

Starting Strength Radio
Mark Rippetoe
Starting Strength is the bestselling book on the most fundamental and effective approach to strength training ever written. Mark Rippetoe hosts Starting Strength Radio where he discusses topics of interest, primarily to him, but perhaps also to you.
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Mar 17, 2023 • 1h 22min
Physical Therapy, Injuries, and Rehab with Will Morris | Starting Strength Radio #204
Rip and guest Will Morris, DPT, discuss common injuries, how to rehab them, what to do if you have pain, and how doctors respond to certain injuries.
00:30 Will Morris, DPT
04:54 The topic of injuries
07:47 Common injuries and pain
13:31 Patients' response to injuries and pain
28:29 Doctors' response to injuries and pain
43:36 Minor injuries and current data
50:58 Will's rehab procedure for patients
1:04:39 You'll have injuries

Mar 13, 2023 • 1h 10min
Leaving Healthcare to Build an SS Gym | Starting Strength Gyms Podcast #46
Ray Gillenwater talks to James Johnson about his decision to leave a profession in healthcare to open a gym to do better what he loves, which is caring for others.
03:59 - Staying away from assisted living facilities by becoming stronger
07:44 - Caring for others
16:13 - Polypharmacy
28:46 - Health decisions we make now affect us later in life
32:06 - How James found Starting Strength
43:19 - Starting Strength Salt Lake City
49:05 - What strength does for the body
52:21 - Owning the change
58:41 - Words of wisdom
1:00:57 - Right of passage in society

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Mar 10, 2023 • 1h 11min
Training Your Kids | Starting Strength Radio #203
Rip and crew discuss training kids, when it’s safe to teach them the barbell lifts, and when productive training can actually take place.
01:50 Comments from the Haters!
12:59 Ask a Jew
14:58 You can’t make people train
17:53 What about your kids
25:10 Don’t force your kids to train
28:39 What and when to teach them
36:19 The coach's role
42:32 You should train, as a parent
47:04 The most crucial thing to teach them
58:39 Pediatricians aren't that smart
1:04:48 Is it safe?

Mar 3, 2023 • 1h 8min
Q&A Episode - Waffle House, Deloads, and Supplements | Starting Strength Radio #202
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
02:38 Haters, but we talk about other things
10:27 The actual Haters! segment
23:05 We won’t answer long questions
23:36 Breakfast/Waffle House
28:05 Deload
32:19 Back extensions and good mornings
40:25 At what age do you stop training hard?
45:54 Does drinking hinder or help lifting?
52:41 Supplements
1:00:06 Upper body Texas Method

Feb 27, 2023 • 1h 6min
Meet Luke, the new President | Starting Strength Gyms Podcast #45
Ray Gillenwater talks to the new President of Starting Strength Gyms, Luke Schroeder, about business operations, growth, and Luke's vision for the company.
02:40 - Why Luke decided to open a gym
11:09 - 1 AM discussions about business operations
27:05 - Strength needs to be prioritized
34:13 - Where we're currently at as a company
43:58 - Attracting like-minded people
48:07 - Luke's vision for the company
52:48 - Starting Strength Gyms is growing fast
56:30 - Investing in data

Feb 24, 2023 • 1h 31min
Why You Should Attend a Seminar | Starting Strength Radio #201
Rip talks about what happens at a Starting Strength Seminar and how attending the seminar will help your training and understanding of the Starting Strength method.
01:43 Current events
10:20 Comments from the haters
26:40 The seminar
30:04 It’s not a coaching seminar
40:51 Every seminar is a little different
51:35 Friday
55:15 Saturday
1:07:59 Sunday
1:15:05 The Q&A

Feb 17, 2023 • 55min
Best of Comments from the Haters! | Starting Strength Radio #200
An extraordinary edition of Starting Strength Radio to commemorate episode 200, a compilation of the best of Comments from the Haters!

Feb 13, 2023 • 35min
Owner of Two Gyms at Age 30 | Starting Strength Gyms Podcast #44
Ray Gillenwater talks with the owner of Starting Strength OKC, Colby Iliff, about opening a second gym in OKC.
03:48 - Motivation to open a gym
11:30 - Starting Strength OKC or Quail Springs
14:43 - Progress with weight on the bar
19:41 - Balancing the day job with owning a gym
21:45 - Becoming an SSC
23:27 - Chase update
25:48 - Member stories
31:14 - Coaching Staff

Feb 10, 2023 • 1h 39min
Functional Training with Kim Goss | Starting Strength Radio #199
Rip talks with Olympic lifting coach Kim Goss about functional training, coaching, and how obtaining degrees isn't important.
00:34 Kim Goss and his background
07:25 Functional training
15:58 Functional fitness is not safe
20:21 Injury prevention
29:42 Anatoly Pisarenko
42:11 They don't know how to coach
1:01:34 Changes in gym culture
1:08:33 Coaching failures
1:19:24 Degrees don’t matter
1:36:03 Outro

Feb 3, 2023 • 1h 37min
Q&A Episode - Iowa Park Cops, the Marrs Bar, and Building a Badass | Starting Strength Radio #198
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
04:52 Iowa Park cops
07:00 Comments from the Haters!
18:07 Ask a Jew
36:58 Podcast on economics
42:10 Make time to train
48:26 Deadlift isn’t heavy enough
52:38 Power clean after a broken arm and wrist
59:24 Training with nerve damage
1:08:54 Doing the wrong program
1:16:57 The Marrs bar
1:20:13 Building the perfect badass
1:28:46 Deadwood


