Questions from the Lovers - The Positive Experience Episode | Starting Strength Radio #95 

Rip: “I’m widely read” I think you mean wide AND red!!!

"Hey, Rip, I'm 17 yrs-old, three feet tall and weigh 700 lbs." Rip: "Ok, good, what are your numbers?"

I'm fascinated by the way this guy's hands twitch while he talks. His hands should have their own channel. Each. One channel per hand. Thank you.

It’s getting to where I don’t even listen to these for information anymore, but just for the pleasure of hearing the callers get shit on.

As a prison guard myself you are correct. I cannot read but I can count to five and understand pictures this has helped immensely with the blue book. Therefore my NLP has been moving along fine in between abusing the inmates and helping the boys smuggle black tar heroine for some cash on the side to purchase anabolic steroids. Thanks rip and the boys from Texas!

Rip: Brent Carter looks like shit... Delgadillo: people think he's your son. Rip: why is that? Delgadillo: he looks like you.

appreciate your podcast especially during these crazy times, thank you coach rip and the SS team

I'm 6'8" 150 lbs, why is my deadlift stuck?

1:26:30 Look how agitated Rip's claw gets when he mentions lobster bisque

43:51 Caller squatting a top set of 5 and 2 back off sets at 95 % of 5RM while calling about the Press. Rip "I'm not going to tell you to do back off sets on your squat. I don't know where you picked that up, but that's not my programming and I don't advise it." PPST3 page 99, Advanced Novice Section. "Example Trainee: Using 5RM + 2 back off sets and frequency reduction." Table Illustrating this concept. I guess Andy Baker wrote this section then?

Looking ESPECIALLY PINK today, m`lord

Me showing up at a Starting Strength seminar. Rip: “Go home. Come back when you’ve gained 40 pounds.”

Happy birthday, Mark Rippetoe!

Tuba 6. That is "the" elite, covert, musical team. They really blow!!🎺🎺🎺

This is better than comedy specials on Netflix.

Rip should really think about getting a sponsorship from Golden Corral for these videos.

Mark Rippetoe callsign is now “tuba six”

Its nice you share the comments from the haters, otherwise no one would ever believe the things people write

I laughed out loud when I heard small bones Derek's breakfast & lunch. So many 'hard gainers' just have absolutely no frame of reference for how much big strong people typically eat. 6'8 450lb strongman Brian Shaw said eating is actually the hardest part of his lifestyle since people that big literally have to force feed themselves most meals of every day to get the calories in.

When Rip tries to speak correctly he sounds like a black comic from the 90's doing white guy voice.

I want to go on and get yelled at for being 6’3 and 230lb

Rip is a badass! I love this dude!

YES! Nick got a mic and camera view. Awesome

”The doctor says i’ve got high cholesterol” perfect!

" Do I look like a guy with hemorrhoids?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Happy frahdee

Why is Rip the only one on the internet who understands that you have to grow a gut because gut is muscle? Nobody can be strong without growing a gut, back, and an ass.

Regarding potassium supplementation as a remedy for muscle cramps (I'm sure Rip knows this very well, but he doesn't have time to comment on everything in the podcast), that advice is ONLY for people with NORMAL kidney function. It is indeed very hard to take too much potassium orally, so much that it leads to hyperkalemia, for people with working kidneys. The kidneys have very high capacity to excrete excess potassium. But if your kidney function is impaired, you can have too high potassium intake, and it is one of the main reason for death in people with chronic kidney disease. The risk for hyperkalemia is also increased if you use blood pressure lowering agents like ACE-inhibitors or ARBs (like Valsartan). As for salt (as in sodium), again, if you have impaired kidney function (beyond CKD stage 4 at least), too high sodium intake can give you volume overload (you get thirsty and drink more, and your kidneys can't keep up the excretion rate), leading to high blood pressure and other stuff you don't want to have. I'm sure most of you with impaired kidney function know this stuff already, but just wanted to make sure... Sorry, I'm a nephrologist.

57:00 " I have tiny bones, my back hurts and I have a 30in waist. I'm 160lb body weight, I ate a boiled egg and tuna" Am I wrong to assume Rip will call everyone a puss after every question.. Priceless call. 🤣🤣🤣

Tuna fish salad 😂 My man Derek is eating his daughter’s meals!

This podcast was hilarious! Made my day! Keep it up pink lobster claw man.

It's fun to watch Rip's face get visibly friendlier when he pronounces his words correctly.

Did not expect to hear Richard Feynman’s name on an episode of Starting Strength.

Best podcast yet.

This is a great format. Please look into doing this more often.

I will now be doing kegels as prehab before and after every squat session.

I was the guy who made the positive experience comment, i’m very happy to be a part of the bottom 3%

Someone just donated $100... "is that what that annoying noise was?? I rather not deal with that noise and not have the 100 dollars.." That's my Rip...LOL.

The description 🤣🤣🤣, and rips california accent is epic.

I've never met his mother.. That I know of

I like the Nick cam.

Hey Uncle Pink, Happy Birthday! :)

I worked at a United States Penitentiary for a while. Your assessment about reading and writing (lack thereof) is kind of true. I hate to admit it... LOL

I'm 6 foot. What do you weigh? 215 *Rips blood pressure* +++++++++

There are no dumb questions. There are only dumb questioners.

