Power Factor Specialization: Shoulders & Back [Paperback]

Peter Sisco (Author)

Book Description

Series: Power Factor Specialization, 2 | Publication Date: November 11, 1999

"Occasionally revolutionary ideas disrupt the physical sciences. Such is the case with Power Factor Training." - "Flex magazine". "After using the Power Factor Training system, I can't believe I ever used anything else. All the training I used in the past is now obsolete." - Chris Duffy, National Heavyweight Champion. "Power Factor Training has picked up where Arthur Jones, Ellington Darden, and Mike Mentzer left off - and carried high-intensity training to its furthest possible level. I recommend it to all of my students who are interested in building maximum muscle mass - drug free!" - Dr. David Staplin, University of Minnesota. In "Power Factor Training: A Scientific Approach to Building Lean Muscle", bodybuilding and fitness pioneers Peter Sisco and John Little introduced a revolutionary new bodybuilding system that showed you how to develop your muscles to their fullest potential in the shortest time possible. Based on effective, scientifically proven principles of exercise, startling new research on recovery ability, and the importance of high intensity for stimulating muscle growth, the Power Factor Training system revealed how building a massively muscular body need not take years to accomplish. The response to Power Factor Training was overwhelming, so much so that readers demanded fuller Power Factor Training programs to isolate exercises for specific body parts. "Power Factor Specialization: Shoulders & Back" provides exact, meaningful measurements for all shoulder exercises and back exercises and compares the intensity, or Power Factor, of each exercise. Complete with charts, graphs, and photos, this book enables you, at a glance, to see what exercises are truly the best (and which ones are the worst!) for stimulating maximum muscle growth in your shoulders and back. For example, for your back workout, why perform bent-arm dumbbell pullovers when they provide only 34 percent of the intensity of close-grip underhand chin-ups? "Power Factor Specialization: Shoulders & Back" offers a completely authoritative method for determining the muscle-stimulating benefits of every shoulder and back workout you perform - with no more guesswork. It is now possible for you to determine exact exercises, weights, sets, and reps that you personally need to stimulate maximum muscle growth. You'll see immediate results from your first workout. Peter Sisco, editor of "Ironman" magazine's "Ultimate Bodybuilding" series, is the innovator of the Power Factor measurement of muscular intensity. John Little's articles have been published in every major bodybuilding and fitness magazine. He is the creator of the Static Contraction Training method and the editor of the "Bruce Lee Library" Series. Sisco and Little are the coauthors of "Static Contraction Training" and "The Golfer's Two-Minute Workout". Bodybuilders and strength athletes in more than fifty-eight countries have used their techniques.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"Occasionally revolutionary ideas disrupt the physical sciences. Such is the case with Power Factor Training." --Flex magazine "After using the Power Factor Training system, I can't believe I ever used anything else. All the training I used in the past is now obsolete." -- Chris Duffy, Nationals Heavyweight Champion "Power Factor Training has picked up where Arthur Jones, Ellington Darden, and Mike Mentzer left off--and carried high-intensity training to its furthest possible level. I recommend it to all of my students who are interested in building maximum muscle mass--drug free!" -- Dr. David Staplin, University of Minnesota In Power Factor Training: A Scientific Approach to Building Lean Muscle, bodybuilding and fitness pioneers Peter Sisco and John Little introduced a revolutionary new bodybuilding system that showed you how to develop your muscles to their fullest potential in the shortest time possible. Based on effective, scientifically proven principles of exercise, startling new research on recovery ability, and the importance of high intensity for stimulating muscle growth, the Power Factor Training system revealed how building a massively muscular body need not take years to accomplish. The response to Power Factor Training was overwhelming, so much so that readers demanded fuller Power Factor Training programs to isolate exercises for specific body parts. Power Factor Specialization: Shoulders & Back provides exact, meaningful measurements for all shoulder exercises and back exercises and compares the intensity, or Power Factor, of each exercise. Complete with charts, graphs, and photos, this book enables you, at a glance, to see what exercises are truly the best (and which ones are the worst!) for stimulating maximum muscle growth in your shoulders and back. For example, for your back workout, why perform bent-arm dumbbell pullovers when they provide only 34 percent of the intensity of close-grip underhand chin-ups? Power Factor Specialization: Shoulders & Back offers a completely authoritative method for determining the muscle-stimulating benefits of every shoulder and back workout you perform--with no more guesswork. It is now possible for you to determine exact exercises, weights, sets, and reps that you personally need to stimulate maximum muscle growth. You'll see immediate results from your first workout. Peter Sisco, editor of Ironman magazine's Ultimate Bodybuilding series, is the innovator of the Power Factor measurement of muscular intensity. John Little's articles have been published in every major bodybuilding and fitness magazine. He is the creator of the Static Contraction Training method and the editor of the Bruce Lee Library Series. Sisco and Little are the coauthors of Static Contraction Training and The Golfer's Two-Minute Workout. Bodybuilders and strength athletes in more than fifty-eight countries have used their techniques.

About the Author

Peter Sisco is the co-author of numerous fitness and bodybuilding books, including Power Factor Specialization: Abs & Legs (0-80902-2827-0), Power Factor Specialization: Chest & Arms (0-8092-2828-9), and Power Factor Training (0-8092-3017-2).

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (November 11, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809228289
• ISBN-13: 978-0809228287
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,484,994 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars high intensity , short range : welcome to the pain zone !, April 6, 2000

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L C Tweed (South Africa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Power Factor Specialization: Shoulders & Back (Paperback)

I would recommend the "power factor " approach to trainees in the intermediate and advance category. After a 26 year training career (weightlifting, powerlifting and bodybuilding), it was refreshing to read practical training ideas that could immediately be introduced to my workouts to up the overall intensity. Be warned.. these techniques are not for beginners and advance trainees should not overestimate their abilities when they hit those first high rep, short range movements ! Like all new training techniques ,apply your mind to the ideas and and routines presented and make an informed decision as to the best way to use them in terms of your own abilities and training goals...remember there are no final answers in the mysterious world of weight training (in spite what the academics would have us believe !).All I can say is that short range overloads did'nt harm Paul Anderson any (one of the strongest men of all time ) and after my first shoulder workout using this system , my delts were so burnt out I did'nt know where to put my arms !

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth considering, January 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Power Factor Specialization: Shoulders & Back (Paperback)

I'll give this book higher marks than the original book by these authors in which they put forward their idea of "Power Factor Training." The reason, is because while there are still a lot of people who will convincingly pick apart each argument put forward by the authors, at least with this specialization book, you get a look at what the most effective back and shoulder exercises are. That alone was worth the book. As for their controversial plan, look, if you're in a rut, it may be worth trying. Just read the fine print carefully, and buy a good calculator. You'll need it.