17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed, August 27, 2000
This review is from: Powerlifting (Paperback)
I purchased this book to add to my general knowledge of powerlifting. It was extremely basic and utterly useless to anyone who has some knowledge of the sport. I hoped to gain information about training methods and routines, but the book did not deliver. The book also contradicts itself on many occasions. At one point, it claims working the calf muscle will not increase power, yet later it gives information on calf exercies to supplement the squat.
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28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
very useable for firewood, October 30, 2001
This review is from: Powerlifting (Paperback)
who is barney groves??????........and who are the supposedly national and world champions he presents in his book?????
as one who had been involved in powerlifting since it's inception as coach.....international referee.......and a 5 time world champion........i find this book to be a joke......mr groves may have meant well...but i find the book to be a piece of junk...written by a no name author ...giving incorrect information....using made up national and world champions to promote a book that teaches nothing........i guess anybody can make money on anything today in the good old u.s.a.
it does my sport a great disservice to present information like this to the general public......
the book should be rated as a comet not a star......i.e falling to earth and burning up is it's best chance of being useable
rickey dale crain
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great intro to the SPORT of POWERLIFTING!, April 29, 2006
This review is from: Powerlifting (Paperback)
A lot of folks confuse body building, weightlifting and power lifting. These are three sports that use similar equipment for different effect. It is important to explain this to avoid a lot of confusion and understand the authors target audience.
1. A bodybuilder is using a variety of exercises to have large and well defined muscles. While strength gains are real, the primary goal is to have a shapely body and the contests are based upon how good the contestant looks. There are numerous resources, magazines and so on available to the prospective trainee. Most people who "work out" are following one or more bodybuilding routines.
2. Weightlifting is a strength and speed exercise with many classic lifts such as the 'clean and jerk' - and this is the sport most people think of when they talk about weight training. This is an Olympic sport and has a lot of books and other references.
3. Powerlifting is mostly a strength exercise based upon 3 exercises: the Squat, the Bench Press and the Deadlift. This book is about this particular sport, and it is about these three lifts. If you want to know about this sort of lifting, the sport and the types of people that do this, as well as a taste of the types of diet and exercise programs people use to train, this is a good book.
*** It happens to be one of the only easily available books on the subject, as such it is a "must get" for the prospective Powerlifter. ***
The book is not a complete reference for an absolute beginner to weight training, but if someone is familiar with basic bodybuilding routines, and has done it for a little bit (a year of minimum training in my opinion) this is a great introduction into the sport of powerlifting. From some of the bios in the book, most of the people did bodybuilding for some time, and then discovered Powerlifting, and this probably should be no different.
The book does a great job of describing the lifts, how to perform them properly, and safely, and it explains routines for training, periodization for competition as well as how to set up your own powerlifting routine. You can glean a lot of information on the sport and routines for a variety of ages, body types as well as men and women form the book. It also has sections talking about how to have a balanced routine, which is important if you are to have a LONG powerlifting routine!
If you want to learn about POWERLIFTING (the sport) this is a great book! If you have some experience in bodybuilding and want to know more about some really core exercises as well as one possible way to expand you horizons with a new sport - pick this up!
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