
Black Iron Intern
This is guest post from Josh Kent. He is an intern we had with us earlier this year from Robert Gordan University in Scotland. As part of the third year of my Exercise Science degree I had to find a workplace that would take me on for a 6 week work placement. We were given a list of providers but essentially had free reign to choose anywhere we wanted. I didn’t look twice at the list because I already knew what I wanted to do. I’d been reading the Starting Strength forums al

The Starting Strength Model and Fat Loss
The battle with body fat is a tough one. I know it all too well. During the seminar I passed in Wichita Falls in 2013 to become a Starting Strength Coach, Rip told the entire room that everyone needed to gain weight except me. He even went as far as to say “Chris actually needs to lose a few pounds.” It did not come as a surprise. This is something I have dealt with my entire life and I am still working on it. Barbell training has helped a great deal, but it is not the e