You Will Look Better Heavier

[@skidaddler6293]

When Rip said: if you’re skinny fat, your problem is not that your fat. Your problem is that your skinny. That changed my life. Thanks!

[@alistersmith9035]

I'm fat fat but Rip's programme still changed my life - no more back soreness, no more aching knees and I am on my way to a much healthier lifestyle

[@Habsburg_jawline]

It changed my life as well. Santana also said it in an article a while back. From then on I knew cutting weight wouldn’t do anything for me, I just needed to get big & lift heavy. Still working on it but much better off than before.

[@jayhart1883]

@@Habsburg_jawline can you send that santana article link?

[@doubtingthomas9117]

@@jayhart1883was the article about WINNING?

[@ryanrogers8211]

Get rid of the fat too bro 😎

[@danielfitzgerald2561]

He starts talking about lifting at 4:54

[@austinfuller8323]

Thank you for your service kind sir

[@TheFarCenter]

Thanks!!!

[@jayhart1883]

need these on every podcast and video.

[@yeahgoood]

Thank you.

[@jeffmannlein9772]

Thank u

[@peteregan9038]

Consistency is the key. Like how Rip consistently sniffs and swallows his snot every time he talks, on every podcast.

[@Ardepark]

Starting Immune Strength

[@garyburrows3965]

Cos he drinks cows milk! A substance for calves NOT humans.

[@robertfishter2862]

​@@garyburrows3965Why was the promised land in the bible referred to as a land flowing with milk and honey?

[@EZ2anger]

@@robertfishter2862 They meant breastmilk.

[@CephlonMayngrum]

​@EZ2anger they didn't mean no damn breastmilk😂. They didn't have nutrition down to a science back then. In a time when most were at a caloric deficit, milk was need for high calories and rich nutrients

[@justinf1343]

Could not agree more. As a 50 year old who has been a keen cyclist all his life, being big was something I always avoided. That was until about 2 years ago when I started looking at older cyclists in their mid 50s onwards and thought to myself “you are so skinny, you look ill” Rip’s book got me started and I haven’t looked back. I’ve managed to gain 10lb, but building muscle at 50 is bloody hard!

[@jms0313]

TRT

[@Phoenix3627]

Building muscle at 50 isn’t hard, its just a different process. Anyone who automatically says you need TRT is trying to sell you something.

[@mantexas-mc7hi]

It's been 3 months. How is the size gain going?

[@r6854]

I'm 50 now, just started SS about a month ago. Always been skinny my whole life. I agree building muscle is bloody hard! I've gained about 9 lbs since I started, but eating has become another full time job!

[@mikuspalmis]

Clean diet, good rest (reduce or eliminate EMF exposure as much as possible especially during sleep).

[@coreyworthingtonii9230]

Ok, this has given me the confidence to stop restricting my cals over the next 2 weeks as I work towards hitting my 600lbs deadlift PB

[@freehatespeech6804]

Bulking is effective, but if you go overboard and bloat your way to PRs, you're just going to be a fatass. A strong fatass, but a fatass none the less, and your relative strength will be weak. Is this what you want? Tread carefully

[@_XKL]

I keep half assing the nutrition aspect of my training and that discussion in the last 2 mins hit me like a ton of bricks, i needed it.

[@jd0879]

I’m going to be honest. I looked worse heavier. I got down to 173 from 220 during covid. Gyms opened up, followed Rip’s philosophy and got to 240. I looked awful and now I’m down to 210 trying to get to 190.

[@nadavegan]

You are missing the entire point.

[@mr.mayonnaise2095]

It's not just about being BIG it's about having more muscle mass. Too many young lifters who are "skinny fat" think the problem is their fat, when in reality the problem is the lack of muscle mass. If you believe being 190-200 looks better on you go for it but the vast majority of youth need to be big strong and healthy rather than going for the toned abs with no usable muscle mass look

[@Antonio_Serdar]

You can't look good under 200 lbs if you are a male. Doesn't mean you will look good if you are over either, but it is impossible under 200 lbs. You are just too small, and size/height is like the most important part of how good a man looks.

[@Alex-u6j8q]

@@Antonio_Serdarthis was the most chronically online thing I have ever read

[@Antonio_Serdar]

@@Alex-u6j8q No, it is my subjective take on it, not saying people can't have other opinions. I think size (height + muscle) is the key to look good, you can even have some excess body fat if you have height and muscle.

