I am interested in everyones opinions on their favorite workout or strength-related books. My favorites in no particular order are:
Power to the People by Pavel Tsatouline
Dinosaur Traning by Brooks Kubik
Super Squats by Randall J. Strossen,Ph.D.
Mastery of Hand Strength by John Brookfield
I am currently slogging my way through Supertraining by Mel Siff. Mind-numbing sometimes, and humbling to realize just how LITTLE I really know about my chosen profession.
I love the Home Workout Bible by Lou Schuler. I lift at home and its a great book to help you with, i believe, over 400 exercises and variations, almost all of them with pictures.
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Science and Practice by Zatsiorsky is good, I am on my way through it. Its a lot easier to read than supertraining. Supertraining is great too though. Right now I use it as more of a Reference book.
Another good one is Designing Resistance Training Programs by Fleck and Kraemer. I am also on my way through that one. I can't concentrate on one book at a time I have to start a couple.
I also really liked both of Christian Thibs books. They were full of great info. The first one, Black Book of Training Secrets is much easier to understand and is probably more practical for the average trainee.
I also really want to pick up Dinosaur Training. It looks awesome.
Danny
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I think everyone who lifts weights should atleast read Dinosaur Training. Even if you don't agree with Brooks, he has some great training ideas. I base all my workouts on whether they meet up to Dino definition of hard work.
Book of Muscle is a definite.
I also use Home Workout Bible.
As a beginner I found Hard Body Plan useful.
One that hasn't been mentioned is "Strength Training Anatomy" by Fredric Delavier.
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Core Performance is a great book. I wasn't a huge fan of the workout but the sections on movement prep and flexibility were great. They really laid out a nice program to follow in an area that doesn't get touched a lot.
Danny
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If you're at all interested in athletiscm I'd recommend Core Performance, if you're interested in injury prevention and flexibility and stuff like that its also a great tool!
I like my ebook Train to Gain because I wrote it... hahaha (just kidding.) But, it covers soooo much and it's right to the point! hmmmm that's a good question..... I sort of like Shaun Lebrums style but it's also sooooo basic!!! But, I think I did my best learning from him.... I suggest the beginner read my ebook because it's easy to follow... then they can read all the advanced stuff!
Ben, are you for real? Are you really putting yourself up there with Verstegan and Schuler? For a "journalist" you sure lack in humility and make a lot of grammatical errors. Not claiming to be any better myself, but then again, I don't call myself a journalist.
Maybe in JournalistBT's world, journalist means fabricator.
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All sounds hard... Hardest thing working job I have ever done was chopping ice for 8 hours straight without stopping, 5 days a week.
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Wrestling a 335lbs who power cleaned 375, squatted nearly 700 and was football playe was one of the hardest things I have done...I weighed 165lbs and he was twice my size.. I beat him 3 straight times but I was sore for days and I was winded instantly going up against this giant! It took a week before I recovered.. Taking him down wasnt too hard but then trying to make him tap out when he was down was challenging.. he was way bigger and stronger than me but not nearly as technical or had the smarts.... As for training the tire flip and sled pull with 3 100lbs plates through grass was challenging... Ben
does anyone know of a good book on flexibility, other than core performance which was mentioned earlier?
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Yeah, and what kind of "journalist" types in caps? Even newbies know you don't do that. I am in Journalism school now, and I would never make that many mistakes, otherwise, I would have no future in writing.
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
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If you look at the link the author says the book covers how to properly use dynamic stretches, static-active stretches, and passive stretches. So I am assuming that it must fall pretty close to how Bill feels. But thats just a guess.
I would also assume that Science of Flexibility does as well because he sold it to me. It better not have been a case of Bill just trying to get rid of crappy books. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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so, what books do u guys recommend that every serious weight lifter, whether it be for athletics, competition, or just overall health, read??? i'd greatly appreciate it if u guys could give me a couple books that i could read to help further my training. plus, i need christmas ideas [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by Jean-Paul: Bill, knowing your stance on static stretching, does this book fall under your recommendations?
There's a strong emphasis on isometric stretches and dynamic stretches which increases active flexibility.
Also, keep in mind that all forms of flexibility have a place depending on the needs of the individual. Even static stretches (remember some loaded stretches and isometric stretches are static!!).
Science of Flexibility is actually a great book! It basically presents a ton of research related to range of motion and flexibility development. No strong biases in either direction. Just great information.
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