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October 26, 2007
Starting Strength Second Edition
Perfect coffee table reading
My copy of the second edition of Starting Strength (which now includes the subtitle Basic Barbell Training) arrived yesterday afternoon. I finished reading it this morning. The book's authors, Mark Rippetoe and Lon Kilgore, have once again outdone themselves and come up with the best book I've read on the 5 basic barbell lifts: the back squat, deadlift, shoulder press, bench press, and power clean.
Rip and Lon have added significant material (in the form of prose and pictures) to the already thorough first edition of the book. In particular, they added an entire section on valuable assistance exercises for the 5 lifts (pull-ups are one of them!).
If you're even mildly interested in training for strength (and therefore health), do yourself a favor and pick up a copy for yourself.
And more importantly, don't neglect your barbell training! Your life just might depend on it (read the book to find out what I'm talking about).
Posted by Mike Minium at October 26, 2007 11:57 PM
Comments
Thats some impressive reading speed Mike. I just finished the squatting section. I am learning a lot from this book.
Posted by: Lau at October 27, 2007 3:45 PM
just ordered a copy. looking forward to learning more about strength training.
Posted by: Joe P at October 28, 2007 4:13 PM
Was thinking of picking this up, now seems like a good time.
Posted by: Jeff at October 29, 2007 1:03 PM