Rippetoe Clears Up Common Misconceptions | Starting Strength Radio #25 

I’m looking forward to Rip’s next book ‘ Starting Yoga. ‘.

I could watch an hour of comments from the haters.

He is right! I spent long time doing many exercices , like a bodybuilder do, just because my PT said that is the way. When i started to work by my self, my PR went up!!! Now i work 3x a week, do the basic lifts and surprise...i get results! I am 44 years old, doing sets of 5reps, and when i was with my PT i always did sets for 15reps...because i was not younger anymore he said, and had to protect my joints.

I swear this guy could have been an excellent King of the Hill character

The more I listen to Mark, the more I think of him as the Norm Mcdonald of strength.

I'm 48 minutes into this episode and I would like to say this is the best one yet. You hand out a lot of good information in a short amount of time and in a concise manner. People should listen to this.

The Skeleton tried to gain weight, but he didn't have the stomach for it.

I would like to thank the people at SS for updating these older videos with the new RU-vid timestaps.

Love Saturday mornings in the gym. Lifting weights and listening to Rips podcast is a blessed morning.

"Let's not be dumb. We don't have time for dumb." Rippetoe, Mark, 2019

I am indebted to Rip for teaching me, through his videos/podcasts/articles/program (Starting Strength), to love lifting and literally make it my hobby. I've gone from a measly 50kg squat to squatting 130kg for reps, and still going.

Thanks for your honesty Mark

Mark. Great content love your videos keep them coming. Thank you

When are we going to talk about the real deal hear? Is there anyone who doesn’t know that Riptoe is Mark Wolf? And to add to that, when is Riptoe going to admit his 23 & me results prove he is the great great grandson of Yosemite Sam?

Another great vid!!💪💪

1:00:45 - Omg this is literally the first time I have heard how to figure out calories if you are already overweight and want to lift heavy and try to transform your body. Thanks Rip!!!!

I swear I love this guy!

Another good one. Thank you.

Great info as always and the honesty is duly appreciated. Not sure if the info or humor is the primary attraction!

This was one of the best ones yet.

23:17 “Soreness is an immediate gratification thing” Succinct and accurate.

I am a Female Powerlifter in the Masters Division,65 years old. When practicing my lifts, I realized 3 reps instead of five reps at various weights are beneficial for me,wgt 153, 315 deadlift, 180 Sqt, 140 bench. Enjoyed your video and thank you for being informative.

Mark. Thank you for your education. It has helped this 44 year old get in better shape

Mark still has the scapula in his back pocket.

thumbs up for naming them!

I like your style dude.

I mean when my girlfriend and I started working on a little more flexibility post workout, things got much more interesting in the bedroom. No other reason really. Just a couple of minutes after a regular heavy workout for me, she found it resulted in her having less joint pain while lifting heavy so she does it more often.

The longer I read these comments the more and more I believe that Rip is right when he says that he's only talking to people who are intelligent enough to understand what he's talking about.

Mr Rippetoe is superb , his the Harry Redknap of the strength world. Proper old school luv it.

