Periodization Breakthrough!: The Ultimate Training System [Hardcover]

Steven J. Fleck (Author), William J. Kraemer (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 181 pages
• Publisher: Advanced Research Press; 1st edition (August 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889462004
• ISBN-13: 978-1889462004
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #304,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very basic and VERY Disappointing !!!, March 8, 1999

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Michael Emerson (Oakland CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Periodization Breakthrough!: The Ultimate Training System (Hardcover)

I expected much more from this book than I got. This is not a good read for those that have any knowledge of fitness or kinesiology. The quality information was just not there. If you have zero knowledge about periodization, then this book may be an O.K. read for you. I would still recommend against it however. There are much better books out there on periodization than this one. In fact, one of the books is by the authors that did this one. It is called Designing Resistance Training Programs. It is an excellent book ( 5 stars). That is another reason this book was so disappointing. These guys are quality scientists and writers. Unfortunately with this book, it looks like they were just out to make a buck.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good in Periodization bad in routine design, August 24, 1998

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Jaime "[e-mail]" (Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Periodization Breakthrough!: The Ultimate Training System (Hardcover)

This book explains very clearly how periodization works, allows to plan up to a year ahead, but only uses three examples (Strenght/Power, Basketball and general fitness). It uses routines extracted from somewhere and explains very loosely how periodization applies to them. You must have some knowledge about how to make a training routine, or this book will be useless.

The reason I gave three stars is because the book limits to explain a routine variation based on intensity and volume, leaving up to you the creation of your routines; its examples are very limited.

If your interest is in bodybuilding you will read almost half of the book, wondering where were left the routines.

If this is your first buy, look somewhere else, you can find (without periodization) better first buys out there.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent--Teaches you how to create your own Peridization.., November 18, 1999

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Chris Bruce ([e-mail]) (Ca, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Periodization Breakthrough!: The Ultimate Training System (Hardcover)

This was a really detailed book. I have read "Serious Strength Training" by Bompa, however I felt that this book gave me more insight into creating my own custom periodization schedule. Bompa's book had most of it pre-planned. The book had excellent citations for research an gave me all the information I needed in a well laid out format.