A Tour of Wichita Falls Athletic Club with Mark Rippetoe

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  • Rip takes you on a tour of his gym, the Wichita Falls Athletic Club.
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Komentáře • 236

  • @mickymcfarts5792
    @mickymcfarts5792 Před 4 lety +299

    Rip hasn’t completed a day of work until he’s leaned on everything in the gym.

  • @thebarbelllifestyle1478
    @thebarbelllifestyle1478 Před 4 lety +117

    I've gotta admit, the presence of treadmills was pretty shocking.

    • @marcusdowell9062
      @marcusdowell9062 Před 4 lety +18

      yes... after all he dose say "the only thing treadmills burn is electricity" :D

  • @DangerWW
    @DangerWW Před 4 lety +167

    I had the occasion to stop in the WFAC on my way back from a trip out to the panhandle. Having learned a lot from this channel, I wanted to pick up copy of Starting Strength, since it wasn't available in my local bookstore. I knocked on the door, and the lady in this video in the jean-shorts (Carmen, I think is her name?) was kind enough to open the door and sell me a copy that she had in the back.
    Having been on the road for some time, I asked to use the restroom. She kindly pointed me to the back corner.
    As soon as I finished my business, I turned the toilet paper rolls around in the stalls so they dispensed the wrong way.
    Victory being mine, I collected my copy and returned home.
    It was a good day.

  • @connorw360
    @connorw360 Před 4 lety +138

    Rip owns two t-shirts and hes had them both for 30 years

    • @chrisrodriguez4139
      @chrisrodriguez4139 Před 4 lety +1

      lemon tree apparently from all the comments, they should be worn out at the nipples!

    • @wreagfe
      @wreagfe Před 4 lety +3

      @@chrisrodriguez4139 You obviously missed the t-shirt maintenance video. It involves using oil on the nipples. Some people... 😒

    • @chrisrodriguez4139
      @chrisrodriguez4139 Před 4 lety

      wreagfe lmao I gotta see that one

    • @finalcam1740
      @finalcam1740 Před 4 lety +1

      Lol saw this on the comments from the haters

    • @adburn1066
      @adburn1066 Před 4 lety

      Imagine what his underpants are like. Actually now I can’t stop thinking about his underpants. Wowowowow.

  • @daniellemasters001
    @daniellemasters001 Před 4 lety +54

    This video is exactly what I expected from the legendary Mark Rippetoe.

  • @joshuaadams181
    @joshuaadams181 Před 4 lety +46

    I need a DVD for my 120 minute long rest periods between sets.

  • @Terminxman
    @Terminxman Před 4 lety +81

    I feel like lifting here would be very uncomfortable. Rip just watching you with disgust and disappointment if you do anything that isn't following SS

  • @mickymcfarts5792
    @mickymcfarts5792 Před 4 lety +62

    16:45 Joe Rogan calls in, again.

  • @americanmambi
    @americanmambi Před 3 lety +13

    Mark's "peachy" character exudes through his words and eyes. Such a happy guy, I bet he is a joy to have around all day...

  • @Natacall
    @Natacall Před 4 lety +30

    THE DONT LEAN ON ME FLAG LOL

  • @amandaellen444
    @amandaellen444 Před 4 lety +32

    It's like an app from the 60's 😂😂

    • @BlargeMan
      @BlargeMan Před 3 lety +8

      The whole place looks like it's trapped in the 60's 😂 but thats kind of charming

  • @jorgg1382
    @jorgg1382 Před 4 lety +31

    Looking extra pink today, just as expected from the greatest

  • @silvermane1
    @silvermane1 Před 4 lety +13

    This was interesting to watch. Gives us a better spatial feel for the place we only see in fragments in the regular videos.

  • @andyolli5812
    @andyolli5812 Před 4 lety +14

    Thanks for the tour. You have got all the essential tools to make your clients strong and probably healthy. Plus no retirded gym bro stupidity allowed in your place. It's a pity for not having the SS gym franchise in my area. Would've sign up for a membership immediately.

