Weight Training: Steps to Success (STS (Steps to Success Activity)

Two excellent authors. Really good information and advice. Takes a bit of getting through, and you may well need to read certain parts again, to fully understand.

For a basic textbook, it needs to define precisely what are a shoulder width or hip width stance. For example, it could show a frontal view of a model with shoulder width and/or hip width stance, and draw straight lines from shoulder joints (or the wide part of the hip bones) to the center (or centroid) of the feet. I am just guessing the definition because no book has shown me the definition.Rest time is short for 6-12RM range. I doubt it if you can keep the number of reps within the range for subsequent sets with the time allotted here.In step 12, it would be helpful if some sample designs are included.

I can't say enough good about this paperback book! It is a true learning tool. It makes clear even complicated material, and if you follow thru the steps (they are actually short chapters) you will come to be able to program just as the authors promise. If you are new to personal training, or just new to the gym, you would do well to spend the little amount of money this costs, devote a little time, and come away knowing something useful. The authors are not only lifetime experts in their field, but they are truly teachers in the best sense of that word. Thank you for your excellent book!

The book does not explain its principles well and contains few to none scientific references. Furthermore, it does not cite its information, so you are forced to rely on hope to understand the book. Lastly, although the book contains textual descriptions of the various exercises, it does not provide any video sources. And personally, I have found videos to be more useful for getting an overall feel of a workout than text descriptions. Overall, I rate it two stars because although the book is terrible for pedagogic reasons, Baechle did seem to put in some thought into the numbers provided, and it may be a helpful reference for those who already know all of the contents of the book. If you are looking for a bodybuilding textbook, you should instead use 'Body Building Revealed' by Will Brink, who is well-known for using hard science to back up his claims.

great tool for teaching weight training and for the experienced trainer to use as a reference