What do you think?
Rate this book
The Muscle and Strength Pyramid: Training
There is a lot of nonsense out there surrounding training for both bodybuilders and strength athletes. Half-baked ideas based on cherry-picked scientific data that fail to take into account the big picture. We’ve cut through all that with this book.
Crystal-clear clarity on the order of things that count
We’ve broken down the factors that go into making strength and hypertrophy-focused training programs into a clear order of importance.
A full, detailed and unbiased look into the research...
…to draw conclusions about the best methods for bodybuilders, strength athletes, and clear explanations of the overlapping elements. Learn why certain misconceptions pervade the training world, and never be fooled by another cleverly-written magazine article again.
Highly detailed example training programs
Building on all the theory and recommendations in the book, in the last section we have six programs for novice, intermediate and advanced-level bodybuilders and strength-focussed athletes. You can simply pick one and run it as they have been written, but the idea is that you tailor them using the principles you’ve learned in the rest of the book. Full progression examples included also.
Crystal-clear clarity on the order of things that count
We’ve broken down the factors that go into making strength and hypertrophy-focused training programs into a clear order of importance.
A full, detailed and unbiased look into the research...
…to draw conclusions about the best methods for bodybuilders, strength athletes, and clear explanations of the overlapping elements. Learn why certain misconceptions pervade the training world, and never be fooled by another cleverly-written magazine article again.
Highly detailed example training programs
Building on all the theory and recommendations in the book, in the last section we have six programs for novice, intermediate and advanced-level bodybuilders and strength-focussed athletes. You can simply pick one and run it as they have been written, but the idea is that you tailor them using the principles you’ve learned in the rest of the book. Full progression examples included also.
284 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2019
131 people are currently reading
2169 people want to read
About the author
Eric Helms
5 books43 followersEric is a coach, athlete, author, and educator. A trainer since the early 2000’s, he’s worked in the US Air force, commercial gyms, private training studios, medical fitness and strength and conditioning facilities. As a part of 3DMJ he coaches drug free strength and physique competitors at all levels. Eric has competed since the mid 2000’s in natural bodybuilding, unequipped powerlifting and dabbled in Olympic lifting. He earned pro status as a natural bodybuilder with the PNBA in 2011 and competes with the IPF at international level events as an unequipped powerlifter.
Eric has published multiple peer reviewed articles in exercise science and nutrition journals and writes for commercial fitness publications. He’s taught undergraduate and graduate level nutrition and exercise science and speaks internationally at academic and commercial conferences for fitness, nutrition and strength and conditioning. He has a BS in fitness and wellness, an MS in exercise science, a second masters in sports nutrition, a PhD in strength and conditioning, and is a research fellow for AUT at the Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand.
Eric has published multiple peer reviewed articles in exercise science and nutrition journals and writes for commercial fitness publications. He’s taught undergraduate and graduate level nutrition and exercise science and speaks internationally at academic and commercial conferences for fitness, nutrition and strength and conditioning. He has a BS in fitness and wellness, an MS in exercise science, a second masters in sports nutrition, a PhD in strength and conditioning, and is a research fellow for AUT at the Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 46 reviews
May 7, 2016
I have to admit, at first I was downright dubious, skeptical and put off reading these books.
I don’t think it’s principal author Eric Helms is one of the “bad-guys” in an industry over-brimming with charlatans, scum-bags and syntholed “slap-boxers” (that last alliterative reference is going to date really quickly), but some of the warning bells were definitely clear and present.
One of the key marketing tactics used by the PhD wielding, alphabet soup certified, scientific-brainiac subsection of our fitness community is the “evidence based community circle jerk”.
Possessing very little in the way of actual muscle and strength between them, this self-proclaimed group of fitness experts assiduously “like” and “share” each other’s articles on social media in a kind of frenzied, incestuous-industry cross-pollination of hopefully reciprocated self-promotion.
