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Periodization Breakthrough!: The Ultimate Training System

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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.

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.

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.

I thought this book was terribly awful. Its more of a briefreview of periodization, not a book on the theory, and training. Itsalmost like a cheap, and sloppy version of cliff notes on Dr.Bompa's Serious Strength Training. I would not recommend Periodization Breakthrough to anyone. If you want the complete theory, and training methodology of Periodization for bodybuilding/strength training purposes, I very highly recommend Dr. Bompa's Serious Strength Training. It is I beleive the best written book on the topic!

I was disappointed in this book. It advertises itself as containing "The Ultimate Training System," but does not live up to the title. It has some good material in it, and I appreciated the science-based support of the authors' theories. However, it is extremely light on practical examples. There are far better books out there to help you understand and develop "The Ultimate Training System." One I would recommend is The New Power Program: Protocols for Maximum Strength by Michael, Dr. Colgan.

I bought this book in college for a weight training class. We were expected to come up with an eight week routine, follow it, and see what kind of results we could achieve. I'd been following weight training routines out of magazines up until this point and had made basically no progress.

I read through the book, looking mainly at the general fitness sections and designed a routine that accounted for variety of exercises, rest periods, sets, rep ranges and total volume. At the end of the eight weeks, I had put on 20lbs of muscle and had a good understanding of basic training principles.

It took me quite a while to make a routine, maybe 5 hours of reading and messing with the variable to get it right. But once it was designed I just showed up at the gym, plugged in my exercises and didn't have to think again.

I've read quite a few books on program design since then, including "Designing Resistance Programs" and "Serious Strength Training" which have been mentioned by other reviewers and feel this is the most practical and accessible text.

In this book, the authors are very successful at condensing and explaining the concept of periodization in an easy to understand manner. The basic fundamentals are explained along with samples for planning your training from one session to one year! By varying your training according to these methods, you are able to avoid hitting the dreaded "plateau." Dr. Fleck and Dr. Kraemer do an outstanding job of giving the information in an easy to read and understand manner. I highly recommend this book for everyone from the fitness buff to the advanced trainee.

This books explains how to build up your own periodized training program.
Its practical approach and the step by step procedure make you understand how to reason when plannin g a periodized routine.
It is necessary, however, to have a clear understanding of the basic concepts of training, since no information is provided in this regard.

I need the adress of Mr. Steven J. Fleck, Ph.D