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10/20/Life: The Professional's guide to building strength has gotten even bigger and better
10/20/Life - 10 and 20 weeks at a time for a lifetime of positive momentum in life and in training. Learn to be your own coach, attack your weaknesses and utilize a proven philosophy that is a guide to permanent success. You asked for it, I listened and took it even 10/20/Life Second Edition in soft-back physical copies. If the physical copy isn’t enough for some of you, I re-visited the whole book, and made many, many additions to each chapter & section with the 3 years of implementation from lifters all over the world! During these 3 years, your feedback, success-stories/testimonials and support – provided me many ways to improve this now much-more complete “Second Edition” of the 10/20/Life philosophy. Just a few of the sizable additions to this “second edition” physical copy (this book is now over 150 pages vs the original book's 100): • New chapter “Deload” • New chapter “Establishing a baseline” • New chapter “Speed work” Other updated features • A reintroduction to the 10/20/Life philosophy and update with AMAZING testimonials – male and female, raw and equipped. • The 5 main principles of 10/20/Life • How do you gain a mental edge? Tips to do so • What 10/20/Life is NOT – putting to rest speculation • RPE – a different approach • Nutrition – a closer look with detail • Coaching cues updated and expanded • Weak point index updated and expanded • Combo day updated and modified • Step-by-step set-up and the pro’s and con’s of a “wide base bench” vs the “traditional tucked” approach • New offseason training split “Jumbo Day” for those with little to no time to train or those who can’t recover between sessions with a typical split or even the “combo day” • All new pictures and charts throughout the entire book • Percentages for pre-contest modified and addressed with suggestions • Many new exercise and section “break outs” for explanations of movement, an important note, or simply a summary of the section • FAQ section with 15 of the most commonly asked questions. all of these FAQ are also clarified, addressed and explained in this version of book even better now • Cheat sheet of cues for the squat, bench and dead to quickly refer to • Charts for you to write in and program your own 10/20/Life training • Training logs to note your progress with each training day of each cycle
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157 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 14, 2017
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Brian Carroll
104 books1 followerBrian Carroll, a Master of Arts with Honours in Australian History, freelance writer, specialising in Australian history, economics and politics.
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December 6, 2022
I'm going to be a little annoying and leave a review because I don't really like the one star review on the book and all the ratings that are non-specific.
First of all, just because a book is short/written in an easy-to-read manner doesn't mean that the information is not worthy of the money or being in a book. "It's a pamphlet"... SO? This book was worth every dollar. People drop hundreds more on trainers that I can squat/deadlift more than. (I can't bench more than anyone, so I'm not bringing it up. Anyway.)
For a clean $26 new, he's giving away A LOT including charts to plan out your 10 week programs.
Some of you self-help junkies would rather read 300 pages of information and do nothing than a neat and tidy manuscript that gets your butt together quickly. There was absolutely no need for this book to be longer. Brian was concise.
Are you a whiner or a powerlifter? Because a whiner will not get very far with Brian Carroll's writing style/philosophy and probably not his program (I'm reviewing the book, not program).
I definitely don't agree with every single "mindset" he represented in the book but it's hard to argue that the training philosophy here "can't" work without trying it. He has the numbers to show he can do what he says.
His program is definitely aligned with what other strength training "more scientific" books say, but instead of breaking down the charts that let's be real, 99% of lifters cannot even understand, he just gives you the program, the mindset behind it and LOTS of great cues for the three main lifts.
Some of this stuff was definitely above me as a non-professional, but if you've been lifting 1-2 years, there's something in here for you and there's nothing in here that's too dangerous to try with that much experience under your Inzer 10mm lifting belt ;)
The main differences here between "conventional" wisdom/how I train: more frequent deloads, accessories that work on form/speed more often rather than just muscle growth, 10 week training cycles, and he obviously has the mindset of a highly competitive athlete which I do not.
He also has a no bullshit attitude towards nutrition and low intensity cardio that a lot of power lifters need to hear through a megaphone.
First of all, just because a book is short/written in an easy-to-read manner doesn't mean that the information is not worthy of the money or being in a book. "It's a pamphlet"... SO? This book was worth every dollar. People drop hundreds more on trainers that I can squat/deadlift more than. (I can't bench more than anyone, so I'm not bringing it up. Anyway.)
For a clean $26 new, he's giving away A LOT including charts to plan out your 10 week programs.
Some of you self-help junkies would rather read 300 pages of information and do nothing than a neat and tidy manuscript that gets your butt together quickly. There was absolutely no need for this book to be longer. Brian was concise.
Are you a whiner or a powerlifter? Because a whiner will not get very far with Brian Carroll's writing style/philosophy and probably not his program (I'm reviewing the book, not program).
I definitely don't agree with every single "mindset" he represented in the book but it's hard to argue that the training philosophy here "can't" work without trying it. He has the numbers to show he can do what he says.
His program is definitely aligned with what other strength training "more scientific" books say, but instead of breaking down the charts that let's be real, 99% of lifters cannot even understand, he just gives you the program, the mindset behind it and LOTS of great cues for the three main lifts.
Some of this stuff was definitely above me as a non-professional, but if you've been lifting 1-2 years, there's something in here for you and there's nothing in here that's too dangerous to try with that much experience under your Inzer 10mm lifting belt ;)
The main differences here between "conventional" wisdom/how I train: more frequent deloads, accessories that work on form/speed more often rather than just muscle growth, 10 week training cycles, and he obviously has the mindset of a highly competitive athlete which I do not.
He also has a no bullshit attitude towards nutrition and low intensity cardio that a lot of power lifters need to hear through a megaphone.
March 13, 2019
This is a great book for training philosophy
I bought this book after I read "The Gift of Injury" and the training philosophy is awesome. Unlike most programs out there today, this book focuses on lifting for the long term, and not going all out for a short time. This book will help you lift for many years to come. The tips and cues in this book are incredible. I definitely recommend this for any lifter who wants to get stronger and lift longer.
I bought this book after I read "The Gift of Injury" and the training philosophy is awesome. Unlike most programs out there today, this book focuses on lifting for the long term, and not going all out for a short time. This book will help you lift for many years to come. The tips and cues in this book are incredible. I definitely recommend this for any lifter who wants to get stronger and lift longer.
May 4, 2023
Practical straight forward advice
The author's voice comes through loud and clear while reading this manual (his disdain for the fitness industry is front and centre). One thing I got out of it was a unique take on visualisation (something I've read about in numerous books but have had lacklustre results with) which is Worth the read alone.
The author's voice comes through loud and clear while reading this manual (his disdain for the fitness industry is front and centre). One thing I got out of it was a unique take on visualisation (something I've read about in numerous books but have had lacklustre results with) which is Worth the read alone.
August 7, 2022
Short book but 90% of that is filled with useless personal stories.
The remaining 10% of the content is not more than a small blog post.
The remaining 10% of the content is not more than a small blog post.
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