

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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Aug 12, 2021 • 1h 37min
A Caffeinated Juan, Immigration, and Milk in the States | Starting Strength Radio #121
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
5:15 Comments from the Haters
16:44 Rip on Philosophy
25:30 Wife Can’t Hold Her Knees Out
33:49 Jaun Needs to Buy the Book
43:55 Immigration
55:58 Which Drives Which? Volume or Intensity
1:09:11 How’s the Milk in the States? You’re Not Eating
1:21:40 Heart Health
1:26:26 Well That’s…Like Your Opinion on Coffee, Man

Aug 5, 2021 • 1h 39min
Starting Strength Misconceptions | Starting Strength Radio #120
Rip corrects your thinking on common misconceptions about Starting Strength and the reasons behind why we do each lift.
3:43 Comments From The Haters
13:54 Intro to Today's Topic
23:30 Why We Squat
56:11 Why We Press
1:12:51 Why We Deadlift
1:19:38 Why We Power Clean
1:22:39 The Power Snatch

Jul 29, 2021 • 1h 36min
Q&A Episode - Vasectomies, More on Power, and Rip's House | Starting Strength Radio #119
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
1:38 Haters
12:21 Should I Get Snipped?
16:51 Good Nutritious Foods
23:57 The Power Equation Clarified
42:02 Athletic Potential / Bulgarians
1:03:33 Rip on Building His House
1:16:24 Should I Put Silly BS in My Clients Training?
1:26:10 About Knee Slide

Jul 22, 2021 • 1h 44min
Q&A Episode - Avery Island, Alex Jones, and More | Starting Strength Radio #118
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
1:49 Comments from the Haters
9:16 How to Pronounce Tabasco
14:41 40% of Brits are Fascists
23:12 How Not to Send in a Question
25:39 What Should People Have Hard Copies of?
36:20 How Not to do a 4 Day Split
38:05 Body Composition in the Military
41:43 Rip Talks Trucks
50:33 Radar Detectors
57:58 The Numbers Women Should be Hitting
59:00 Press and Bench Compared
1:01:11 Alex Jones was Right
1:03:12 Color Choice in Starting Strength
1:04:04 The Plan For SSR in the Far Future
1:06:58 Push Back Against Using a Belt
1:09:41 Book Recommendations
1:14:30 Weight Loss and Female Clients
1:17:11 Rip Talks 5 3 1
1:22:06 Where Do I Go Next in Training?
1:25:46 What Age Did You Reevaluate Training/Sports
1:28:07 Strength is How Much Weight is Moved

Jul 15, 2021 • 1h 25min
The Power Equation | Starting Strength Radio #117
Rip discusses power and its application to sports performance, training for power, and the misapplication of power training in strength and conditioning.
1:15 Haters
8:26 What is Power?
12:51 We Aren’t Sports Fans
17:03 Power Production is Genetic/Testing
2414 Mechanics of a Vertical Jump
36:56 The Significance of a Big Vertical Jump
44:58 Two Ways to Produce Force
49:53 Rate of Force Production Training = Waste of Time
55:55 Why use the Power Clean?
1:00 What is the Power Clean?

Jul 7, 2021 • 1h 29min
Q&A Episode - Abstinence, Gains, and Big Boobs | Starting Strength Radio #116
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.

Jul 1, 2021 • 1h 24min
Horror Movies | Starting Strength Radio #115
Rusty Holcomb joins Rip to discuss their favorite horror movies.
2:15 What is Horror?
37:25 The Omen
43:13 The Witch
49:07 Event Horizon
52:17 Bram Stokers Dracula
57:56 The Wolfman
1:13:19 28 Days Later
1:18:49 Cabin in the Woods

Jun 24, 2021 • 1h 34min
Q&A Episode - Small Feet, Excusing Yourself from Hard Work, and More| Starting Strength Radio #114
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
1:14 Comments From The Haters
15:11 How to Handle a Bad Day in the Gym
30:10 Plan Better for the Gym
34:36 When Does a Boy Become A Man?
38:06 The Second Layback in the Press/Programming the Press
43:08 Bad Headaches While Training
47:50 Losing and Gaining Weight with Starting Strength and Diet
52:37 Diminishing Returns
56:46 Training, Neuromuscular Adaptation, and Neuromuscular Diseases
1:00:00 Movie Review Request
1:05:54 Future of Training for the Masses
1:11:10 Compliance and Starting Strength
1:20:32 How Long Should an Older Lifter Train the Olympic Lifts?
1:28:12 Should I Gain Strength or Muscle?

Jun 15, 2021 • 1h 7min
Scientism, COVID, and Cholesterol with Dr. Malcolm Kendrick | Starting Strength Radio #113
Mark Rippetoe talks with physician Malcolm Kendrick about the practice of medicine, science, and how it affects you.
1:49 About Dr. Malcolm Kendrick
10:38 Vitamins ,Medications And Covid
16:04 Clinical Trials And Antibiotics
20:55 What Covid Does To The Body
26:46 Covid And The Media
29:27 Medical Testing
34:10 Stupid And Scared People
36:43 Cholesterol
43:25 Lipitor’s Ineffectivness
50:31 Fear, Control And Society

Jun 10, 2021 • 1h 15min
Home Security | Starting Strength Radio #112
Rip and Nick Delgadillo discuss different ways to build and layer your home defense.


