Who are your favorite fitness authors?

[Blackmetalbunny]

Blows Convict Conditioning out of the water imho. It's a very dense book though. Some simplification and editing to make it easier on the eyes would make it even better.

To be honest; if not for the hoo-haa, ritz-glitzy, sheen-over writing of CC, I would not have sustained my interest in fitness. In an lifestyle that's hard to sustain, I'd say that any book that keeps people excited and transmits some usable information does a generally good job - I'll give it that at least. Whether a OAHSPU is even possible, that's another story.

[lennarn]

Joel Jamieson
Read this after picking it out of the TB recommended reading page. Really, really good book if you want to dive deep into the body's energy systems. Probably the gold standard for putting together a fight camp or coaching a combat athlete. Very theory heavy.

Which book is this about? Sounds like something I'd love to read.

Overcoming Gravity's Steve Low

I hear there's a second edition in the works.

[xfitxm]

Joel Jamieson
Read this after picking it out of the TB recommended reading page. Really, really good book if you want to dive deep into the body's energy systems. Probably the gold standard for putting together a fight camp or coaching a combat athlete. Very theory heavy.

Which book is this about? Sounds like something I'd love to read.

Overcoming Gravity's Steve Low

I hear there's a second edition in the works.

The book from Joel : http://www.8weeksout.com/ultimate-mma-c ... ing-order/


I received mine yesterday and started today. It seems really interesting but didn't had the chance to read a lot.

[Im6-7]

Joel Jamieson
Read this after picking it out of the TB recommended reading page. Really, really good book if you want to dive deep into the body's energy systems. Probably the gold standard for putting together a fight camp or coaching a combat athlete. Very theory heavy.

Which book is this about? Sounds like something I'd love to read.

Overcoming Gravity's Steve Low

I hear there's a second edition in the works.

It's by UFC strength & conditioning coach Joel Jamieson. It's an awesome book, mostly aimed at coaches or athletes putting together a pre-competition fight camp. BUT it is very theory-heavy, more of a cerebral take on things versus an actual program or template. The idea is you take the concepts, recommendations and principles and create the programming yourself. Don't expect a "do this" program. In that regard TB2 is much more useful. If I had to compare it, it would be like reading a textbook on periodization by Verkoshansky vs reading 5/3/1. One is more about concepts and principles, the other uses the concepts and principles but transforms it into useable "do this" information.

[lennarn]

BUT it is very theory-heavy, more of a cerebral take on things versus an actual program or template. The idea is you take the concepts, recommendations and principles and create the programming yourself.

Very good, this is exactly what I've been looking for. Is there an e-book version available?

[xfitxm]

BUT it is very theory-heavy, more of a cerebral take on things versus an actual program or template. The idea is you take the concepts, recommendations and principles and create the programming yourself.

Very good, this is exactly what I've been looking for. Is there an e-book version available?

I didn't found one. I had to pay the full price for shipping to Canada

[lennarn]

shipping to Canada

Where did it ship from? I have to pay shipping all the way to Norway, which quite often is a bit out of the way (expensive) and takes several weeks for packages to arrive.

[Adski]

Ross Enamait, been following his works since about 2008, and it's all still as useful now as it was then. I'll never forget the first time running the 50 day template from infinite intensity with a good friend of mine while we were still boxing competitively, that then was a big game changer. Plus his content is always that, content, no filler, all useful.

K. Black, goes without saying. The approach to strength training has changed everything for me personally, and keeps me from falling into the too hard too often category. Another no bs approach, and of course, the reintroduction of base building.

Mel Siff- supertraining and facts and fallacies were massive eye openers.

Greg Everett- his books on weightlifting are set up very well.

Chad Wesley Smith- for anyone into powerlifting, he has a few good reads out there.

Kelly Starett- I was sceptical with his work at first but I have found a good portion of it useful.

[Maxrip13]

I am staring at ross's 3 books in paper form right now. I never followed the 50 day template, but even just the principles and pinching some conditioning sessions has given me great value for those books.

Luckily I grew up reading all of Pavels books due to my father. I got exposed to kettle bells and pavels style of training from the very start. My favourite is beyond bodybuilding. It contained heaps of good little specialist training programs for particular things. I have read it so many times.

I have a few kelly starrett books, but outside of a few stretches I am not really sold on any of it.

I have read heaps of Dan john books and you can't really go wrong with any of them.

I enjoyed the 5/3/1 books also, but never followed the programming. I really like the way Wendler writes though.

I am not the biggest fan of Rippetoe, but his books would be good if you were just starting out. I used to read a heap of old Ironman Bodybuilding magazines and at one stage they had some really good info. They used to always speak about the old Bill Starr 5x5 and I preferred that writing style to Rips.

I want to buy 8 weeks out, but I am in Australia.

[Maxrip13]

Ross Enamait, been following his works since about 2008, and it's all still as useful now as it was then. I'll never forget the first time running the 50 day template from infinite intensity with a good friend of mine while we were still boxing competitively, that then was a big game changer. Plus his content is always that, content, no filler, all useful.

K. Black, goes without saying. The approach to strength training has changed everything for me personally, and keeps me from falling into the too hard too often category. Another no bs approach, and of course, the reintroduction of base building.

Mel Siff- supertraining and facts and fallacies were massive eye openers.

Greg Everett- his books on weightlifting are set up very well.

Chad Wesley Smith- for anyone into powerlifting, he has a few good reads out there.

Kelly Starett- I was sceptical with his work at first but I have found a good portion of it useful.

Hey mate,

This might seem random but did I see a fitness compilation you had posted a video of featuring some skating. I found it when browsing and some places looked familiar. If I was to mention Robbo and Palmerston to you, would you know what I mean ?? This may seem a bit random.