Book recommendations, anyone?

Lynne said:

There is a fairly comprehensive sports/fitness library about 35 feet
down the hall from my office. What should I read?

Lynne

I hear Will Brink is brilliant.

What are your goals? Are you training for a sport, aesthetics?

All of it 🙂

It depends on what your interests are as well as your personal goals.
The two are not necessarily limited to each other.

What and who you read also depends on how much information you desire
(i.e. the breadth of background you wish to acquire).

If you work in a dept related to sports (exercise phys/kinesiology?),
then I'm sure one of the faculty can more appropriately answer your
question (they are familiar with the contents of the library, etc).

JWC said:

Lynne said:

There is a fairly comprehensive sports/fitness library about 35 feet
down the hall from my office. What should I read?

Lynne

I hear Will Brink is brilliant.

Bwaahahahaaaa.....<cough ---- sputter> hehee

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Lynne said:

There is a fairly comprehensive sports/fitness library about 35 feet
down the hall from my office. What should I read?

What are your goals?

JWC said:

Lynne said:

There is a fairly comprehensive sports/fitness library about 35 feet
down the hall from my office. What should I read?

Lynne

I hear Will Brink is brilliant.

What are your goals? Are you training for a sport, aesthetics?

I *would* be training for ice dancing if I lived anywhere near a sheet
of ice. Alas, I do not.

My goals are are: not be a wimp. I can't do a pull-up. I am *going* to
get strong enough to do them. My dips are *slightly* closer than my
pull-ups. But I still can't do one. I want to be strong. I am the
proverbial last one picked for teams, super-weak girl.

I was an ice skater, and fairly high level. But that was over 15 years
ago. And even then, I had *no* upper body strength.

I intend to just keep increasing the weight that I can lift until one
of the following happens: 1) I decide that it's enough (unlikely) or 2)
old age actually prevents me from making improvements. I am 41 now, so
I have many years of improvement ahead of me.

The aesthetics follow, IMO. Looking great is nice, but legs that work
for as long as possible are better.

Lynne

elzinator said:

All of it 🙂

I'll go with that.

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Quoted message said:

If you work in a dept related to sports (exercise phys/kinesiology?),
then I'm sure one of the faculty can more appropriately answer your
question (they are familiar with the contents of the library, etc).

Ahem. Yeah, sure they are. It actually is a *school* related to sports,
but, um... no comment.

Lynne

Lynne said:

elzinator wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

If you work in a dept related to sports (exercise

phys/kinesiology?),

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

then I'm sure one of the faculty can more appropriately answer your
question (they are familiar with the contents of the library, etc).

Ahem. Yeah, sure they are. It actually is a *school* related to

sports,

Quoted message said:

but, um... no comment.

Well, I have no idea what you are implying there, so I can't comment
any further.

Lynne said:

I *would* be training for ice dancing if I lived anywhere near a sheet
of ice. Alas, I do not.

Wanna trade?

Quoted message said:

My goals are are: not be a wimp. I can't do a pull-up. I am *going* to
get strong enough to do them. My dips are *slightly* closer than my
pull-ups. But I still can't do one. I want to be strong. I am the
proverbial last one picked for teams, super-weak girl.

As Elzinator joked, read everything. Most books offer atleast
something of value. Keep an open mind and mix approaches - don't buy
into anyone who tells you that there is one way to train. That being
said, some are better than others, so my recommendations are below:

I've got a library of Stuart McRobert books that I love. He's
published a number of books:
- Brawn
- Further Brawn
- Beyond Brawn
- The Insider's Tell-All Handbook on Weight Training Technique

To learn how to complete key compound movements with good form -
definately look for 'The Insiders's Tell-All...'

For all around athleticism I recently picked up a book called
'Training for Speed, Agility and Quickness' (Lee E.Brown et al.).
While I hesitate to recommend it because of the weak illustrations, it
is bursting with great exercises and I have benefited greatly from
this book. While it doesn't focus on strength, it does wonders for
speed, agility and quickness which certainly gives you more
power/balance in whatever sport/activity you pursue.

Magazines! Most men's magazines are full of supplement junk and the
articles are rarely more than lame advertisements, so stick with
Women's magazines, they tend to have some really good articles.

Quoted message said:

The aesthetics follow, IMO. Looking great is nice, but legs that work
for as long as possible are better.

Mix in some Yoga and Pilates too. Great for stabilizing muscles and
all around mind/body health.

elzinator said:

Lynne said:

elzinator wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

If you work in a dept related to sports (exercise

phys/kinesiology?),

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

then I'm sure one of the faculty can more appropriately answer

your

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

question (they are familiar with the contents of the library,

etc).

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Ahem. Yeah, sure they are. It actually is a *school* related to

sports,

Quoted message said:

but, um... no comment.

Well, I have no idea what you are implying there, so I can't comment
any further.

I have to be very careful what I say here. Basically, the faculty are
overweight, out of shape, or of the opinion that women will bulk up if
they lift "too much."

Lynne said:

elzinator said:

Lynne said:

elzinator wrote:

Quoted message said:

> If you work in a dept related to sports (exercise

phys/kinesiology?),

Quoted message said:

> then I'm sure one of the faculty can more appropriately answer

your

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> question (they are familiar with the contents of the library,

etc).

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Ahem. Yeah, sure they are. It actually is a *school* related to

sports,

Quoted message said:

but, um... no comment.

Well, I have no idea what you are implying there, so I can't

comment

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

any further.

