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Health, Fitness & Human Performance

Strength Training

Resistance training, from first principles.

10 topics · 2 curated works

Topics

Curated reading

2

Start here

No prior grounding assumed.

  • Starting StrengthMark Rippetoe, 2005

    Teaches five barbell lifts in mechanical detail and a linear progression that works precisely because it is boring.

    Book

Then

Assumes you know the vocabulary.

  • Scientific Principles of Strength TrainingIsraetel, Hoffmann & Smith, 2015

    Orders training variables by importance — specificity, overload, fatigue management — so effort goes where it matters.

    Book

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