Starting Strength Radio

Rip and John Musser discuss their list of the greatest movies.

1:19 Today's Topic

2:03 Alien

7:31 Seven Samurai

14:30 Captain America: The Winter Soldier

19:29 The Wind and the Lion

27:26 Gone with the Wind

34:28 The Wizard of Oz

38:56 The lack of Citizen Kane

40:04 The Sound of Music

46:02 Dr. Strangelove

48:15 The Sixth Sense

55:08 To Kill a Mockingbird

59:45 Pulp Fiction

1:07:06 Unforgiven

1:13:37 Star Wars

1:20:50 The Exorcist

1:26:30 The Lion in Winter

1:38:38 2001: A Space Odyssey

1:47:44 The Last Picture Show

1:59:30 The Lord of the Rings

2:08:35 The Godfather

Alison Bradley shares her experience doing the Starting Strength program to reduce joint pain, improve day-to-day energy, and give her a competitive outlet as she approaches 70 years old.

Rip discusses the The Two-Factor Model of Sports Performance, a very important article about improving performance through training and practice.

Haters - 4:03

Pre-Recorded / Two Factor Model Topic - 8:55

Athletic Performance - 12:56

The Two Ways To Prepare - 18:42

The Process Of Training - 34:52

What Is Practice? - 49:48

Sport Specific Training Doesn’t Work - 1:02:12

Owner of Starting Strength Houston and Katy, JD Shipley, talks to SS Gyms Co-Founder Ray Gillenwater about why he decided to open two gyms, his progression as a coach, and using the barbell to stave off death.

0:02:44 - Reason for opening a Starting Strength Gym

0:10:00 - Path to becoming a Starting Strength Coach

0:14:30 - Cost to train at Starting Strength Houston

0:16:00 - Favorite members

0:20:58 - Coaching staff

0:25:00 - Leadership philosophy

0:26:10 - What has strength done for JD

0:33:00 - JD's goals for Houston

0:36:00 - Longterm Growth

0:41:00 - How JD feels about his decision to open a Starting Strength Gym

Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.

4:14 - Comments from the Haters

12:25 - Milestones according to the app for NLP

14:25 - Genetics with certain lifts

20:12 - Belt Placement and shower tips

26:14 - Trigger finger / Flexor tendonitis

31:23 - New name for Olympic weightlifting

39:56 - Non-US citizen apprentices

42:50 - Running LP for kids with four days

47:50 - Reverse shoulder replacement surgery

53:47 - Stabbed in the back

Ray Gillenwater and Andrew Lewis discuss the optimal way to start training again after a layoff.

0:02:30 - Coming back from a layoff

0:06:46 - Changes depending on age/advancement

0:08:30 - Calculations on length of layoff

0:12:00 - Andrew's PRs

0:15:40 - Middle-aged man coming back from a layoff as a novice

0:18:46 - Middle-aged man coming back from a layoff as an intermediate

0:27:11 - 70-year-old woman coming back from a layoff

0:36:06 - Vacation versus being sick

0:39:20 - Becoming a Starting Strength Coach

0:47:40 - Coach development

Rip shares examples of people claiming the program isn't working for them and describes why they're not doing the program by referencing his article, which nobody reads, "A Clarification."

2:59 The Rerun

7:55 Haters

16:33 The Article “A Clarification”

26:14 Wanting What You Can’t Have

31:51 The Principles Are Basic

44:56 What About The Big Kid

53:41 You Don’t Isolate Muscle Groups

01:01:35 In Conclusion

Ray Gillenwater and Inna Koppel discuss what it takes to become a Starting Strength Coach and current job openings at Starting Strength Gyms across the United States. If you're interested in coaching, contact her at coach.ssgyms.com.

0:02:15 - Who is an ideal candidate to be a Starting Strength Coach

0:07:17 - The fitness industry is all sales and marketing

0:11:12 - Different profiles of a coach

0:14:20 - What cities are looking for coaches

0:16:43 - How to become a coach

0:25:50 - How to contact Inna

0:27:20 - The process then versus now

0:28:40 - Go to a seminar or camp

0:30:39 - What happens next

0:34:30 - Our standards

0:39:30 - Progression to becoming an SSC

0:44:56 - Things to know

0:52:50 - Genetic potential / Looking the part

0:55:02 - Wrapping up

Mark Rippetoe and Scott Davison talk about Scott's experience as an Air Force pilot flying B-52s during the Cold War.

00:00 Introduction

00:45 Comments from the Haters!

04:19 Back to Scott Davison

08:05 Pilot training

11:00 Elephant or truck?

13:58 The B-52

18:56 Wet wings

21:45 Like flying a building

22:56 Missions - 41,000 to 200 ft

26:45 "Bomb your own base" program

31:45 Carpet bombing

34:56 Nuclear weapons

38:09 On alert

Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.

2:08 - Comments from the Haters

17:30 - Christopher Hitchens

28:09 - Graining weight after being fat

36:40 - Tommy Kono Olympic weightlifting

41:12 - Weight increases on press

51:19 - Only one squat

1:04:46 - Too much testosterone

1:19:00 - Tendonitis

1:29:35 - Married because of Starting Strength

1:32:12 - Ankles limiting the squat

1:38:12 - A call from a lover

1:48:19 Press questions