Can you create a flip chart where everything points to "You are not doing the program" please?

You are the voice of reson in this crazy industry Mr Rippetoe! Grateful for your work!

Starting Strength doesn't want you to be fat, it just doesn't care about seeing your abs.

I started at 235 (fat guy at 5ft 11) and kept that weight but added 200 pounds to my squat and deadlift, about a 100 pounds on my bench and about 40 pounds on my press in 4,5 months before i switched programs. Kept the same weight during the LP and now i'm at 240 in body weight and have added an additional 30 and 40 pounds to my squat and deadlift and about 20 on my bench. Did 2 resets on each lift then changed program. I started in the middle of January this year and i'm amazed by the results. Now i still have a belly but now atleast nowadays people tell me that i look big in the muscular sence....

I love the exasperation in his voice when he says 'OK Kiddos' at the start

A house has to have Scaffolding to build it. Looks bad compared to the finished product. Same with the Starting Strength Novice Method. Need to Eat more and that will mean gaining a bit of Fat with it, It will look bad compared to the finished product, Being Strong and looking Strong. But if you keep going that Scaffolding will eventually be removed and you got a Nice looking Strong built Body, or house as the example applies.

The only thing that I'm stuck is in total body weight. I'm at 115kg (253lbs) for half a year! But, I'm stronger! I'm Faster! I'm more muscular! I noticed that keeping an diet for my own weight allow me to slowly gain muscle mass and loss body fat without even thinking about it. I started the last year with 40% BF, now I'm 19% and I don't care if I go to 10% or 30%, I'm healthier than all my friends and I'm in love with me

Re-listening in 2020. Got an ad for vegan cheese. 🤣

Accurate! Plus, even bodybuilders do not walk around lean. They only lean out for shows. If you try to stay lean all of the time, you will experience atrophy.

"if you guys don't stop misinterpreting this I'm gonna have you all killed." This is why I love you guys.

Is this just him reading the nutrition chapter of the book? XD

I don’t think I’m doing the programme :(

Rip would make a great speech synthesizer

im 35yo doing 385x5 squats after 4 months and found it impossible to increase weight every workout; it feels like my 'nervous system' is extremely taxed while my body feels fine, not sore etc.; i started increasing weight once a week and it feels fine again;

Fantastic!

I think the problem arises from your statement in the book about the caloric excess: you suggested 1000 - 2000 kCal of eccess.

30lbs in 3 months? Dude my squat went up 33lbs in 3 sessions, that’s a week, 11lbs per session, and I didn’t even eat a lot.

2:09 this is the perfect time for an awkward silence

Ok, 18-35 is the optimal age-range for the program, but what about a 70 year-old who still has the mind-set of a 28 year-old? Obviously, attitude won't make up for every aspect of aging, but the crap workouts out there for seniors don't cut it. any opinions?

4:30 is alien to me. I'm 5'9" and 145 soaking wet, I fiddled with SS for a while till I hurt myself through my own impatience and stupidity. Likely minor inguinal hernia or bulge and low back stressbwhich I fixed with rest/foam rolling and stretching my back and sickeningly tight hammies. But I was pushing past 230x5x3 with a stalling deadlift at 305x5... Not to knock the feller "stalling" at 135 on squat, but dang homie, did you do any research on what makes a body grow?

How should I break up my macros in what %s? Some may not care about counting calories or macros but for me this is realistically the only way I am going to consciously stick to eating enough during the day if I have a specific goal I am working towards. right now I am 150 lbs with just over 13% body fat. I am down from 165 lbs from not eating as much and not having a gym to train in although soon that will change as I am ordering weights and a barbell so I will be restarting my nlpp. Thanks

I'm 52 will I need to make changes to program?

So basically eat sensibly before you decide whether the program is working

Take the milk pill

where is the program?

I'm 30, 215lb, 6', 20%~ BF. Just started the program after fuckin around on and off for years. I'm at 275x5 for squat and 335x5 DL, but my bench and press are weak from minor shoulder issues... 170x5 bench, 105x5 for press. I should expect my bench and press to increase more rapidly than my squad and DL, since they're already "high" right?

I'm going up to ten gallons a day.

Rippetoe sounds just like PragerU :D

So if I’m below 18? (16)

What if i started doing Stronglifts 5x5 for a couple of months first ?, does that affect your LP if you want to start doing the Novice progression program ?

9:20 to 9:53 sums up most peoples flawed understanding of getting strong and thinking all along you will look ripped like a body builder in contest form. YANDTP!

Where does one find the program?

What about for a 50 year-old?

These podcasts are perfect for helping me go to sleep, such a boring monotone voice just saying “5s are yer strength base,” and “if you aren’t far you’re a woman”