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“Elite” Functional Fitness | Starting Strength Radio #226

Starting Strength Radio

Mark Rippetoe

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

4.6740 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Rip gets exposed to videos of professional and Division 1 strength and conditioning methods and the crew discuss why the current functional fitness trend is useless. 02:12 Comments from the Haters! 09:56 Intro to functional fitness 17:49 Ideas from the media 25:06 What IS being done on the pro level 37:35 Wasted potential 45:08 Dr. Joel Seedman 48:32 Dangerous ACL rehab 51:41 Flash Garrett’s low resistance 53:27 Christian McCaffrey displays athleticism 54:36 Making training like the sport 1:01:13 Playing games instead of training 1:03:36 Practicing incorrectly

Transcript

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0:00.0

You magnificent bastard, I read your book.

0:07.0

Okay, folks, here we go. Next seminar up, October 13th through the 15th, then December 8th through the 10th to round out 2023.

0:14.0

Just a reminder, we still have our workshop for personal trainers going on.

0:17.0

This is open to anybody that's a fitness professional in the business

0:21.2

that wants to come and learn about the barbell lifts, strength training, starting strength

0:24.8

principles, our methods from approach to training. And participants will also be going through

0:29.2

the five-step deadlift setup and getting feedback on their coaching. There is a discount available

0:33.3

for active trainers and professionals. Check out the link for details. There's also an opportunity

0:37.6

to earn CEUs with this. Actually, there's an opportunity to earn CEUs with any of our events,

0:42.9

seminars or camps. So if there's anything else on the list that you want to take advantage of,

0:46.9

take a look. Next workshop is going to be September 23rd in Katie, Texas, and then October 21st

0:52.1

on Long Island. Few self-sufficient lifter camps with spots still available, September 16th in Wichita Falls,

0:57.4

September 23rd in Omaha, and November 11th back in Wichita Falls.

1:02.4

A couple spots left for our squat camp in Astoria, Queens, New York.

1:06.3

That's October 7th.

1:07.8

A couple upper body camps going on, September 2nd in Indianapolis at Starring Strength

1:12.1

Indianapolis, and then September 23rd on Long Island.

1:15.4

Deadlift and Power Clean camp also going on on Long Island.

1:17.6

That's going to be on December 2nd.

1:19.5

And then some three lift camps covering the squat, the press, and the deadlift available.

1:23.0

October 21st in Brussels, Belgium, and Brussels Barbell, and November 19th in Glasgow, Scotland.

1:28.5

Speaking of coaching, I'll tell you again, we have the Starting Strength Coach's prep course.

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