Slabo se razumemo:
-Vsi vemo da je split 1 mišica 1x tedensko podn
-Vsi vemo da je za začetnika bolj optimalno trenirati isto mišico večkrat tedensko in da ni potrebe po splitih
-Nihče ne trdi da lahko začetnik dela 6 enakih visoko intenzivnih in volumenskih treningov na teden.
Tako da tu sploh nimamo kaj debatirat.
Debatirati se da samo če je Rippetoe kekec, kar absolutno je. To da so njegove knjige koristile začetnikom, da so nehali delati split sisteme in začeli trenirati bolj normalno je brez dvoma. Tu se pa tudi konča, ker ko pridemo do njegovega načina učenja tehnike in rezultatov je samo še tarča posmeha. Da ne govorimo o njegovem vtikanju nosu v druge športe, meni najbolj opazno v olimpijsko dviganje, kjer skuša prodreti z bro-sciencom. Najbolj znan je po tem, da zagovarja low-bar počep za oly dvigovalce. Njegovo kritiziranje ostalih oly trenerjev je tudi slavno. Ameriški dvigovalci se ne morajo kosati s preostalim svetom v oly dviganju, domevno zaradi pomanjkanja dopinga. Rippetoe trdi, da lahko do moč, ki jim je prikrajšana zaradi neuporabe dopinga, nadoknadijo z low bar počepi in deadlifti. Da ne govorimo o tem, da je njegov način učenja tehnike oly dvigov na nivoju gozdnega Jožeta. Ne bi rekel da je kdaj držal kako konkretno težo nad glavo.
In še citat Glena Pendlaya, ko so hoteli zasluge rezultatov za nekega dvigovalca pripistai Roppetoeu:
I coached Josh from the day he started lifting in 1999, through his making the Junior world team and attending the meet in 2004 I believe Josh did 130/160 as an 85 at the Junior worlds, although his best competition lifts at the time were 135/165, again, as an 85kg lifter. The 165 clean and jerk personal record was the lift he made at the 2004 Nationals that put him ahead of Norik Vardanian and on the Junior World team. Dr. Michael Hartman acted as his 2nd coach and was listed as such during this time period. Not too long after his Junior world appearance, he was injured, and could not train for a while, and of course did not compete for a while. Roughly during this time period, he was hired to work at Mark Rippetoes gym, and ended his membership in the Wichita Falls Weightlifting club. This ended the period where I coached him. He then registered with the "Bone Unit" club which was run by Rip's girlfriend, Stef. At this time, I believe Mark started writing his programming. He continued to compete, attending collegiate nationals in 2006, 2007, and 2008. He competed as a 94kg lifter each time, doing 125/150 in 2006, 130/145 in 2007, and finally 120/155 as a 94kg lifter in 2008. I do not think he has appeared on the national stage since. I believe Rip was listed as his coach for each of these competitions.