It's a shame there are mostly negative comments, if that's true. I am 35, in sports since Im 5 years old, motivated by my father, European champion rower. Ever since I worked hard and am interested in optimizations, the science, bio chemistry of health and fitness. NOW THIS is some of the best stuff I have heard - on a level to Charles P - which I extremely appreciate - especially bc it's hard to find "new", unique and meaningful opinions these days. Love it. I love your core strength technique videos, your knowledge in all related areas, your style of humor, you also just have a great way of saying things. Anyways - I am on a Welder program that I slightly adjusted based on learning from videos like yours. I track my results viciously and the progress is my fuel. In the past 5 months, I have 150% all my core lifts. I know you have mentioned that tripling a squat in 6 months is possible. ( Im 72kg, 178, ectomorph ) 1rm currently - bench - 100, s.press - 60, squat 105, deadlift 115 ). I am growing rather slow - partially because Im trying to be safe and avoid injury - previously ligaments in knee - three times - currently don't have the front one (and its ok), shoulder arthroscopy twice.. and partially because I would love to get to the best shape of life at 40 ( due to the systematic strength and other training training ) and then keep it for as long as possible. I would love to explore the topic of ectomorphs - your experience and opinion about how do you think we should train, what is the healthy limit to keep, what about a weight we struggle to get and then keep ( I dont drink milk :D:D, once I get to lets say 75kg and feel good, to keep it, do I have to maintain 5000 calorie diet? ) and anything that you believe could help us perform best. One more thing - I am extremely competitive - have been a country champion in squash, have excelled in number of sports and still want to be the best in the world - and thats another reason why I started train strength systematically. best in the world in what? I know that may sound ridiculous - especially because I dont know the sport yet - some kind of powerlifting, or crossfit, or triathlon or maybe just a spartan race - I try to build on my previous experience and feel that I need to do this for my self.. Which sport you think is most realistic to master at this age in my context? one that has strength as element in it?

What an absolute stud

You da man rip thank you

This is consistent with my experience, particularly with regard to the keto diet. It helped me make a varsity rowing team, but I immediately noticed my strength decreasing. Once I made weight, I binged sugar and carbs to prep for fitness testing. Thank god I did. In any case, if you want to lose fat quickly, keto works. You will be cerebrally engaged but don't expect training to work well.

Hey Rip, thanks for the hilarious misconceptions! Any thoughts on sumo deadz? Blessings.

Listening to this at week 4 of my LP doing my third heavy squat day this week and I really hate rip right now. Squat sets have gone from 205 to 265 though...

Most of what is said on this channel I agree with and as much as yoga is a personal choice, there may have been a slight overlook regarding mobility and olympic weightlifting.

Me and my colleagues once had "orhtopedic lessons" from a doctor because we work physically. That doctor told us lots of really really stupid shit. My "favorites" (if you can call it that) where "Dont hold your breath when lifting because you will rupture your groin and navel." And the absolute best part was when he actually showed a picture of a weightlifter, standing in frontrackposition with a bunch of weight. And he was downright furious and was like "how can someone even be so stupid?" and i was wondering what was his problem until i figured out that the guy was seriously thinking that the lifter was bearing the weight in his hands. So no. Doctors dont know shit about lifting weights, but many think they do (and charge companies to educate their employees on how to lift!). They should have asked me, instead. Would have even done it for free out of the kindness of my heart (and, obviously i dont want my colleagues to get hurt; the likelyhood of which being severly increased after this.... lesson)

Hey, meat eating runner here. Running typically burns roughly 100 calories per mile. Yes, hard to run to lose weight. Yes, running economy is a thing. Problem is when you run more, you get hungry.

Shout out to everybody up in Warshington state

Rip has useful ideas for solving the homelessness crisis.

Brilliant!. Dr. Ken Cooper , Aerobics, totally disrespected body builders and strength training and turned a generation away from barbells. He later changed his tune and advocated strength training. Pencil Neck. Cardio Queen. I am a child of 60's and remember his bullhit. Get strong. STAY STRONG! 🏋🙏👹

"Rippetoe Clears Up Common Misconceptions" must be the next SS t-shirt design

@6:35 Can confirm about the running... I'm not terribly fat but am about 25lbs overweight, and I decided last year to try and lose weight from running, since I like running anyway. Turns out that the *minimum* weekly mileage I need to maintain in order to see sustained weight loss is 50 miles per week. Anything less than that and the only measurable weight loss was from water. As a relatively big guy who doesn't have a runners build at all, that means 10-11 minute miles, and maybe slower on the long 18+ mile runs... so 10 ish hours per week running. I just don't have the time to do that consistently. So this year I'm back to barbell training 2-3x per week and a more modest 25-30 miles per week of running. Dunno what it will mean for weight loss but it sure feels good to be getting stronger again!

