Mark Rippetoe è un allenatore di forza e autore americano riconosciuto per il suo approccio pratico alla costruzione della forza. La sua metodologia, radicata in decenni di esperienza e affinamento, si concentra sui principi fondamentali dello sviluppo efficace della forza. Rippetoe enfatizza l'efficienza e le pratiche basate sull'evidenza volte a massimizzare i guadagni di forza per gli atleti. Il suo lavoro offre ai lettori un quadro chiaro e attuabile per raggiungere i propri obiettivi fisici.
There is a difference between Exercise and Training. Exercise is physical activity for its own sake, a workout done for the effect it produces today, during the workout or right after you're through. Training is physical activity done with a longer-term goal in mind, the constituent workouts of which are specifically designed to produce that goal. Training is how athletes prepare to win, and how all motivated people approach physical preparation.
This book is for anyone serious about learning or coaching the basic lifts.
Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training is the new expanded version of the book that has been called "the best and most useful of fitness books." It picks up where Starting Strength: A Simple and Practical Guide for Coaching Beginners leaves off. With all new graphics and more than 750 illustrations, a more detailed analysis of the five most important exercises in the weight room, and a new chapter dealing with the most important assistance exercises, Basic Barbell Training offers the most complete examination in print of the most effective way to exercise.