Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.
Mar 28
1 hr 26 min
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 really are no special populations?
44:47 Powerlifters figured out the movements that get you the strongest
50:04 Humans get stronger under stress
Mar 21
1 hr 8 min
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
Mar 14
1 hr 25 min
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.
Mar 7
55 min
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
Feb 29
47 min
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
Feb 22
1 hr 7 min
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 the train
Feb 15
1 hr 28 min
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
Feb 8
1 hr 38 min
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 colonialism
1:03:47 Chili
1:11:09 Lamb: A Global History
Feb 1
1 hr 18 min
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 Gaining strength after 40
Jan 25
1 hr 11 min
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