When someone less smarter, but more socially popular in the fitness world says something they deem “lacking’” to their standard of intellectual rigour, Team Alpha-bet Soup form the industry equivalent of a research-armed rape squad and gang-bang said “ignoramus” into submission with peer reviewed “knowledge bombs”.
“Science bitch!”
On the other hand, when one of the “smarty-pants -squad” releases an “informational product” (because what ELSE what they be releasing?) these walking sound-bytes wax articulate with jargon-filled testimonials lauding said product as something proffered through them as a conduit from the very muscle-gods above.
“Knowledge bombs”- and they always cost a pretty premium.
Turn off number two was this is yet another product pitched as a hierarchy or pyramid of needs related to training and nutrition. I reviewed Israetel’s underwhelming “Renaissance Diet” a couple of years ago which presented a similar pyramid; Nuckols did something equivalent recently in his “Art and Science of Lifting” (which was incidentally much better than Israetel’s ) and now this knockoff? Maslow fuckin’ wept.
Thirdly, the price – 90 fuckin’ Australian dollars?? You gotta be shittin me?! That’s the cost of a container of dat dere Cell Tech with enough change to get me one of dem 5% jugs to swill it out of before I go punch up the town’s learning challenged or similarly disabled person. Killin’ it all day if I may ‘n shit, right babe?
Lengthy satirical preamble aside, this is a fuckin’ great combination of books. And I always reserve the hyperbolic “fuckin’” for only those times when I really love something. The training book is admittedly better than the nutritional one – I kept re-reading the various subsections and going “woah, awesome!” However, both are the weight lifting equivalent to good old chicken and Masterpiece BBQ sauce, you can’t have one without the other.
The problem with most training books is that they drop cookie cutter programs in the hands of mostly beginners and intermediates who have no idea who to properly “steer them” in any appreciable direction….there’s some takeoff, maybe a little traction and a whole lot of wheel spinning before they crash that bitch into the wall……and then it’s onto the next book/program/dvd.
Helms’ books put the reader firmly back in the driver’s seat of their own training destiny. Eric rips off the hood off years of his own professional practice so that you can see the inner workings of his combined extensive knowledge, research and experience in a well synthesised brain-dump comprising these two outstandingly comprehensive books.
Furthermore, you needn’t worry about where you reside on the training experience spectrum here neither, because the books really do cater for everyone without diluting the message of the overall content. There’s effectively something here for “every body” without TRYING to simply be something “for” everybody.
That includes you fat-fuck powerlifters too. Eric caters to you “drains on the national health care system” in spades with some of the best delivered advice I’ve read on the subject of gaining strength and creating structured, sustainable training protocols.
For the hybrid lifter who likes to dabble in both sports, competitively or otherwise….Eric’s got you powerbuilders covered.
And when I say covered, he takes all the easily accessible and actionable info presented throughout the books and synthesises it all into block programs as examples for aspiring bodybuilders and powerlifters alike!
Talk about getting your moneys worth!
It’s an invaluable tool for trainers and coaches also, because even if you have zero theoretical knowledge beyond what you’ve acquired (and subsequently) forgotten in your 2 day weekend earned PT certification course and an accidental viewing of Jim Stoppani’s bodybuilding.com video course, you’ll be able to easily memorise large chunks of this manual and pass yourself off as one of dem dere “evidence based” experts to your clients on social media.
Best of all, It may well be the last and only books you need to buy on the topic, because included in that initial asking price tag is a life-time of guaranteed updates delivered as new research and insights come to light.
Are there things I disliked about the book? Yes. I thought the page sized pictures leading into each chapter unnecessary and at times, a little goofy. But that’s just nitpicking and apart from that, little else bugged me about the book in general.
Beyond Nuckols’, “Art & Lifting” and some of Lyle’s stuff, you can now consider your lifting library complete. Thank me for just saving you a gazillion dollars.