[@zerg6001]

Mark is an absolute G. I am 23, 6’2 185. A few years ago I was severely underweight at 120. I started this program around 170. I’ve been doing what the blue book says for about a month. Eating 4-5 times a day. As of today my numbers are Squat: 205 Press: 120 Bench: 170 High pull: 115 Deadlift: 255

[@5517-j3q]

Too many folk forget that if they want to walk around at 170lbs 5’10 at 15% body fat with impressive muscularity and strength, they would have to have gained 200lbs+ first and added a lot of weight to the bar over time first

[@Christopher_Stead]

They don't forget; they don't even consider it to begin with

[@-nath-7837]

Not necessarily. I'm 5'10 202lbs and haven't lifted in months . I've lost so much strength and size. I have a belly. Following from what rip says that means I'd need to start lifting again progressively added weight to the bar and also eat to gain bodyweight. Seems crazy

[@5517-j3q]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@-nath-7837That’s why I said “and added a lot of weight to the bar”, which also means keeping that strength and continuing to build it. The fact that you haven’t lifted in months is the reason you don’t have strength and size, so don’t compare what you have done to what Rip advocates, which is continued weight gain in line with continued strength gain, not weight gain without lifting like you have done. What you need to do is get your butt in the weight room and build back your strength, and not gain more weight but probably maintain or go on a slight cut to recomp. You will be able to gain strength and lose weight at the same time because you haven’t trained in a while, similar to the fat novices who are already heavy. My original comment was referring to guys who are starting off lighter and are afraid to gain weight.

[@-nath-7837]

@@5517-j3q I never said rip advocates gaining weight without lifting. 🤦I said he advocates gaining weight whilst lifting. BUT he doesn't specify what somebody who's already 200lbs should do

[@5517-j3q]

@@-nath-7837 He has in other videos, and in his blog called “A Clarification”. Look those up as they will help

[@channel-nv9xc]

I 5'8. I worked hard to get up to 175 pounds only to realize when I got there that I actually felt better when I was lighter. Today I'm about 165. 9% body fat, as opposed to 15% at 175. A little less muscle now, but in exchange I'm faster, more explosive, better stamina and cardio, better endurance - a better overall athlete, and i actually look visually stronger at 165 than a 175 even though I'm not, because the lower BF% makes me look more vascular and ripped. Size isn't everything. For me, being a balanced athlete worked best.

[@sethdbrown30]

I'm in a similar situation, but the opposite. I'm 5'8" 180 currently, Ive played the aesthetic game, and been down to 160 and shredded. Sure, I looked better with my shirt off, but in a shirt, like we all are like 99.9 % of the time, I looked kind of normal, and I was weaker, more injury prone, less overall energy, and generally kind of felt frail. Now that I've put on some weight, I feel fucking great, I'm much stronger and bigger, I recover twice as fast, and I feel like a fucking beast. And guess what....I get dudes coming up to me all the time asking what the hell Ive been doing to get so jacked. Being 160 and lean will make you look like a kid, put on 30 lbs and you'll look like a man

[@deborahlebl6946]

Weak

[@hisinvisibleness-fn8qj]

I was the fastest I've ever been at my heaviest It's about strength and fitness the size doesn't matter

[@Ephesians6twelve]

Could’ve just said “I like other dudes”

[@crazyrr144]

Oh man. I get dudes coming up to me. Congratulations bro. Thsts what rippetoe gets you.

[@aldrogo7510]

Think back to when you were a little kid... back when you were ... fhaave

[@Ardepark]

*Fah-ev

[@GreyRock100]

The way to look better is to gain weight. In order to gain weight you need to gain 100lbs.

[@xmoogoox]

For some guys, yep. I'm up ~75lbs.

[@grizzly_bear_A]

@@xmoogoox older heavy and fat= heart problems and death the heart is also a muscle that works all the time the more weight you have the more heart work over time the more it work the shorter the lifespan of the heart is easy for you?

[@xmoogoox]

@@grizzly_bear_A who said anything about being fat?

[@grizzly_bear_A]

@@xmoogoox you are we can se it

[@grizzly_bear_A]

@@xmoogoox Yes but you are to old for this

[@406dn7]

Everyone has a unique reason to get under a bar. I'm kinda tall,@6'1" old @72 and been lifting close to 8 years now. I weighed 230# before starting lifting and weighed 208 this morning at the gym. Lifting has been a true blessing for me. One of the principle reasons that got me into the gym, was maintaining the strength to ride my horses. Anyone who rides a horse should know that adding body weight is not in the interest of the horse. So, I'd rather drop 10 pounds before adding 10 pounds.

