Best book on Lifting

[killthesunshine]

Quote from Pension_Admin:

I just do body weight squat. It's safe and I don't need to care too much about my posture, since it is natural. If I want to do a heavier weight, I just eat more.

Life is good!

PA

well if thats all you can do thats all you can do

 

[blackjack007]

when doing squats, you cannot keep your torso perpendicular to the ground because your center of mass would be too far back and you'd immediately fall backwards. you HAVE to have the barbell over your feet, which means you have to learn forward. that is, unless you're squatting 20 lbs.

why do i have a feeling some people here are obese monday-morning quarterbacks who haven't done a single squat ever?

 

[Gcapman]

Quote from blackjack007:

when doing squats, you cannot keep your torso perpendicular to the ground because your center of mass would be too far back and you'd immediately fall backwards. you HAVE to have the barbell over your feet, which means you have to learn forward. that is, unless you're squatting 20 lbs.

why do i have a feeling some people here are obese monday-morning quarterbacks who haven't done a single squat ever?

Also, imo far too many people squat too low with far too much weight

That will catch up with them when they are 50

Instead, they should focus on hip action in lieu of knee action and push out the lower back as much as possible and hold the position for a few seconds - this is how I squat and it makes my quads scream!

Or you can do 1-leg squats -- my speciality

 

[Gabfly1]

Finally, a couple of people who know what they're talking about. But I don't know about the one-legged squats, though. If you go all out, you may be risking an abdominal hernia. Some people, about 10% I think, have a slightly larger space than average in the center column between their abs. This makes them susceptible to such hernias, particularly when the movement is unbalanced (i.e., one leg). So, personally, I wouldn't mess with that movement. Further, being as lazy as I am, I prefer to work both legs (or arms) simultaneously rather than spend twice as much time to get the job done.

 

[acronym]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJJ7dEKvZII

 

[nbates]

Sheesh, I can barely pull myself out of bed in the morning and waddle to the monitors these days, but My wife just got super serious about body building and now I'm up early to run (after a couple Marlboro's of course) and it's a hard road back up-hill for me, total fun & so great!

http://www.onequant.com/nbates.jpg

 

[phenomena]

Arnold - Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding... hands down. Not even a question.

Quote from nitro:

I have three months to do it. I want to get back in decent shape. My goal is simple, lose weight and build strength and mass. I have never lifted weights in my life (only for fun or on dares) because I have always been naturally strong and fit, but this doesn't work anymore. Clothes don't hang on me the same way they used to, and it is bugging me. I am a Mesomorph or Endomorph so it shouldn't be hard to do, I think.

I decided on this book because it is exactly three months:

Men's Health Maximum Muscle Plan: The High-Efficiency Workout Program to Increase Your Strength and Muscle Size in Just 12 Weeks (Paperback)
~ Thomas Incledon

I will be taking it with me and reading and looking like an idiot at the gym because when I don't know what I am doing I like to follow a procedure.

My hope is that this isn't some guy that decided to write a book and he doesn't know what he is talking about.

 

[phenomena]

He suggests 9-12 sets per body part per workout for most body parts, and less for a few others. If that's too much for you in your 20s, your a fcking pussy.

Quote from Gabfly1:

I have his Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding, which I bought in the late '80s or early '90s. If I recall correctly, he proposed far too many sets per muscle group. Anyone following his regimen would be overtraining, especially in middle age. Also, he covers many unnecessary isolation exercises which may have value if you're going to compete for titles, otherwise not so much. Focus on the chassis before getting to the woodgrain finish.

 

[loik]

Quote from nitro:

BTW, my idea of a fit body is the way that Christian Bale looks like in Batman Begins.

Hva you seen the Machinist, a movie shot a short time before Batman?

 

[Gabfly1]

Quote from phenomena:

He suggests 9-12 sets per body part per workout for most body parts, and less for a few others. If that's too much for you in your 20s, your a fcking pussy.

As I recall, his book, which I bought over 20 years ago, outlined some routines that called for about 20 sets for some muscle groups and possibly more. I was doing about 9-12 sets per muscle group into my mid 40s. I have since dialed it down a bit. In their heyday, Arnold and his contemporaries were doing too many sets if you went by what was written in some of the magazines and books in those days.