  • @milanmilano8550
    @milanmilano8550 Před 4 lety +22

    Rippetoe is cool dude, i would like to have him as a personal trainer. he is so informative

    • @adburn1066
      @adburn1066 Před 4 lety +1

      I would love to watch him squat and deadlift in the nude. No homo.

  • @docoftheworld
    @docoftheworld Před měsícem

    What a great community to be part of

  • @havock901
    @havock901 Před 4 lety +9

    I wish I knew about starting strength 10 years ago, I would’ve drop everything and move to Wichita .
    Still a dream of mine, hopefully one day!.

  • @stoopidwookie1695
    @stoopidwookie1695 Před 4 lety +24

    20:54 good look at bree's legs. The rest of the tour was nice too. Thanks!

  • @leatherface9377
    @leatherface9377 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for all the free information you put out Rip.

  • @Sealed_Chamber
    @Sealed_Chamber Před 4 lety +22

    11:40 A beautiful copy of the Starting Strength manga.

    • @ASErdsasF6aASda6sda4
      @ASErdsasF6aASda6sda4 Před 4 lety +2

      Lmfaooooo Mark Rippetoe no Monogatari

    • @yew2oob954
      @yew2oob954 Před rokem

      5 reps, 3 sets, 4 exercises, 3 times a week!!
      (-Hip Drive Man...cousin of One Punch Man)

  • @knife1406
    @knife1406 Před rokem +1

    never thought id hear the day of rip talking about campy components, that threw me for a loop

  • @ktoth29
    @ktoth29 Před 4 lety +17

    35 lb plate is because up until the 70's most barbells were sold as a set through a catalog and they'd give you 2 of each size to save on shipping, you could mix plates to come up with different weights; you didn't have 10 of everything like in a modern commercial gym; also gave you a nice taper on the sleeves when you used all of them with most of the weight closest to your hands which is where you want it. Standard plates also had 7.5, 12.5, and 20 lb plates available.

    • @Grendelbc
      @Grendelbc Před 4 lety

      Standard plates had so many sizes - 1.25, 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, 12.5, 15, 20, 25, 35, 40, 50, 75 and 100. I have at least one set of each in my collection. I have a few standard plates in kg sizes too.

  • @XavierSalverda
    @XavierSalverda Před 2 lety +1

    This is the best gym tour i have ever seen

  • @Ericinos
    @Ericinos Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for showing us your gym.

  • @MickeyCloninger
    @MickeyCloninger Před 4 lety +6

    Thank you for the tour. I’d give my eye teeth to lift there!!

  • @Doogsa-dl8sc
    @Doogsa-dl8sc Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you Rip for the tour of WFAC. Enjoy your humour.

  • @chrisrodriguez4139
    @chrisrodriguez4139 Před 4 lety +35

    Nice to see you have salad at the door for the vejans

    • @fsmoura
      @fsmoura Před 4 lety +6

      gotta appease them vejans, or they throw fits and pass out

    • @chrisrodriguez4139
      @chrisrodriguez4139 Před 4 lety +3

      fsmoura revive them with a sip of beef broth!

  • @kalruggs1719
    @kalruggs1719 Před 4 lety +17

    Bre needs more screen time damnit

  • @ThumperLV
    @ThumperLV Před 4 lety +19

    10:00 A Klingon flag?! I knew Rip was cool, but that's awesome!

  • @seabound1350
    @seabound1350 Před 4 lety +1

    This was really interesting!

  • @mikem8867
    @mikem8867 Před 2 lety +1

    Rip. I stumbled across this video and really enjoyed it. Hope all is well. Mike M

  • @Metfan1986
    @Metfan1986 Před 3 lety +4

    Best thing about this facility other than the simple equipment with a purpose is NO MIRRORS on the walls behind the power racks!!

  • @ryank6824
    @ryank6824 Před 3 lety +7

    The lighting is powered by a fire burning steam generator that runs on "comments from the haters"...it actually powers half of Wichita Falls.

  • @Morphinominall
    @Morphinominall Před 4 lety

    Wholesome.