[@rattlerd]

The numbers here blew me away-almost exactly my experience. At 20, after two years of lifting, I was still 155 (at 5’10”). Based on reading glossy bodybuilding mags (it was 1992), I concentrated on eating every three hours and getting in protein after my workout. Over the course of one semester I suddenly went from 155 to 185-still have logs because I was weighing in twice a week for a swimming conditioning class. I was basically doing everything else wrong-not using LP, too much fluff bodybuilding crap, not resting enough, etc.-but even still, just that one change flipped the switch. And like the guy said, body fat went up but not perceptible-think I went from a 28 inch waist to 30.

[@ricksongracie618]

This was actually really insightful and pretty helpful to hear. Thanks!

[@SherryBaby60]

I'm doing my workouts and getting stronger! Semi-retired and deliver vehicles purchased online. Lots of lifted pickups so I need to be strong to get myself up in the cab 😂 A nice perk... about every other month I get to deliver a Challenger!

[@scientificreactions7938]

Just had to comment about nuclear power. When the government spent around $2 trillion on paying people to stay home a few years ago, I estimated that we could have bought a couple hundred new nuclear plants with that same money, and we'd be on our way to carbon neutrality about 10 years ahead of the 2050 schedule.

[@koleary1798]

Gaining weight, for most lifters, is the best way to make long term progress in terms of ones physique, I agree here. I disagree on the amount of weight that needs to be gained but I don't think the minutiae should detract from the overall good advice.

[@koleary1798]

​@@Bloozguy yeah that's very true. I like Rips advice about getting people stronger generally, particularly older people, but the SS team need to just pick on a marketing message, there's no consistency. One day they'll talk about how the program isn't a powerlifter program, they'll deride people that train to look better etc, and shortly after they'll talk about how doing things their way is the best way to look better. Hell, recently they've been equating what they do (train heavy on a very limited number of lifts) with how mass monsters like Ronnie Coleman and Dorian Yates trained. This is obvious bullshit, the way even these bodybuilders trained couldn't be further from the SS method.

[@alrbredwall]

​@@Bloozguythe umber of those people that exist are negligible compared to the world of novices who can train and look better and be stronger at a heavier body Weight. This conversation is not geared toward outliers. This comment is off point.

[@footballover01]

@@Bloozguy I think Rip's philosophy here is that one should bulk up to a big weight in order for him to gain muscle, then he can lean out as he likes. Strength Co guys advocate this version at least.

[@stephenlewis6409]

Once again Rip makes perfect sense.

[@tomsnowden6201]

Why does rip and about everyone he trains a fatty?

[@ryanrogers8211]

You will look better heavier as long as your waistline doesn’t get larger. Ask me how I know.

[@liambennion9627]

***Cpap intensifies***

[@OldSchoolBaptistInOslo]

"The gym part is not the problem." Amen to that.

[@cernugaming]

Jesus, I just wanted to learn how to deadlift.... Now I turned into a Pro Nuclear Activist.

[@BeepBoopBleepBlorp]

Want to get bigger? It won’t happen until you successfully implement a comprehensive energy policy.

[@mr.monitor.]

Jesus don't like nuclear

[@freehatespeech6804]

@@mr.monitor. Jesus' kingdom is not of this world

[@mr.monitor.]

@@freehatespeech6804 No kidding. The world exists in reality.

[@Colt-ii4qn]

Truth machine, listen up ✊

[@chrisgomez215]

I have an eating disorder as in I’m eating dis order right here

[@MegaAttyla]

Can somebody please explain a little about the fragment 2:30-2:37, the sentence: "They don't generate enough energy per... beacuse of the BTU's that operate the damn thing". I'm not a native english speaker and have slight difficulty translating it into understanding it practically.

[@Texelectric]

Rip just adding in unasked for political spiel on a fitness channel, nothing new

[@BaldurNorddahl]

he has absolutely no clue what he is talking about.

[@manfredmann2766]

IMO his political and scientific points of view are great. I’d vote for him if he ran for president.

[@jeffreybabino8161]

Rip for president yeah that would be great

[@caswell62]

He'd need some serious protection.

[@MrMissingnin44]

Young Brie looking like a whole unit....

[@thomasbrogan9102]

Ha. You said "Unit"

[@jeffreybabino8161]

Brie is awesome really like her she looks like a great person 🏋️

[@jsong8282]

When you were a kid, when you were FAHVE

[@buckledealer]

In my humble opinion, the shirt should say "I AM THE STRENGTH."

