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03-04-2025, 12:00 AM

stef started a thread Live Q&A Tuesday 3/4/2025 @ 2PM CST in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

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03-03-2025, 09:56 PM

stef started a thread Developing Strength for Your First Chin Up | Rusty Holcomb in General Q&A

Rusty explains how to use negatives and assisted chins to prepare for chins while you are training to get strong enough to perform your first full...

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02-28-2025, 09:29 PM

stef started a thread Training Stages and Age | Starting Strength Radio #306 in General Q&A

Rip discusses how programming changes as strength accumulates as a result of training and what aspects vary when trainees start at different ages. ...

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02-26-2025, 02:02 PM

stef started a thread How to Approach Training for the Elderly | Mark Rippetoe in General Q&A

Of course I'm kidding, because if you're training you're not really elderly, in the sense that the government uses the term for Medicare Recipients...

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02-24-2025, 02:23 PM

stef started a thread Halting Deadlifts: Targeting the Start of the Pull | Mark Rippetoe in General Q&A

Rip explains the purpose and technical aspects of the halting deadlift, a heavy, partial used to load the pull off the floor, stressing the ability...

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02-21-2025, 11:04 PM

stef started a thread Q&A Episode - TRT, Cutting Weight, and Success | Starting Strength Radio #305 in General Q&A

Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans. 03:08 Comments from the Haters! 11:49 TRT declining 25:32 TRT...

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02-19-2025, 02:54 PM

stef started a thread How to Behave Yourself in the Gym | Mark Rippetoe in General Q&A

There are several basic rules from which all the picky details descend. 1. You must respect the gym. 2. You must respect the other lifters,...

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02-19-2025, 02:50 PM

stef replied to a thread Osteoporosis in General Q&A

Had not heard of Algaecal. Fixing a nutrient deficit is a good idea, but of limited value if not fixing the stress deficit. The easy stuff only...

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02-19-2025, 02:01 PM

stef replied to a thread Question about the standards document in General Programming

The danger is when instead of motivating to train properly, goals become demotivating or inspire to skip the fundamentals in favor of looking for...

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02-17-2025, 07:52 PM

stef started a thread The Rack Pull: Why, When, and How | Mark Rippetoe in General Q&A

Rip goes through the proper use of the rack pull - a partial, overloaded lift used to drive deadlifting strength in late intermediate lifters - and...

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02-16-2025, 09:09 PM

stef replied to a thread Osteoporosis in General Q&A

- Officially, no. You'll see the medical industry talk about things like "managing"/"slowing progression." Our experience is otherwise. - There...

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02-15-2025, 12:38 PM

stef started a thread Fast Cars, New Cars, Favorite Cars with Bobby Campbell | Starting Strength Radio #304 in General Q&A

Rip talks to his friend, master mechanic Bobby Campbell, about cars, cars, and more cars. 00:32 Bobby Campbell 07:27 Real fast cars 13:16 New...

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02-12-2025, 06:40 PM

stef started a thread The Biggest Lie You’ve Been Sold | Carl Raghavan in General Q&A

You’ve been told to pursue health, and the ideal image seared into your brain is a ripped set of abdominal muscles. To attain this beautiful six...

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02-11-2025, 09:21 PM

stef replied to a thread Trouble sleeping as you get bigger in Mark Rippetoe Q&A

Are these reproduced at other times? Have you considered thoracic outlet compression, pec minor syndrome?

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02-10-2025, 10:23 PM

stef started a thread How to Get Stronger Using Rack Pulls and Halting Deadlifts | Mark Rippetoe in General Q&A

Rip discusses the ranges of motion used with rack pulls and halting deadlifts, as well as how the shoulders are held out over the bar to contribute...

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02-07-2025, 12:53 PM

stef started a thread What is a Lifter? | Starting Strength Radio #303 in General Q&A

Rip talks about what types of people go to gyms and the differences between them - lifters, gym bros, personal training clients and so on.

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