why: the Android platform is fragmented - different phones, different screen sizes, etc... and this makes it more complicated to support as a result.

My advice is to get an iPod Touch. It doesn't have phone features, so this way you don't get people texting/phoning you when you're in the gym, and you don't get distracted during your training.

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