Ironmind: Stronger Minds, Stronger Bodies

One of the best programs avaliable.

This book is like a little devotional for weightlifters. That phrase sounds precious and fragile, but the book isn't. This is rock-solid motivational theory that will help you lift harder, day after day after day. Each short article (there are sixty in all) gives you a new tool to shift yourself into gear. This book is just the thing to start you on your way to more bulk, more power, more definition - whatever you want, this book helps you achieve it. When you're in a slump, it helps you pick yourself up. When you're moving, it helps you keep yourself going. The best thing is, it's always crystal clear that the force making this happen is YOU; the book just gives you the tools.Buy the book. Use the tools. Grow into your goals.

I bought this book because I am a middle-aged newbie to the sport of lifting and thought a 5 star motivational book would serve me well. This book was written with weight lifters in mind but it's common sense wisdom applies to all aspects of life. Mr. Strossen's writing is very accessible and clear. I've read a few motivational books and this one is hands down the best. Although I come from the same town as the author we have never met and this is an honest "from the heart" review.

The first book of a two part series featuring 50 of the first published articles of Ironmind. Very well written, very helpful. Its all about analyzing how we think and how what we think affects every aspect of our lives. This book is obviously geared toward weightlifting but it has something for everybody in terms of cognitive thinking.

overall the book is pretty good. i recomend for those who need an added boost or need a good motivation to start exercising. could be used as a power of positive thinking type book as well. For the experienced athlete, you've heard or been trained to think this way anyway, so, i recommend this book for the beginner or as a motivation to begin working out..

This is the first weight lifting book I have ever attempted to read. Good Stuff! One question though...Could the print be any smaller? I will have a tough time getting through the entire thing without a magniifying glass. I am wearing my reading glasses. I have never seen a book with such fine print and lots of empty space on each page.

makes one think !

great book wish the type was big enough for people over 45 years could read.i returned it becuse it hurt my eyes to work so hard, come on guys spend a little more cash and make the print bigger not just your pockets

This is a very well written book, covering a wide scope of practical psychology for weight lifters, bodybuilders and strongmen. I think the author has been influenced by John Mccallum's "Keys to Progress" which is unsurprising as he was the editor.I like the dense print and compact articles: great value for money and easy to understand. This is a book written for athletes, rather than for fellow academics. As such, it is very useful.The 60 pieces are a bit much in one hit, so I decided to read 2 a day for a month, and to try and implement the ideas accordingly.

For those who believe that muscle strenght is a matter apart from their lifestyle and daily worries, here is the book who highlights the main connections between body and mind. It focuses the analysis of your training failures on motivation and achievable goals to make you able to improve step by step through a clever approach that points out your weak side and explain you how to overcome your limits. I highly recommend this book for everybody who is seriously going to put his training to an upper level. AG

One of the best and most helpful books I've ever read, I will read this book over and over again excellent !

Very interesting from the first to the last page. Psychological facts are described in examples which can be understood easily.