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Q&A Episode - Caffeine, Maintenance, and Giving up | Starting Strength Radio #319

Mark Rippetoe | May 30, 2025

Rip answers questions from Starting Strength Network subscribers and fans.

  • 02:52 Comments from the Haters!
  • 13:53 How much caffeine before lifting?
  • 21:06 Shrugs
  • 23:54 Training kids that won’t eat
  • 31:00 Retiring?
  • 36:56 What if I want to go on maintenance?
  • 43:40 Make America press again
  • 47:58 Oiling belt
  • 50:50 Supplement to take?
  • 52:07 Training high school kids with limited time.
  • 54:11 Rusty’s tattoos
  • 57:24 Favorite prepped foods
  • 58:10 How strong with bad genetics?
  • 1:00:17 Have high schools used the program?
  • 1:01:28 Age to start lifting
  • 1:05:15 First meet
  • 1:06:57 Recovering from cancer

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