  • @jacksarebetter
    @jacksarebetter Před 4 lety +2

    “You people” lol.. I love it!

  • @malcolmhales8181
    @malcolmhales8181 Před 4 lety +3

    When this shit is over, is live to come over and train in the gym for a month, or two.

  • @fsmoura
    @fsmoura Před 4 lety +25

    22:15 _That fan, see that fan? That fan is actually one of the the propeller and engine groups of a World War II B-17 bomber. After the war, it was taken out, sold as military surplus, propped up in this metal pole, and has been running ever since. It actually flew in the Western theater, in these glorious days, when we went in to firebomb our brothers in their hospitals and museums into charred fat because . . . well, don't ask. Anyhoo, it's highly illegal today to have that much power in a fan; it'll chop an albatross into minced meat and keep chugging along just fine._

  • @nester2549
    @nester2549 Před 4 lety +2

    rip honestly owns

  • @mynameisnobody3931
    @mynameisnobody3931 Před 2 lety

    Wow what a cool gym!

  • @ryanromero8449
    @ryanromero8449 Před 3 lety +4

    The "how vegans are conceived" picture is hilarious!

  • @Fogyt121
    @Fogyt121 Před 4 lety +22

    big thighs save lives

  • @blatherama
    @blatherama Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks for the tour. I'd love to visit WFAC for a Starting Strength seminar. Unfortunately, at this time Japan won't let me back in (despite me having permanent residence).

  • @lovesojourner3000
    @lovesojourner3000 Před 4 lety +1

    Yep, rope I use in caving.

  • @rossMIE
    @rossMIE Před 4 lety +40

    Love Rip and SS.
    There was only one person in the gym who was not over weight 🤣🤣🤣

  • @John-gq7um
    @John-gq7um Před 2 lety +3

    Imagine doing a set of squats and rip walks up behind and yells “YOU BETTER STAY IN YOUR HIPS!”
    This is my dream. You agree with this?

  • @mickymcfarts5792
    @mickymcfarts5792 Před 4 lety +25

    What’s the oldest piece of equipment in the gym besides Rip?

    • @wreagfe
      @wreagfe Před 4 lety +5

      His pearl necklace. :P

    • @mickymcfarts5792
      @mickymcfarts5792 Před 4 lety +8

      wreagfe is that really a pearl necklace lol I thought it was his diabetes pill amulet

  • @eisenhorn7588
    @eisenhorn7588 Před 4 lety +2

    If only I had a gym like this near where I live in Wisconsin.

    • @AcceleratingUniverse
      @AcceleratingUniverse Před 4 lety +8

      there's a gym just like this where i live, it's a "bodybuilding landmark" and no one goes there because it's full of 60 year old fat dudes who talk your ear off about their 1987 single ply record

  • @SteveW67
    @SteveW67 Před 8 měsíci

    I'd love to have a training session over there, but as I'm in England that's unlikely to happen. Great to see though, simplicity works.

  • @johnsonr9
    @johnsonr9 Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks. Wish I lived in Wichita Falls, although with all the Californians moving to Texas maybe I should look for a gym in Oklahoma.

  • @tempestcapital3006
    @tempestcapital3006 Před 2 lety +1

    I didn’t notice any charge stations next to the benches for your phone. Come to think of it where are the trainees sitting on the benches looking into their screens?

  • @michaelbennett9296
    @michaelbennett9296 Před 4 lety +4

    I'd like to see the blued steel and walnut used in Rip's gym defense plan.

  • @joshferguson6069
    @joshferguson6069 Před 4 lety +6

    Who cares about being first I’d be dead last just here his sarcastic ass guy is legend

  • @clockywork
    @clockywork Před 3 lety

    Bizarrely interesting

  • @stevesedgwick5789
    @stevesedgwick5789 Před 4 lety +4

    Thanks for the tour, interesting, certainly nothing fancy, just good basic stuff. Question, is it a nice place to be?

    • @RoadTripzz14
      @RoadTripzz14 Před 4 lety +6

      Really a good basic gym with a great vibe and community. In fact the single happiest moment in my life was taking a dump in the gym restroom.

