Q&A Episode - Halting Deadlifts, Guns, and Bruno | Starting Strength Radio #136

[stef]

Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.

• 1:48 Comments from the haters
• 17:30 Ben on Rip’s favorite movies
• 27:57 Haltings and rack pulls
• 39:04 Rip’s Bruno story
• 57:07 What we like to shoot
• 1:05:10 one arm shorter than the other
• 1:11:15 Stuck on the bench
• 1:17:40 J. Peterson and Rip
• 1:26:24 Yeah…that’s not my program

[Lost and Found]

Are rack pulls done with the plates resting on appropriate height blocks (block pulls?) the same exercise without potential damage to the bar? I've got blocks but only one bar

[Mark Rippetoe]

If you don't drop the bar on the pins, there is no damage to the bar. That way, you don't need blocks.

[Lost and Found]

Roger that Rip
I never drop my bar but I've never done rack pulls either. My bar is over 50yrs old. York Olympic bar my dad bought new in 1968 so I don't plan on risking damage.

Pin height would be a problem on my rack because I rigged a plate holder that gets in the way so I made some blocks/mini platforms for the accessory pulls.