MOTW #27: Strength and Fitness Icon Mark Rippetoe
Mind Of The Warrior
Dr Mike Simpson
4.8 • 900 Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2019
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Mark Rippetoe is a world renowned expert on strength training. He is widely known in the world of powerlifting as both a high level competitor and coach. He has published multiple books and scholarly articles on the subject of strength training, and is owner of the Wichita Falls athletic club, as well as the proprietor of the website startingstrength.com. he is a highly sought after speaker and coach due to his extensive knowledge.
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Mike Simpson has served over three decades in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Special Forces Operator, and finally as a Doctor of Emergency Medicine assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Throughout his career, Mike has deployed to 17 different countries, from counter-narcotics operations in the jungles of South America, to the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in Southwest Asia and North Africa.
Along the way, Mike has been trained as a demolitions expert, SWAT Sniper, High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachutist, civilian paramedic, Special Forces Medic, Operations and intelligence Sergeant, and finally, a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician.
Mike is also a martial arts enthusiast, who trains in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai. His passion for martial arts motivated him to become a practicing fight doctor. As one of the foremost experts in both tactical trauma medicine and combat sports medicine, Mike is highly sought after as a lecturer and instructor, working extensively with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, law enforcement, and military organizations providing medical care and training. He co-stars on Hunting Hitler on the History Channel.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody welcome back to mind of the warrior as always brought to you an |
| 0:16.8 | affiliation with strike force energy you know lately I've noticed a lot of |
| 0:22.2 | first responders so a lot of law enforcement officers |
| 0:25.3 | paramedics firefighters working night shifts work in these 24-hour shifts they're |
| 0:31.2 | drinking these I call them the Kardashian energy drinks, okay? They come in these |
| 0:34.9 | really glitzy looking cans, looks like the can should have its own Instagram account. |
| 0:39.9 | You know how much crap, it's literally toxic sludge that you're drinking. I'm not going to |
| 0:44.3 | name any of these brands, okay? You know what I'm talking about. You're |
| 0:49.3 | poisoning your body if you're drinking those guys. Do not drink those energy drinks. They jack your blood |
| 0:54.8 | pressure up. They have all kinds of terrible chemicals in them. They're probably |
| 0:58.7 | rotting your teeth. Most of them have a high sugar content, even if you're getting the no-carb or low-carb ones, those are not good for you. |
| 1:07.0 | You need to be drinking something like Strike Force Energy, and I'll tell you a little advantage that it's going to give you too. |
| 1:12.0 | Strike Force Energy is colorless, right? |
| 1:15.0 | It has a little gel packet that you pour right into your water bottle. |
| 1:18.0 | So you can now make fun of all the other guys at the firehouse. |
| 1:22.0 | Make fun of all the other guys at the firehouse, make fun of all the other guys that you ride with, |
| 1:25.0 | say, hey, I don't need any of that shit to keep me going. |
| 1:28.0 | I'm doing this all on testosterone and anger as you walk by with your bottle of water with |
| 1:35.4 | strike force energy in it they won't know any better because they're over there |
| 1:38.5 | drinking out of the Kardashian can you got a regular looking bottle of water |
| 1:42.0 | but what they don't know is you got the secret ingredient, |
| 1:45.0 | Strike Force Energy, developed by a former Navy SEAL who wanted all the edge that those crazy drinks give you, |
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