Starting Strength Radio
Hosted by Rip and Mark Rippetoe · Mark Rippetoe
4.6from 1,225 ratings
- 616
- Episodes
- 113
- Transcribed
- 1,225
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2013
- First episode
- 61M
- YouTube views
About Starting Strength Radio
Starting Strength is the bestselling book on the most fundamental and effective approach to strength training ever written. Mark Rippetoe hosts Starting Strength Radio where he discusses topics of interest, primarily to him, but perhaps also to you.
- Publisher
- Mark Rippetoe
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 23 Aug 2013
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
113 of 616 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Q&A Episode - Mom, Deadlifts, & Gyms | Starting Strength Radio #362
23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Starting Strength Radio 361
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Training, Competing, and Life with Eva T | Starting Strength Radio #360
Inside a recent episode
Q&A Episode - Mom, Deadlifts, & Gyms | Starting Strength Radio #362
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] All right. You may, in fact, be ready to switch to... Halting deadlifts and rack pulls instead of full deadlifts off the floor. All right. Now, the halting deadlift is where you pull the bar off the floor and you get right above the kneecap, right above your patella, and then set it back down. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Starting Strength Radio
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Eva T
- Karl Denninger
- John Musser
- Jim Steel
- Carl Raghavan
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 60,965,030
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 721 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 504 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 96 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 98
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Who hosts Starting Strength Radio?
Rip and Mark Rippetoe host the show. Published by Mark Rippetoe.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Starting Strength Radio take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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