Beyond Brawn (McRoberts) Mini-Book Review

[Jim Ouini]

Well I've had this book for awhile now, and was finally able to dip into it as I had to make a quick business trip to San Diego.

Although I'm only halfway through, I have to say this book rocks - 450+ pages of all based around the basic theme of 'progressive resistance of the compound lifts'.

So he talks about using what he calls 'little gems' - basically microplates - to make slow steady progress. And he gives a lot of info on different way to set up training cycles, how to handle stalled lifts and so forth. Lots of inspirational and motivating stuff on how to keep your eye on the ball. But he always comes back to progressive resistance, patience, basic lifts.

Anyway, it's a great book. Easy to read as it's setup in an easy outline format so you can just pick up nuggets here and there, but I'm trying to read it straight through.

2 thumbs up, highly recommended.

 

[ErikZ]

Cool that you reviewed it Jimi... =D
Maybe I should check it out!

 

[Jim Ouini]

I think your mentor would approve

BTW, he also extols the virtues of the trap bar. I'm gonna pick one up, I think it'll be a good alternative to sumo DL and another way to work a squat with less strain on the body.

 

[Protobuilder]

Thanks for that, Jim. I’ve heard it’s a great resource.

 

[Tweakle]

The original Brawn was a lot more upbeat and motivational , with less of the doom & gloom... if you can find a copy of that then buy it instead