  • @SubHertz
    @SubHertz Před 4 lety +20

    Made translations to every language in existence except Spanish

    • @Rothbardy
      @Rothbardy Před 4 lety +10

      SubHertz the Spanish translation is almost done. BTW, the Aasgaard company is approached by people that want to translate the books in their native language. Rip doesn’t pick and choose which one he wants done. It just so happens that other peoples beat Spanish readers to the punch

    • @stevena8719
      @stevena8719 Před 4 lety +1

      Demographics are used to determine what translation gets made.

    • @swoleboy9640
      @swoleboy9640 Před 4 lety

      @@Rothbardy i would translate It for free i love ss contetn

    • @clownpocket
      @clownpocket Před 4 lety +5

      @@swoleboy9640
      Maybe if you get good at spelling, punctuation, and proofreading someone will give you an opportunity.

    • @Francesco-cj3oi
      @Francesco-cj3oi Před 3 lety +1

      And italian

  • @jimhurst6168
    @jimhurst6168 Před 3 lety

    The water fountain was made in my home town.

  • @AttAckstrings
    @AttAckstrings Před 4 lety +1

    nice gym

  • @dogchow5602
    @dogchow5602 Před 3 lety

    Cool gym

  • @Politegirl686
    @Politegirl686 Před 3 lety

    Went to school there

  • @brianf9615
    @brianf9615 Před 2 lety

    My kind of gym.

  • @SeptemberObituary
    @SeptemberObituary Před 4 lety

    The trip to Dallas

  • @darsonb904
    @darsonb904 Před 4 lety

    Damn that is one amazing bike. The group set is like £2000+

  • @BryonLape
    @BryonLape Před 3 lety +3

    Drinking game: take a shot every time Rip says "Wichita Falls Athletic Club"

  • @senselessnothing
    @senselessnothing Před 4 lety +2

    I always gym in my in my home gym, nothing better than squatting over 400lbs for multiple reps and sets like an animal.
    It's also true that wearing vibrams is the equivalent of lifting with a buttplug.

  • @higherpower254
    @higherpower254 Před 4 lety +6

    17:19 lol.

  • @Just_Me
    @Just_Me Před 4 lety +1

    The B&R barbell is a great bar. In fact, I like it so much that I bought another one that I found listed on Craigslist.

  • @LifeisGood762
    @LifeisGood762 Před 4 lety +2

    Is Mike Morrison a gym feature? Where can I get one for the gym I go to?

  • @pineapplepizza4016
    @pineapplepizza4016 Před 4 lety +21

    Those plants need strength training.

    • @travaskanazori555
      @travaskanazori555 Před 4 lety +3

      Pineapple Pizza They need a GOMAD

    • @CosmicTurbo949
      @CosmicTurbo949 Před 4 lety +9

      If they got their squat up to 405 they would be harder to kill.

    • @travaskanazori555
      @travaskanazori555 Před 4 lety +1

      The Dagda “The average male ficus weighs at least 200lbs”

  • @enteranamehere4541
    @enteranamehere4541 Před 4 lety +3

    Haha, this is nice. Let me know if you ever want to redo the Korean translation of SS.

  • @paulchristie3306
    @paulchristie3306 Před rokem

    This gym is the real thing.

  • @RayceJacobson
    @RayceJacobson Před 3 lety

    14:35 when he begins to reveal the secret to the longevity of his lat pulldown machines: kernmantle rope.

  • @joshgreen1562
    @joshgreen1562 Před 4 lety

    Hi Rip, I am brand new to lifting but have started doing squats, presses, and bench presses with bands and chains because I have heard Louie Simmons used them. Should I put plates on the bar when I do this? Right now I'm just putting bands and/or chains on with no plates. This is for my beginner dynamic effort days. Thanks!

  • @__-qn7tg
    @__-qn7tg Před 4 lety +2

    No leg extension??

