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Book recommendations (self.bodyweightfitness)

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I love to read and I love to train. "Convict Conditioning" changed my life and I just ordered "The Naked Warrior" and "The 4-hour Body". I was wondering if anyone has another good book recommendation? There's a lot out there and most of it is crap. I'm also into yoga if anyone has a good yoga book recommendation.

Edit: thanks for the recommendations :) I'm considerably poorer and will probably buy a few more books soon

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[–]rmull 16ポイント17ポイント  (1子コメント)

The heaviest book you can find!

[–]sirkarrde 9ポイント10ポイント  (10子コメント)

  • Overcoming Gravity
  • Starting Strength
  • Kettlebell Simple & Sinister
  • Easy Strength
  • Power to the People
  • Yoga Mind and Body

[–]riraitoGeneral Fitness 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Great list. I would add Ross Enamait's work, in particular "Never Gymless"

[–]rocksupremeActually Andy Fossett 2ポイント3ポイント  (7子コメント)

The first half of Easy Strength should be required for everybody working out.

[–]sirkarrde 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

Oh hey Andy, good to see you! See that OP? Easy Strength is now GMB approved as well, don't think it needs any more credentials.

[–]TanBoy11 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

What exactly does Easy Strength cover and why is it so popular? What can someone who uses dumbbells and bodyweight gain from the book?

[–]rocksupremeActually Andy Fossett 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

hahahaha, I don't think Dan John is sitting around waiting for our recommendation ;)

[–]TanBoy11 0ポイント1ポイント  (3子コメント)

What exactly does Easy Strength cover and why is it so popular? What can someone who uses dumbbells and bodyweight gain from the book?

[–]rocksupremeActually Andy Fossett 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

The second half of the book describes a program and some variations for a daily minimal weight training routine. That's a good routine, and I've done something like it before with good results.

The first section that I found especially good was a description of different kinds of athletes and how the focus of your training career might change over time. They have recommendations for people at different stages, but the crux is that most training routines are optimized for short-term payoff in a single dimension. The Easy Strength plan itself is aimed at "longevity" for a general base of fitness.

The discussion in general is helpful for thinking about what you're really training for and what routines are actually going to be a good fit for you.

[–]TanBoy11 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

So it's a useful resource for all types of training including bodyweight?

[–]rocksupremeActually Andy Fossett 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

yes

[–]sheldoneousk 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'll add free+style by Carl Paoli

[–]rocksupremeActually Andy Fossett 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

To the excellent suggestions already posted, I'll add:

  • Movement by Gray Cook
  • A Guide to Better Movement by Todd Hargrove
  • Original Strength by Tom Anderson
  • Stretching Scientifically by Thomas Kurz

Even if you're not especially interested in learning to do splits, SS has a lot of great info on organizing your training and now flexibility and strength are related.

[–]benjimann91Climbing 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Movement by Gray Cook looks really interesting. Could I ask why you recommend it?

[–]rocksupremeActually Andy Fossett 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think Cook is one of the smartest people giving a holistic view of how all movement is connected and the systemic adaptations that our daily life and training apply to each other. Especially for "bodyweight" training, you have a lot of high-skill movement that sometimes appears to be at odds with "classical" weighted exercise philosophies. Some of Cook's writing is dense, but it's very clear, and if you're drawn to improving mastery of your body, it will be valuable for you.

[–]bwfbill 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I bought Al Kavadlo's books Raising the Bar and also Pushing the Limits. You can probably get most of the info from his website and videos anyway, but it's nice having a paper reference and supporting Al.

The combination of those two books gives pretty comprehensive coverage of bodyweight exercises, with good pictures. They also managed to come up with an impressive number of bad puns.

[–]pilotwordtooGeneral Fitness 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

In my opinion, nothing can beat Overcoming Gravity when it comes to body weight fitness. The author is even a frequent visitor of the sub. Buy it and read it NOW.

[–]bearblastingg 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

http://www.amazon.com/Free-Style-Maximize-Performance-Movements/dp/1628600209/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438371307&sr=8-1&keywords=freestyle+book

Awesome book.

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[–]benjimann91Climbing 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff and Light On Yoga by BKS Iyengar are two crucial texts for beginners in yoga.

As others have said, Overcoming Gravity is the holy grail of bodyweight exercise manuals. Pricey, but worth it.

If you're into running at all, or even interested in prehab for the legs and core, I would suggest Anatomy for Runners by Jay Dicharry. It's such a great text, and blows Kelly Starrett's material out of the water IMO.