

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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Apr 12, 2024 • 1h 49min
Q&A Episode - Laws of Stupidity, Goals, and Being a Good Grandson | Starting Strength Radio #260
Rip answers questions live from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
01:23 Five laws of stupidity
12:06 How much should my goal be?
18:38 Three questions from a future SSC
38:56 Height of the deadlift starting position
59:44 I have a 420 bench, do I need surgery?
1:13:44 Yvette’s hip surgery
1:19:56 Issac and the fire academy
1:27:11 A good grandson

Apr 5, 2024 • 2h 2min
Timeless and Re-watchable Movies | Starting Strength Radio #259
Rip and John Musser discuss the movies they watch over and over again.

Mar 29, 2024 • 1h 27min
Q&A Episode - Rollerball, Protruding Guts, and Rogan | Starting Strength Radio #258
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.

Mar 22, 2024 • 1h 8min
The "Special Populations" Myth | Starting Strength Radio #257
Rip talks about special populations and why the term is generally useless. The process is the same for everyone because it focuses on strengthening movement patterns and manipulating the stress, recovery, adaptation cycle to suit each individual's needs.
01:38 Comments from the Haters!
10:42 Rusty "The Dad" and streaming movies
20:39 Who was Starting Strength built on?
29:49 What about special populations?
36:52 What if there really are no special populations?
44:47 Powerlifters figured out the movements that get you the strongest
50:04 Humans get stronger under stress

Mar 15, 2024 • 1h 25min
Fingerprints of the Gods, Bar Thickness, and Long-Legged Lifters | Starting Strength Radio #256
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
02:13 Comments from the Haters!
10:41 Deadlifting without shoes
14:00 Importance of your vertical jump
26:48 Rip's thoughts on dips
28:44 Do good GPs exist?
33:44 Fingerprints of the Gods
40:39 Rack pulls and haltings
55:37 Bouncing the bar during bench press
56:41 Master and Commander
1:02:05 Long-legged lifters
1:05:45 Bar thickness

Mar 8, 2024 • 55min
The Role of Starting Strength Gyms in the Fitness Industry | Starting Strength Radio #255
Rip talks to Ray Gillenwater about the impact Starting Strength continues to make in the lives of members and clients and the challenges of running a barbell based gym brand in the current fitness landscape.

Mar 1, 2024 • 48min
Surviving a Plane Crash and Living Life with Eva Twardokens | Starting Strength Radio #254
Rip speaks with retired Olympic skier Eva Twardokens about her rehab regimen after a plane crash and living life to the fullest rather than simply existing.
00:30 Eva Twardokens
02:24 Eva’s crash
09:19 Eva’s injuries and rehab
20:34 Overcoming bad situations
30:02 Physical creatures
43:31 Support structures

Feb 23, 2024 • 1h 8min
Starting Strength vs. The Way Things Have Always Been Done | Starting Strength Radio #253
Rip discusses why the Starting Strength method is the fastest and most efficient way to get strong. Technique shouldn't be a training variable.
02:43 Rip and Rogan
06:14 Comments from the Haters!
19:26 What makes us different is analysis
32:27 Normal movement determines lifts and efficiency
39:33 Technique shouldn’t be a variable
47:56 Picking on Olympic coaches
55:26 The bias

Feb 16, 2024 • 1h 28min
Mike Davis Talks Trains | Starting Strength Radio #252
Rip speaks with Mike Davis about the functioning of the rail system in the US, the personnel involved, the equipment used, the different types of trains, and more.
00:49 Mike Davis
02:33 The equipment/unions/divisions
11:43 Power
24:18 Efficiency and types of trains
32:00 New railroads/cars and engines
44:52 Materials
48:35 Assembling the trains/unloading the trains
53:48 The actual job
1:07:25 Who works there
1:32:36 Don’t beat the train

Feb 9, 2024 • 1h 38min
Baseline Strength, Hamstring Injuries, and Enhanced Games | Starting Strength Radio #251
Rip answers questions live from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
05:39 Comments from the Haters!
14:10 Enhanced games
24:34 Staying tight in the squat
31:29 Hamstring injury and rehab
42:57 Starting out at 41
52:38 Power clean over squat
1:10:58 How bad is a shoulder replacement?
1:15:15 Just come out dude
1:19:18 Baseline strength for different ages