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	Men's Health Power Training: Build Bigger, Stronger Muscles with through Performance-based Conditioning Robert dos Remedios Rodale Books, 2007 - 333 pages average customer review:based on 47 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Top notch program

I've been a dedicated gym rat/weightlifter for 8-10 years, bordering on obssesive. This is about the best training book I've come accross and absolutely the best training method/theory/routine I've ever done. I'm stronger, in better shape, and feel better than ever. This will probably be the general workout style I will do for the rest of my life.

Specifically, the 3 day per week full-body regimine is great. The book outlines a solid theory on why full-body training is more optimal than muscle group-specific training. For so many years I worked out like a bodybuilder (as most guys probably do): Bicep curls, tricep press-downs, lat raises, 3 exercises of 4 sets for each "muscle group", and a lot of wasted time. In that respect, the hardest part for me was getting past my archaic mindset that, for instance, if I don't do bicep and tricep specific exercises then my arms will shrink, and realizing I don't need to do 4 sets of bench, 4 sets of inline, and 4 sets of flys to see gains in strength and size.

A few very good sample routines are provided but the real long-term benefit (and goal) is to create and track your own workout programs once you grasp the overall theory. I choose to add a little more variety and change my workouts a little more frequently than the book suggests, but simply following the books' outline will be enough to see great results and keep workouts from becoming stagnent and repetitive, which is the death of most workout regimines.

This isn't one of those 8,10, or 12 week programs that leave you saying "what do I do now?" when you're finished - I consider this a workout program somone can use for a lifetime. For what it's worth, I give it my highest recommendation.

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Best of Breed in Fitness and Weight Training... listen to Coach Dos!!!

Obviously Men's Health is an important magazine to keep in rotation for any guy concerned about fitness. The problem with the magazine is that because it must constantly produce new articles, the information (as any long-time reader may notice) can sometimes be contradictory.

Coach Dos' book has no problems when it comes to contradiction. He lays it out, in plain English with excellent photo examples, the exercises and routines that he has taught to his students over the course of time. He knows what works to transform the body, to strengthen and grow, to slim down and make lean, and all those other goals that most guys have.

I've given this book about 10 weeks and, no joke, at 28 I feel like I'm in the best shape I've ever been. I've certainly weighed more and looked "bigger" but now I feel leaner, more balanced, quicker, and stronger than before. I'm by no means a bodybuilder and looking like one is not my goal. I want to be lean and strong and this book is truly helping me realize those goals.

Coach Dos preaches explosive movements that require core strength, unilateral movements that demand balance, and he shies away from asking questions like "What do you bench?" in favor of "How many single-leg pistol squats can you bang out?" The routines are demanding, especially finishing them in the recommended time, but I've seen a bigger change in the past couple of months than I've seen in the past couple years of gym-going previously.

I'd highly recommend this book to anyone who can look through it and who honestly feels that they can stick to the routines. They will challenge you in ways you're not used to and you'll be thanking Coach Dos for it.

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Phenomenal

Like many others here I have several training books and resources but Power Training is easily the most comprehensive and best designed program I've seen. It takes all the guesswork out of designing a proper routine and given the variety and goal-based approach you could easily use this program for years. In six week I've made gains that I haven't seen before at this pace and I've still got another six weeks before I even complete the first phase.

Make no mistake though, the programs in Power Training are not for the lazy or half-arse attempts at getting in shape. You leave nothing on the table when you finish a workout and crawl out of the gym.

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Great, well-thought out approach to gaining strength

I have always been in good shape. I've achieved this by keeping generally active with sports, yoga, a little bit of lifting, running, etc. I have never used a "program" for fitness and have never bought a book like this one. I had leafed through it at bookstores and found it interesting. Finally I bought it through Amazon. I couldn't be more pleased with "Power Training".

I use the workouts when I go to my YMCA and have gotten great results. Prior to reading the book, I usually went around the weight room and used some machines, did some bench presses with free weights and tried to do a squat or two. Now I have a great guide for using the facilities in an extremely productive way. By using the workout cards in the appendix you just go through the menu of exercises described throughout the book and build a total body workout session by session. The exercises are explained well and varied enough to keep the workouts interesting. Best of all, the exercises all enhance *functional* strength. It is not a body-sculpting program although the visual results are apparent. Rather this program has helped me feel stronger when I lift my kids up (or wrestle with them.) It has translated into performing better on the tennis and basketball courts as well. As a 43 year-old man I highly recommend "Power Training" for anyone who wants to increase their total body strength.

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Power Training

good book. well written and illustrated. workouts make sense and eliminate a lot of fluff and isolation work. negatives of the book would be lack of talk about going to failure or past, how to handle the fact that many people cannot do multiple sets of a movement without dropping the amount of weight. but these are small complaints. note about the nutrition segment, the author follows a meat free diet, yet the nutrition advice is meat based. a veggie diet would be an interesting comparison.

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