I have to be very careful what I say here. Basically, the faculty are
overweight, out of shape, or of the opinion that women will bulk up

if

Quoted message said:

they lift "too much."

Oh for Pete's sake. What 'school' is this??
Are they living in the '50's? or just ignorant?

elzinator said:

Quoted message said:

I have to be very careful what I say here. Basically, the faculty

are

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

overweight, out of shape, or of the opinion that women will bulk up

if

Quoted message said:

they lift "too much."

Oh for Pete's sake. What 'school' is this??
Are they living in the '50's? or just ignorant?

It wouldn't be a wise career move for me to name the school. Then
again, I tell people all the time that showing up for work here every
day isn't a wise career move...

Ignorant has a nice ring to it.

Lynne

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Lynne said:

elzinator said:

Lynne said:

elzinator wrote:

Quoted message said:

> If you work in a dept related to sports (exercise

phys/kinesiology?),

Quoted message said:

> then I'm sure one of the faculty can more appropriately answer

your

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> question (they are familiar with the contents of the library,

etc).

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Ahem. Yeah, sure they are. It actually is a *school* related to

sports,

Quoted message said:

but, um... no comment.

Well, I have no idea what you are implying there, so I can't comment
any further.

I have to be very careful what I say here. Basically, the faculty are
overweight, out of shape, or of the opinion that women will bulk up if
they lift "too much."

ewwwwhhhhh....

Those types.

Anyhow, in terms of texts my favorite is Zatsiorsky's "Science and
Practise of Strength Training". But I tend to be the egghead type.

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Lynne said:

elzinator said:

Lynne said:

elzinator wrote:

Quoted message said:

> If you work in a dept related to sports (exercise

phys/kinesiology?),

Quoted message said:

> then I'm sure one of the faculty can more appropriately answer

your

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> question (they are familiar with the contents of the library,

etc).

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Ahem. Yeah, sure they are. It actually is a *school* related to

sports,

Quoted message said:

but, um... no comment.

Well, I have no idea what you are implying there, so I can't comment
any further.

I have to be very careful what I say here. Basically, the faculty are
overweight, out of shape, or of the opinion that women will bulk up if
they lift "too much."

Yup, sounds like most nutrition or phys depts.at most schools.

--
Will Brink @ http://www.brinkzone.com/

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JWC said:

Lynne said:

There is a fairly comprehensive sports/fitness library about 35 feet
down the hall from my office. What should I read?

Lynne

I hear Will Brink is brilliant.

He's an idiot! Believe nothing he says! Not everyday you get to flame
yourself....

--
Will Brink @ http://www.brinkzone.com/

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elzinator said:

JWC said:

Lynne said:

There is a fairly comprehensive sports/fitness library about 35 feet
down the hall from my office. What should I read?

Lynne

I hear Will Brink is brilliant.

Bwaahahahaaaa.....<cough ---- sputter> hehee

[censored].

--
Will Brink @ http://www.brinkzone.com/

Will Brink said:

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elzinator said:

JWC said:

On 18 Feb 2005 08:02:38 -0800, "Lynne" <[email hidden]> wrote:

>There is a fairly comprehensive sports/fitness library about 35

feet

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>down the hall from my office. What should I read?
>
>Lynne

I hear Will Brink is brilliant.

Bwaahahahaaaa.....<cough ---- sputter> hehee

[censored].

That's 'beyotch', mister.
And you really need to repair your humor antenna.

Will Brink said:

Quoted message said:

I have to be very careful what I say here. Basically, the faculty

are

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

overweight, out of shape, or of the opinion that women will bulk up

if

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

they lift "too much."

Yup, sounds like most nutrition or phys depts.at most schools.

This morning, someone was kind enough to bring in home baked goodness
in the form of Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls from a can! It was home baked
goodness in the sense that the person opened the can and heated the
oven, anyway.

A) If you're going to eat a cinnamon roll, eat one that is made from
actual food ingredients.
B) If you're going to eat a cinnamon roll, eat one that *tastes* good.
C) If you're going to "wage war on obesity" don't bring this [censored] to
the office for your fat co-workers.
D) If you want to bring cinnamon rolls to work, learn to bake. And make
some that are small enough that each one doesn't feed a family for a
week.

L

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elzinator said:

Will Brink said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

elzinator said:

JWC wrote:
> On 18 Feb 2005 08:02:38 -0800, "Lynne" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
> >There is a fairly comprehensive sports/fitness library about 35

feet

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> >down the hall from my office. What should I read?
> >
> >Lynne
>
> I hear Will Brink is brilliant.

Bwaahahahaaaa.....<cough ---- sputter> hehee

[censored].

That's 'beyotch', mister.
And you really need to repair your humor antenna.

My humor antenna if fine thank you very much! Sarcasm meter is runnung
low on mojo however.

--
Will Brink @ http://www.brinkzone.com/

Will Brink said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

elzinator said:

Will Brink said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
"elzinator" <[email hidden]> wrote:

> JWC wrote:
> > On 18 Feb 2005 08:02:38 -0800, "Lynne" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> >
> > >There is a fairly comprehensive sports/fitness library about 35

feet

Quoted message said:

> > >down the hall from my office. What should I read?
> > >
> > >Lynne
> >
> > I hear Will Brink is brilliant.
>
> Bwaahahahaaaa.....<cough ---- sputter> hehee

[censored].

That's 'beyotch', mister.
And you really need to repair your humor antenna.

My humor antenna if fine thank you very much! Sarcasm meter is runnung
low on mojo however.

Ip yore "mojo" runnung in petreiol or in deesul?