Starting Strength Radio

Mark Rippetoe answers Starting Strength Radio fan questions about managing training and sanity in these trying times. 00:00 Introduction 02:15 Comments from the Haters! 07:24 These Trying Times 14:47 On Being Essential 22:15 Farm animals / subhumans 28:12 Equipment shortages? 39:05 Training with limited equipment? Detraining? 45:23 Being "allowed" outside in the UK 47:32 Disc adaptation? 48:42 Pro...

Mark Rippetoe and Starting Strength Coach Brent Carter discuss the nature of the personal training industry and how working toward professional barbell coaching as a Starting Strength Coach provides a career that most personal trainers would find much more satisfying than working in a big box gym.

Mark Rippetoe, (Dr) Stef Bradford, and Dr. Andrew Mueller discuss risk assessment, policy decisions, and the lack of reliable data relating to COVID-19.

Mark Rippetoe answers your questions and passes on some of the best jokes submitted by Starting Strength Radio fans. 00:00 Intro 00:41 Comments from the Haters! 06:15 Jokes from the Fans 10:07 Jokes from Rip 13:12 BACK TO WORK 13:29- Fenix Ammo - Human Choice Cuts 21:41 - How To Stay Strong With The Gyms Closed/Things To Do During This Insanity At The House 34:27 - What Causes Deadlift Pass Out An...

Mark Rippetoe and John Horgan, director of the Center for Science Writings at the Stevens Institute of Technology, discuss smoking, cancer medicine, and the high cost with marginal benefit of testing and treating some cancers. 00:00 Introduction 04:04 Bad news about the "War on Cancer" 14:38 The cancer industry 23:56 Problems with screening 34:01 Diagnosis blow 38:19 Immune system 41:17 Improving...

Mark Rippetoe answers questions from Starting Strength fans about Bruce Lee, lifestyle topics, and training. 00:00 Intro 01:05 Comments from the Haters! 06:34 Smartest Man 08:37 Bruce Lee 14:03 Hi pull antangonism 16:10 Dave Ramsey of the weight room 18:26 B.F.R. 20:25 The Wrong Book 21:14 Weird diets 25:25 Beating up tendonitis 30:45 Torture in Texas 34:22 Wall of text 34:36 Coaching stress 37:24...

Mark Rippetoe and Dr. Owen Kelly discuss hip and knee replacements and the role of strength training in rehabilitating joint replacement patients.

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 t...

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

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...

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 Apprenticin...

Mark Rippetoe answers questions from Starting Strength Radio fans on injuries, training modifications, and applying the program to varying populations.

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...

Mark Rippetoe answers questions from Starting Strength Radio fans on injuries, training modifications, and applying the program to varying populations.

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 =

Mark Rippetoe discusses more silly bullshit and answers questions from Starting Strength fans including questions on TRT, the movie Icarus, and training questions.

Mark Rippetoe discusses the Two Factor Model of Sports Performance and why "functional training" -- including kettlebell and CrossFit workouts -- are not training.

Rippetoe gets introspective as he reflects on 40 plus years of training at the age of 63.

Jenny Johnson and Richard Lehman join Mark Rippetoe for a discussion on the beef industry and all the myths, misconceptions, and lies about beef and how it's produced.

Mark Rippetoe answers questions about all the different ways people mess up The Program, deal with injuries, and generally work around life stuff.

Mark Rippetoe and Starting Strength Coach John Musser discuss John's work in the field of executive protection.

Mark Rippetoe expands on the concept that strength is the most important physical adaptation and that barbell training is the most effective way to train for strength, regardless of your hobbies or activities outside the gym.

Mark Rippetoe and Starting Strength Coach Robert Santana discuss Robert's approach to getting started with nutrition for people who are strength training.

Mark Rippetoe answers questions from Starting Strength fans about sciatica, training for running, and hard nipples.

Mark Rippetoe presents silly advice from doctors passed on by Starting Strength Radio fans.