Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans. 13:06 Haters 24:51 Starting As A Gym Owner 32:51 Heating A Garage Gym 36:42 Knees In The Squat 40:00 High Glycolytic Activity Hurts Strength 41:52 What’s The Future Of The U.S. 57:38 A Group Classes Possible For Starting Strength 1:00:45 Where Are The Hats? 1:02:00 The Road Warrior 01:05:29 Fathers Back Pain And Strength 01:13:54 Can’t Bench Due To Brain Surgery 01:17:59 Off-Grid Home
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 29 min
Rip and Dr. Joseph Busch discuss PSA, prostate needle biopsy, and better ways to diagnose and treat prostate issues. 1:01 Today's guest 3:31 PSA and blind Biopsy 12:30 Reasons PSA goes up 17:09 BPH And Gleason score 26:13 Aggressive prostate cancer 38:30 The MRI 40:22 The needle biopsy 47:26 Diagnosis of BPH in the absence of high Gleason tumor
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Ray and Ben Gillenwater discuss some of the tech used inside the Starting Strength Gyms and their reasoning behind using it. 00:00 - Intro 0:04:05 - What has Starting Strength done for you 0:09:49 - Investing in technology 0:11:25 - Three applications 0:17:50 - Mistakes in software causing financial issues in companies 0:23:03 - IT guy to business tech expert 0:26:46 - Every company is a technology company 0:31:02 - Business philosophy 0:36:15 - Two buckets 0:39:41 - Yelp 0:44:06 - Tech at the g...
Jan 08, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans. 2:30 Haters 15:28 Injury After Powerlifting Meet 25:10 TRT For Women 37:10 Resting Heart Rate And TRT 50:31 Can I Do Starting Strength Alone? 58:05 Failing On Halting Deadlifts And Rack Pulls 1:09:42 Can’t Get In Low Bar 1:17:43 Afraid Of Being Hurt From Competing/Goals
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 34 min
Dr. Malcolm Kendrick and Rip discuss cholesterol, the medical establishment conventional wisdom on its role in heart disease, and why the medical consensus is wrong. 1:44 Touching On Covid 10:30 Heart Disease 14:27 Statistics Manipulation 27:12 Manufacturing Things To Treat 34:02 Over-Prescribing 49:34 Blind Trust 50:21 The “Experts” 58:44 Cholesterol 1:09:27 Plaques
Dec 29, 2021•1 hr 38 min
A detailed explanation of the NLP, how to progress each lift, and how to avoid common errors to get as strong as possible as quickly as possible. Hosted by Ray Gillenwater, SSC, Co-Founder of Starting Strength Gyms with Nick Delgadillo, SSC, Head of Gym Operations.
Dec 27, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Rip discusses why learning an unfamiliar movement pattern is difficult, the role of the coach in this process, and how ingrained movement patterns work against efficiency in barbell training. 3:09 Haters 13:27 The Main Topics 21:52 Lizard Brain? Learned Movements? Preconceived Notions? 26:40 Accumulating Correct Reps 28:40 How To Fix errors 32:19 Teaching And Cueing 34:55 Teaching And Coaching 38:13 Making A Good Coach 40:56 Resorting To Errors/Knees In Squat And Deadlift 46:01 Bad Coaching/Lift...
Dec 23, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans. 4:11 Comments from the haters 25:24 Rip on arm wrestling 31:02 Elbow pain during press 32:55 Deadlift mechanics 36:22 Rip and his memories on the Vietnam war 41:01 How to train when starting BJJ 42:30 Strongman practice 46:45 Finding a doctor 55:21 Mixed grip deadlift 1:06:13 Leaving a communist state for Texas 1:09:33 Training cycles and the Olympics 1:11:42 Rip playing the trumpet 1:14:14 Will sociopaths rule? 1:19:41 M...
Dec 16, 2021•1 hr 27 min
Rip and Ray Gillenwater discuss the labor market, employment, and the effect of bureaucracy on the relationship between employees and their employers. 4:34 The Labor Market 9:42 Fauci Speaks For Science 17:07 Iron Law 25:25 Being Paid For Zero Production 37:09 Adopting And Enforcing Government Rules 43:55 It’s Engaging You 55:21 The Government Is Not Your Parent 1:05:45 Doing Hard Things Now 1:09:24 We Don’t Know What It’s Like To Be Without 1:23:47 Something Is Going On
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 32 min
Rip talks about how consistency with the basics is the foundation of effective processes. 4:04 Comments from the haters 12:17 Some current events 19:16 Compliance in training 23:55 Most effective processes are not complicated 34:17 We are concerned with the average person 41:23 Some things that are hard are not productive 43:00 Your perception is not relevant 49:23 Focus on the goal
Dec 02, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans. 1:48 Comments from the haters 17:30 Ben on Rip’s favorite movies 27:57 Haltings and rack pulls 39:04 Rip’s Bruno story 57:07 What we like to shoot 1:05:10 one arm shorter than the other 1:11:15 Stuck on the bench 1:17:40 J. Peterson and Rip 1:26:24 Yeah…that’s not my program
Nov 25, 2021•1 hr 32 min
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans. 1:33 Comments from the haters 11:52 The TUBOW supply 17:46 TRT for women 19:12 Programming for pregnancy 26:11 First firearm 38:38 Bunion surgery 40:35 I don’t want to read the gray book 46:19 Car (automobile) 58:33 A question from a troll 01:01:11 A new book idea 01:02:09 Training with an odd work schedule 01:05:40 Growing your coaching business 01:14:45 The weather is turning 01:15:08 Living in a country without freedom...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 30 min
Rip and John Musser discuss their top ten favorite comedy movies. 1:37 What is a comedy 13:12 Honorable mentions 19:24 Getting past the actor 22:08 Caddyshack 24:55 Used Cars 32:54 Victor/Victoria 41:52 Young Frankenstein 49:30 Slap Shot 57:58 Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1:06:42 Return of the Pink Panther 1:18:54 Animal House 1:27:24 The Big Lebowski
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 44 min
