Peak Strength: Competitive Performance Roadmap

by Alexander Bromley

Peak Strength is a deep dive into the fundamentals of programming for strength. This book builds off of Base Strength, taking the focus to specialization and how it applies to training organization and exercise selection. Heavy emphasis is put on the training differences between novice, intermediate and advance lifters and how those factors are responsible for most plateaus lifters experience.

216 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 25, 2021

About the author

​Barbell Empire's owner, author, and resident cynic. Alex has been training since 2000 and has actively competed in Strongman and Powerlifting since 2006.
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As the owner of Inland Empire Barbell in Redlands, CA, Alex coaches a team of active Strong(wo)men, Powerlifters, and Strength Nerds.

Reviews

[Christian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I very much liked the first one, so I thought maybe I could apply some things from here too.
Being still a beginner, with no intentions to ever compete, there was not much in here for me. Not a con for the book per se, obviously.

It is very general. You will need to google every topic you don't know yet.
It's more of an overview of the peak phase for a lifter, from trainer to trainer; the core points to focus.

[William Gerth · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good primer in peaking for a powerlifting meet, definitely recommend if you plan to compete.

I read this before Base Strength even though I don't plan to compete because I'm in a weightloss phase and am definitely planning to reduce volume and increase weight in my program to compensate for lowered volume: the plans and progressions described feel like they will be very helpful.

[Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great follow-up to Base Strength