Rip talks about how other fitness programs want you to focus on aesthetics and training muscle groups. Machines cannot produce enough systemic stress for growth. 

Performance-based training works better for aesthetics than training separate muscle groups on machines. The body works as a system of levers powered by contractile motors, “muscles.” None of the muscles function in isolation from the others. 

01:44 Comments from the Haters!
13:12 Starting Strength and aesthetics
20:13 We aren’t bodybuilders, but the body gets built
25:23 How to get bigger muscles
31:12 Machines and barbells are not the same
39:24 Getting bigger muscles is a side effect of getting strong
47:12 Machines can’t make you gain weight
52:14 People that train with machines 
56:34 Your health

Aesthetics vs Performance | Starting Strength Radio #214

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.

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Rip explains the correct method for recording yourself for a form check while also reviewing videos submitted by members of the Starting Strength Network.

00:32 Surviving tornados
04:53 Comments from the Haters!
16:06 About form check and expectations
18:29 The squat
33:00 The deadlift
37:33 The press
39:29 Bench press
40:34 Power clean
52:31 Zach’s press
55:17 Marty’s squat
59:57 Marty’s deadlift
1:04:01 Josselin’s deadlift
1:06:16 Josselin’s squat
1:09:23 Josselin’s bench
1:11:51 FatFact’s squat
1:13:45 One more power clean

Form Checks with Rip | Starting Strength Radio #264

Rip describes the challenges involved in learning and coaching the Olympic lifts and why including them in your strength training program is worthwhile.

The Olympic Lifts and Strength Training | Starting Strength Radio #263

Rip defines strength training and the best way to approach the acquisition of strength.

Defining Strength Training | Starting Strength Radio #262

Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.

01:32 Comments from the Haters!
14:47 Late Night with the Devil
21:12 Swimming used for conditioning
28:06 Another conditioning question
36:00 If you could visit the past...
46:57 Why muscles grow

Q&A Episode - Late Night with the Devil, Visiting the Past, and More | Starting Strength Radio #261

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

01:23 Five laws of stupidity
12:06 How much should my goal be?
18:38 Three questions from a future SSC
38:56 Height of the deadlift starting position
59:44 I have a 420 bench, do I need surgery?
1:13:44 Yvette’s hip surgery
1:19:56 Issac and the fire academy
1:27:11 A good grandson

Aesthetics vs Performance | Starting Strength Radio #214

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