Everything else on the market is just a combo of pretty pictures, novelty and minutiae served up in a steaming bowl full of wank.
See my full review and other articles at my blog - https://carvedouttastone.wordpress.co...
I don’t think it’s principal author Eric Helms is one of the “bad-guys” in an industry over-brimming with charlatans, scum-bags and syntholed “slap-boxers” (that last alliterative reference is going to date really quickly), but some of the warning bells were definitely clear and present.
One of the key marketing tactics used by the PhD wielding, alphabet soup certified, scientific-brainiac subsection of our fitness community is the “evidence based community circle jerk”.
Possessing very little in the way of actual muscle and strength between them, this self-proclaimed group of fitness experts assiduously “like” and “share” each other’s articles on social media in a kind of frenzied, incestuous-industry cross-pollination of hopefully reciprocated self-promotion.
When someone less smarter, but more socially popular in the fitness world says something they deem “lacking’” to their standard of intellectual rigour, Team Alpha-bet Soup form the industry equivalent of a research-armed rape squad and gang-bang said “ignoramus” into submission with peer reviewed “knowledge bombs”.
“Science bitch!”
On the other hand, when one of the “smarty-pants -squad” releases an “informational product” (because what ELSE what they be releasing?) these walking sound-bytes wax articulate with jargon-filled testimonials lauding said product as something proffered through them as a conduit from the very muscle-gods above.
“Knowledge bombs”- and they always cost a pretty premium.
Turn off number two was this is yet another product pitched as a hierarchy or pyramid of needs related to training and nutrition. I reviewed Israetel’s underwhelming “Renaissance Diet” a couple of years ago which presented a similar pyramid; Nuckols did something equivalent recently in his “Art and Science of Lifting” (which was incidentally much better than Israetel’s ) and now this knockoff? Maslow fuckin’ wept.
Thirdly, the price – 90 fuckin’ Australian dollars?? You gotta be shittin me?! That’s the cost of a container of dat dere Cell Tech with enough change to get me one of dem 5% jugs to swill it out of before I go punch up the town’s learning challenged or similarly disabled person. Killin’ it all day if I may ‘n shit, right babe?
Lengthy satirical preamble aside, this is a fuckin’ great combination of books. And I always reserve the hyperbolic “fuckin’” for only those times when I really love something. The training book is admittedly better than the nutritional one – I kept re-reading the various subsections and going “woah, awesome!” However, both are the weight lifting equivalent to good old chicken and Masterpiece BBQ sauce, you can’t have one without the other.
The problem with most training books is that they drop cookie cutter programs in the hands of mostly beginners and intermediates who have no idea who to properly “steer them” in any appreciable direction….there’s some takeoff, maybe a little traction and a whole lot of wheel spinning before they crash that bitch into the wall……and then it’s onto the next book/program/dvd.
Helms’ books put the reader firmly back in the driver’s seat of their own training destiny. Eric rips off the hood off years of his own professional practice so that you can see the inner workings of his combined extensive knowledge, research and experience in a well synthesised brain-dump comprising these two outstandingly comprehensive books.
Furthermore, you needn’t worry about where you reside on the training experience spectrum here neither, because the books really do cater for everyone without diluting the message of the overall content. There’s effectively something here for “every body” without TRYING to simply be something “for” everybody.
That includes you fat-fuck powerlifters too. Eric caters to you “drains on the national health care system” in spades with some of the best delivered advice I’ve read on the subject of gaining strength and creating structured, sustainable training protocols.
For the hybrid lifter who likes to dabble in both sports, competitively or otherwise….Eric’s got you powerbuilders covered.
And when I say covered, he takes all the easily accessible and actionable info presented throughout the books and synthesises it all into block programs as examples for aspiring bodybuilders and powerlifters alike!
Talk about getting your moneys worth!
