Starting Strength Radio
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
April 26, 2024 • 69 mins
Rip defines strength training and the best way to approach the acquisition of strength.
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Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
01:32 Comments from the Haters!
14:47 Late Night with the Devil
21:12 Swimming used for conditioning
28:06 Another conditioning question
36:00 If you could visit the past...
46:57 Why muscles grow
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April 12, 2024 • 109 mins
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
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April 5, 2024 • 121 mins
Rip and John Musser discuss the movies they watch over and over again.
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March 29, 2024 • 86 mins
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
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March 22, 2024 • 68 mins
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 real...
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March 15, 2024 • 85 mins
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
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March 8, 2024 • 55 mins
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.
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March 1, 2024 • 47 mins
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
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February 23, 2024 • 67 mins
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
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February 16, 2024 • 88 mins
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 t...
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February 9, 2024 • 98 mins
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
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February 2, 2024 • 78 mins
Rip talks to Brian Yarvin, author of The Ploughman’s Lunch and the Miser’s Feast, A World of Dumplings, and Lamb: A Global History, about his travels involving food.
00:28 Mutton
08:27 British BBQ
09:27 Brian Yarvin
18:32 What is a carvery?
22:23 British food isn’t bland
28:50 Brian's travels with food
32:44 Patrick O'Brian
38:01 The Ploughman's Lunch and the Miser's Feast
46:37 Pies
50:02 A World of Dumplings
56:58 Food and col...
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January 26, 2024 • 71 mins
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
00:59 Comments from the Haters!
09:53 Setting records without lifting weight
14:55 Equipped powerlifting
22:56 Training after healing from surgery
28:01 Carl took me to a gay bar
29:14 Training after a hip replacement
31:01 Figure 8 straps
35:43 How to deadlift with flat plates
37:47 Why 5s?
47:19 What’s the deal with Chase?
49:36 Pressure problems
57:52 Ga...
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January 19, 2024 • 72 mins
Rip discusses a common question of trainees: "What should my goals be?" and explains the importance of following a process while keeping priorities straight.
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January 12, 2024 • 77 mins
Rip shares some classic muscle magazines from his collection and talks about their influence, the origins of isolating muscle groups during workouts, and how Starting Strength contrasts with the traditional bodybuilding routine.
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January 5, 2024 • 89 mins
Rip answers questions live from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
02:31 Comments from the Haters!
09:16 Lifting with compromised abdominal wall
16:37 Jake is still not eating enough
33:54 Lat pulls as assistance
43:46 Perks of being a subscriber
45:55 Arguing with Rip
54:51 Recovery needs
1:13:08 Dropped shoulder
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December 29, 2023 • 75 mins
Rip answers questions live from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
01:54 Comments from the Haters!
14:52 Things we like: Chester’s Chicken
20:40 How the lifts compliment each other
27:09 Leg drive too hard during bench
33:22 Do you read fiction?
39:10 A.I. and coaching
56:09 Is it over?
1:08:27 Forced to weight train
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December 22, 2023 • 37 mins
Rip talks to Naomi Wolf about her new book Facing the Beast: Courage, Faith, and Resistance in a New Dark Age, discussing their perspectives on recent, current, and ongoing events.
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December 15, 2023 • 73 mins
Rip has a conversation with Jim Steel, a renowned strength coach and frequent contributor to the Starting Strength website. Rip and Jim discuss the evolution of training, the importance of the barbell as a training tool, and the latest activities Jim is involved in.
00:31 Jim Steel talks other writers
04:38 Jim’s training history
10:12 Feeding on the fear and RPE
25:28 Misconceptions about getting bigger
36:24 The best lifters wer...
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