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How Programming Works | Starting Strength Radio #298

Mark Rippetoe | January 03, 2025

Rip discusses how effective and efficient programming is based on structuring progression based on how quickly the lifter can add weight to the bar. All lifters begin as novices, making the novice linear progression the universal program until diminishing capacity for adaptation forces slower progress and a shift to more complex program organization.

  • 02:43 Comments from the Haters!
  • 12:06 Programming
  • 23:25 Complexity
  • 27:55 How to think about Programming
  • 41:00 The ability to adapt
  • 47:42 Expecting to be an expert

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