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Leaving Healthcare to Build an SS Gym | Starting Strength Gyms Podcast #46

Ray Gillenwater, SSC | March 13, 2023

Ray Gillenwater talks to James Johnson about his decision to leave a profession in healthcare to open a gym to do better what he loves, which is caring for others.

  • 03:59 - Staying away from assisted living facilities by becoming stronger
  • 07:44 - Caring for others
  • 16:13 - Polypharmacy 
  • 28:46 - Health decisions we make now affect us later in life
  • 32:06 - How James found Starting Strength
  • 43:19 - Starting Strength Salt Lake City
  • 49:05 - What strength does for the body
  • 52:21 - Owning the change
  • 58:41 - Words of wisdom
  • 1:00:57 - Right of passage in society

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