Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training

Starting Strength is the i dustry standard - I bought the 1st edition yeats ago but wanted the updayed 3rd edition. I have no idea why I have bought any other strength training books - always come back to reliable, sensible Starting Strength because it is grounded in decades of real world experience with athletes and everybody else. Combined with Pratcical Programming these books are the only ones you need to be a lifelong useful human being or elite strength competitor.

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As someone who works in the health care field (chiropractor), I come across all sorts of health related information daily. I came across Mr. Rippetoe's book, Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training (SS:BBT), while reading Jim Wendler's articles (on t-nation website)/book (5/3/1). Because Mr. Wendler recommended this book, and because the reviews on SS:BBT were good, I bought the book. I have not regretted buying the book, SS:BBT. I have read and re-read the book numerous times. More often than not, it has been read while in-between sets while lifting weights. It has been an invaluable resource for me. I would consider myself an intermediate lifter of weights and an expert when it comes to the neuromuscularskeletal system. This book has been helpful in the following ways: - it gives great reasons as to why strength training is important to our health - it gives great instruction and detail about the most important exercises and how to do them. - it does delve into the physics of each exercise - moment arms, levers, efficiency etc - it gives instruction on how to eat to become stronger/bigger - Mr. Rippetoe's program as it were - it includes detailed instruction on what kind of equipment is needed to become strong (hint: not much is needed, contrary to what the "fitness" industry would have you think. There are many people that are living unhealthy, weak, with one foot in the grave. This book shows how to help prevent that from happening. Be strong.

If you are an experienced lifter or a new lifter and anywhere in between you will love the information in this book As an experienced lifter (my whole life) I promise this book and more specifically Mark Rippetoe and co know more than me or you. I knew it had a lot in it but it surpassed my expectations If you are experiencing any lifting issues or joint pain the highly detailed instructions and explanations of biomechanics in this very comprehensive book will help you move forward and get you lifting more effectively for less fatigue and more advancement. Shows how to train the whole body without wasting time on unnecessary fadish things , I had stalled and lost interest but now im making progress again and having fun re learning how to actually do it properly. I think with his knowledge he should be called Dr M Rippetoe but he himself would not approve of that suggestion. He has a very direct way of delivering the info , wordy but “words mean things” and if you put the time in and study this book you won’t need another he is in my opinion and that of many in the industry a leading light and has many years more experience and has put in more thought than 99.9% of us who “think” we know how to lift and progress

英語でとっつきにくいという不便さを除けば、バーベルトレーニングの基本から応用まで写真付きで説明されている非常にわかりやすいテキストです。 インストラクターとして4年間現場に携わっていますが、今のところバーベルトレーニングはこの本一冊で十分です。

I have been searching for this book for most of my life. I'm 55 and since I was in high school I've yearned for a definitive source on lifting. I had natural strength, but success can be the worst enemy of progress. By the time I was not the strongest kid in my class (Junior year of high school), I did not know what to do to be competitive. As it turns out, the programs we were aware of at the time were better than nothing but not very good. Where was this book back then? Mark wears many hats in this book: coach, trainer, physiologist, physics instructor, philosopher and occasionally comedian. I had never done a dead lift before this program - partially because I was afraid to get hurt. I am 2 months into the program and have increased my dead lift over 100lbs and no longer have any symptoms of back problems that have nagged me for over 20 years. I feel like I'm quite early in my journey. The documentation on squats is outstanding. Squats require superb technique and you get outstanding instruction from the book. My 13 year old son is in the program and his progress is ridiculous. His peers in school are left wondering how he's gotten so big and more importantly strong. The important things this book delivers: 1) Focus on "system" disciplines where what you are doing attacks multiple muscle groups like the squat (calves, quads, hams, glutes, etc.) 2) You get to know why. Call it my own proclivity but it is encouraging and inspirational for me to understand the "why". Most other stuff I've read does not do that. You not only get the "why" you are doing something, you also get the why other things are less desirable. 3) Technique is an enormous focus of the book. This is critical. Injuries can be a problem when you're flinging around 100's of lbs. You get the guidance from this book on how to do things correctly which keeps you out of the injury "penalty box". 4) Expectations are set. You are told how things will go (and why of course). He has been "dead on" in my experience (as well as my son's). 5) A simple program. There are only a handful of lifts that you do. Workout sessions are not long and typically 3 times per week. I strongly recommend this book to anyone that wants to get stronger. As "Rip" says, no matter what you do physically, it's better if you're stronger. Get Strong!