The New Rules of Lifting

Great book, poor e-book quality

After reading the hardcover version of this book, I decided that I liked it enough that I would purchase the e-book. My thinking was that the e-book was just more convenient; I could take read it at work or at the gym on my iPhone. However, the e-book is virtually useless, since the diagrams are very blurry and the tables are completely unreadable. I contacted B&N about this problem a month ago, and they told me that this is how they received the book from the publisher and there wasn't anything they could do, as there are no returns. Now, I've seen other versions of the e-book that are pretty clear quality, granted for a little more in cost. I would've given the book 4 or maybe even 5 stars, but the e-book version here is virutally worthless. I cannot emphasize enough to you, save your money do NOT buy the e-book from B&N!

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Very usefull for weight lift beginners

This is the first book I read on fitness that inspired me to get into the Gym. Book is very well organized with a program very well defined; a no brainier. And most of all, achievable

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

not recommend for the e-book

the e-book is virtually useless, since the diagrams are very blurry and the tables are completely unreadable. I contacted B&N about this problem a month...(buy the book)

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

A great book for someone who wants one book to get you started, and keep you going, in your quest to started weight lifting.

I read this book and learned the proper way to train. The great thing is the book offer you set programs from beginner, to advance lifter. You have a year worth of programs to keep you on a course. Great book...

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Great Book - Simplifies Everything You Need to Know & Do for Men

I've used this book, and the workouts in it for over FOUR YEARS, and haven't looked at any other workout since. This book is GREAT for those who don't know much about lifting and just want a basic, quick, introductory-level guide.

I've had fantastic results working out just once to twice a week.

Book discusses the basic principles of working out for men, including:

-How to make your workouts as efficient as possible
-What exercises are best for men, depending on age
-How to pair your workouts with "clean eating"
-Contains several workouts to choose from, depending on your age, relative fitness and goals, including break-in workout (for those who haven't liften in some time), fat loss, strength and hypertrophy (bulking up).

Weight Lifting that suits your body

An excellent introduction to overall principles of weight-lifting, the New Rules is oriented around basic moves we use in everyday life. It makes sense, and when you start the well-developed program, your body remembers what its like to be used well and have strength. Fun to read, easy to follow, and great to experience, I tell all my friends - and strangers - about it. Get off your butt America.

Very good book

This book is amazing. I personally enjoyed what the authors tried to explain, and I thought most of it made perfect sense in term of every day use. The authors insist that weight lifting should focus on six basic movements 'squats, deadlifts, lunge, twist, pull, and push' since the movements coincide with everyday use 'such as getting up from bed to turning around'. The book tries to persuade readers to stay away from isolated exercises, and machines since these will limit the development of muscles overall. The book approaches in a real world sense and common sense, instead of a scientific approach that theoretically could produce something 'which a lot of other books I seen seem to aim for'. The authors even explain right down to a weekly plan. The book also contains a fairly good section on nutrition. I thought the section is very well written, and again focuses on real world experience as well as common sense. The author even explains various food types, and why it is good or bad. I thought it was excellent and very well informed. I recommended this for any beginner or novice who don't know what to believe in or what to do when it comes to fitness and nutrition. This book is a very good ground base, and I think once you master most of the things here, you can move on to bigger and better things.

I enjoyed it

Its recommended that people who think there is no more exercises out there that they havent done. I especially liked the 'Balanced 1 arm row' where you just bend over without the use of a bench to do a 1 arm row. This really works well! Anyway, it brings a few new things but is a great refresher for the professionals.

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

I would use this book to add variety to my workouts, not to 're-define' basic strength training principles. Muscles get bigger and stronger by overloading them- it doesn't make a lick of difference whether its a single joint exercise (like bicep curls) or a compound one (like chins)- and the strength training research supports this (take the studies on isometrics and the quads which show increased strength and cross-sectional area on CT scans using just a single joint exercise-resisted leg extension). Anyway, the exercises are good for a change of pace, so I can go along with that. The only other beef I have is the recommendation to skip the back extension machine because it will blow a disc. Never seen that happen and in fact, its never been reported in any published study that I've ever read that has investigated the back machine- in fact, people get much better after using it. What I would avoid, however, are the exercises in the book that have you bend over while twisting (like the 'woodchopper' ex.). Its well known that bending plus twisting cranks on your lower lumbar discs and this type of motion has been demonstrated to herniate the lumbar discs in many studies. So all in all, I can recommend it for a change of pace, expect nothing magical, and just be safe.

Required reading!

Having been in this industry for a long time, I have read hundreds of forgettable books on weight lifting. Not the case with the New Rules. As a personal trainer and club owner who has hired trainers for years, I have been disappointed with the basic knowledge of applicants. Now I have finally found a resource for my trainers to make sure that we are all philosophically on the same page. It is now required reading at my fitness center. It is the fastest way I know to get someone 'up to my level' in one book. It is very readable, even by a non-professional. Along with being informative, it is also funny at times, and very motivating. It's not just just recommended reading from me... It's required!

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