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Author, Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd Ed. Starting Strength is a website promoting effective, barbell-based strength training.
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Starting Strength is a systematic approach to the classic barbell training method of improving Strength – the most critical characteristic of successful athletes and healthy useful people. The Aasgaard Company publishes articles, videos and other resources on this site. It also hosts the Starting Strength Forums, providing an active community for the discussion of training questions and achievements, as well as the famous Mark Rippetoe Q&A forum.

06/05/2026

Two Old Guys Talking | Starting Strength Radio #351

Jim Steel sits down with Rip to discuss training, motivation, and his approach to lifting.

06/04/2026

You May Not Be Sleeping As Well As You Think | Phil Ringman

I thought I was sleeping well. Turns out, I wasn't. With an estimated 68.5 million undiagnosed sleep apnea cases, there is a chance you might not be sleeping as well as you thought either. Check it out.

06/03/2026

A Hierarchy of Variables in Strength Training | Andrew Lewis

The more frivolous the subject, the more fervently people will argue about it. This is especially true about fitness. People get so bogged down in the details that they miss the important overarching concepts – the forest for the trees...The foundation of training must be correct before digging deeper into the details.

06/02/2026

The Bar Doesn't Care About Your Sleep Score | Robert Novitsky

If you spend any time around fitness content today, it’s hard to ignore how much of the conversation has quietly shifted away from training in favor of recovery. In fact, entire industries have sprouted up to feed this growing obsession, and it’s not slowing down any time soon.

06/01/2026

Don't Miss Training Days, But If You Do Listen To This | Mark Rippetoe

Rip discusses how important it is to not miss training. But life happens, here's some advice.

05/31/2026

Weekend Archives: Abs

Since the basic nature of correct ab function is isometric, the exercises in which the abs perform this function will provide exercises for the abs as well. This may seem childishly apparent, yet virtually every strength coach adds extra concentric/eccentric ab work to the program anyway. The thinking must be that just squatting, deadlifting, pressing, cleaning, snatching, chins, and barbell curls – all of which involve trunk stabilization as a critical performance component – do not provide sufficient ab work by themselves. I disagree.

05/30/2026

Weekend Archives: Paradigm Change

You’re too skinny. You’re “glommy” fat – to use Rip’s colorful term. You feel weak. You couldn’t lift your own furniture so you had to spend money you don’t have last time you moved. You get out of breath climbing stairs.

You know something is wrong...

05/29/2026

Coaching Personalities | Starting Strength Light Day #20

Rip and Rusty talk about the essential elements of the art of coaching, with an emphasis on the flexible communication ability required to be effective with a wide range of trainees.

05/27/2026

Entering Data into Your Training Log | Mark Rippetoe

Rip shows you his method for recording data in a training log.

05/26/2026

Tight Grip Loose Arms on the Deadlift | Byron Johnston, SSC

Starting Strength Coach Byron Johnston clarifies some common problems with step four of the deadlift setup and how to fix them.

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