[@barryhill2836]

I started last year July, I'm 27, just about 179cm and 55kg body weight with a squat of 40kg and a deadlift of 60kg. Currently I only gained like 7kg since then but my squat has gone up to 90kg and deadlift to 100kg.

[@Nomad1th]

Great work keep up te progress 💪

[@jkuper221]

If you can afford it, hire a coach. They will help you in more ways than you can imagine and you'll make so much more use of your time.

[@saulwest8254]

That's great improvement, were you considered anorexic?

[@brutus007]

Keep at it! You’re a hardgainer. As an ectomorph, the majority of the weight you put on will be muscle.

[@barryhill2836]

@@saulwest8254 I don't think so I'm just really lanky. I have a tall narrow frame. One of my uncle's some cousins on my dad's side are also like that. Probably a genetic thing

[@johnnylira3312]

I agree with Mark Ripptoe's Starting Strength principles...I just don't agree with doing multiple sets. One set to max effort is all you need.

[@gonnfishy2987]

Hey that's cool. I am interested in theories re: sets/reps. I started as a n00b doing 45 mins of two sets of almost everything [to failure], ever 2nd day. I have had MASSIVE gains already, no injury. I feel humbled that ppl can do more than 3 sets of anything in a short workout (under 45m) ... I'm always up for hearing pros and cons of different regimen! (I'm female, so the results are going to look different but my lord...)

[@theultimatebigmunchkin7109]

30lbs in 3 months is ridiculous. The kid wants to look better and adding 25lbs of fat isn’t going to do that.

[@m-hayek1985]

Yeah it will be 3-5 pounds of muscle and 20 lbs of fat.

[@willbollman6246]

Okay so I'm 5'10" and 215 pds. Wanting to do the program again after a 7 year layoff. I want to lose weight, but i want to be strong and fill out a t shirt in a good way...with muscle. I'm unsure how to approach getting back into it. I know losing weight and building muscle aren't congruent so I'm a bit confused on how to proceed. Any advice is appreciated

[@chonzen1764]

Photovoltaic cells are inherently limited in terms of efficiency. What you are physically doing is using photons to knock electrons off of one side and send them to the other. This takes a specific amount of energy. If a photon doesn't have enough energy to knock off an electron that photon's energy is lost. If a photon has has more energy than needed to knock off an electron but not enough energy to knock off two all that excess energy is lost. This is why photovoltaic cells will never be 100 or even 50 percent efficient.

[@fignewtoneater]

I had no idea there were so many nuclear physicists at starting strength.

[@TheDmonet]

They studied at the Texas tough guy curmudgeon institute of Science

[@fabiomerlin8820]

The more I watch what you have to say, the more you surprise me with your superior intelligence and clear thinking.

[@minhuang8848]

except when it comes to energy, I guess

[@o.p.9413]

@@minhuang8848you guess wrong

[@lobstermyname4477]

is this sarcasm?

[@Dwoollam]

I consider myself strong until these guys talk of 315lb squat after 3 months. Been doing 5x5 for a couple of months and I’m up to 250lbs and had to stop as the workouts were killing me. Going to try 3x5 from now on and see how I get on. I have never really trained for strength before though I have been going to the gym on and off for years. It’s a bit of an eye opener as to the potential that’s still on the table. 😊

[@tomsnowden6201]

Well they also look like shit when they do that so fast.

[@Mantorok12]

you absolutely are not eating and/or sleeping enough. I remember a few years ago I was dying for a few days with soreness, until one night someone brought pizza to the lounge and I tore through it. I felt like a new man the next morning. Dirty bulking is neither advised nor sustainable, but if you cannot recover from your workouts, you need to eat and you need to sleep.

[@Dwoollam]

@@Mantorok12 my sleep is on point and I’m eating in a surplus. I do 3x5 and I’m stuck at 270lbs right now. For reference I’m almost 47 and 175lbs in weight. I recover just fine and I’m never sore. I have switched again so I’m not going all out every workout. I do a couple of workouts at my max 3x5 weight and another around 80% for higher reps. I’m enjoying it, however, I don’t think my weights are going to go up much over the next month or 2.

[@jake0r]

​@Workout like Woollam if you're doing 3x5 of the same weight every week and have hit a plateau perhaps you should try something different like deloading for a week or two and then try bulding up to a peak over your 3x5 rep max. perhaps you could also for example do 1 set of the 3x5 at a higher weight maybe the middle set. Or lastly you could do 1 or 2 reps at an even higher weight than your target weight for your 3x5 and then hit your target weight for the rest of your reps as your target weight will seem lighter.

