Who has it? Can anyone give some reviews?
Thanks.
Yeah, me too!
I might pick it up and would like to know more (especially from those who are not HIT advocates but may have found the book useful).
I’ve recently become a Darden fan (in the last three months), so I’m somewhat biased for him. Yes, the book is about HIT, but it’s also got a lot of stuff that would apply to anyone interested in strength and bodybuilding.
His history going back to Muscle Beach and many Golden-Age Mr. Americas is great. Dr. D can really weave a story.
His chapter on motor-skill learning is an eye-opener. It has much application to sports and lifting.
He has two chapters on metabolic conditioning for football, which I wish I had read 10 years ago when I was playing high school football.
His “best of the best” routine is a winner, especially if you are someone who wants to gain weight fast.
There’s a neat chapter where he interviews a lean and muscular Andy McCutcheon.
He has at least 7 or 8 chapters that discuss various body-part plateau busters. A few are similar to those he writes about on T-Nation.
And he must have at least 200 old-school photos that really move the book and inspire just about any trainee.
I’d be surprised if you didn’t like Dr. Darden new book.
Turk
PS: How to do negative-only chins and dips are carefully discussed and illustrated in several chapters. Those two exercises apply across the board to all bodybuilders and I’ve personally used them productively for three months.
[quote]T-Turk wrote:
I’ve recently become a Darden fan (in the last three months), so I’m somewhat biased for him. Yes, the book is about HIT, but it’s also got a lot of stuff that would apply to anyone interested in strength and bodybuilding.
His history going back to Muscle Beach and many Golden-Age Mr. Americas is great. Dr. D can really weave a story.
His chapter on motor-skill learning is an eye-opener. It has much application to sports and lifting.
He has two chapters on metabolic conditioning for football, which I wish I had read 10 years ago when I was playing high school football.
His “best of the best” routine is a winner, especially if you are someone who wants to gain weight fast.
There’s a neat chapter where he interviews a lean and muscular Andy McCutcheon.
He has at least 7 or 8 chapters that discuss various body-part plateau busters. A few are similar to those he writes about on T-Nation.
And he must have at least 200 old-school photos that really move the book and inspire just about any trainee.
I’d be surprised if you didn’t like Dr. Darden new book.
Turk
PS: How to do negative-only chins and dips are carefully discussed and illustrated in several chapters. Those two exercises apply across the board to all bodybuilders and I’ve personally used them productively for three months. [/quote]
How much history is there?
About 50% of Dr. D’s new book is history.
Turk
As a birthday present to myself, I decided to pick up a copy of Dr. D’s book and CW’s new book. Should be good reads and will be added to my collection of good training books.
[quote]Nate Dogg wrote:
As a birthday present to myself, I decided to pick up a copy of Dr. D’s book and CW’s new book. Should be good reads and will be added to my collection of good training books.[/quote]
Now there’s an open mind =]
[quote]Nate Dogg wrote:
As a birthday present to myself, I decided to pick up a copy of Dr. D’s book and CW’s new book. Should be good reads and will be added to my collection of good training books.[/quote]
Approximately two months ago, I also bought both books. I’ll be interested if your opinion is similar or different from mine.
Turk
I got Dr. Darden’s book back in December and I’d definately recommend it to anyone. There’s a lot of good concepts in it and a lot of bodybuilding history, which is always interesting to read.
Well, I’m looking mostly for old school bodybuilding information. I take it this is the way to go?
[quote]Brendan Ryan wrote:
Well, I’m looking mostly for old school bodybuilding information. I take it this is the way to go?[/quote]
It’s just one way to go.
There is a good book sold by Ironmind along the lines of “Physique and Culture in Bodybuilding.” It’s supposed to have a lot of photos and information of the history of bodybuilding. It’s on my list of books to get, as I like reading about some of the early bodybuilders (1900s) and their methods of training and nutrition.
And I know there are other books that cover similar things. But it seems as though Darden’s book will be a good way to get a glimpse into some good bodybuilding history.
Turk, I’ll let you know what I think after I read both books. It’s not like I’ll be stopping what I’m doing now to follow one or the other, but I’m sure I’ll pick up a few ideas that I can implement into my training that will help me.