Starting Strength Coach and Registered Dietitian Robert Santana shares his knowledge of all things diet, training, barbells, and more.
85 episodes transcribedCoach and RDN Juliette Gonzalez joins Robert Santana to discuss her fitness journey from Globo Gyms to Starting Strength, becoming a dietician, workin...
In this episode, Robert Santana talks about programming for your upper body and how it differs from lower body training. https://weightsandplates.com/...
In this episode, Robert Santana sits down with Gretchen Geist to talk about her fitness journey, how she went from doing Crossfit to Starting Strength...
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Many people (most?) get into fitness because they want to look better. At least, that's a primary reason. It's a worthwhile goal -- looking better is...
It's that time of the year again, the uniquely American feast that is Thanksgiving. It's a time of feasting and festivities, but for a lot of people t...
In today's episode, Dr. Santana and Coach Trent discuss a common mistake lifters make before they begin a set -- the unrack. As Coach Trent says, the...
Many people who start barbell training say something to the effect of "I just don't want to get hurt" when asked about their fitness goals. It's under...
One of the interesting consequences of the success of the Starting Strength methodology, and the growth in popularity of strength training in general,...
It's almost a cliche now, that a novice trainee running the novice linear progression should "do GOMAD" (drink a gallon of milk a day). This advice is...
Testosterone is one of the hottest topics in the health and fitness world these, specifically testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). While there are...
We've talked about how an overweight trainee should approach strength training with an eye toward "recomping," that is, changing their body compositio...
When the upper body lifts stall, the typical programming answer is "add volume." Some do this by increasing frequency -- the number of times you perfo...
Burnout is a common complaint, whether it's from work, family, extracurricular activities, or all of the above. It happens in training too. Train long...
While there are many good reasons to lift barbells and get strong, many people are motivated at least initially by the prospect of looking better. Imp...
In the gym coaching real people, the knowledge and experience gained from years of hard work under the barbell pays off -- a person who has put themse...
Strength training demands a lot from a trainee, especially after the honeymoon wears off (i.e. the novice linear progression starts to get hard). It's...
There's seemingly no end to the "evidence based" coaches out there nowadays making all sorts of claims about you should train, backed up by scientific...
To quote Mark Rippetoe, "women are not a special population, they are half the population." In other words, women fundamentally train for strength the...
Dr. Santana and Coach Trent wrap up their mini series on post-novice programming with an important discussion on understanding why you missed reps. Th...
