Robert Santana, PhD, RD, SSC Robert Santana is a Registered Dietitian and Starting Strength Coach who coaches clients in the greater Phoenix area. For the past 17 years Robert has developed and refined his knowledge, skills, and experiences through both higher education and practical experience. Robert holds both a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics and Master of Science in Kinesiology. He has extensive experiences as a lecturer, nutrition coach, strength coach, and competitive lifter. He built upon his foundational knowledge by providing effective nutrition coaching in conjunction with teaching and coaching the barbell lifts through application of the Starting Strength model to help clients achieve their performance and/or body composition goals. Robert has worked with a variety of clients both recreational and competitive CrossFitters, strengthlifters, and powerlifters as well as a wide range of clinical populations. Robert’s commitment to helping individuals to improve their quality of life by optimizing their nutritional status while getting stronger under the barbell. His commitment and passion is to help develop stronger and healthier human beings over the long haul. Articles Calorie Needs for Barbell Training Body Composition for Barbell Training Protein and Barbell Training Re-informing a Misinformed Female Lifter about Strength Training Carbohydrates and Barbell Training Strength Training is Not “Fat Loss” Training. And Neither is Aerobics The Snatch-Grip Deadlift Dietary Fats and Barbell Training “Fat Loss Training” is Not Training Strength Training IS Hypertrophy Training Sugar Vitamins and Barbell Training Part 1: The B-Vitamins Weight Loss for the Lifter Videos Getting Started Gaining Weight or Losing Weight - Nutrition Basics Stop Worrying About Muscle Protein Synthesis and Train Eating to Get Big and Strong Gaining Weight And Heart Disease Strength and Nutrition with Robert Santana | Starting Strength Radio #13 Bodyfat, Health, and Longevity Protein, Muscle Protein Synthesis, and Strength Training Carbs, Why They're Not Evil, and Why They're Important for Training Rip Gives Santana Some Life and Business Advice Fat and How it Fits Into Optimal Training and Health Starting Strength Nutrition Camps Progressing from Lat Pulldown to Chin Ups Gallon of Milk a Day - When and Why Training Log Artificially Weak Deadlifts, Part 1: Perception vs Reality Artificially Weak Deadlifts, Part 2: The Arms The Skinny Fat Lifter The Skinny Fat Lifter, Part 2 Your Back Is Never off the Clock The “Standing Bench Press”
