

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.
Episodes
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Nov 17, 2021 • 1h 30min
Q&A Episode - TUBOW Manufacturing, Bunions, and Rip's Training
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
1:33 Comments from the haters
11:52 The TUBOW supply
17:46 TRT for women
19:12 Programming for pregnancy
26:11 First firearm
38:38 Bunion surgery
40:35 I don’t want to read the gray book
46:19 Car (automobile)
58:33 A question from a troll
01:01:11 A new book idea
01:02:09 Training with an odd work schedule
01:05:40 Growing your coaching business
01:14:45 The weather is turning
01:15:08 Living in a country without freedom
01:17:52 Rip’s training day
01:22:02 Muscle mass and the press

Nov 9, 2021 • 1h 44min
Best Comedy Movies
Rip and John Musser discuss their top ten favorite comedy movies.
1:37 What is a comedy
13:12 Honorable mentions
19:24 Getting past the actor
22:08 Caddyshack
24:55 Used Cars
32:54 Victor/Victoria
41:52 Young Frankenstein
49:30 Slap Shot
57:58 Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1:06:42 Return of the Pink Panther
1:18:54 Animal House
1:27:24 The Big Lebowski

Nov 3, 2021 • 1h 37min
The Death of Objective Truth with Karl Denninger
Rip is joined by Karl Denninger, author and owner of The Market Ticker (https://market-ticker.org), for a conversation about the end of objective truth.
10:28 Objective truth/ Covid Deaths
20:59 The Bathroom Crime/Silencing Victims
26:36 Social Media
30:39 Transwomen Taking Credit From Women
34:58 Media Spin/Big Tech Censorship
45:52 Responsibility/A Bit About Fauci
51:43 We Allowed This
59:09 Moving Goal Post On Vaccinations
1:11:59 How Does This End
1:18:42 Revisiting The Data
1:25:13 It’s Turned Into A Religion
1:56:03 Fuel And Inflation

Oct 28, 2021 • 1h 25min
Q&A Episode - Horse Meat, Calls from the Lovers, and More
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
1:54 Comments from the Haters
11:24 Hard to get in the low bar position
20:42 Secede
26:57 A call from a lover
36:53 How to heal a fractured foot
42:24 Nutrition after losing 200 pounds
47:33 Young man lifting with arthritis
1:09:45 A polite Canadian call

Oct 20, 2021 • 1h 8min
Training for Aesthetics
Rip discusses training for aesthetics and how getting strong not only makes you more useful, but also makes you look better.
1:52 Comments from the haters
12:49 Training for aesthetics
19:45 The modern narrative
24:29 It’s genetics
30:46 Abs are not the goal
33:57 Big strong men were the best body builders
40:03 Getting out of our lane
46:48 You have a responsibility to be physically useful

Oct 13, 2021 • 1h 16min
Q&A Episode - Beef Protein, New Books, and Lane-Splitting
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
1:30 Comments from the haters
22:53 Fluctuations in strength increases
29:25 The beef on beef protein
35:41 Volume, heavy, work sets? What's the question?
40:03 New books coming?
43:05 Classic comedies
44:39 Audio version of Barbell Prescription
48:21 Heavy negatives
51:52 Bench height and elevated heel?
53:49 Different row variations
55:01 Being a bench specialist
58:11 Rip talks non-native politics
01:02:50 Terry Todd

Oct 6, 2021 • 1h 25min
Training Old Guys, Young Guys, and Everyone in Between with Andy Baker
Rip and Andy Baker, co author of Practical Programming and The Barbell Prescription, discuss training and recovery differences for the young versus the elderly trainee.
03:03 Training the young vs. the old
20:11 Coaching is a separate skill
25:19 The D1 coach
32:26 Force production
46:03 It’s not complicated
55:43 Getting help with your coaching
01:01:01 Young and old - recovery
01:07:27 Are you concerned with “mass"
01:12:56 Older people and proper stress

Sep 30, 2021 • 1h 32min
A Conversation with Karl Denninger
Rip is joined by Karl Denninger author and owner of https://market-ticker.org for a conversation about fear, data, and the current State of Things.
6:13 The data
12:49 The true dangers
19:54 Selling fear
24:52 Masks
31:45 Testing
39:51 The jab and PCR testing
41:49 The evidence on how to beat COVID
51:20 Moving against effective treatment
53:34 The insurance companies
58:57 Manufacturing and supply chains

Sep 23, 2021 • 1h 34min
Q&A Episode - Localism & Staying in Your Lane
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
5:13 - Comments from the Haters
16:38 - Thoughts on localism
31:24 I came here for weight lifting not politics
37:19 Update on Rip's recovery
40:20 What to look at other than mainstream
50:49 How to channel disappointment in society into something productive
1:02:12 What to expect when returning to lifting as an older man
1:08:24 Pain in scapula during squat
1:13:01 Injury from incorrectly placed belt
1:17:24 Deadlifting with a 28mm bar
1:19:06 Any advice on location when opening a gym
1:26:15 Starting Strength Radio intro music

Sep 16, 2021 • 1h 15min
Experts are The Problem
Rip discusses the problem with outsourcing important aspects of your life to uninformed experts.
Comments from the haters - 2:23
People misrepresenting Rip’s arguments - 15:22
Circling the wagons - 31:18
Rip’s main point - 41:42
Believing what you are told - 45:29
The uninformed experts - 45:43
You are responsible for you - 57:28