  • @krijnnl
    @krijnnl Před 2 lety

    How do I do legs.....? Very funny. Mark and Gironda have one thing in common. 'The essence'.

  • @alexwrenchman1690
    @alexwrenchman1690 Před 3 měsíci

    His gym the way he wants it

  • @zachtaylor5322
    @zachtaylor5322 Před rokem

    Blown away Rip A) knows what Campagnolo is and B) calls it Campy like he tinkers with bikes in his spare time.

  • @jer3887
    @jer3887 Před 3 lety +1

    I like the 35 lb weights... i don't know why but if feels nicer.

  • @CoachPalacio
    @CoachPalacio Před 8 měsíci

    Hey, can you guys do an episode on Phil?

  • @gabrielm622
    @gabrielm622 Před 2 lety +1

    Rip seems like he’s been drinking “water” from a coffee cup in the office.

  • @nfrost1986
    @nfrost1986 Před 3 lety +1

    I wonder how much a membership cost

  • @haczabim
    @haczabim Před 3 lety +1

    Bri stole the show

  • @leninfernandez9279
    @leninfernandez9279 Před 3 lety +3

    A real (old school) gym. And BTW, I would marry Bre.

  • @BlargeMan
    @BlargeMan Před 4 lety +7

    I love how dusty those treadmills look, they probably don't see much use in there 😂 not that they should, treadmills suck for running training.

  • @morojkiller5418
    @morojkiller5418 Před 2 lety +1

    Nice thumbnail. I see Mark still into that BDSM shit

  • @ballzdeep6938
    @ballzdeep6938 Před 4 lety +5

    Were is the Pec Dec ?

    • @fsmoura
      @fsmoura Před 4 lety +4

      behind the flyer machine

  • @raiden031
    @raiden031 Před rokem +1

    Why are there treadmills in rips gym?

  • @little8940
    @little8940 Před 2 lety

    Nice Klingon flag hanging. 👍😁

  • @thomasbrogan8036
    @thomasbrogan8036 Před 4 lety +5

    "Never read the comments"
    #AllPlatesMatter
    (Even 35's)

  • @complementarychaos
    @complementarychaos Před 3 lety +1

    18:03 Is Rip walking around in climbers? Where my Linemen buddys at?

    • @btoney83
      @btoney83 Před 6 měsíci

      He would be the angry JL throwing square washers at apprentices!

  • @columbodalmas2800
    @columbodalmas2800 Před 4 lety +2

    Rip, what does the other yellow flag say in the Olympic weight room? We saw the "don't lean on me" flag, but not the other one. ???

    • @jscdragon
      @jscdragon Před 4 lety +1

      “Don’t curl in the squat rack.” I think. 😏

    • @kwastek
      @kwastek Před 3 lety +1

      "Don't curl in me"

  • @antisocialite927
    @antisocialite927 Před 4 lety +3

    Who is the skeleton strangling?
    Who is being strangled by the skeleton?

  • @haczabim
    @haczabim Před 2 lety +1

    Such a violent thumbnail, I hope the WF authorities are informed

  • @realinohio
    @realinohio Před 4 lety +2

    I could watch that lady on the treadmill all day

    • @Yeomannn
      @Yeomannn Před 3 lety

      She is very sexy I know.

  • @justinf1343
    @justinf1343 Před 2 lety +1

    "How do I do leg day" - haha.

  • @kalruggs1719
    @kalruggs1719 Před 4 lety +2

    You imagine the condition of Rips boxers?

  • @jimcortez3293
    @jimcortez3293 Před 4 lety +2

    Missing kettlebells.

  • @Shadowiff
    @Shadowiff Před 4 lety +3

    Looks more like a museum than a gym
    p.s. bree's got a scary smile

  • @DEBTFREEMIKE769
    @DEBTFREEMIKE769 Před rokem

    Do they have day passes?

  • @sidhu139
    @sidhu139 Před 9 měsíci

    Fun fact: My elder brother was born on April the 2nd, 1984. Not making this up.

  • @mrenovatio3739
    @mrenovatio3739 Před 4 lety +1

    rip has a bike?!