Rough Strength Files: 42 Ideas on Low-Tech Strength Training

by Alex Zinchenko

What if you could gain impressive strength, build serious muscle, and get ripped with no gym memberships or fancy exercise machines? What if you could do it with anything you have at hand?

The Rough Strength Files will share with you 42 useful ideas on getting more with less in regards to strength training, nutrition, and mindset. This book is an organized treasure chest densely packed with knowledge and practical advice on how to make everything work even if you have nothing.

You will be able to answer:

• What principle of strength training is the most important?
• What 5 exercises will help you to build cannonball shoulders?
• Why your program sucks?
• How to build fingers of steel?
• Are calisthenics optimal for building muscle?
• A low-cost way to make your kettlebells heavier
• What are the benefits of the heavy sandbag training?
• How to make a high-protein diet cheaper?
• How to master the Perfect One-Arm Push-Up?
• How to make smarter food choices?
• What is the main benefit of strength training?
• How to improve your grip strength with everyday objects?
• How to avoid wasting time?

And this is far from everything.

You do not need modern fancy equipment to get results. You need the proper knowledge and a burning desire to change.

The Rough Strength Files will give you the former. Multiply it by the latter, and prepare for the most amazing journey of your life.

P.S. Why exactly 42?

Genres: Fitness

225 pages, ebook

First published December 18, 2013

About the author

Alex Zinchenko is a strength addict, coach and author of the Rough Strength blog, where he shares his crazy ideas regarding training and nutrition. He is honest to toothache, straightforward like a train, and too daring to believe that heavy calisthenics, kettlebell and sandbag training along with intermittent fasting can deliver all the results you want.

Reviews

[Frank Balboa · Rating 5 out of 5]

After reading Alex's blog for some time I purchased his book to have access to his wisdom on all things low-tech training no matter where I am and I am extremely happy with it. Alex has changed the way I see and execute my training and I can really tell the difference, I hope to see more books like these from him in the future, they will be on my must read list!

[Ramón Nogueras Pérez · Rating 1 out of 5]

Un puñado de artículos de blog que no dicen más que obviedades, en un inglés un tanto deficiente, y con machismo de Europa del Este goteando en cada capítulo. Me costó 0,99 € y es 0,99 € más de lo que vale. Evitar.

[Brett's Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good information about body weight and low or no equipment training delivered by a persona ("coach") that struck (stylized or fake) rough persona. Much of the same information has been delivered better and more artfully by other authors, for that reason I can't recommend this series of articles.

[Vasanth Thanigaivelu · Rating 4 out of 5]

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This book gives a clear explanation of what's listed in the blog, Easy reference to whenever you are in doubt

[Joey Lindsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

It got my ass off the couch!

Great read. I enjoyed the writers humor and to the point thought process. I look forward to more books by Alex.