It’s an invaluable tool for trainers and coaches also, because even if you have zero theoretical knowledge beyond what you’ve acquired (and subsequently) forgotten in your 2 day weekend earned PT certification course and an accidental viewing of Jim Stoppani’s bodybuilding.com video course, you’ll be able to easily memorise large chunks of this manual and pass yourself off as one of dem dere “evidence based” experts to your clients on social media.
Best of all, It may well be the last and only books you need to buy on the topic, because included in that initial asking price tag is a life-time of guaranteed updates delivered as new research and insights come to light.
Are there things I disliked about the book? Yes. I thought the page sized pictures leading into each chapter unnecessary and at times, a little goofy. But that’s just nitpicking and apart from that, little else bugged me about the book in general.
Beyond Nuckols’, “Art & Lifting” and some of Lyle’s stuff, you can now consider your lifting library complete. Thank me for just saving you a gazillion dollars.
Everything else on the market is just a combo of pretty pictures, novelty and minutiae served up in a steaming bowl full of wank.
See my full review and other articles at my blog - https://carvedouttastone.wordpress.co...
January 12, 2016
Eric Helms goes easy on you.
Most of the research in this book is presented as follows:
*A logical, simple argument and explanation that even a novice would understand.*
*A statement from Eric saying that you might still disagree, despite what he has to say about it.*
*Then a fuck-ton of studies that just goes to show Eric didn't actually have to waste time explaining anything at all. He was just trying to be a nice guy.*
The Muscle and Strength Training Pyramid lays out information in a hierarchy that allows a lifter to focus on the most important aspects of training before focusing on the minutiae. For example, the bottom of the pyramid: Adherence (gasp!). The thought that all talk about what's optimal is thrown out the window if you're constantly missing workouts. From there, the information gets more and more specific, ultimately filling you in on just about everything you'll need to know when it comes to weight training.
The negatives?
The price. But that comes with a guarantee that, given new research, the book will be updated. That plus the quality of information makes it worth it.
Most of the research in this book is presented as follows:
*A logical, simple argument and explanation that even a novice would understand.*
*A statement from Eric saying that you might still disagree, despite what he has to say about it.*
*Then a fuck-ton of studies that just goes to show Eric didn't actually have to waste time explaining anything at all. He was just trying to be a nice guy.*
The Muscle and Strength Training Pyramid lays out information in a hierarchy that allows a lifter to focus on the most important aspects of training before focusing on the minutiae. For example, the bottom of the pyramid: Adherence (gasp!). The thought that all talk about what's optimal is thrown out the window if you're constantly missing workouts. From there, the information gets more and more specific, ultimately filling you in on just about everything you'll need to know when it comes to weight training.
The negatives?
The price. But that comes with a guarantee that, given new research, the book will be updated. That plus the quality of information makes it worth it.
July 11, 2016
Probably the most complete and comprehensive book around dieting. As for beginners I would say it's the "de facto" choice.
February 18, 2021
Всеки, който се чуди как да си направи тренировъчна програма или как да подобри своята, задължително трябва да прочете тази книга. Тя поставя основите на създаването на програми и прогресирането с времето. Просто изключителна книга!
April 16, 2020
Eric Helms is a certified strength and conditioning specialist, as well as a holder of a BS in fitness and wellness, an MS in exercise science and sports nutrition and a PhD in strength and conditioning. On top of that he is a bodybuilder and unequipped power-lifter himself. Helms is hence highly qualified to write a book about strength and hypertrophy (as well as his prior book on nutrition), and this is reflected in his work. He confidently describes each aspect of programming a routine with each chapter typically containing 20 to 40 references, largely to meta-analyses (the highest level of scientific evidence; studies of studies).
Overall, this book is a freshened up and concise version of Practical Programming for Strength training by Rippetoe and Kilgore, which Helms references in the book himself. The advantages of The Muscle & Strength Pyramid over Practical Programming include more in-depth discussions of concepts which have only recently become more prevalent in the scientific literature such as RPE and volume in terms of sets rather than sets * reps (in line with research progress showing similar gains from different rep ranges as long as distance from failure is matched and training occurs in several rep ranges [i.e. daily undulating periodisation]).
