Weight Lifting Book

fantasma · **Joined:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:16 pm **Posts:** 949

Can anyone suggest one or two good weight lifting books?

fiddlefaddle · **Joined:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:38 am **Posts:** 123

Hi Fantasma,

I love weightlifting.

Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe - very, very detailed info on the basic lifts (like 40 pages about squats) - you can preview on Amazon to see if this is what you're looking for

The New Rules of Lifting books are also pretty good, I think. Less detailed, quick to read and they have sample programs in them. You can also preview these on Amazon.

Good luck!

fantasma · **Joined:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:16 pm **Posts:** 949

fiddlefaddle wrote:

Hi Fantasma,

I love weightlifting.

Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe - very, very detailed info on the basic lifts (like 40 pages about squats) - you can preview on Amazon to see if this is what you're looking for

The New Rules of Lifting books are also pretty good, I think. Less detailed, quick to read and they have sample programs in them. You can also preview these on Amazon.

Good luck!

Ok awesome I saw alot of reviews on Starting Strength, I will get a copy. Thank you.

It is disconcerting to go to the part of the gym where only the guys go though...and I don't like to talk to them and ask questions...

fiddlefaddle · **Joined:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:38 am **Posts:** 123

I know, I still hate being the only woman on that side of the gym most of the time. But trust me, if you read Starting Strength, you'll know more than nearly anyone else there.

I've been known to practice at home with a broom when I'm trying something new. Then I don't have to look like such a fool the first time I try it out in public!

DoingHomework · **Joined:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:01 am **Posts:** 4503

Not a book but...

There are some great videos online that demonstrate proper technique for all sorts of exercises including weight lifting. Search and you will find.

And before you get too worried about how you look, there are a few professional athletes and at least one Olympian that go to the gym we do. They do some of the kookiest looking things with weights! (We're not talking about anyone famous here...just people who've are or were pros in volleyball, judo, or other non-money sports.)

geoff_tewierik · **Posted:** Tue Aug 07, 2012 6:01 pm

fiddlefaddle wrote:

Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe - very, very detailed info on the basic lifts (like 40 pages about squats) - you can preview on Amazon to see if this is what you're looking for

This +1.

Also grab the DVD.

fantasma · **Joined:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:16 pm **Posts:** 949

I don't have a dvd player so thanks for the suggestion.

geoff_tewierik · **Posted:** Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:10 pm

Not even a computer with a DVD player in it?

fantasma · **Joined:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:16 pm **Posts:** 949

geoff_tewierik wrote:

Not even a computer with a DVD player in it?

Nope

stannius · **Posted:** Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:10 am

fantasma wrote:

Nope

Not even a computer to which an external DVD player could be attached?

fantasma · **Joined:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:16 pm **Posts:** 949

stannius wrote:

fantasma wrote:

Nope

Not even a computer to which an external DVD player could be attached?

Nope....might get it for B-day...but don't watch dvd's much.

Ms Kitty Cliche · **Joined:** Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:28 am **Posts:** 86

for cis-female oriented lifting advice (including proper form pics) check out Stumptuous

http://www.stumptuous.com/

fantasma · **Joined:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:16 pm **Posts:** 949

Ms Kitty Cliche wrote:

for cis-female oriented lifting advice (including proper form pics) check out Stumptuous

http://www.stumptuous.com/

I got the book and I must say its a great book. It explains and teaches a lot.Thank you, for the website referral.

Ms Kitty Cliche · **Joined:** Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:28 am **Posts:** 86

The book is great - my sister gave it to me years ago and it got me into weightlifting. I've never been a big health or exercise fan. Actually, I'm a bit on the pudgy side even now, but unlike the rest of my family, I stopped getting a bigger belly and got bigger muscles. I feel like a superhero when I'm in the weightroom plus there are so many things I can tackle DIY because it doesn't wear me out.

When you start off fat, learning exercise is unfairly difficult, because almost all advice is really geared towards people who are maybe 20 lbs overweight at most. They don't consider that you have to be extra protective of joints etc and that your rest period needs to be longer. Krista does all that and more.

Shaun · **Joined:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:45 pm **Posts:** 179

The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding : The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revised [Paperback]
Arnold Schwarzenegger (Author), Bill Dobbins (Contributor)

http://www.amazon.com/The-New-Encyclope ... 0684857219

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