Body for Life
by Bill Phillips · first published 1999
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…fan too of a good 5x5 program (such as Rippetoe's or as you'll find at http://www.stronglifts.com/). "New Rules" includes a suite of training programs aimed at various goals, which others may like. Body for Life is another good pick. There's considerable scholarly research on strength training as well, Google Scholar is a good place to do some digging (but don't obsess with minutia and details). 4: Realize that…
on “Exercises for a programmer sitting by the PC all day” ↗…recall, it was about 20 lbs. I have no clue whats in Diet Pepsi that causes weight/water retention. - Polyphasic sleep: A total scam in my experience. Maybe I need too much sleep. - 5BX: Really works - Body For Life: Really works as advertised, but consumes your life. - Couch (couldn't jog 400 meters to start) to ultramarathon in 8 months, with several marathons as "training" along the way. Some marathons were at…
on “ Trying Tim Ferriss's "no grain" diet for 30 days...” ↗While I'd always recommend barbell training, I actually got my start from a dead simple book called Body For Life, and I still think it makes a great beginners plan.
on “How Weight Training Might Change the Brain” ↗