Rip is joined by Karl Denninger, author and owner of The Market Ticker (https://market-ticker.org), for a conversation about the end of objective truth. 10:28 Objective truth/ Covid Deaths 20:59 The Bathroom Crime/Silencing Victims 26:36 Social Media 30:39 Transwomen Taking Credit From Women 34:58 Media Spin/Big Tech Censorship 45:52 Responsibility/A Bit About Fauci 51:43 We Allowed This 59:09 Moving Goal Post On Vaccinations 1:11:59 How Does This End 1:18:42 Revisiting The Data 1:25:13 It’s Tur...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 37 min
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans. 1:54 Comments from the Haters 11:24 Hard to get in the low bar position 20:42 Secede 26:57 A call from a lover 36:53 How to heal a fractured foot 42:24 Nutrition after losing 200 pounds 47:33 Young man lifting with arthritis 1:09:45 A polite Canadian call
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 25 min
Rip discusses training for aesthetics and how getting strong not only makes you more useful, but also makes you look better. 1:52 Comments from the haters 12:49 Training for aesthetics 19:45 The modern narrative 24:29 It’s genetics 30:46 Abs are not the goal 33:57 Big strong men were the best body builders 40:03 Getting out of our lane 46:48 You have a responsibility to be physically useful
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans. 1:30 Comments from the haters 22:53 Fluctuations in strength increases 29:25 The beef on beef protein 35:41 Volume, heavy, work sets? What's the question? 40:03 New books coming? 43:05 Classic comedies 44:39 Audio version of Barbell Prescription 48:21 Heavy negatives 51:52 Bench height and elevated heel? 53:49 Different row variations 55:01 Being a bench specialist 58:11 Rip talks non-native politics 01:02:50 Terry Todd
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Rip and Andy Baker, co author of Practical Programming and The Barbell Prescription, discuss training and recovery differences for the young versus the elderly trainee. 03:03 Training the young vs. the old 20:11 Coaching is a separate skill 25:19 The D1 coach 32:26 Force production 46:03 It’s not complicated 55:43 Getting help with your coaching 01:01:01 Young and old - recovery 01:07:27 Are you concerned with “mass" 01:12:56 Older people and proper stress
Oct 06, 2021•1 hr 25 min
Rip is joined by Karl Denninger author and owner of https://market-ticker.org for a conversation about fear, data, and the current State of Things. 6:13 The data 12:49 The true dangers 19:54 Selling fear 24:52 Masks 31:45 Testing 39:51 The jab and PCR testing 41:49 The evidence on how to beat COVID 51:20 Moving against effective treatment 53:34 The insurance companies 58:57 Manufacturing and supply chains
Sep 30, 2021•1 hr 32 min
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans. 5:13 - Comments from the Haters 16:38 - Thoughts on localism 31:24 I came here for weight lifting not politics 37:19 Update on Rip's recovery 40:20 What to look at other than mainstream 50:49 How to channel disappointment in society into something productive 1:02:12 What to expect when returning to lifting as an older man 1:08:24 Pain in scapula during squat 1:13:01 Injury from incorrectly placed belt 1:17:24 Deadlifting ...
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr 34 min
Rip discusses the problem with outsourcing important aspects of your life to uninformed experts. Comments from the haters - 2:23 People misrepresenting Rip’s arguments - 15:22 Circling the wagons - 31:18 Rip’s main point - 41:42 Believing what you are told - 45:29 The uninformed experts - 45:43 You are responsible for you - 57:28
Sep 16, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans. 3:33 Comments from the Haters 17:34 How should my Mother train after she shattered her ankle? 30:40 A caller bargaining his Mom out to Rip 32:52 Rip’s rules on medical advice and some ranting 48:52 Preparing for a max deadlift 53:04 A Canadian makes an argument for totalitarianism but doesn't agree with it 1:02:30 Severe headaches after heavy squats 1:04:52 A discussion with an Australian 1:25:07 How to get more potassium...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 37 min
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans. 1:43 Haters 12:30 Rip tells drinking stories 26:35 Don’t be a pussy/breath between reps 28:38 Pain in the quads during the squat 33:35 Rip on printing money and cryptocurrency 47:53 Republicism vs. Libertariansm vs. Objectivism 55:54 Power cleans and age demographic 1:00:00 Pressing four times a week? How? 1:02:25 Scapular spasms 1:06:52 What about precious metals? 1:15:07 Weaker deadlift compared to squat 1:19:49 Does co...
Sep 03, 2021•1 hr 27 min
Rip and John Musser discuss the best Western movies of all time. 6:56 - Silverado 14:09 - Bite the Bullet 15:28 - Wyatt Earp/Tombstone 29:10 - Unforgiven 43:13 - Conagher 50:35 - The Sacketts 56:05 - The Shootist 1:01:15 - Favorite Western Actors 1:18:28 - Single action Colt Pistols
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 31 min
Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans. 4:22 Comments From the Haters 20:12 Getting Stronger on Only Programming Changes 39:31 Making Things Harder 41:17 Rip's Favorite Lifts 42:10 Opening a Business in a Democrat City 52:15 The NFL Combine 1:01:19 Things to have in a Kitchen
Aug 19, 2021•1 hr 12 min
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 12, 2021•1 hr 37 min
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
Aug 05, 2021•1 hr 39 min
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 29, 2021•1 hr 36 min
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 Startin...
Jul 22, 2021•1 hr 44 min
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 15, 2021•1 hr 25 min
