Starting Strength Radio

Dr. Jessica Rose joins Rip to discuss VAERS data, conflicts of interest, misaligned incentives among pharmaceutical companies, government oversight agencies, and how it affects you.

Dr. Rose is Postdoctoral in Biochemistry, Postdoctoral in Molecular Biology, PhD in Computational Biology, Masters in Medicine (Immunology) and BSc in Applied Mathematics. Her website is: https://www.jessicasuniverse.com/

00:37 Dr. Jessica Rose

2:22 The VAERS data

7:34 Why do we even have third party oversight?

9:45 Vaccinating babies

12:32 Documenting unsafe facts

14:02 Conflict of interest

21:22 Incentives on not reporting injuries

28:23 The real dangers

39:40 Where is the autopsy data?

45:54 Your babies are not safe with the vaccination

49:39 Why is VAERS still in place?

51:44 Legacy media

1:03:55 Why Dr. Rose and others keep fighting

Siblings and Co-Founders, Ray, Ben, and Jen Gillenwater explain how to open a Starting Strength Gym. Spoiler: It’s terrible and then it’s great.

05:01 What happens after applying

06:26 The real estate search

07:56 The letter of intent (LOI)

13:37 Specifications of a Starting Strength Gym

17:28 Troublesome landlords

18:40 Noise concerns

23:21 The lease process

24:54 Why small businesses fail

38:31 Predatory vendors

45:47 The construction process

01:11:13 Pre-sale!

Rip takes live calls from Starting Strength fans.

00:00 Long intro

3:43 Comments from the haters

13:53 Training with muscular dystrophy

19:17 How to get a big press

30:45 Bursts of big gains

49:35 Becoming a Starting Strength Coach in Sweden

1:07:04 Thumb surgery and rehab

1:16:01 Don’t do The Texas Method

Ray Gillenwater and Denise, a member of Starting Strength Boise, talk about her motivation for starting strength training, what recommendations were made years ago for strength training, and her medical opinion of using Starting Strength as preventative medicine.

02:10 Denise's motivation for coming to Starting Strength Boise

02:53 Denser bones from strength training

04:22 Recommendations for strength training years ago

05:17 A medical doctor's point of view of the Starting Strength program

07:38 The squat and the posterior chain

12:36 Denise's barbell weight goals

15:42 Capabilities, abilities, and bone density change after starting the program

20:26 Medical opinion of Starting Strength as preventative medicine

23:20 Demystifying barbells for older women

Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.

1:30 Comments from the haters

15:50 School shooters

31:00 Stress fractures

46:46 Set of 20 squats

58:33 Halting deadlift and rack pulls

1:02:34 Barbell shrugs

1:06:18 Light day pull for older lifters

1:12:01 Gas prices

1:19:55 Convincing parents to train

1:26:46 Rip's advice on college

1:36:32 Excessive individualism

Jon Conti is a talented cinematographer that documents his extreme hikes around Idaho and around the world. He and Ray are putting together a documentary-style video series to see how doing the Starting Strength program affects his hiking in preparation for a 21-day hike at an elevation of around 20,000 feet. Jon and Ray talk about the pros and cons of size/strength for hiking, risks involved with this experiment, and the questions/concerns that Jon has about the program.

04:22 Jon Conti: Extreme hiker, cinematographer

06:01 21-days hike around Everest

06:58 The obvious benefits of strength

11:42 The potential downsides of size

19:14 The two-factor model applied to hiking

24:54 Jon’s mom and her fall on the trail

28:50 Risk assessments and benefits of TRT

32:11 Are steroids healthy?

34:28 A black belt in BJJ and his SS case study

40:50 How to eat for size and strength

Rip and Dr. Anthony Jay discuss possible reasons for the change in modern hormone profiles for most people.

00:41 Introduction

03:00 Who decides the reference range

09:16 Data manipulation

21:42 Testosterone levels dropping

30:02 The attack on hormone receptors

38:41 It’s fragrances too / Environmental estrogen

50:38 Chemical accumulation

57:13 The challenges with getting on TRT

1:03:42 Androgens

1:13:56 Outro

Ray Gillenwater and Inna Koppel talk about all the benefits postmenopausal women have from strength training, training pre/post pregnancy, and female culture evolution.

03:24 Benefits of strength training for postmenopausal women

07:47 Senior strength Starting Strength Boise

09:24 Kathleen Starting Strength Denver

11:51 Allison Starting Strength Boise

13:46 Female culture evolution and where things stand now

18:07 Bulking

21:29 Gaining muscle and losing fat

30:20 Rehab and prehab for women with the barbell

38:19 Benefits from training pre/post-pregnancy

43:23 The fitness industry/why barbells

54:00 How to contact Inna

Rip discusses The Novice Effect, a very important article about what happens when a previously untrained person begins to train.

00:52 Banter

4:42 Comments from the haters

16:02 The Novice Effect

20:36 Adapt or die

25:15 Rips paper on periodization

33:45 The Novice Effect applies to everyone

40:57 NLP for people with weight room experience

44:43 Strength

52:01 Professional research and science

Starting Strength Gyms Co-Founder, Ray Gillenwater explains how the process of training for strength is intrinsically optimistic and why that’s so important in today’s social and political situation.