Starting Strength and other reading

[vince89]

Originally Posted by enright3060

It is not very good.

You were right.

[cXs808]

Originally Posted by rEdShawks

becuase its in strength and conditioning

fixed.

[fennway4414]

I just got science and Practice of Strength Training and Game of Shadows since it was only 2 bucks. I is pumped.

[Fedorable]

Originally Posted by Forcetti

I was wondering the same thing, it was going to be my next purchase but its so much more costly than SS, and heck of a lot harder to find a place that sells it.

i have it, most people will not read it after they buy it. It's a really good though but i'll read anything, so it was no problem for me.

[megaseth7]

Supertraining by Mel Siff.

There is a ton of good stuff on the internet. I think donut62 or the nudge posted a page on powerlifting links....or just go to deepsquatter, elitefts or westside barbell.com

[megaseth7]

Crain's or cranes powerlifting website has some great books on it.

There is also another interesting site out there if you are at all interested in how the oldtimers lifted...

Sandow: Historic Photographs of Early Bodybuilders - The Sandow Museum: History of Bodybuilding - A Tribute to Eugen Sandow

Eugen Sandow & The Golden Age of Iron Men

Do yourself a favor and order Dinosaur Training by Stanley Kubrik thats my favorite lifting book...not so much instructional as general lifting theory.

[tirofijo]

Originally Posted by stewy37

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.

Thanks for the info. I think Ross has written about it and there's a 10 year old book on Amazon. Do you know of any other good articles on the interweb about it?

[anaconda]

Anyone have an opinion on Lou Schuler's "New Rules of Lifting?"

[B3rserk3R]

Originally Posted by vince89

You were right.

Can you elaborate vince? Just kind of curious.

[vince89]

Originally Posted by B3rserk3R

Can you elaborate vince? Just kind of curious.

I dont know the whole book is essentially a routine explained in detail - I was hoping for more information on lifting things like technique, progression, programming. I should have done more research on the book, its good for people who like to be told what to lift but not for someone who likes to actually learn about lifting and read about the WHY and HOW instead of the what.

Also I think theres way too many exercises and some are the type of things not all people can do in their gym so its not a very good routine imo. And the technique for each exercise is described very briefly. He should have dedicated a few pages to squat/bench/deadlift technique.

The part about foam rolling is useful if youre into that but theres probably more detail in his other books.

It wasnt too expensive so Im not bothered.