Overall a good read, would definitely recommend it to any Nippard, or Stronger by Science fan, as well as anyone generally interested in a no-bullshit approach to strength and hypertrophy programming where every claim is backed-up with a reference which can easily be checked to determine how the recommendation was tested and the underlying reasons (although Helms tends to explain these in the book itself). It also includes sample power-lifting and bodybuilding routines for novices, intermediates, as well as advanced lifters to illustrate all the concepts which had been explained in prior chapters.
Overall, this book is a freshened up and concise version of Practical Programming for Strength training by Rippetoe and Kilgore, which Helms references in the book himself. The advantages of The Muscle & Strength Pyramid over Practical Programming include more in-depth discussions of concepts which have only recently become more prevalent in the scientific literature such as RPE and volume in terms of sets rather than sets * reps (in line with research progress showing similar gains from different rep ranges as long as distance from failure is matched and training occurs in several rep ranges [i.e. daily undulating periodisation]).
Overall a good read, would definitely recommend it to any Nippard, or Stronger by Science fan, as well as anyone generally interested in a no-bullshit approach to strength and hypertrophy programming where every claim is backed-up with a reference which can easily be checked to determine how the recommendation was tested and the underlying reasons (although Helms tends to explain these in the book itself). It also includes sample power-lifting and bodybuilding routines for novices, intermediates, as well as advanced lifters to illustrate all the concepts which had been explained in prior chapters.
October 5, 2022
One of the best book about programming and periodization.
I must say it does a better job than what ever they ask you to study in the curriculum of personal trainers when it come to explaining the teaching fundamentals.
I must say it does a better job than what ever they ask you to study in the curriculum of personal trainers when it come to explaining the teaching fundamentals.
April 8, 2024
Amplio, actualizado, útil, de calidad
June 12, 2017
The M&S Training Pyramid is the perfect guide to help you achieve your body composition goals. It explains what concepts to focus on, from most to least important.
The Pyramid is six levels:
1. Adherence
2. Volume, Intensity, and Frequency (for powerlifting vs bodybuilding)
3. Progression (as a Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced lifter)
4. Exercise Selection (for powerlifting vs bodybuilding)
5. Rest Periods
6. Lifting Tempo
Each section explains the concept's role in training and provides simple rules to implement. For optimal performance, an athlete should master each concept in order before moving on to the next.
The book is written extremely well. It's easy to read - using simple language to explain complex topics. It's succinct - having enough detail to understand but not too much as to overwhelm. Finally, it's logical - anticipating readers' questions and answering them.
The Pyramid is six levels:
1. Adherence
2. Volume, Intensity, and Frequency (for powerlifting vs bodybuilding)
3. Progression (as a Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced lifter)
4. Exercise Selection (for powerlifting vs bodybuilding)
5. Rest Periods
6. Lifting Tempo
Each section explains the concept's role in training and provides simple rules to implement. For optimal performance, an athlete should master each concept in order before moving on to the next.
The book is written extremely well. It's easy to read - using simple language to explain complex topics. It's succinct - having enough detail to understand but not too much as to overwhelm. Finally, it's logical - anticipating readers' questions and answering them.
March 27, 2020
An extremely serious guide to weight lifting (bodybuilding and powerlifting included). If it weren't for the guides and sample programs at the end of the book, I'd feel totally lost because this seems like it should come with a kind of workbook with exercises to help you practically apply all of the knowledge you get from the book.
Don't get me wrong, it's wonderfully written - clear, simple language, examples to support the claims, additional references for those wanting to get deeper into the science, and a lot of supplementary materials (videos, web sites, podcasts, etc.). But it is just too packed with information to be able to really "digest" in one reading. It's more of a textbook that I could read through, summarize, takes notes on, and - of course - apply in my own training, many times over.
