Origin and Evolution of the Blue Book | Starting Strength Radio #317

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Mark Rippetoe

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

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🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Rip and stef talk about how the Blue Book - the third edition of Starting Strength - was developed.

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0:00.0	Starting strength gyms are all over the place. Your city, if it's a big city,
0:05.3	you've probably got one. And if it doesn't have one now, it will have one soon. We're opening
0:10.5	starting strength gyms all over the place. And one of the things about a starting strength gym
0:15.6	is it allows a way for older people, and by older, I mean 55 plus, to safely learn how to get strong
0:26.9	the best way in the universe. The best way to get strong is with barbells. Hands down, nothing
0:36.7	even comes close to it.
0:38.3	Don't listen to people that want you to operate machines to get stronger.
0:43.3	Because that's not true.
0:45.3	Barbells are how you get strong and starting strength gyms are where you learn how to use them.
0:52.3	If you're an older member of the demographic, give that some thought and visit your local
1:00.1	starting strength gym today.
1:01.4	From the Asgard Company Studios in beautiful Wichita Falls, Texas, from the finest mind in the modern
1:10.0	fitness industry, the one true voice in the strength and conditioning profession the most important podcast on the internet ladies and gentlemen starting strength radio welcome back to Starting Strength Radio.
1:28.3	We are here today to talk about the origin of the books, where everything came from, where it all started, how it got where it is now.
1:45.0	We're here with our friend, my friend, Dr. Steph Bradford, who was instrumental in putting all this stuff together.
1:56.0	Hi, Rip. Good to be here with you.
1:59.0	Good to be here with you too.
2:00.0	Just like every other day, right? Yes, yes. We're be here with you. Good to be here with you, too. Just like every other day, right?
2:02.1	Yes, yes.
2:03.0	There you go.
2:03.6	We're going to take you back to, well, let's go back to 2001.
2:11.1	Let's go back to 2001.
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