[@3ncore706]

Maybe youre just not a fat piece of crap like Rip wants you to be. It’d be easy to hit a 315 squat if you weigh 230 at 5’10

[@FNJones88]

Been doing SS for 3 weeks (not my first time, but I've been a POS for a while). My weight has gone up 10 pounds and my waist has gotten smaller. 6'2", started at 238, now 248. This program works if you follow it.

[@danski6694]

Hi guys appreciate the help with something I’m 4-10 and 550 lbs. i feel like you cant see my abs for some reason. What should I do?

[@Mukation]

A heavy set of fhaaaaves

[@danski6694]

Oh and I’m 127 years old

[@xmoogoox]

I suggest GOMAD

[@marcstuart7478]

4,10 550lbs is basically skeletal. You need at least another 200lbs on your frame

[@jackolini]

At your weight, you probably need to do a cut. But you don't want to be under I'd say about 350 pounds or you won't look like a man.

[@justineandserena]

So for someome who weighs approx 150-154 lbs 5,7 -5,6 1/2 who reduced there body weight from 162 because of gaining excess love handle an belly fat.. from over doing the calories a little.. what would be a sufficient plan of action for eating to build muscle an keep performance.. but not gain excess body fat.

[@Francesco-cj3oi]

Your plan of action is learn to squat, deadlift, bench, and press, and put 5lbs on the bar every time you train for a long time

[@justineandserena]

@@Francesco-cj3oi lol lol lol currently doing all this.. lol but how many times weekly would u suggest deadlifting?

[@dadbod488]

​@@justineandserenai believe according to the starting strength novice program, you're to deadlift once a week, with a top set of 5 reps. Most programs have you deadlift once a week. Sometimes even less often than that.

[@in2an3ppg42]

​@@justineandserenadepends on personal tolerance. I only deadlift x1 a week. What I know I can recover from, for now. But as far as gaining size with limiting fat. Focus on taking in a lot of protein. Limit the fat intake and watch your carbs. Slowly increase calories over time. Eat clean. Throw a cheat meal in 1 or 2 times a week. Don't go overboard. All general advice. Take it all with a grain of salt if you like. I'd also advise not following rip exactly either. He is not quite good at nutrition. Also don't just stick with 5s. Hope this helps a bit.

[@Francesco-cj3oi]

@@justineandserena you're not doing the program. Do the program

[@jeffriesmovies]

I came here for a rant about muscle power, not solar power.

[@Grumbledookvid]

Rippetoe, dairy and wheat makes me have explosive diarhea, what can I eat instead to hit my goal of 250lbs?!

[@finalboss7956]

Potatoes & eggs! 😂

[@kalvincalvert]

Hemp Hearts. You're welcome

[@cdoggsmcgriff2786]

I’m a fire protection engineer, working at a nuclear power plant and everything Rip has said is the truth. Especially the point that you can separate those that do not have any idea from those that actually have an understanding of energy production and delivery when you bring up the subject of replacing your base power load that is fossil fuels with the only alternative nuclear power.

[@skanda1832]

49 year old, 20 months into SS and gone from 150lb to 220lb bodyweight (6' tall). Lifts have gone from/to (for 3 sets of 5 reps): Press 95 to 180 Squat 135 to 370 Bench 135 to 270 Deadlift 135 to 425 * Only 25lb on deadlift away from a 500, 400, 300, 200 (1 rep max deadlift, squat, bench, press) 300g protein/day Sleep 8 to 12hrs/day (yes, 12hrs/day sometimes, lol) No intoxicants, no juice of ANY kind ever. Genetically average but consistent with lifts, food, rest. Promise it works.

[@Chris-k9k9c]

Just think about that deadlift - you are a man you can lift 500 pounds (assuming you got there) off the ground. That is INSANE. Well done. 💪

[@Mantorok12]

if you wanna look like a bodybuilder, great. but you have to realize bodybuilders put in a lot of work to get into contest shape. they bulk, then they taper and peak. same principle as competitive powerlifters, they plan their programming around the date of a contest, so that they will be ready to compete. If you want to look shredded, you have to "lift heavy ass weights," as Ronnie Coleman would say. You have to eat. And once you have the big muscles, then you cut fat. And that carries over in powerlifting too: if you perpetually bulk, you will get too fat, you will get sleep apnea, and you won't be able to recover. Build the muscle, cut the fat, then you build muscle again, from a more muscular starting point. But if you haven't reached the end of your linear progression, all of this is far beyond your scope: you just need to eat and sleep enough and keep adding weight to the bar.

