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	Men's Health Power Training: Build Bigger, Stronger Muscles with through Performance-based Conditioning Robert dos Remedios Rodale Books, 2007 - 333 pages average customer review:based on 46 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Best of Breed in Fitness and Weight Training... listen to Coach Dos!!!

Obviously Men's Health is an important magazine to keep in rotation for any guy concerned about fitness. The problem with the magazine is that because it must constantly produce new articles, the information (as any long-time reader may notice) can sometimes be contradictory.

Coach Dos' book has no problems when it comes to contradiction. He lays it out, in plain English with excellent photo examples, the exercises and routines that he has taught to his students over the course of time. He knows what works to transform the body, to strengthen and grow, to slim down and make lean, and all those other goals that most guys have.

I've given this book about 10 weeks and, no joke, at 28 I feel like I'm in the best shape I've ever been. I've certainly weighed more and looked "bigger" but now I feel leaner, more balanced, quicker, and stronger than before. I'm by no means a bodybuilder and looking like one is not my goal. I want to be lean and strong and this book is truly helping me realize those goals.

Coach Dos preaches explosive movements that require core strength, unilateral movements that demand balance, and he shies away from asking questions like "What do you bench?" in favor of "How many single-leg pistol squats can you bang out?" The routines are demanding, especially finishing them in the recommended time, but I've seen a bigger change in the past couple of months than I've seen in the past couple years of gym-going previously.

I'd highly recommend this book to anyone who can look through it and who honestly feels that they can stick to the routines. They will challenge you in ways you're not used to and you'll be thanking Coach Dos for it.

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Coach Dos has really impressed me.

I have purchased many books relating to strength training, including a few published under the "Men's Health" name, as this one is. This book is easily the finest out of the bunch. Other reviewers have compared it to the "Choose Your Own Adventure" children's book series and, to a certain extent, the basic premise is the same: Coach Dos gives you the tools and then lets you formulate your own workout. While 12 weeks worth of workouts are provided based on three different program designs (Total Fitness, Hypertrophy, and Strength Gain) the primary focus of this book is on allowing you to adapt the workouts to your own tastes and goals. You don't like doing power cleans? No problem - Coach Dos provides you with a dozen alternatives that will hit the same muscles. Bench presses hurt your wrists? Again, no problem - you can choose from several alternatives. Let's say you only have time to hit the weight room twice a week instead of three or four times. This book includes a template for you as well. It also includes extensive sections on High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and less extensive sections on nutrition and the like.

The above alone would only make the book "good" as opposed to "great." I became aware of the final factor roughly a month after I started the plan. Like any book, "Power Training" raises a few questions that are left unanswered. "Men's Health" has set up a subforum devoted to "Power Training" on its online discussion forums. I had a question about rest days that wasn't explained in the book to my satisfaction and asked around on the subforum, hoping another user could point me in the right direction. Within a few hours I had an answer from Coach Dos himself. My follow-up question was answered the following day. I have seen fitness authors answer readers' questions in the past, generally in the form of a general update on Amazon. This is the first time I have actually had an author personally walk me through an answer, in his free time, several months after the book had been published. Most authors could be expected (not unreasonably) to move on relatively soon after publication. Not this one.

If you're looking to shake up your lifting routine or are merely curious about power lifting, this book is worth every penny. Between the solid information included between the covers and the willingness of the author to provide individualized follow-ups, you really can't go wrong with "Power Training."

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A book you should not be without!

There are three books in my workout library which I consider indispensable: Beyond Bodybuilding by Pavel Tsatsouline, Ultimate Flexibility by Sang H. Kim, and this book, Men's Health Power Training by Coach Dos. This book is outstanding in every way: explanations of power movements and why you should do them, illustrations, and examples of workouts for Hypertrophy, strength, and general fitness, as well as workouts you can create on your own. I've been using the principals in this book for 4 months now and have seen remarkable gains in strenth, size, and fat loss. I can't recommend this book highly enough!

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Power book!

Excellent book!
I have lifted on and off for over 30 years, and this book provides great exercises that are efficient in terms of time for the overall impact. Core exercises are central to this book and after a few times really make you feel good when you do them.
Even my wife became an advocate and is improving the strength of her back, which has given her problems.
Only critique is the book could provide some more details on the exercises and some more pictures. A DVD would be a great addition. Also, I think there is not enough emphasis on cardio.
You need to invest some time to understand the exercises and get your routine down; after a few weeks, it becomes faster and easier and worth the time investment.

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Excellent Addition to Any Functional Training Library

I purchased this book after participating in a workshop held in Fargo, ND at which Coach Dos was the primary presenter. I found his straight forward approach to training for both athletes and the general population to be very practical and applicable to my own work and needs. The book would be an excellent first introduction or a worthwhile addition to an established collection of references.

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