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The History of Starting Strength | Starting Strength Radio #82

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It's story time with Mark Rippetoe as he discusses the origination of the Starting Strength method and how there really is nothing new under the sun.

00:34 Leviathan bears down on the citizens
03:01 Not in a mood to amuse the bottom feeders
04:09 From college gym to club purchase
17:34 Rip’s long learning journey (as a club owner, as an informal coach, and as a writer)
34:30 Correcting the emphasis (movement patterns & kinetic chain vs isolated bits)
39:55 Clarity through writing
43:06 Training efficiency (SS vs usual bodybuilding stuff)
00:00:34 - 00:03:00 Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
00:03:01 - 00:04:08 Not in a mood to amuse the haters
00:04:09 - 00:17:33 From college weight room to buying the club
00:17:34 - 00:34:29 Rip’s long learning curve (club owner, informal coach, writer)
00:34:30 - 00:39:54 Correcting the emphasis (movement patterns & kinetic chain vs isolated bits)
00:39:55 - 00:43:05 Clarity through writing
00:43:06 - 00:50:10 Training efficiency (SS vs usual bodybuilding stuff)
00:50:11 - 00:55:38 Strength increase requires both hypertrophy and neuromuscular efficiency
00:55:39 - 00:56:33 Matrix humor
00:56:34 - 00:59:12 Stress adaptation limits
00:59:13 - 01:00:04 Intermediate and advanced realm
01:00:05 - 01:03:30 Battle with periodization dogma
01:03:31 - 01:04:09 Hater humor
01:04:10 - 01:05:46 Closing rituals

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20 Comments

@dragonfireshield1976 5 years ago

I knew Hwhat, I just didn't know Hwhy.

@nickgebhardt4863 5 years ago

Protect uncle Rippy at all cost. This man dropping wisdom that will transcend time. Only the strong survive

@ATCGunny86 1 year ago

I've learned a ton from this program, speaking from four years in the future. It's just nice to know that people like Rip are still out there, unafraid to speak.

@danrcockerham 2 years ago

I'm 66 yrs. old and have been weight training since I was 21 (1978). Like a ship without a sail, I too blundered through countless hours and years of reps & sets & inefficient exercises, following the routines of world class bodybuilders not meant for someone who worked 60 hours a week, with a family and responsibilities. I, like most, did not share the ability to lay on a beach in California and having sponsors paying my bills. I was grossly overtrained for more than a few decades and made very little progress. Oh, how I wish I could have stumbled upon this information back then!!!!!!

@Madferit-z5e 5 years ago (edited)

Awaiting the inevitable full scale lockdown again in NJ. Been laid off twice already and will probably be laid off a third time. Tumbling gym I've been working at for the last five years will most likely have to file for bankruptcy. Absolutely criminal what they've done here.

@WileyJA 5 years ago

Magenta rip looks like thanos

@thanasis_karakostas 5 years ago (edited)

Rip is the Majin Buu of the fitness industry

@rickscheck5330 5 years ago

The most important podcast on the internet

@jabberwock14 5 years ago

For some reason I love the idea of young rip, growing up in the fitness industry and making all these discoveries.

@carps_gym 5 years ago (edited)

Missed comments from the haters. That always makes me laugh a few times on Fri-dees

@DanielMOFO 5 years ago

the Genesis of Rip

@kenjido733 5 years ago

Always wanted to hear more about Rips past.

@Russocass 5 years ago

This episode was great!!

@ohmytoshi 5 years ago

After doing crossfit for 3 yrs, I got to realized that I was not getting better. At the moment, I decided to do another stuff and that was 'starting strength method' as you know. Thanks for posting the story.

@76MUTiger 5 years ago

Yes!!! You learn by writing. In my doctoral program it is very clear that the process you described of writing a chapter and organizing your thoughts creates distinctions you did not have before. And it exposes questions you need to answer. However, THE REQUIREMENT of this process is a curious mind. You must want to learn and be rewarded by learning. Clearly, you are. Thank you for wrestling through this for all these years. Like many others, I am benefiting from your development.

@dard4642 5 years ago

"A lesson taught is a lesson twice learned."

I wish you would've looked me up in Houston in 1978. You could have picked me up from third grade and we could have learned how to do wheelies on our bicycles.