Dr. Kelly Starrett

StrongFirst Podcast

Summary

Dr. Kelly Starrett talks about strength and conditioning and moving well with your host Craig Marker. Dr. Starrett is a coach, physical therapist, author, speaker, and blogger, as well as the owner of San Francisco Crossfit and MobilityWOD.com.

Show Notes

01:15 – Dr. Dr. Starrett talks about his early work and his relationship with Pavel and StrongFirst.

02:50 – Dr. Starrett talks about the 70-mile bike ride he has coming up and how he challenges himself.

09:15 – What Dr. Starrett is doing for his minimum dose and GPP.

13:36 – Dr. Starrett’s thoughts on the bent press.

21:40 – Dr. Starrett discusses his thoughts on feet being straight forward in squats.

28:55 – Dr. Starrett talks about the need to maintain a good position.

30:30 – Discussion of what Dr. Starrett is working on right now.

33:09 – Dr. Starrett talks about his work with Gray Cook.

35:39 – Dr. Starrett says everyone should work to keep it simple.

3 Key Points:

1. The most important thing is maintaining strength, and elasticity.
2. All good training models have to be explanatory, predictable, and repeatable.
3. You need to train in a position that transfers into other shapes.