Remember when we talked about the upcoming book, FIT by Dr. Lon Kilgore, Dr. Michael Hartman, and myself? Well that book is now available.
I already gave you the the overview of the information in FIT in the last post, so instead we’ll talk about plainly today. This book is legit. I’m not just saying that because my name is on the cover, but I’ll point out that if the book sucked, then I wouldn’t want my name on the cover. This book is what the fitness industry needs. I hope that over time we can help influence effective training in the fitness realm in the same way as the strength/conditioning realm. That basically means tweaking the fundamentals of strength and conditioning and applying it to general fitness — and that’s what this book does.
A person with any level of advancement can pick this book up and benefit from it. Personally, I benefited from the strength, endurance, and mobility chapters (written by the other two fellas with PhDs). As most of you know, I have a keen interest in programming, and when we started this project in late 2010, this book enhanced my horizon on programming. It also made me develop the lessons that I’ve learned over time into simple, direct methods and progressions to implement.
This book can help the way you think about training, about programming, about applying stress, and improving ability regardless of what your true intentions are. And it does so without breaking down your body and causing injury. Whether you’re a combat veteran, aiming to get strong, or a sedentary person looking to start a new path to fitness, this book is for you. I sincerely give it all the support in the world and know it won’t let you down.
Feel free to ask questions here, the Facebook Fan Page, or Twitter.
PURCHASE THE BOOK ON AMAZON.COM
Fit: Table of Contents
Fitness – What it is
Fitness Adaptation – How we become fit
Strength
Endurance
Mobility
Multi-Element Fitness
Strength Exercises
Endurance Exercises
Mobility Exercises
Getting Ready to Train
Physics, Physiology & Food
Exercise Performance Standards
Purchased. Can’t fucking wait for this one to arrive in the mail.
Same here! Ordered it along with “Anatomy without a Scalpel”.
This sucks a bit though: Delivery estimate: Sept. 22, 2011 – Oct. 13, 2011
Shipping issues can be taken up with Amazon. I find it odd that it would take this long to ship to Germany (assuming I have your country correct).
–Justin
Just ordered it. Hopefully it doesn’t take to long to get here in Afghanistan.
Quick question. I have always done all my lifting in sambas. I just got a pair of addidas weightlifting shoes with a .6 of an inch lift. I wanted to try them out on squats and deads per the recommendations in starting strength and practical programming. Squats felt alright with the added heel. Deadlifts felt really shitty. My hips felt really high in the initial pull.
I am 6’2 and about 218 lbs.I have long legs and a short torso. Do you think I will benefit from the added heel if I just give it more time?
I’d have to see it to give a good opinion. Typically people with long femurs and a short torso would be more efficient with no heel. But it depends.
–Justin
No kindle/digital version?
Not at the moment, but it should be available by Halloween.
–Justin
I’m definetely going to pick this up, I need a definitive guide to these topics but it was hard to know who to trust.
I’m curious about the kindle version as well
mooseknuckles, took me quite awhile to get used to using my Rogues (compared to Chucks) for DL’ing, but was worth it eventually. A little tougher off the floor, but my lockout became much easier. I’d give them a shot for awhile.
Justin, looking forward to reading the book.
I asked the question about the Kindle version on the Fit facebook page. I do not have access to facebook at work and I do not remember the date, but it is coming.
I am excited for this book, and how I can apply it to my current weightlifting training.
@mooseknuckles
I don’t think a heel will ever be beneficial for deadlifting for a tall guy with long legs/short torso.
I ordered this two days ago. I cannot stress how pumped I am.
If I ever make it to a workshop or otherwise get to meet you, can I get it autographed?
While I think autographing things is weird since I’m just a random dude, sure.
–Justin
It’s been boughten.
Nice. Looking forward to reading it, especially since you never got back to me after I send my programming questionaire… ;-)
@Justin: Yeah, Germany is correct. I don´t know why it takes this long, standard shipping to Germany is 13 to 31(!) days. It´s the same for Greece, Ireland, Spain, Italy and so on.
Anyway, I´m looking forward to reading the book, I´m sure there will be very interesting stuff included.
I also ordered it along with Anatomy without a scalpel. Been meaning to order that one for a while so now was as good a time as any. Looking forward to it!
Ordered. 13 to 31 days to the UK as well. Bah humbug.
I will try to get a video up the next time I deadlift. Thanks for the input.
Ordered yesterday!
Justin, does the endurance section go into a lot of detail about different energy systems, programming for them and how it all works? Something I’ve really been thinking about lately and haven’t found any good resources with the information explained in a way that gives me a good understanding of what I’m really accomplishing when conditioning.
Yes, it does so. It’s not going to get incredibly detailed with biochemistry (especially since some of that stuff is unknown anyway), but it does go into good detail and you’ll be satisfied with what you learn.
–Justin
Ordered.
/Goes back to lurking
@adam
Check this out. Only explination I’ve ever read on the subject but it makes sense to me…
http://startingstrength.com/articles/death_by_prowler_reynolds.pdf
It’s a good article. He doesn’t really get into the limiting factor in the production of ATP as a result of the intensity or duration of the work, but to do so would create a much longer article. Reading this stuff is good for you guys, but more so knowing the conceptual process — what kind of stress is occurring and how the body adapts to it — is even better.
Another thing that nobody really talks about (that Matt did in his article) is limiting the extra stressful “conditioning” throughout the week. We also talk about that in FIT, and it’s a very important concept, especially considering what the majority of people involved in CrossFit experience.
I like how Matt thinks about structuring ‘conditioning’. Do you guys have any of his other articles off hand?
–Justin
I’m getting my tomorrow. Amazon Prime free 2-day Shipping. suckas.
I second the prowler article, and I think I’ll read it a few more times for good measure.
I hope Mark rights an article about building some arms soon. I am really curious as to how he built those massive pythons of his.
WRITES. Fucking auto correct.
Ordered the hell out of that book.
On an unrelated note, I made an early new year’s resolution that this is the last summer I’ll be working out in my garage gym without insulating and putting A/C in that bastard. 100F+ outside, even hotter in the garage (with all doors/windows open). Screw that. Also, screw Houston’s humidity.
Dude…I feel bad for you. The heat AND the humidity…dude….bro…chieftain…
–Justin
Can’t wait for the kindle version to come out!
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Donyou give or go over sample program outlines ?