Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.

03:06 Comments from the Haters!
15:28 Ask a Jew
27:28 Rip on David Ramsey
35:20 Cast iron seasoning
40:28 Rip's impact on the older community
47:48 Dying from coming off of statins
57:26 Does gaining strength increase neuromuscular efficiency 
1:07:10 Knife sharpening
1:08:18 Single vs. double ply
1:12:47 Marty Fox wants to play chess
1:16:22 Stretching the shoulders out
1:24:12 Too much flexibility in the squat

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Q&A Episode - Dave Ramsey, Playing Chess, and Seasoning Cast Iron Skillets | Starting Strength Radio #194

Q&A Episode- Dave Ramsey, Playing Chess, Seasoning Cast Iron Skillets | Starting Strength Radio #194

Rip talks with Olympic lifting coach Kim Goss about functional training, coaching, and how obtaining degrees isn't important. 

00:34 Kim Goss and his background
07:25 Functional training
15:58 Functional fitness is not safe
20:21 Injury prevention
29:42 Anatoly Pisarenko
42:11 They don't know how to coach
1:01:34 Changes in gym culture
1:08:33 Coaching failures
1:19:24 Degrees don’t matter
1:36:03 Outro

Functional Training with Kim Goss | Starting Strength Radio #199

Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.

02:52 Comments from the Haters!
13:39 Sore heel after pushing the sled
21:48 Knee cave
25:07 How to set up for a rack pull
30:17 Will stronger people get tired faster?
46:01 Blood pressure guidelines
54:51 How much more should your deadlift be than your squat?
59:46 Why do traps get bigger?
1:03:18 The Army wants me weak
1:08:58 Bar path on the press

Q&A Episode - Bigger Traps, Knee Cave, and Press Bar Path | Starting Strength Radio #215

Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.

02:25 Comments from the Haters!
13:07 Ask a Jew
31:04 Structural asymmetry
37:05 Personal trainers to barbell coaches
43:29 Do you miss Bre?
44:00 Can’t straighten elbow in press
45:43 Marty Fox's silly questions
48:31 Does the CNS get trained?
1:00:50 Things to know about North Texas and Oklahoma
1:03:20 Achilles tendon injury 
1:12:44 How to get a smaller belly?
1:15:41 More cooking videos

Q&A Episode - Personal Trainers to Barbell Coaches, Smaller Bellies, and More  | Starting Strength Radio #220

Q&A Episode - Personal Trainers to Barbell Coaches, Bellies, & More  | Starting Strength Radio #220

Rip discusses his opinion of "The Science" by reviewing the paper: Effects of Training With Free Weights Versus Machines, and discusses the exercise science narrative and its exclusion of commonly observed phenomena. 

02:17 Comments from the Haters!
15:14 Follow "The Science"
17:57 Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research paper
28:20 The phenomena 
38:25 The details
52:10 The subjects
58:51 The program
1:05:50 Just increase the load
1:15:00 This is the “Science.”

Following the Exercise “Science” | Starting Strength Radio #237

Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.

03:01 Comments from the Haters!
17:39 Starting Strength 30 years from now
18:40 Beef heart
20:12 Starting Strength involved in the culture war
23:32 People avoid Nick D in the streets
27:32 Rolfing sessions
36:54 Seeing a doctor in the absence of symptoms
1:03:44 Coffee brands
1:09:24 Training schedule for 1-2 hours a day

Q&A Episode - Beef Heart, Coffee, and Rolfing | Starting Strength Radio #238

The human body does not change under suboptimal stress because it doesn't have to. The dogma ex-phys people are still pursuing is that higher reps produce better hypertrophy than sets of five with heavy weights. Hypertrophy is an increase in the size of muscles. The amount of weight lifted, aka intensity, is the primary driver of hypertrophy. 

04:19 Comments from the Haters!
14:20 Hypertrophy
21:41 The phenomenology 
31:44 You are not strong enough/Stress management
38:35 People are scared of lifting heavy weights
50:21 PRs are what matter

You’re Not Doing Hypertrophy | Starting Strength Radio #240

Rip answers questions live from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.

02:19 Trains - part 1
05:49 Comments from the Haters!
13:15 Things we like
17:36 I want to use my bar
26:01 Trains - part 2/Expert talks
41:10 Gaining and losing weight, still stalling
46:27 4-day split over two weeks
52:45 Books on shooting
1:01:35 Young kids need to do the program
1:05:17 Rattlesnakes

Q&A Episode - Trains, Rattlesnakes, and Kids Doing the Program | Starting Strength Radio #242

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 were huge
42:26 Motivated people will train hard
48:32 Fancy equipment isn’t needed
58:20 Latest updates on Jim

Jim Steel | Starting Strength Radio #243

Rip discusses a common question of trainees: "What should my goals be?" and explains the importance of following a process while keeping priorities straight.

Following the Process and Setting Goals | Starting Strength Radio #248

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

Starting Strength vs. The Way Things Have Always Been Done | Starting Strength Radio #253

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.

Starting Strength vs. The Way Things Have Always Been Done | Starting Strength Radio #253

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