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Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training

Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training
Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training is the new expanded version of the book that has been called "the best and most useful of fitness books." It picks up where Starting Strength: A Simple and Practical Guide for Coaching Beginners leaves off. With all new graphics and more than 750 illustrations, a more detailed analysis of the five most important exercises in the weight room, and a new chapter dealing with the most important assistance exercises, Basic Barbell Training offers the most complete examination in print of the most effective way to exercise. Preview pages and reviews are available here.








Product Details:
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: The Aasgaard Company; revised 2nd edition (March 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0976805421
Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches

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Essential read for athletes...
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S. Long () - August 29th 2010
Mark Rippetoe's book taught me more about a squat in 15 minutes than I've tried hours to learn by watching videos and reading websites online.

Starting Strength only goes over 5 basic exercises -- Squat, Bench, Deadlift, Press, and Power Clean. He writes for two people -- the trainee and the trainer, but giving both perspectives allow the reader to fully understand the mechanisms behind each movement.

As far as my squat, Starting Strength broke down why I needed to [...read more]
Well worth the asking price
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Iron Steve () - August 29th 2010
At first I balked at the $25 cost of this book. But thanks to it's usefulness I wouldn't even sell it to someone for $100.

I had been working out on machines for three months making no real progress. Trying to find out why I was making no progress led me to this book. It was highly recommended on a few forums I read. I took a week off from going to the gym and read the book. It was a revelation.

It explains in detail the correct form, the correct exercises, and the [...read more]
"Starting Strength" for Novice or Veteran Lifters
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Laree... (Aptos, US, Canada) - August 29th 2010
"Starting Strength" by Rippetoe and Kilgore ranks as perhaps the best and most useful of fitness books out there. You won't find any stilly stuff about bicep curls, tricep pushdowns nor any other body part exercise.

There is none of the "Monday is Leg Day" "Tuesday is Gluteus Maximus Day' nonsense. This book teaches you the lifts that really make you functionally strong in sports and in life The essential lifts taught are the biggies that recruit the most [...read more]
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