SS Radio #37: Don't be at the Mercy of Anyone Pretending to be an Authority. Even me.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Q&A Episode - Don't be at the Mercy of Anyone Pretending to be an Authority | Starting Strength Radio #37

[pmccloud]

Your comments from the haters, and especially your bringing up the people who want a world where chemical substances don't exist reminds me of George Carlin. He said “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”

[Matt James]

I was interested in the answer on how to bail on the squat. Two or three times where I've had to do it, I just dropped down and leaned forward in order to set it on the safeties. No dropped bar, no problem.

Granted a couple of those were when my abductor weakness meant I overshot depth and lost tightness so I was already close to the safeties. The last time was at the end of LP when I went for a rep that I just didn't have in me. Either way, it seems like a pretty safe option unless I'm missing something?

[Mark Rippetoe]

Just set the bar down on the pins, like you did.

[Cheesepuff]

I wouldn't miss an episode. Hilarious and I learn stuff.