[@thecleaner3559]

But if you want to look exactly like Coleman, you have to lift heavy weight AND take insane amounts of synthetic drugs.

[@Mantorok12]

@@thecleaner3559 if you want to look exactly like Coleman you need to lift heavy weights, take lots of drugs, eat a lot, AND choose good parents. Ronnie is a genetic specimen

[@gonnfishy2987]

Why can't you just do steady recomp (assuming not everyone is training for shows)

[@Mantorok12]

@@gonnfishy2987 that's called "powerbuilding," and it seems OK, just inefficient and psychologically taxing. Stay in a slight deficit and train hard. Not many people can do that for a sustained period. I don't think there's much literature on it, but I would love to see some research on it.

[@gonnfishy2987]

@@Mantorok12 cool! thanks, I'm still in my "just new and building like fk" stage lmao

[@rkindred4005]

Genius RIP…… Genius 💡

[@majungasaurusaaaa]

Good luck telling a kid who just wants a beach body to get fat to squat 3plates. He doesn't give a shit about that. Nor does he want to stuff his face and end up looking like a pear.

[@McRick84]

You can buy 3lbs of frozen hamburger Pattie’s for the cost of one burger at a drive through. Eat food!!!!! Buy food, cook food, eat food. Stay home don’t go out unless you’re going to the gym or work and eat food!

[@supersaiyanzero386]

We cant have it all right now because we still use money. We already have places that use solar for a lot of electricity. Solar in the desert, offshore wind farms, tidal and wave energy is constant and will be around 5 BN years (ish). Geothermal. Nuclear is a decent addition.

[@footballover01]

This is ao true😢 When I remember how many years I wasted trying to look "better" by jumping between machines in the gym.

[@AnnikaGardiner]

Hi Mr. Uncle Rip. I can hear your cold. You look great. I like your shirt. I respect your work. Cheers from Calgary.

[@Bl4zik3n]

Nice audio quality

[@jeffrichard5740]

With all respect: "If you want to look better, listen to what Im telling you" is over the top.

[@gonnfishy2987]

Listening to points of view is not taking anyone over anywhere... These are considerations not gospel!

[@tomsnowden6201]

Rip is for ppl who don’t mind being fat in order to lift weights..that’s the only good his program is for.

[@g00zik97]

how much heavier do i have to get, im already140kg

[@TheFarCenter]

Shit at that weight I hope you’re 5’9. How many gallons of milk are ya doin a day?

[@gonnfishy2987]

omg fr. I'm 178cm and 111kg, and I'm a fat cow but being built like a tank feels awesome.

[@ethanholshouser5648]

That example is pretty wild, how does someone weighing a relatively lean 150 get their squat stuck at 135? Yeah gaining weight will make you stronger faster, but you should be able to squat your body weight pretty soon after starting the program even if you don't gain any weight at all.

[@DEBTFREEMIKE769]

2024 is a very important election people. Vote wisely

[@danski6694]

Doesn’t matter if they cheat again!

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

Bloatcel copes to excuse binge eating

[@koleary1798]

Just on Rips comments about Solar, they are pretty good for the average household provided you have enough space for a decent sized array. Granted we're in the summer now, but where i live (Ireland) we put up a 32m² array about a month ago (out of pocket €4500) and its dropped our bill to almost nothing. If we get even 4 years before any issues, even accouting for their relative uselessness during an Irish winter, they'll pay themselves back and then some.

[@danieloost1629]

Untrue, there is a reason models have low bodyfat. Face looks more defined instead of fat and puffy.

[@thehightide2559]

Rip, Bre, Nick and Rusty are the furious four Rip's squat is best exercise ever after pullup and probably press (TO ME)

[@Foggydew931]

Shoot it into space and let the aliens deal with it.

[@Buzz_Kill71]

I bought the book... And the other book too!

[@eddiejansen3771]

Math? What about my feelings?

[@jayhart1883]

I don't know why the haters are always commenting Rip looks fat. Dude's fucking jacked.

[@jd0879]

He’s fat. Dont be delusional

[@somuchfortalent]

So the kid would have put on over 30 lbs of muscle in 3 months?

[@jackolini]

It won't all be muscle but 30 lbs of bodyweight in 3 months is possible at 22. That is only 2.5 pounds per week, it's really not that much weight.