So the best advice I heard is “Go to Golden Corral and stay to 6pm” if you want to get strong!😂😂 How true that is!

Rip, the fookin' BEST!

Kid who rip told to learn the hammer should just do highland games instead. Way easier to get into on a casual level to start

How many times does Rip have to tell people to "gain more weight" and "deadlift the damn bar" before people stop calling in with the same question?

One of the funniest episodes despite the drudgery of dumb questions.

Rips should just make a chart with target body weight for height.

Does anybody know when the next live Q&A is?

Hey rip I’m 7 ft weight about 105lbs. 8ft wingspan. Deadlift stalled at about 65lbs. I think it’s my short arms.. what do you think?

I don't know what would Richard Feynman answer to the question "is there such thing as gravity", but it's a great question, because physicist (or an aspiring one) isn't supposed to blindly accept such things, he should be able to explain why he thinks it is the best solution to the problem

That Derry from Kentucky guy was very nice. He should be a recurring character of the podcast.

Hey Nick, I'm from ID and I went to school in Boise. Is there any way for me to get one of the shirts Rip is wearing, without having to go to Boise?

Rip, glad we're of like mind

I choked on my ziti when you said TWOOO by SIXXX

Wait, we've got a producer-cam setup now?! You guys are trying to knock Crowder off his perch!

Mark Rippetoe is WIDELY RED

Just a little note about potassium. They have "heart healthy" salts in supermarkets that have lower levels of sodium because they're actually part NaCl (sodium chloride) and KCl (potassium chloride). Some of these "heart healthy" salts have a bigger ratio of potassium to sodium, some and just pure potassium. Like Mark, I'm in Texas, and I always cramp during the summer, despite easily drinking over a gallon of water a day, so I started putting KCl in my water. Boy oh boy, you have to titrate that stuff slowly or you're going to be shitting half a dozen times a day, and I wouldn't even call it shitting so much as it's pissing out of your ass. So be careful, and have fun.

chapter numbers ARE different in Canada. We use the Canuck Standard for books lol

Ooh yeaah!

Nice word Nick “capitalisation” I’ve never used or heard this word before in this context of capital letter usage. Normally it’s expensing assets.

Poor Jacob. Probably had a good question.

Happy Birthday, dear pink man!

The guy that says there's no dumb questions is getting ready to ask some.

It’s Pink and it’s FriDEE!

I ain’t no fancy pantsy physician like old Doc Feynman but I guess that “is there such a thing as gravity?” Is not as dumb as it sounds

Brent Carter defnitly is Rips son, no way that ain't Rippertoe genetics. If not he is some kind of clonetrooper ...

Rips posh voices cracks me up

Jack from Cincinnati's lifts are twice mine. I'm a wimp.

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The audiobook has 57 Chapters, but 21 is about deadlift back position.

Is it acceptable to lift with gloves when it’s 40 degrees in my garage? 🥶

HAHAHAHA "Frideee, Saterdee, Sundee, Mondee, Tuesdee, Wensdee, Thursdee"

It will be a “tuba six” from now on.

“Figure it out cus you just named 3 different federations” 😂 🤣

Spinach and blueberries are great for potassium

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Let's all be honest, Rip seems like he has a blackberry bush going on down there.

One bowl of jambalaya..... I wish I could eat just one bowl and think I was full. Something like that is a three bowl minimum.

Nobody is strong at that height and body weight, except Dr. Feigenbaum and Dr. Baraki

That comment from that hater with the BMI of 35 made me really laugh hard. That one giant from iceland, what's his name, i think Hafthor Björnsen, has a BMI of over 40. Look him up, he is 2meter and some and weighs 210 kilos. Now that guy has a freaking body.

4:05 shout out to Richard Fay-man

The new tom hanks movie in netflix is a story from wichita falls 1870. If you are interested...

What is a back off sets?

Maybe that is the new T-Shirt: Gain Weight and do the Program 😅

There is also a difference between external and internal hemorrhoid's. Imagine getting an external hemorrhoid doing bootcamp. I can tell you....not fun.

I’m getting dejavu. Haven’t we heard this already

Fluffy bunnies and kittens 🐱

13:29 for rip stretching his stubby little arms

I am 5''11 tall and i weigh 182 pounds. I do barbell training for 1 year now. My numbers. Bench 300, Squat 360, Deadlift 625, Press 170 and Pendlay row 265. Am i strong RIP. Oh i am 36 years old and almost 37. Let me know Rip.

I'm jealous of New Zealanders tbh

Lol, 😀

Politics aside I intrested in your opinion on guns. Do you have any interest in guns or are you a hobbyist shooter or collector or nothing at all. I find I agree with you on your opinions on most things just curious

the pink complexion is explained by the hemorrhoids lol

The minute something other than how heavy the bar was, how good your form was, and how heavy you are is taken into consideration the competition's legitimacy begins to erode. Politics has been the one word epitaph of countless sport leagues. Do you really want a trophy or medal knowing that someone who doesn't wear a mask could have had a higher total than you? Do you want to be known as the world's strongest man knowing that 10 of the top guys didn't show up this year because there's a new steroid ban? Sticking with a governing body that makes decisions like that will leave you with only one thing that can be certain: One day all your hard work to satisfy them will have been a waste of your time.

Today I learned: I am not strong, and I need to gain weight.

Over/under 50.5 boogers under Ripp`s chair?