But I can see why a pro trainer recommended this to me! Now I "just" have to read the nutrition guide that goes with this!
Don't get me wrong, it's wonderfully written - clear, simple language, examples to support the claims, additional references for those wanting to get deeper into the science, and a lot of supplementary materials (videos, web sites, podcasts, etc.). But it is just too packed with information to be able to really "digest" in one reading. It's more of a textbook that I could read through, summarize, takes notes on, and - of course - apply in my own training, many times over.
But I can see why a pro trainer recommended this to me! Now I "just" have to read the nutrition guide that goes with this!
September 14, 2019
Let me start of this review by saying that Dr Eric Helms has done a fantastic job of researching and writing books. Aimed primarily at strength athletes, this book does have carry over effects to athletes competing in cardiovascular sports. Dr Eric Helms has created a training pyramid, each step of which is important in an athlete's performance in a competitive meet. Each chapter is painstakingly researched and Dr Helms presents his conclusions in an easy and lucid manner. He ends off by giving sample programs for powerlifters and bodybuilders of all proficiencies.
June 10, 2020
Muy bueno. Lo considero esencial para cualquier profesional del mundo de la fuerza y la hipertrofia, así como atletas y aficionados. Trata con profundidad de forma muy digerible para cualquier tipo de lector todos los aspectos más importantes a contemplar en una programación de cara a dar tu máximo rendimiento en una competición de Powerlifting y/o sobre una tarima de estética.
Y totalmente fundamentado en la más reciente evidencia científica!
Y totalmente fundamentado en la más reciente evidencia científica!
February 4, 2022
Incredible and exhaustive, this book was recommended in another strength and conditioning book I started reading but it basically said I should read this one first, lol. I'm glad it did. I learned a lot. Of all the things I already knew and took for granted, Eric Helms laid out a lot of the scientific studies and principles that underlied it. This book is all dog-eared and marked up now. Good for people of any level of training experience.
January 15, 2020
Excellent, particularly for finding out how to continue progressing when your progressive overload has stalled. Equally informative for both strength training and bodybuilding. Very well researched.
August 27, 2018
Personally this is like a gift to the world by one of the most renowned names in the fitness world, Eric Helms himself. The value and the contents of this book is so insanely high that whatever I may say about it falls short to what it's really worth.
Mainly the value that I see from this book is that, if you are serious about making progress and you want to really push your training to express your potential to the max, some knowledge is required, and while there are a lot of free resources like Wendler's 5/3/1 or popular programs like those, it's true that for reaching your genetic potential, programming knowledge is required so you may understand exactly how to add additional volume to grow a lagging muscle into a routine can be done without compromising the rest of your training, or how get out of a plateau by adding the necessary volume to the plateaued lift when you want to increase your total in powerlifting. It's true that there are some resources out there, but they usually charge $70 or $99 dollars for templates created by experts, and still even then, they won't be customized, while, this book offers teachings to make anyone be competent in such areas, but don't get me wrong, it will take practice and several tries for the implementations to be successful. This is easily top 3 favorite fitness books that I keep coming back to everytime I have a question on how to handle volume, deloads or other training questions. Highly recommended.
Mainly the value that I see from this book is that, if you are serious about making progress and you want to really push your training to express your potential to the max, some knowledge is required, and while there are a lot of free resources like Wendler's 5/3/1 or popular programs like those, it's true that for reaching your genetic potential, programming knowledge is required so you may understand exactly how to add additional volume to grow a lagging muscle into a routine can be done without compromising the rest of your training, or how get out of a plateau by adding the necessary volume to the plateaued lift when you want to increase your total in powerlifting. It's true that there are some resources out there, but they usually charge $70 or $99 dollars for templates created by experts, and still even then, they won't be customized, while, this book offers teachings to make anyone be competent in such areas, but don't get me wrong, it will take practice and several tries for the implementations to be successful. This is easily top 3 favorite fitness books that I keep coming back to everytime I have a question on how to handle volume, deloads or other training questions. Highly recommended.
