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 enlarge | Author: Mark Rippetoe And Lon Kilgore
Creator: Glenn Pendlay
Publisher: The Aasgaard Company
Category: Book
Buy New: $21.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 9479
Media: Paperback
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0976805413
EAN: 9780976805410
ASIN: 0976805413
Publication Date: September 29, 2006
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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Excellent April 12, 2008
Along with Starting Strength (Rippetoe), this book is one of the best books you can read if you want to learn about strength training.
Rippetoe and Kilgore combine science, 25+ years of experience, and common sense to write one of the best books on strength training that you can own -- regardless of you're current skill level.
Highly recommended. Best of the best.
Practical Programming April 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great book. Cleaned up my form a lot and have not had any joint problems since.
Not just for coaches... March 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just finished reading this through today and think its fantastic. I have been weight training off and on for the last 8 years, and consistently for the last two. I'm not a competitive athlete, but have found myself drifting further and further away from all-too-common bodybuilding-style workouts a la Scharzenegger's "Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding," and focusing more and more on the major compound lifts. This book provides numerous templates, models, charts, and explanations that simply and understandably explain how to design a lifting routine. It wants nothing to do with bodybuilding-style isolation/body part workouts, and instead explains how to build workouts around bench, squats, deadlifts, presses, snatch, power cleans, etc. Furthermore, it explains how to program for raw recruits all the way through elite competitors.
There are two things to note if considering purchasing this. First, it is written with a coaching and athletically competitive audience in mind, but don't be turned off by that if you do not fall into one of these categories. The beginner and intermediate programs are more than most people will ever need, and are applicable templates for most. Secondly, as I mentioned above, these workouts are designed around the "power" and Olympic lifts. It is designed for people who are learning and/or are familiar with how to perform these complex exercises or who have access to expert coaching. If you don't know how to properly deadlift, squat, or snatch, or don't have a coach who can teach you, this book has limited use (that being said, it seems that this book should be a basic text for any strength coach anyways).
This is a great book, very readable, and the authors do an excellent job of explaining what can be complicated schemes and programs in simple terms. The best part about it is that they explain what to do in nearly every training situation (namely overtraining and plateaus), as well as how to train for a variety of goals, including power, strength, muscle endurance, and hypertrophy. Get your hands on this book.
Great book for athletes March 26, 2008
PPST is a great book for all athletes young and old to help learn about health and fitness programs to be a superior athlete
I got the book 1 month ago and just finished it. The book has alot of great tips on how to stay healthy and happy and how to make a great training program for all levels of athletes (no weight training experience to master)
5/5 for this book
must have March 11, 2008
While i have not finished this book, so far it is one of the best on training i have read in many years. you are given practical methods of training and clear explanations of how your body responds to training. many of the myths of weight lifting and fitness are busted enabling you to make sustained progress rather than the plateau's commonly associated with many of the pulp-rag workouts. give this book an honest try, i think you will profit from it.
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