{"id":222,"date":"2025-08-11T08:10:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/library\/?p=222"},"modified":"2025-08-11T08:10:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:10:25","slug":"left-my-personal-trainer-for-starting-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/library\/left-my-personal-trainer-for-starting-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Left My Personal Trainer for Starting Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Left My Personal Trainer for Starting Strength\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_l-fB8pBI8rY\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/library\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fl-fB8pBI8rY%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l-fB8pBI8rY\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M47S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-08-11T14:01:19Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_l-fB8pBI8rY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/library\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fl-fB8pBI8rY%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Left My Personal Trainer for Starting Strength<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/l-fB8pBI8rY\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/library\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fl-fB8pBI8rY%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Left My Personal Trainer for Starting Strength\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Stephen had plateaued with his personal trainer after years of isolation-focused workouts that weren&#039;t delivering the progress he wanted. 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