March 26, 2024
- Relatively short book
- The crystalization of all vanilla takes in strength training & hypertrophy raining. Which is ultimately extremely important, because you need a textbook that tells you all the modern takes before you can go finding the fringe ones
- Up to date (kinda, because not much has been going on since the publication of this text)
- Each chapter is laid out like a short paper, with proper citation so you at least know where he is coming from. Superb overview/ literature review for the layman, on each of the topics discussed.
- Quick Start Guide to Program Building is lovely
Overall the one book I would recommend to new lifters looking to ground their thinking in theory.
- The crystalization of all vanilla takes in strength training & hypertrophy raining. Which is ultimately extremely important, because you need a textbook that tells you all the modern takes before you can go finding the fringe ones
- Up to date (kinda, because not much has been going on since the publication of this text)
- Each chapter is laid out like a short paper, with proper citation so you at least know where he is coming from. Superb overview/ literature review for the layman, on each of the topics discussed.
- Quick Start Guide to Program Building is lovely
Overall the one book I would recommend to new lifters looking to ground their thinking in theory.
October 7, 2020
Rather than giving you a routine or diet to follow, Eric lays out the principles that matter so you're able to look at programs objectively and with the knowledge be able to design your own routine. Since a routine is more than just a combination of exercises, sets, reps, test, etc., periodization and progression is covered extensively. It even includes sample programming for novice to advanced for both bodybuilding and powerlifting.
May 5, 2020
A quite comprehensive and well structured book. Probably there is even too much information, especially for beginners, but there are also examples, which is nice. One might argue that the suggested volume is too high for natural athletes, but that's something that everyone might have to try on their own.
April 5, 2019
Comprehensive book includes everything you need to know from training based on latest research available.
Aim of the book is to get you build a strength or bodybuilding training program for yourself which is specifically suited for your goals and gives recommendations which you can use for base.
Aim of the book is to get you build a strength or bodybuilding training program for yourself which is specifically suited for your goals and gives recommendations which you can use for base.
April 8, 2021
Elemental, práctico, didáctico y muy bien fundamentado. Lo recomiendo para todos aquellos entrenadores novatos o cualquier interesado en entrenamiento de fuerza/hipertrofia que desee ser más eficiente.
August 17, 2021
This felt like a master's level course on strength training and does a great job logically structuring the most important parts of a program, with special consideration for different types of goals.
July 6, 2022
Este libro esta hecho para que lo pueda entender cualquier persona, se usa un vocabulario simple y te enseña concretamente las bases para llevar de mejor manera tu dieta, según tus objetivos. Me encantó.
February 4, 2023
Covers everything you need to know about optimizing programming for lifting for both power lifting and body building. Great reference and really all you need to optimize your lifting routine, all backed by scientific research and straight to the point.
August 5, 2024
Well written, covers everything it has to cover.
and most importantly starts from the most bang for your bug thing and then moves towards the "diminishing returns" topics.
Recommended for all beginners and intermediates
and most importantly starts from the most bang for your bug thing and then moves towards the "diminishing returns" topics.
Recommended for all beginners and intermediates
August 16, 2017
Pretty honest and straightforward, a pleasant read and very well-written. The training book is better than the diet one.
November 1, 2018
Very good book. It covers all the essentials. Weed out the bullshit and strike a perfect balance of including research but always being short and concise to the point.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
November 19, 2020
Leggermente biased verso il Powerlifting
May 20, 2021
Excellent overview of recent research into strength training
January 17, 2023
If there ever was a fitness book worthy of its praise, this one is it!
June 17, 2023
If you want to learn about your Own Body, Limits, and optimise your training, this is the go-to book.
Displaying 1 - 30 of 46 reviews