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Controlling the Controllables: Stress, Recovery, Adaptation | Starting Strength Radio #282

Mark Rippetoe | September 13, 2024

Rip covers the variables you can control in your training, such as consistency, compliance, and recovery, and discusses factors beyond your control, like genetics. He also explores common reasons why your progress might be stalled and how to address them.

  • 02:31 Comments from the Haters!
  • 15:16 Nuclear War
  • 18:34 Controllable Factors
  • 22:33 Consistency and Compliance
  • 29:55 Managing Additional Variables
  • 37:17 Stress, Recovery, Adaptation
  • 45:07 Data-Driven, Not Emotion-Driven
  • 54:47 Fueling Your Progress
  • 1:05:30 Steroids Won’t Solve Your Problems

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