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Bad Advice | Starting Strength Light Day #21

Mark Rippetoe and Rusty Holcomb | June 12, 2026

Rip and Rusty discuss the costs of following bad advice instead of a correctly designed program.

  • 00:37 Training advice
  • 09:44 Light bodyweight
  • 17:09 Rip Competing
  • 27:28 School coaching and genetics
  • 33:07 Best advice

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