He needs to be on Joe Rogan

Now we know why he structured his program around MWF.

Go off king

Rip I'm having an existential crisis I don't wanna die how do I deal with this deadlifting 405 doesn't help

Regarding muscle pain.... for the first time I have it in my bum ...after adding weight to my squat.... in a way I like it... just hope it will go away before my next squating ..

I *love* the way Rip says "vegans". 😂

You can feed a whole block of homeless people with one homeless person LOL got to love Ripp 🤣🤣🤣

Who wants to perpetuate these misconceptions? It's the fitness/exercise industry who profits from operating corporate gyms and propagating certified personal trainers. I did "strength training" for years before I realized I wasn't getting any stronger. It wasn't until a friend referred me to SS that I realized the contradiction between the popular misconceptions and reality. I am still a rank novice, but I have been getting progressively stronger at a consistent rate that is both measurable and satisfying. I only regret not getting to this point until I was 65 years old.

As someone who lives in Washington State, can confirm the truth of people doing warrior pose on a rock surrounded by sea lions.

I like when he talks about sourness. I think there is something mentally fatiguing about being soar continuously.

These comments from the haters wouldn’t be nearly as funny if it was anyone else but Rip reading them 😂😂😂😂

Possible to get more on exercise or training comment and soreness, I got lost on this ? 🤔

Take a moment in this video to analyze the movement patterns of Rips hands. Notice how they remind you of Dr. Zoidberg? Now take a moment to imagine Rip performing the YMCA dance. You now have all the evidence you need to confirm Jordan Peterson’s theory that human beings evolved from lobsters.

"Do you know how easy it is to kill a homeless person and eat him"? 😂 I'd watched just for the comedy

@ 2:35 hilarious!

An Australian bowler (this is cricket for you Americans), Peter Siddle who was amazing at one point at the internstional level went on a vegan diet and lost a good 5mph off his bowling pace. Shame because he was quite quick. Vegan diets really aren't optimal, especially at high level sports where very little thing matters.

Lol at about 55 minutes - truth!

Are 3 x 5s good for toning?

Concept of Yoga have been bastardised by the marketing executives. Yoga is mainly a form of meditation not an exersise. India do have strentgth training or exersice form called "vyayam" which includes many similar things used in SS, it is the oldest system and it uses different equipments like Gada and etc.

"somebody named braphog" Rippetoe is acting like he doesnt know, but he knows...

Please, Rip, put out a yoga video collection. You'll become the unintended new Bikram guy😂

I have a very immobile left shoulder and can't seem to get the bar across my back for squats without huge pain,so I'm front squating with the bar across the front of my shoulder,i'v only started doing starting strength work out and love it,I'm 53 and have been messing around in gyms for years with no real direction,this is the best weight training I ever done,is the front squat ok or will it be a negative going forward,it feels great at this moment?

3:06 then the edit point! LMAO

Weight training, is, in fact, *a remedy* for high blood pressure. High blood pressure/high heart rate *during* resistance training is normal-- it's supposed to happen.

Hey rip, always wondered, are you a godzilla fan?

Mark is the Andy Rooney of fitness.

I never knew "press" was a 2 syllable word until I discovered Rip.

the dude is wise

My favourite internet curmudgeon

Rip you should make a documentary

because of space and time restrictions i run an only deadlift program. it is my first time i deadlift. after 4 months people started to observe growth at my pectoral area. (around 140kgx3x5) what do you think? is it a postural thing or hipertrophy? and thank you for your great work. i have all the three big books. (46 years old male)

It's interesting you suggest cannibalism because I am on a very strict vegetarian diet. I mean I only eat vegetarians and they tend to be pretty high protein.

Who else is in the comment section just to find the bottom 3% putting themselves on display?

Atonement 🤣 It’s funny ‘cause it’s true!

