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A Surgeon that Deadlifts 520 pounds at Age 59 | Starting Strength Gyms Podcast #15

Starting Strength Radio

Mark Rippetoe

Training, Fitness & Nutrition, Strength, Barbell, Health, Fitness

4.6740 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Ray Gillenwater and Owner of Starting Strength Tulsa, David Heon, MD, discuss deadlifting 520 pounds, his weight loss journey, and how strength is the most important thing in life. 00:01:58:21 David's lifts 00:04:19:24 Benefits of strength 00:12:41:04 Francesca's stats/lifts 00:17:11:10 Talent and passion at Starting Strength Gyms 00:20:39:27 Starting Strength analytics 00:25:31:07 Life-altering changes 00:32:43:19 The fitness industry is bullshit 00:38:55:01 Whole Foods market 00:40:37:16 Prediabetic numbers 00:46:26:24 Dexa scan results 00:51:02:02 David's diet 00:53:54:02 Peers in the medical community 00:56:50:20 Strength is the most important thing in life 00:58:28:22 David's practice

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey folks, it's Pete Rupus. The World's Okayest Starting Strength Coach to give you the rundown on everything we have coming up.

0:05.0

The June seminar is sold out, so the next one available is going to be August 12th through the 14th.

0:09.3

Then after that, October 14th through the 16th.

0:12.0

For training camps coming up, September 10th, we have a self-sufficient lifter camp in Wichita Falls covering the squat, the press and the deadlift.

0:18.6

And then we have squat and deadlift camps. Both of these camps at starting strength gyms on June 11th, one in San Antonio, Texas at starting

0:25.4

strength San Antonio, and one in Orlando, Florida. As far as other starting strength

0:29.8

gym's news, if you haven't heard yet, Columbus is open. So if you're in the area, make sure to check

0:34.3

them out. Starting strength Tampa in Tampa, Florida has just

0:37.7

signed a lease, so they have a location, so stay tuned for more information with them. Then after

0:42.8

that, we'll have Tulsa and Miami coming on board. For more information on locations,

0:47.4

head over to locations.startstringsdringstreamgims.com. Check out what's on the map,

0:52.2

check out what's to come request an area specifically that

0:55.6

you would like to see a starting strength gym and as always we're going to continue to need coaches

0:59.7

to staff these gyms so if you're interested in becoming a coach there are a few pathways you

1:03.8

can apprentice at a gym you can do the starting strength coach development prep course you

1:08.6

could do those in conjunction but we have a greater need than we do

1:11.7

have coaches at this point. So there is an opportunity if you're mobile or if you live in an

1:16.1

area where starting strength gym might be built. For more information on that, head over to

1:19.9

starting strength.com. Check out the coaching tab. Click on coach development and you'll get the

1:24.9

run down there. And as usually you can always donate to the

1:27.6

Bree Hillen Battery Fund at Breehillan as an android.net and help a lady out.

1:32.5

Mildly entertaining, somewhat obscure guests, relatively interesting topics, semi-professional

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