[@somuchfortalent]

@@jackolini He said from 12% to 15% bodyfat. They're claiming the guy will put on an additional 21 lbs of muscle and 9 lbs of fat in 3 months on top of his gains from whatever his starting weight was to 150. That's ludicrous. 2.5 lbs per week is about an extra 7,000 calories per week or an extra 1,000 calories per day. Mark is talking shit or he's telling people to get fat.

[@Francesco-cj3oi]

@@somuchfortalent you've obviously never been 22 and tried this

[@tomsnowden6201]

@@somuchfortalent he’s always taught ppl how to get fat for the sake of lifting heavy weight

[@somuchfortalent]

@@Francesco-cj3oi You obviously live in fantasy land.

[@jamesianv]

Amen, as I get my 2 eggs ready for breakfast, and that feels like a lot.

[@xmoogoox]

Height and bodyweight?

[@joshuahankins2613]

​@@xmoogoox6ft 183lbs to start the program. Bench 185 for 5, squat the bar ( recent knee injury), deadlift 185. What should I get my weight to 220lbs?

[@xmoogoox]

@@joshuahankins2613 can you rephrase the question?

[@sessarichard]

@@joshuahankins2613how’s it going?

[@chironow3446]

I want to build the same house. Live in Fort Collins, CO. Wife doesn’t want it dark inside though. 18” walls with drywall inside? What about a basement? Is it possible? Who would I do that? Thank you

[@robertthompson5501]

Good point 🙏🏻🏊‍♀️🏋🏻

[@Romo69]

You will look better with more muscle not just more weight

[@stefanomagaddino6868]

Dean Wermer said" Fat and stupid is no way to go through life son ".

[@Nick-re8bq]

And drunk

[@genaro5766]

Heavy with lots of muscle showing but not heavy with a gut sticking out .

[@HaughtKarl-jx9vr]

LIVE LARGE, DIE LARGE!!!

[@mrsmith9079]

Thorium reactors are very far from being commercially viable, Rip. And whilst they reduce the amount of radioactive waste, they do not eliminate it.

[@daltonreid8949]

*Whilst. 😂

[@mrsmith9079]

@@daltonreid8949 Awww do you feel clever :)

[@fignewtoneater]

“whilst” 🤓

[@Francesco-cj3oi]

@@mrsmith9079 you're the one who used "whilst"

[@ncramz1662]

Yeah I like Rip but the condescending attitude they have saying things like “If you don’t understand this then you’re out of your wheelhouse” and then minutes later saying something that you would learn isn’t possible as early as high school chemistry is ironic to say the least.

[@robertlehnert4148]

Advise all to look up the documentary, _Pandora's Promise_ . The logic and facts in that were so clear, that even freaking MICHAEL MOORE was convinced we have to go nuclear.

[@overratedfool6900]

Gaining 8lbs in 3 months is a problem? You should gain 38lbs in 3 months? LOL WTF? Is that even possible? And to say that would be the difference between 1 plate and 3... Just wow lol

[@theultimatebigmunchkin7109]

His diet advice is trash. Get obese and out of shape to get a big squat bench and deadlift.

[@gregwhite6998]

His talk about solar energy is so incredibly wrong. Why does he speak with such confidence about something that is easily verified and he is objectively wrong on?

[@Francesco-cj3oi]

Yet you continue to not provide this simple evidence

[@ncramz1662]

@@Francesco-cj3oiwhat evidence are you looking for? Genuinely curious. Regardless, people in the comments are only going to be able to point you in a direction to do the reading yourself. KZbin doesn’t allow links so nobody can link anything here. Plus a single or even a few links to research isn’t enough to form an informed opinion anyways. Realistically very few people who have strong opinions on topics like this actually understand them because true understanding comes from tons of academic reading over a long period of time.

[@CBF2020]

It’s just his opinion. If you don’t agree with it then just ignore it. It’s good to have freedom of speech, doesn’t matter if what he say is wrong or right.

[@Francesco-cj3oi]

@@ncramz1662 I'm looking for Greg to show me the easily verifiable objective evidence that goes against what Rip says

[@BaldurNorddahl]

@@Francesco-cj3oi you could check what we are doing abroad. Here in Denmark more than 50% of the power is from wind and renewable energy total is above 90% of electricity generation. For solar you have big countries like Germany which have about 15% of total electricity generated by solar and rising fast. So it is very obvious that RIP is spewing total garbage that is in conflict with facts about how energy generation actually works.

