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The Early Days | Starting Strength Light Day #3

Mark Rippetoe and Rusty Holcomb | October 03, 2025

Rip sits down with Rusty to talk about the his development - school, training, the gym, and building toward Starting Strength.

  • 00:33 Starting college
  • 04:49 Petroleum geology
  • 09:03 Starting to train
  • 17:33 Buying the gym
  • 23:30 Evolution of the method
  • 32:14 Things he would have changed

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