Starting Strength and other reading

[enright3060]

Originally Posted by vince89

Ive ordered Eric Cressey's new book Maximum Strength, when it arrives I'll do a little review on it.

It is not very good.

[rEdShawks]

Originally Posted by mettalhead

or every thread in here involves the word "strength".

becuase its in strength and conditiong

[rEdShawks]

Originally Posted by El Gato

If you are into downloading you can get most of the books mentioned above in a PDF file format for free . Try torrent scan or any other torrent site .

yes u can

[mettalhead]

Originally Posted by rEdShawks

becuase its in strength and conditiong

Hey way to dumb up a good thread. I'm not even gonna waste my time with you.

I've purchased Starting Strength, and Practical Programming. While I haven't gotten to Practical Programming yet because I tend to do other things with my free time than read books. Starting Strength was great and helped me straighten out my form on almost all of the lifts mentioned in the book. Of course I can only get myself so far, my elbows still flair once in awhile on bench and It's quite painful for me to go with the thumbless grip low bar squat he demonstrates.

Overall I have a feeling they were two wonderful purchases. Later on down the road I might purchase other pieces of literature that were mentioned in here but I felt these two were probably the foundation to start on.

[tirofijo]

Originally Posted by enright3060

It is not very good.

Can you elaborate on why you didn't like it?

I've stalled on the Rippetoe/Starting Strength 3x5 program and thought that I would start to follow Maximum Strength for two reasons:

1) I think I've reached intermediate stage and believe that it's time for me to start doing low reps (I think he prescribes lots of 3 rep sets and even works to singles, correct?).

2) His lifts/movements have more variety than Startings Strengths emphasis on squats, deads, cleans and presses. Those are great for beginners to get strong in a hurry, but I felt there were muscles that weren't being adequately worked in SS.

But I've only flipped through Maximum STrength at the bookstore and read some favorable threads on various forums. Cressey is a relentless marketer though. I signed up for his newsletter and he sends out lots of emails.

THanks.


Not to assume that everything that GSP does is worth emulating, but I did happen to notice on the video with his conditioning coach he and the other athletes were doing 3 rep sets followed immediately by a set of explosive movements. Would seem to be a improvement from the Crossfit/endless rep marathons that seem to be the 'new thing' in conditioning.

I would like to hear EZA thoughts on the 3 rep sets followed by explosive movements versus.

[HitmanNO.1]

The Bodysculpting Bible For Men... kidding I heard ripps books are awesome, but Dinosaur Training by Brooks Kubik is one of my favorites, he has a simplistic old school approach

[KazenoYojimbo]

It's kind of tangential, but since proper nutrition is so important, I thought the M.e.t.a.bolic Advantage by Berardi was pretty good. Also includes basic strength and interval training information and schedules.

Edited for forum angstyness.

[Ted-P]

starting strength is pretty good stuff.

[drlvegas]

Originally Posted by tirofijo

Can you elaborate on why you didn't like it?

I've stalled on the Rippetoe/Starting Strength 3x5 program and thought that I would start to follow Maximum Strength for two reasons:

1) I think I've reached intermediate stage and believe that it's time for me to start doing low reps (I think he prescribes lots of 3 rep sets and even works to singles, correct?).

2) His lifts/movements have more variety than Startings Strengths emphasis on squats, deads, cleans and presses. Those are great for beginners to get strong in a hurry, but I felt there were muscles that weren't being adequately worked in SS.

But I've only flipped through Maximum STrength at the bookstore and read some favorable threads on various forums. Cressey is a relentless marketer though. I signed up for his newsletter and he sends out lots of emails.

THanks.


Not to assume that everything that GSP does is worth emulating, but I did happen to notice on the video with his conditioning coach he and the other athletes were doing 3 rep sets followed immediately by a set of explosive movements. Would seem to be a improvement from the Crossfit/endless rep marathons that seem to be the 'new thing' in conditioning.

I would like to hear EZA thoughts on the 3 rep sets followed by explosive movements versus.

If you're stalled on the Starting Strength program, you need to get Rip's Practical Programming. It basically picks up where Starting Strength left off.

[stewy37]

Originally Posted by takeahnase

6. Coaches Strength Training Playbook, by Joe Kenn

I've got this one. It's got some good ideas in it and a pretty unique program that cna be adapted to pretty much any phase of sport you need it to. It covers his Triple Tier system (I think that's the name. Don't have access to the book right now) in detail but there's an article floating around online covering the gist of the program. If oyu can find it and like what you see, the book is worth it even if it is a bit hard to implement. It's not the most clearly laid out book.

Originally Posted by tirofijo

Not to assume that everything that GSP does is worth emulating, but I did happen to notice on the video with his conditioning coach he and the other athletes were doing 3 rep sets followed immediately by a set of explosive movements. Would seem to be a improvement from the Crossfit/endless rep marathons that seem to be the 'new thing' in conditioning.

It's called complex training. Basically a max-effort movement followed immediately by an explosive one. Both movements should be simliar. A good example would be heavy squats followed by jumping squats or bench press followed by plyometric pushups.

You can't compare it to a conditioning routine, because that's not what it's for. It's to develope max strength and explosiveness. Rest between sets is usually 2-5min or so.