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 enlarge | Authors: Mark Rippetoe, Lon Kilgore
Publisher: The Aasgaard Company
Category: Book
Buy New: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  101 reviews
Sales Rank: 507
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0976805421
EAN: 9780976805427
ASIN: 0976805421
Publication Date: October 21, 2007
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Excellent Manual for the Big Lifts March 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is quite thorough and the terminology aimed squarely at coaches. As a bioengineering student, it was especially relevant to learn about the biomechanical aspects of each lift.
For instance, explaining how holding a deep breath or wearing a belt helps during a squat was actually an engineering problem in class. Many myths are dispelled and explain that it is quite safe to let your knees travel over your toes slightly, and to squat so that your hip crease goes below the top of your knees. And more than that, it explains how beneficial it is to squat deep.
I've read through this book twice. The writing is unpretentious and the writers don't just throw around scientific terms to wow you. It is as concise as it can be, considering it troubleshoots the squat, deadlift, bench press, overhead press, power clean, and assistance exercises. This is definitely the book to recommend to beginners.
Both my girlfriend and I do a similar 5x5 program that is recommended in this book and the results have been fantastic. We are one of the few doing squats properly in our gym. The results have been great and the lifts much more fun than just doing a million isolation exercises (such as curls and abs).
 Very Good, but March 19, 2008
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
Starting Strength is a very good training aid, and contains a wealth of knowledge, but is dry regarding the application of this knowledge.
This book is a must own, but don't expect much with regards on how to piece together a training program for your goals, or based on your experience level or needs.
Best Technical Books even written on Basic Movements March 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After reading almost half of it, I could say Starting Strenght is THE BEST book to learn the GOOD TECHNIQUE. You will find in that book much details-informations that no other book contains. How to set your elbows in Squat, do we have to arch our back or not on the bench, etc... A MUST for everyone interest in Squat, Deadlift and Bench press. Five stars not enought.
The best traininig aid you can buy! March 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been lifting seriously for over a year now and have researched countless articles and websites trying to gain as much information as I can to lift correctly and efficiently. I should have just bought this book, it would have saved me hours and hours of research. Besides, all that research still didn't teach me the proper technique I needed to learn for the compound lifts. At least now I have the proper guidance and can start fresh. Although, it will be harder to break some bad habits I've already learned. I have numerous other books about strength and weightlifting and this is the most informative as far as technique and form. As far as programming goes, it is only briefly discussed in this book, but Practical Programming (hence the name) is another book by this author that I assume addresses training cycles and programs needed to use the compund lifts most effectively. I can't recommend this book enough. I knew about it for a couple months now and kept putting it off, thinking it was not very informative just like the other books I had bought, but I was wrong. If you use compound lifts (if not then why even waste your time lifting) and don't have access or money for your own coach then this is the book to buy. I must add though, there is a lot of information you won't find in this book, not much about nutrition, dieting, programming (another book), or about the end results. I guess as far as results go if you do the program then the results will speak for themselves. This book is to learn proper technique, that is it's intention and purpose and in those regards it is dead on.
required reading February 26, 2008
This book should be required reading for every coach or trainer involved with weights. I wish I had read this book 15 years ago when I first started training.
I now train people on a daily basis, and have found this book invaluable both in dealing with clients and for my own training.
It covers everything you would ever want to know about the basic strength moves, calling it 'basic barbell training' is somewhat of a misnomer. Just about every question you may have had about hand position , foot position, when to breathe etc is covered here, and the authors tell you why as well how.
A seminal text.
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