Strength as a Rite of Passage for Young Men

Starting Strength Radio

Mark Rippetoe

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

4.6 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Ray talks with brother-in-law Benji Nguyen about how strength training has benefited his overall confidence (especially with the ladies) and self-esteem through college and becoming a young man. 01:34 - PRs on lifts 03:04 - Benji's perception of Starting Strength 06:03 - Celebrating deficiencies 14:15 - Psychological changes after lifting/benefits and disadvantages 19:41 - Difference between a Starting Strength PR and a powerlifting PR 28:18 - More benefits from strength training 36:54 - Building confidence and getting more attention from the ladies 42:30 - If squats were easy, they would be called your mom 50:57 - Wefunder

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0:00.0	Question for you to get started. Can you think of the name of the company that produces
0:08.0	the content that you consume the most on the internet? For me, the answer is starting strength.
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0:23.7	you consume.
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1:06.5	On with the show.
1:08.0	Mildly entertaining.
1:10.1	Somewhat obscure guests., relatively interesting topics,
1:14.9	semi-professional production quality, reasonably well-informed commentary,
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