#75 Barbell Training with Mark Rippetoe Part 1
The Art of Manliness
The Art of Manliness
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🗓️ 1 August 2014
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
This week I talk to strength training expert and author Mark Rippetoe about barbell training. We discuss why a man should be strong, the benefits of barbell training over machines, old-time strongmen, the importance of form in barbell training, the main lifts every man should be doing and much, much more. In next week's episode I field questions to Mark that AoM readers had for him.
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| 0:00.0 | Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast. |
| 0:22.0 | Well we're back from a summer break. |
| 0:24.0 | Needed some time to recuperate. |
| 0:26.9 | But now we're back on track for a regular weekly podcast schedule. |
| 0:31.5 | And I'm excited about the guest who's coming back with his name is Mark Ripeto. |
| 0:36.2 | And if I'm sure a lot of you are listening, know who this guy is, I've heard of him. |
| 0:40.0 | Anytime we write about strength training on the website, his name and the book that he |
| 0:44.7 | published back in 2005 always comes up. |
| 0:47.8 | He's the author of the book, Starting Strength, Basic Barbell Training. |
| 0:51.8 | That's what it's about. |
| 0:52.8 | Lifting heavy with barbells, doing squats, deadlifts, presses and bench presses to get strong. |
| 1:00.0 | Mark has over 30 years experience and powerlifting, being an Olympic weightlifting coach as a gym owner. |
| 1:08.2 | And in the past, almost like past 10 years, he's had a lot of influence in the resurgence of just simple, |
| 1:15.8 | back to basics, barbell training. |
| 1:18.4 | And so I'm really excited to talk to him today. |
| 1:21.4 | We're going to discuss why a man should be strong. |
| 1:24.9 | You know, why should you be able to lift heavy things? |
| 1:27.4 | We're going to talk about the basics of barbell training. |
| 1:31.4 | We're going to discuss CrossFit. |
| 1:32.8 | We're going to discuss chesticles. |
| 1:34.8 | If you don't know what those are, you're going to find out today. |
| 1:37.4 | I divided this podcast into half because it went a little long. |
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