Who do you guys read?

[Justin_P]

I was just curious what training manuals, books, etc do you guys follow?

I started with Combat Conditioning and since then I've followed a lot of George Jowetts stuff, Charles Atlas, and John Peterson's books. I've read others but I'd say those have had the biggest influence on my training.

[juggledex]

Ross, Pavel, Farmer Burns

[Fatman]

Christian Thibaudeau (scientific approach to weight training)

Pavel (read all of his cool stuff, though, not into k-bell training)

Chad Waterbury

Brooks Kubik - the guy wrote the best weight training book ever in 1996, and the best bodyweight training book ever in the early 2000s. You got to respect that. OK, so he's kind of insane. So what?

Ross (however, I don't follow his routines much, as they're more aimed at fighter conditioning. But he's absolutely the best writer in that area).

Old timer stuff - Sandow, Hackenschmidt, Saxon, Jowett, Paschall.

Random articles at t-nation (Dave Tate is a great read if you're into powerlifting).

[Sepanto]

Ross, Pavel, Dianosour guy, Charles staley (unnatural athelete), christian Thibaudeau and a few others

[BrutalityisLaw]

90% goes to Pavel and fellow RKC's. The other 10% goes to Ross, Brooks and anything I find interesting.

[LSA]

Never Gymless and Pushing Yourself to Power.....i started with combat conditioning by matt furey but i threw it away once i got the 2 i use now....

i just bought infinite intensity but nurt my shoulder recently so i havent really gotten into it yet....i was planning on adding some dumbell work to my bodyweight stuff for variety but now i'm not so sure....

[hara_12]

Boyle, Cressey, Robertson, Verstegen, Rippetoe, Tate, Dan John, Waterbury, Sahrman, plus others.

I am also a nerdy physcial therapist that reads texts books on kinesiology/biomechanics, physics, anatomy, neuro, etc.

As far as I am concerned there isn't any bad book. There may be poor ideas in a book or bad chapters, but there is always something in that book that is worth reading.

[Appleman]

What do I read or what do I train with?

I read everything but train with GA and GAM. And some kick and punches. Speaking of which, what with new GAM banners?

[Little Jew]

What do you mean what's with GravityAdvantageMax banners?
#1 Paul's book are great.
#2 He brings a lot of videos here.

I do agree with you it's a great program. I was looking through what people wrote and suprising only you listed GAM. I guess it did not comeout long ago and people haven't descovered it yet.

Also, I read Naked Warrior few years back. Yeah ok. Not balanced at all. Just a big buzz. Still better than C.C. It doesn't hit the pocket that hard.

[NeilC]

I like the more scientific oriented training books as I'm interested in the underlying physiology that makes training work.

Supertraining by Mel Siff - pretty deep but tons of great info
Theory and Application of Modern Strength and Power Methods by Christian Thibaudeau - I find it great for designing programmes and routines. It works too.

I also liked Beyond Brawn by McRobert - semi high intensity approach

I've got Ross's books whichj are good but nor oriented to what I want to achieve.

I kind of like Pavel's stuff. There are usually a few gems but a lot of hype too. E.g. the stretching book - you can find the same info all over the place so it's not as secret russian revolutionary as he makes out.

I liked Dinosaur Training - old time "real man's" training stuff. But I'm way too injury prone to go for it like he does.

[BrutalityisLaw]

I kind of like Pavel's stuff. There are usually a few gems but a lot of hype too. E.g. the stretching book - you can find the same info all over the place so it's not as secret russian revolutionary as he makes out.



It's the techniques that most people don't know about as opposed to the stretches. The smallest things make the biggest difference.





So no one has enter the kettlebell HUH!?!?

[NeilC]

That's true but I'm not sure what techniques were new either. There's plenty of info around I'd already read on PNF stretching and it's variants. He uses one name, another book uses another but the actual technique is the same in practice.

That doesn't make it a bad book - the vast majority of books on any subject contain simlar information to each other. There's only so much info on any subject. I do actually do a routine out of his joints book every day

[BrutalityisLaw]

Super joints is a very good book!

[LSA]

So no one has enter the kettlebell HUH!?!?

I have it, but i took it as a marketing tool to try to get you to buy kettlebells....i just do the exercises with dumbells instead when i use weights...which isnt that often....

[TomGentleman]

Does anyone have the links to those old Farmer Burns books and what not that are online? I used to have the site bookmarked but I can't seem to find it anymore.

Thanks.

[brianlkennedy]

One source is this place:
http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/compindex.htm

There are all kinds of historical strength training programs listed, for the Burns stuff scroll about 1/3 of the way down.

Lots of other historically interesting stuff on that site too.

take care and happy holidays,
Brian

[TomGentleman]

That's the site I was looking for...thank you sir.

Happy holidays to you as well.

[Fatman]

One source is this place:
http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/compindex.htm

There are all kinds of historical strength training programs listed, for the Burns stuff scroll about 1/3 of the way down.

Lots of other historically interesting stuff on that site too.

take care and happy holidays,
Brian

Of course, you could pay Matt Furey $40 for the same book, if you're so inclined...

[rjpanetti]

So if I was to buy one book on Kettlebell Training, what would it be?

[TomGentleman]

So if I was to buy one book on Kettlebell Training, what would it be?

I really think the written info on KBs is all readily available on the internet. The only decent books are Pavel's (that i can think of) and everything he has to say is out floating around for free. Maybe Mike Mahler's e-books too but it's the same info for the most part.

E-mail me if you want ( bruiserlives@hotmail.com ) and I can link to something probably.

[RoMaRiOs]

I use manuals form the Navy SEALS<-- )found on internet), the Dutch Marine Corps and some Dutch sites on strength training.

I prefer to use only a few books (of wich I certainly know it is true) for training.

And of course Bodyweightculture :D

[bladerunner]

Ross the Boss. Box Like the Pros-Joe Frazier (Worth the price just for the workout routine).