Supertraining by Mel Siff?

[Madmick]

A couple guys mentioned you could buy it online. Where? I couldn't find it, and the only used copy is selling for something like $160.

 

[farmboy]

Wow, that is pricey. I found it on Amazon for 149.95:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...f=sr_1_1/002-8046858-8180032?v=glance&s=books

Here's one for 56.95, though:

http://www.flexcart.com/members/elitefts/default.asp?m=&pid=63&cid=

 

[CarnalSalvation]

Even the cheaper one is the same price as a pair of 45's. Mull that over you ugly motherfuckers.

 

[Espo]

Even the cheaper one is the same price as a pair of 45's. Mull that over you ugly motherfuckers.

LOL!!! :icon_twis

 

[Madmick]

Wow, that is pricey. I found it on Amazon for 149.95:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...f=sr_1_1/002-8046858-8180032?v=glance&s=books

Here's one for 56.95, though:

http://www.flexcart.com/members/elitefts/default.asp?m=&pid=63&cid=

No, I meant the e-book.

Carnal, go smoke a spliff and eat some corned beef hash, pretty boy.

 

[cockysprinter]

i never knew there was an e-book of it. i got mine from elitfts.

 

[Urban]

Yup, got mine from elitefts.com

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WOAH!!! DID ANYONE ELSE NOTICE THEY TOTALLY HOMOED THEIR SITE?! WHAT THE FUCK?! I HAD TO DOUBLE CHECK THE URL!

 

[Madmick]

i never knew there was an e-book of it. i got mine from elitfts.

I never confirmed this. I think it was a white belt who posted that in the Mel Siff thread: "There's no reason not to own it since I just saw an e-book version on the web..." or something like that.

But thanks for the link, Cocky & Urban.

 

[Madmick]

i never knew there was an e-book of it. i got mine from elitfts.

Is it really "the best book ever written on the topic of strength and conditioning"? How would you compare it to Bompa's "Periodization" or Zatsiorski's "Science and Practice..."?

$60 is a lot to shell out, especially since I not too long ago shelled out $75 for the aforementioned two books.

 

[cockysprinter]

not much in supertraining is readily applicable, so it depends on your perspective. i still havent gotten through it, but its very dense information wise, almost like reading foreign literature.

 

[Madmick]

not much in supertraining is readily applicable, so it depends on your perspective. i still havent gotten through it, but its very dense information wise, almost like reading foreign literature.

Well, I'm getting more into the theory of everything, especially since I started studying for the CSCS exam.

I just received a bunch of books:
"Core Performance" by Mark Verstegen
"Functional Training for Sports" by Michael Boyle
"Sports Power" by David Sandler
"Ultimate Flexibility for the Martial Arts" by Sang Kim
"Jumping Into Plyometrics" by Don Chu (the 2nd Edition...I know the 1st by rote)

My plate is full. Actually, I need to get off the forum right now and go read.

 

[HitmanNO.1]

how come it is so expensive on AMAZON? is it just bc its so big?

 

[Aaron Howard]

Well, I'm getting more into the theory of everything, especially since I started studying for the CSCS exam.

I just received a bunch of books:
"Core Performance" by Mark Verstegen
"Functional Training for Sports" by Michael Boyle
"Sports Power" by David Sandler
"Ultimate Flexibility for the Martial Arts" by Sang Kim
"Jumping Into Plyometrics" by Don Chu (the 2nd Edition...I know the 1st by rote)

My plate is full. Actually, I need to get off the forum right now and go read.

I highly recommend "Starting Strength" by Mark Rippetoe. It's covers the basics of squat, pull, bench, and a few others. Very very very applicable, probably much moreso than Supertraining. Unless you'll be training highly elite athletes.

 

[Henry Swanson]

I borrowed a copy of Supertraining and it's anything but a light read. It's a great resource to have but I prefer Serious Strength Training by Bompa, a little easier to read!!!

 

[Madmick]

I borrowed a copy of Supertraining and it's anything but a light read. It's a great resource to have but I prefer Serious Strength Training by Bompa, a little easier to read!!!

Isn't "Serious Strength Training" his book adapting periodization to bodybuilding? If you're an athlete, I don't think that's the one you want.

You want "Periodization Training for Sports". Actually, the second edition just came out. Damn. I own the first. There's 30 more pages. I wonder what he added?

 

[Madmick]

I highly recommend "Starting Strength" by Mark Rippetoe. It's covers the basics of squat, pull, bench, and a few others. Very very very applicable, probably much moreso than Supertraining. Unless you'll be training highly elite athletes.

That's a powerlifting book. I'm not a powerlifter.

(I speak this to the void...)

 

[Henry Swanson]

Isn't "Serious Strength Training" his book adapting periodization to bodybuilding? If you're an athlete, I don't think that's the one you want.

You want "Periodization Training for Sports". Actually, the second edition just came out. Damn. I own the first. There's 30 more pages. I wonder what he added?

It does have some bodybuilding programs but there are some strength programs in it as well!