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greden's review
4.0
"Do you want a seat at the transformational table? Then let us put away all the
fitness gadgets and toys, all the childish beliefs in magical products. Let us roll
up our sleeves and get down to serious business."
Marty Gallagher, with eloquent writing and entertaining style, takes us into the dungeon of alpha male elite weightlifters. Gallagher has been around strong, big men all his adult life, training with, interviewing, and coaching them. The book shows how the elite thinks, train, eat and act and it outlines the principles behind physical growth.
Although I have been lifting weights for several years, this book has made me appreciate concepts to a greater degree. For instance: warm-up sets, visualization, mind-muscle connection, training intensity, and focus. It has certainly influenced my approach to lifting.
Gallagher raises the provoking thought that if you could just stick to one program and make gradual progress, the gym would be filled with muscular beasts. The reality is that muscle and strength growth requires diligence and a keen eye to when to make changes to the program, and when to push through. Forcing physiological growth is an art form.
The book is roughly split up into three parts, 1) weight lifting, 2) cardio, and 3) nutrition. The book packed with useful information, both for novices and experienced athletes, tucked into a neat narrative of the culture of weight-lifters.
The weakest part of the book must have been the part where the advocates some really funky stuff, walking around with weights and jumping around, waving his hands around in the forest like a lunatic while dismissing tennis. His goal is to increase his vo2 max and burn more calories. I think that ranking the efficiency to lose weight of activities based on one number from one device may lead to something like "over-fitting" in machine learning.
fitness gadgets and toys, all the childish beliefs in magical products. Let us roll
up our sleeves and get down to serious business."
Marty Gallagher, with eloquent writing and entertaining style, takes us into the dungeon of alpha male elite weightlifters. Gallagher has been around strong, big men all his adult life, training with, interviewing, and coaching them. The book shows how the elite thinks, train, eat and act and it outlines the principles behind physical growth.
Although I have been lifting weights for several years, this book has made me appreciate concepts to a greater degree. For instance: warm-up sets, visualization, mind-muscle connection, training intensity, and focus. It has certainly influenced my approach to lifting.
Gallagher raises the provoking thought that if you could just stick to one program and make gradual progress, the gym would be filled with muscular beasts. The reality is that muscle and strength growth requires diligence and a keen eye to when to make changes to the program, and when to push through. Forcing physiological growth is an art form.
The book is roughly split up into three parts, 1) weight lifting, 2) cardio, and 3) nutrition. The book packed with useful information, both for novices and experienced athletes, tucked into a neat narrative of the culture of weight-lifters.
The weakest part of the book must have been the part where the advocates some really funky stuff, walking around with weights and jumping around, waving his hands around in the forest like a lunatic while dismissing tennis. His goal is to increase his vo2 max and burn more calories. I think that ranking the efficiency to lose weight of activities based on one number from one device may lead to something like "over-fitting" in machine learning.