[@Matthew-pf9mj]

Deeper hips. That’s what’s up

[@CarneGranada]

The greater the mass the greater the force of attraction😏

[@WiecznieNieNasycony]

500 lbs of pure attraction go for it

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

People will not attack a big muscular guy as much as scrawny looking people.

[@JethroJones-v2u]

Live in a good area for gods sake, if you are walking around people who want to fight you need to get a better job and move out.

[@theultimatebigmunchkin7109]

Lol ok they really will tho especially if they have a weapon.

[@gonnfishy2987]

This is true. I have got by through so much sketchy circumstances and people bc they wouldn't even try. And I'm a gentle giant lmao

[@emacliftsalot]

True

[@klino79]

What happened to the whole “We don’t care about aesthetics” thing???

[@JohnDoe-my5ip]

So I guess in Texas, a high school chemistry class is when you eat an oil executive’s balloon knot for an hour straight. Good to know. Stick to the stuff you’re an expert on, broski. Theres an argument to be made about the availability of materials with solar+wind, but it sure as heck isn’t an argument that there isn’t enough energy available. The sun is the biggest nuclear reactor that will ever exist in the solar system…

[@Dagger4]

I’m “that guy” to some extent. I’m 40+ now… easy for me to gain fat, very hard for me to gain muscle. I basically have the same lean mass I did at 20 (5’10”, 160, measured

[@dacoldest3896]

What happened to the kids that wanted to look like the hulk and brock lesnar? lol

[@xmoogoox]

They are allergic to learning, food, and hard work.

[@rvanachterberg774]

I have great admiration for Rip; however, the inaccuracies he presents regarding wind and solar energy cause me to question his expertise in other areas.

[@claudej.montgomery9421]

Can you explain why in 2022 there were rolling blackouts in California? There’s a windmill like there’s a Walgreens on every corner

[@gregwhite6998]

Agreed. He spoke with such confidence about something objectively wrong. It is so simple to fact check, yet he is spouting incorrect information as if its gospel

[@jackgraham96]

Rip is an expert in strength training. That's the area you should listen to him on. Take everything else with a grain of salt. Remember that this is a free country and KZbin is for entertainment.

[@ngithens]

@@jackgraham96 yeah I don't go to my surgeon for financial advice lol. Podcast is entertainment

[@michaelmaier7262]

Grow a brain. No one would HAVE to heavily subsidize "green" if the stuff actually worked. You just don't care about kids enslaved to mine rare earth minerals because you don't have to look at them.

[@smokejaguar986]

powershitter cope

[@Jonathan-si2nd]

Rip, few people outside the southern states think chubby looks better 😁

[@astang1072]

I have that shirt

[@ARDAYILMAZ72]

Why am I listening to fucking Mark Rippetoe talking about sustainable energy solutions

[@prenticefaber9626]

20 to 18 percent body fat with a lot of muscle looks way better in jeans because every thing fits better I just don't understand the 8 percent body fat mentality because when that little bit of belly goes so does them big arms,legs and ass that fill them jeans out because my wife is more obsessed with my ass than my abs because abs attract girls a nice ass arms and chest attract women.

[@Christopher_Stead]

10:09

[@danm1063]

Lol what was the rant on solar panels - is that some rip conservative rant

[@chrismclendon4937]

Lol, more solar energy strikes the earth in 1 hour than mankind produces in an entire year.

[@kevinkanzler495]

Imagine the ridiculous amount of work it would take to make half of one percent of the globe a solar panel. It's not efficient.

[@geektarded]

The only time my skin was as pink as Rip’s was when I accidentally left 3 minute Nair on my balls for 10 minutes.

[@mikuspalmis]

Was it on a dare like one of my friends when we were 18? Wait, probably not.

[@JohnRhodes-lv3rg]

Eat. Lift. Work outside.

[@antisocialite927]

Nuclear is obviously the way to go. But I think increasing the albedo might be a good thing. If it isn't reflected, it's getting absorbed, innit?

[@yilli_9109]

Rip, stick to lifting. You might be correct about nuclear in the American context, but there's like 100+ other countries out there. Take Australia, the CSIRO (government scientific research agency) has determined that nuclear enegy is wayyyy more expensive and less practical than other renewable alternatives *for Australia*. Just reached the part where you call windfarm advocates "criminals". I don't like business people either, but calling them criminals? Really?

[@nikitaw1982]

But the Deloraine ran on Banana Peels.