This guy is the Ron Swanson of personal trainers.

Who else is binge watching Ask Rip?!

"God help you you'll be in my situation all beat up and just trying to stave off death " man this guy is a great personality.

Mark has that no nonsense demeanour needed for teaching strength training.

I'm 51 and just getting back under barbell after a multiyear layoff, and the first part of this is very encouraging for us old dudes.

Just a thank you to Rip. I am 62 and have been strength training for the last 4 months. I was shocked to see how weak I had become. My wife and I along with several other people have been working 3 days a week. Life changing for all of us to say the least. Thanks again

I’m 72 lifted on and off since 26 or so A good bench for me was around 300 weighing about 170! Have done a lot of running with 10K being my special distance. When I ran a lot my upper body strength would naturally drop. Now after recovering from cancer which really kicked my ass I started lifting again! In just under 11 months I have increased my bench over 100 LBS. I’m very proud of that so you can gain in your 70’s! I do less volume but always do heavy sets of no more than 5 reps! Works for me! Thanks Rip!

Mark should do stand up, I'm rolling over here 😂🤣😂🤣

"People who take care of themselves don't drink Folgers" Eyes the tub of Folgers ground coffee I just bought, 😔

This man has the same personality as all the people who have ever had any sort of influence on my lifting/sports training. Maybe I just like the delivery, or maybe there is something in the sauce.

"Consider maturation." Ha! Definitely stealing that.

Honestly, putting some Everclear into some club soda sounds infinitely better than Budlight. Thanks Rip.

I wanna be Mark Rippetoe when I grow up.

This is the funniest Ask Rip I've ever watched so many laugh out loud moments love ya' Rip!

Rippetoe is hilarious.

"Power Lifting is really a Trailer Park Trash sport" I am laughing my ass off.

'chopped the baby out' 😂😂😂😂 I've had a c section and it wasn't the easiest to recover from.

Ethiopian Coffees are the best, Mark knows his shit.

> Looks at bud light in fridge > Cries

Glenlivet is my entry level Scotch recommendation

15:04 I was just sipping some Bowmore Islay single malt Scotch Whiskey When you mentioned that. Made my day Rip.

"No! I don't deal with eating disorders." Hahaha, I'm dying, Rip too funny.

I'm 43 - I found this encouraging,

After listening to this it has become clear to me that I don't care about myself.

coffee advice is really good.

I am a coffee roaster, and we started off home roasting with beans from Sweet marias!. We also love Ethiopiana a bit more . never knew rip was a hobby roaster!. cheers! I should send him some coffee!

I'm also not a very nice person anymore when someone is careless while I'm doing something heavy. The power rack is set up fairly close to a smith machine and some kind of sitting row machine. Once, I was doing 5 sets of singles with a heavy bench (for me). I'd rest about 6-8 minutes between sets. Every single time I started my bench, they'd decide to change plates. I failed one rep because of this. I've also had people walk over the bar while I was PCing, and one dude tried to stand over the bar and ask me questions while I was deadlifting. What pisses me off the most are people trying to duck under the bar to grab plates while I squat.

I love the Weyland Corp shirt:)

RIP! I had no idea you were a fan of the Alien franchise. I have that same shirt. Thanks for all the great content.

great content!

Mark is a genius..... While his advice on "why you should be strong" is compelling enough. I still feel like this video gave me the absolute best advice that I have ever had. Everclear and club soda..... Mark that is amazing! I have never thought of that nor have I ever heard of that. But it sounds AWESOME!!!!! Sage advice as usual. Man i would love to hear from Marty Gallagher. Your Videos with Kirk, Marty and Ed are absolute GEMS... Thank you for that Mark... The best part from your videos are what lies between the lines.

The more I hear him the more I like him! Cracks me up! True stuff though!

Man rippetoe has the best voice

A legend

"If they chopped the baby out" omg, lol

Lagavulin is the best Scotch there is. It's $100 but it's absolutely perfect.

LETS ROCK!!

What a charecter.

Ethiopian coffees!!! Rip's the man. Yrgacheffes taste like heaven in a drink.

From a non American this guys is a true American ,he knows so much about how to do a good dead Lift that you would be dead before you know how to do it right :D.

i quickly lost interest in this video but continued to watch because i like hearing him talk

this is absolutely fucking wonderful talk!

Mark: "I'm talking about a soft Speyside" Mark: recommends a Highland

roast coffee in the oven, pop corn maker, stove top with a skillet. Burman Coffee Roasters is an excellent source,

Do you train vegans? "No, I don't deal with eating disorders. I'm not a psychologist." 🤣🤣🤣

I just started working with 5lb dumbells and I'm getting some strength. Just competing with myself. I've been walking 6 miles per day for a couple years of now. I'm 70.

From one Islay drinker to another, I've got some blends you would like. But I know where you are coming from regarding the ones you mentioned.

NICE SHIRT, MARK!

I've been searching for a certain video... I'm not sure it exists... One where Mark hears something funny and he just has a good long belly laugh.

Sporting a Weyland Industries shirt. Awesome.

Scotch Whisky. Anything from Ardbeg or Lagavulin. Big fan of Ardbeg Corryvreckan, not sure how much it costs in the US. It's £60 in the UK, But with the £ dropping against the dollar it shouldn't be too much.

More people should attempt to roast their own coffee, and I'm pleasantly surprised to hear that you're a roaster as well. SweetMarias seems to be one of (if not the best) sources of beans. definitely very popular on coffee forums.

I've known about Rip for years and have had my opinions about him. But the fact that he's wearing a Weyland Corp shirt makes me want to pay more attention.

