[quote]bblb wrote:
The Development of Physical Strength by Anthony Ditillo made me totally rethink my training.
[/quote]
Good book! Maybe a bit ‘Old School’ for some?
[quote]elano wrote:
WTF seriously, nobody mentions “Practical Programming for Strength Training” by Mark Ripetoe & Lon Kilgore?
Best book I ever read on the topic. Tells you what you NEED to know.
- “Practical Programming for Strength Training” by Mark Ripetoe & Lon Kilgore
- “Starting Strength” by Rippetoe and Kilgore[/quote]
I have yet to see someone in my gym that doesn’t need to read these books.
then you are blessed
[quote]jimzs70 wrote:
Beyond Bodybuilding by Pavel Tsatsouline. Its a collection of articles he’s written in a kind of Q and A format along with a couple programs through ought the book. My favorite so far.[/quote]
x2 really great book, like the Cliff’s notes of Supertraining
Reading Dan John’s new book Never Let Go and its full of gold,From the Ground up his free e-book is very good also.
any top olympic books?
[quote]kickureface wrote:
any top olympic books?[/quote]
Dreschler’s book covers everything, but is very technical.
Kono’s book is more down to earth.
Everett’s book is supposed to be somewhere between the other 2 (I don’t have this one, but I’m considering getting it or the DVD). Book review here: www.bodyrecomposition.com/training/product-review-olympic-weightlifting-a-complete-guide-for-athletes-coaches.html
Dinosaur Training by Brooks Kubrik
[quote]Ryan71 wrote:
Everett’s book is supposed to be somewhere between the other 2 (I don’t have this one, but I’m considering getting it or the DVD). Book review here: www.bodyrecomposition.com/training/product-review-olympic-weightlifting-a-complete-guide-for-athletes-coaches.html
[/quote]
I have both the seminar DVD and the book. I have not had a chance to really go through the book yet, so I won’t comment on it.
The DVD was kind of a let down for me. Its just clips of a seminar w/ Aimee Anaya demonstrating the lifts w/ either pvc or empty barbell. The commentary/seminar material is decent in terms of content, however its a little boring and I fell asleep about 20 times watching it.
It goes through setup, progressions/variations of the full lifts, for both snatch, clean, and jerk. However, somebody just turned on a video camera at a seminar.
I think the guys at performancemenu.com could produce a pretty good olympic lifting dvd, w/ loaded barbells, freeze frame/slow motion, and step through demonstrating the lifts at heavy max loads, w/ comments on form, corrections, and such. They could redo some of the progression/variation lifts too. A think a little more production would go a long way.
Just visiting the website, going through it and paying attention to the programming on every given day, w/ some of the video descriptions was more helpful than the seminar DVD. The crossfit journal has some good, long and descriptive videos from Coach Burgener as well, that I would definitely recommend checking out.
I’d get the book over the DVD.
My vote goes for Strong Enough by Rippetoe as well, its not strictly weight lifting, but it does have some pretty good commentary on current culture, the fitness industry, life in general, and insight gleamed from a lifetime in the gym.
I’m goign to get Dan John’s new book now too, as I think that will be a good one too.
“Built for Show” by Nate Green, a little different then some of the other books listed but I really enjoyed it.
Wendler books, dinosaur training, Inside Powerlifting, Ernie Frantz’s Ten Commandments of Powerlifting, Rippetoe products
Not really what you would consider a standard training book, but I really enjoyed “The Tao of B” and have found myself picking it up and reading it cover to cover every so often. Really interesting stories mixed in with good training advice.
Dinosaur Training (Kubik) and Starting Strength (Rippetoe)are my tops.
Honorable Mentions:
Keys to Progress (Mccallum (fun read))
Brawn (McRobert)
Never Let Go (Dan John)
Actually Christian Thibaudeau’s “Black Book of Training Secrets” sold here is a real good book!
[quote]kickureface wrote:
any top olympic books?[/quote]
Science and Practice.