

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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Mar 5, 2020 • 1h 19min
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Joint Replacements | Starting Strength Radio #46
Mark Rippetoe and Dr. Owen Kelly discuss hip and knee replacements and the role of strength training in rehabilitating joint replacement patients.

Feb 27, 2020 • 60min
The Effects of Starting Strength: The Bigger Picture | Starting Strength Radio #45
Mark Rippetoe discusses the bigger picture and the positive physical and psychological benefits of training with barbells.
00:00 Introduction
01:06 Comments from the Haters!
05:32 Box of chocolate
08:26 Bottle Logic
09:01 Brain getting busy
11:08 Movement not muscles
18:23 Technique and progress
24:01 Function not appearance
30:30 Vetting
34:28 Psychological transformation
39:14 Discipline under the bar
44:59 Social hierarchy effects
55:58 Peaking

Feb 20, 2020 • 1h 27min
The Meat Business with Red Barn Butchers | Starting Strength Radio #44
Mark Rippetoe and Eric Kennedy from Red Barn Butchers discuss the retail side of the meat business.
00:00 Intro
02:16 Becoming beef
07:48 USDA inspection
16:16 Retailing beef
23:38 Sourcing, cuts
32:26 Primals, fats
40:29 Finishing, grades
46:57 Red Barn
53:18 Aging
01:01:11 Specialty beef
01:07:07 The customer
01:15:36 Aged hamburger

Feb 12, 2020 • 1h 5min
Q&A Episode - OK Boomer | Starting Strength #43
The Boomer Episode. Rip answers questions from Starting Strength fans with a special edition of Comments from the Haters.
00:00 Intro
01:34 Comments from the Haters!
06:08 Help wanted at Travis_Shawn_D@yahoo.com
07:31 Strengthening the rotator cuff with overhead press work
14:21 Benching and pressing each workout, adding in chins
16:23 Genetics & bioenergetics
19:25 Invent a new machine/device?
21:46 Wall of text
22:13 Longest subject line in the history of email
25:00 Buy a house?
29:05 Running and knees
31:28 Press 225?
32:45 PT and SS on cannon crew
35:58 Two jokes
43:00 Fix back stiffness after squatting
44:24 Train with a fever?
45:55 Big Texan 72oz steak challenge
51:05 Prepping for hikes at altitude
56:15 Adjusting bench in rack
58:20 Grip problems

Feb 6, 2020 • 1h 13min
Homeschool: Apprenticeship For Adulthood | Starting Strength Radio #42
Mark Rippetoe and Starting Strength Coach Nick Delgadillo discuss government schools, homeschooling, and approaching education as an apprenticeship for adulthood.
00:00 Introduction
01:36 Injury/The Government Schools
06:56 Whose responsibility?
10:42 The System
16:31 But...$$$
20:25 But...Unqualified
32:42 Primed to learn
37:30 Structural advantages
48:30 Actual socialization
01:04:11 Apprenticing to be an adult

Jan 29, 2020 • 58min
Q&A Episode - Stroking our Bias | Starting Strength Radio #41
Mark Rippetoe answers questions from Starting Strength Radio fans on injuries, training modifications, and applying the program to varying populations.

Jan 23, 2020 • 1h 2min
Ultralearning With Scott Young | Starting Strength Radio #40
Scott Young, author of Ultralearning, and Mark Rippetoe discuss apprenticeships and self-teaching and how strength coaches benefit from this approach as part of the Starting Strength Coach Development process.
00:00 Intro
03:05 An Invitation
04:41 Apprenticeship
---- Learning by doing
---- Transfer
---- Real costs of college
18:29 Academic vs Applied
---- Paradigm shifts
---- Preparing for work
29:08 What is Ultralearning?
35:06 Nine principles - meta-, focus, directness, drill, retrieval, feedback, retention...
(49:19 Learning when older)
53:03 ...intuition, experimentation

Jan 15, 2020 • 1h 6min
Q&A Episode - Silly Pediatricians | Starting Strength Radio #39
Mark Rippetoe answers questions from Starting Strength Radio fans on injuries, training modifications, and applying the program to varying populations.

Jan 9, 2020 • 2h 7min
The Game Changers: Vegan Propaganda | Starting Strength Radio #38
Mark Rippetoe, Stef Bradford, and Robert Santana have a discussion about the The Game Changers - a recent popular vegan propaganda film.
00:00 Intro
07:40 "Plant-based" WTH?
18:47 Talking about one thing, explaining another
26:10 The road to Snackwells & soylent green
39:04 Sample subjects
48:34 Commercial marketing
58:42 Reductionist cancer x Self-reported intake =

Jan 3, 2020 • 1h 7min
Q&A Episode - Don't be at the Mercy of Anyone Pretending to be an Authority | SS Radio #37
Mark Rippetoe discusses more silly bullshit and answers questions from Starting Strength fans including questions on TRT, the movie Icarus, and training questions.