Many people use running and the gym to indulge in masochism. In truth running and weights need a tone of rest and your can’t get that training 6 times a week. Since I dialed back on frequency I’ve got stronger and not lost any athletic ability. Also my wife is happy with me not living in the gym...

I think the best way to add running into a strength program is to do short sprint work outs regularly. Not enough to burn a lot of calories or fatigue you but enough to create a testosterone spike.

The lifting of the heaviest weight over the longest effective range. Question to Ripp: let's say on a clean, with the power clean i have about ten inches more range of motion, but with the front squat clean i can lift more weight. Wich is more effective? I know of course your answer, because you teach the power clean, but can you explain why it is so?

The muscle vs fat gain example is terribly unrealistic. If a kid is 155lb, assuming he is at 15% body fat, and gains 30lb to 185lb, a 25/75 fat/LBM ratio would mean he will have gained about 1.5% body fat. Thinking it is possible to only gain 1.5% body fat for 30lb of weight gain is crazy and paints a completely unrealistic picture of what will happen. The more realistic scenario is that the kid will gain 5% body fat, and will be close to 20% after gaining 30lb. This would assume a 40/60 fat/LBM ratio, which is far more realistic. Most guys after a proper LP are fluffy, or downright have bellies, depending on how aggressively they push it. A 1.5% body fat increase would not cause that.

LOL damnit Rip, IM a beta guy! I love muscular or bulky women! I'm going to start your program today hopefully I can put on at least 20 pounds of muscle in the next year or two I'm 5' 9" and 155 lb... I have that what people call "the skinny-fat" look at the moment

I have to point out one thing in regards to your analysis about running and calories burnt. If you get more efficient at running thus reducing energy demands on the body you will obviously burn less calories however you will be faster and run more miles. If you take two people, one of them being completely out of shape and one being an elite athlete and have them both run for an hour, who do you think burnt more calories? The guy who probably waddled to like 4 miles or the guy that ran 10 miles? I use to run a lot and now transitioned back to strength training and loving the program so it's not a haters comment as such but wanted to point out you are wrong on this point Mr Rippetoe!

at exactly 30:35 Rip gets wood lmao

Oral Lamisil for nail fungus bro

LOL 29:00 had me on the floor, RACist kek

If personal trainers were paid by each pound their clients can lift. All gyms would look like barbell clubs. Equipment companies would melt down their kettle bells and swiss balls to keep up with the demand for bumper plates. Droves of soccer moms and executives would start chasing the pump. Steroids would be legalized. Captain Kirk's 1000lb double would be memorialized on the back of the 20 dollar bill. The U.S.A. would become the most yoked country ever to sit on the UN security council.

So, by applying Rip`s model to yoga, a novice doing a linear progression yoga program three days a week and eating 5000 calories a day with GOMAD can expect.... A substantial gain in muscle mass and a broad effect on their body, especially the butt and gut.

As a small guy at 5‘7“ who dated a girl who was 5‘11“ and way stronger than me for years I agree with him. Get a better boyfriend. Not everyone has these weird hang ups.

wheeew, i just barely made the "Little Beta F'er" cut-off height/weight....

When was the last time a hater had a good point?

10 minute mile? I'm over 50 and could run that. When I was much younger, I could run a mile in 5.5 minutes and tended to run for about 3.3 miles.

Hi Mark, i love your podcasts. Kerp rolling them out. Thry are do informative and inspirational. We need more honest transparent RU-vidrs. Right now I feel social is becoming a place of alternative reality. You speak the truth but no one likes that because essentially strength training just involves the 4 primary lifts which does not sale like 109 exercise Jo weirdo can publish

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Hey can dude in the back (maybe the camera man?) get a second mic or something. I can't really hear his chime ins.

27:10 canibalism diet

"We don't have time for dumb"

But running could still be good for cardiovascular health, right?

I just did PR on bench and soreness is real! That aside, the idea of progressively adding weight has helped me immensely.

Most personal trainers also know how to speak and sound AS IF they know the answers to all you need to know in the guy....