13:29 He came up with White Claw before any of us smh

Mark the world would be a better place with you as president

why no more back extension?

6:10 "Don't spend money on advertising"... and then immediately follows that by saying to create content. Content marketing costs money, too. Or time (which is a non-renewable asset). In fact, sometimes... content marketing costs WAAAAY more than just running some cheap ads on Google Search or Facebook display.

Club soda and everclear. This video is 4 years. Rip invented white claw.

Mark is reppin’ Weyland.

I've got a bottle of Briuchladdich Black Art that I'll bring if Rip drops into Starting Strength Boston.

Hi, I'm not much of a drinker (alcohol), but I was curious why Rip considers certain whiskeys bad

Weyland Corp t-shirt haha from the Alien movies

p.r.s nto the 60s and 70s? fuck yeah gotta get my grandpa on this

“All beat up just staving off death.” That’s the phase was of fitness I’m in. ☝️🥴

wait....rip is rowing???

Hi Mark, {Hope your well} Seen your video quite a long time ago, on the triceps pressdowns and scull crushers, and the actions of the three heads of the triceps are used more, are the three heads of the triceps fully activated, or used in the close grip bench press and the shoulder press please ??? Wayne

"Older people benefit more from the training" "Older People are better clients" "Yea I really like training older clients" The thing that I would think that coaches like about older people is that they normally have the means in which to pay for the training.

Great Q&A. Why is folgers bad? It's my brand mostly b/c it's cheap :D

11:09 big p and the boys smoking ciggies in the parking lot

Respect to Rip for his passion , work etc...Fyi , an episiotomy is very much in vogue and not going out of action, rather its included as a part of normal routine labour delivery. A Caeserean section , or C section as more popular, is a surgical procedure involving a big cut on the mothers tummy area or a bit lower down in the pelvis ( depending on the medical reason for needing the procedure ) is definitely one that requires a longer convalescence. However , the statement that a tear heals faster than an incision is nothing but ignorant talk...The incision is surgically made and then sutured up by an expert at it ( ur obstetrician ) and no way would it heal like a spontaneous tear which involves the entire bottom of a beautiful lady including the perineal nerves ,blood vessels and muscles , just bcos there is a cute little baby coming out..the tear will never heal like a surgical incision. ...No way RIP...u r wrong on that..its just like saying that a very strong person who was neber trained to do that , would do a dead lift or a bench press as correctly as someone equally strong and formally trained by Rip...maybe once or twice he may get it right...but not for long.

All single malt scotches are “blended” technically. Just all from malted barley spirit from a single distillery. The master blender at all these distilleries has to blend and mix to achieve a consistent flavor from batch to batch. They dont just crack open a cask and pour whatever comes out into a bottle labeled “single malt”. I get what you mean by “blended scotch” referring to ones with other grain alcohols in them - some are truly lame. But take Johnnie Walker Green label, a blended malt. It has exactly 4 different single-malts blended together with amazing flavor character and at ~$50 it’s a dam fine scotch!

Mike Bridges, an elite powerlifter in the 145, 165, and 181 pound weight classes in the late 1970s thru the mid 1980s, always looked up (check past editions of Powerlifting USA) when he squatted, and I believe he set records for the squat in all of those weight classes. However, just as bodybuilders who want to look like Arnold consistently fail to gain muscle size when they train like him, average powerlifters who try to squat like Bridges are practically guaranteed to fail.

this is good knowledge, and i like his voice,they should put him on tv shows

Badass talk. However, "Glen - More - Ane -Gee" and " Aye - luh"

Old man yells at clouds

Glenfiddich is where it's at scotch-wise

"I got tired of doing chins." Lol. Oh, that's why you don't do them. It makes perfect sense now.

Deadlift, squat and drink Lagavulin. There you have it. Done deal!

lol love the blade runner shirt

He reminds me of a Classic WoW Human Warrior trainer...

it is not lolling matter really, it is all true and reasonable

I miss this old podcast opening theme

Mark is more badass wearing that Weyland corporation shirt.

He such an attractive personality.

Wayland Corp, building better worlds

14:35 "Have you ever trained any vegans?" "No, I don't deal with eating disorders." LMFAO

3:49 "Just numb it up and let it tear." THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID

Ha, found one thing I disagree with Rip about, JW Black is my go to and JW green is one of my favorite whisky's, lol beyond those two all the rest in my bar are single malts though

"consider maturation" LOL That's the funniest thing I've heard in a long time

Why am i watching this legend talk about what alcohol to buy, i care about my body and i dont drink the shit. Didnt come here to work out what entry level whiskey i should buy.

Is it necessary for me to drink my own urine? No, but it’s sterile, and I like the taste. -Rip Torn as Patches O’Houlihan inspired by Mark Rippetoe

Didn't know coach rip was an aliens fan

I drink Coors and just switched over to Folgers :'-( But I always eat my yolks and don't acknowledge any milk that isn't Whole Milk. So I guess I'm only half a heathen xD

lol. i went through a phase where i only ate pop tarts

"Weyland Corp" shirt - Rip is an android, I knew it!

What is the concern with cheaper brands of coffee (Folgers, et. al.) anyways? I usually drink the cheaper stuff to save a buck, and I don't mind the flavor. Is there an actual health benefit to switching to organic or similar?

14:35 Q: "Have you ever trained any vegans?" Rip: "No! I dont deal with eating disorders." just epic XD

Why take out front squats?

0:40 just setting yourself up for what? Don't get that thinking. Ignore all that. Keep lifting and living. Why have some age or time frame to limit yourself.

fuck Mark is funny :)