It is the greatest period. And it is the greatest book ever written on how to while training with weights.
Beyond brawn. In fact going to the gym isn t about breaking you down it s about building you up. Beyond brawn is the most comprehensive helpful and honest book on natural strength training today. Bob whelan ms ms cscs president whelan strength training washington dc usa.
About beyond brawn training systems. About beyond brawn i want to say without hesitation that is the greatest book ever written on how to train with weights. Unless you have a terrific genetic inheritance for muscle building the conventional approach that prescribes a traditional split routine delivers little or no gains.
In today s fitness world the goal of a workout seems to be sweat as much as possible and be as sore as possible the next day or else you re wasting your time. This is a 512 page encyclopaedia on how to build a terrific physique. Read 19 reviews from the world s largest community for readers.
It s the same as the second edition except for hundreds of changes in the details of the content together with hundreds of minor changes in style. Beyond brawn does a great job of covering thoroughly all aspects of strength fitness from the author s personal perspective. December 14 2015 5 25pm 1.
The lessons are repetitive ad nauseum. Dick conner veteran strength coach and year plus. Getting in shape doesn t have to be a punishment.
Beyond brawn is one of the all time finest bodybuilding guides now in its third edition which has a lower retail price than the second edition. It is not a powerlifting or weightlifting book this is the book that remains on the floor next to the bed or on the night table which can and should be looked at nightly. Beyond brawn is essentially brawn in depth continuing the challenge to the high volume schwarzenegger esque spend hours in the gym type programs.
I have a hard time beleiving that working 2 times a week is enough for massive muscle gains. Nevertheless i decided to give beyond brawn a fair chance. The range of topics is impressive for a single book lays out an all encompassing strategy for achieving gains and customizing them to the user s needs.
The very first sentence echoes throughout the entire book. Beyond brawn is an encyclopedia of information detail upon detail of all of the subtopics related to weight training. Does anybody here work out the way described in stuart mcrobert s beyond brawn and grow from it.
Assistance work is limited. In a nutshell mcrobert recommends focusing on up to five basic compound exercises covering the whole body doing them every workout and sticking with them for years.
