I also found the style somewhat grating. But I think overall the progression that he lays out, that is actually used for his athletes, is pretty worthwhile. The issue is that resources like these:
tell you how to progress on lots of individual exercises but don’t give you much info on how to create an actual program. Most newbies benefit a lot more from a lack of ambiguity and choice at the beginning. “Just do x, and know you’ll improve”, is highly motivating when you don’t have enough background knowledge to differentiate lots of competing claims.
The overcoming gravity program also seems good as an alternative. Both that and Building the Gymnastic Body are...acquirable for review without outlay.
The only person on lesswrong who plausibly knows more about general fitness than RomeoStevens is wedrifid. I’d trust his recommendation. Or you could ask the experts at r/bodyweightfitness.
The reviews on amazon make this book sound terrible. Apparently it references several other books that aren’t even published and probably won’t be?
I also found the style somewhat grating. But I think overall the progression that he lays out, that is actually used for his athletes, is pretty worthwhile. The issue is that resources like these:
http://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/faq http://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/basic_exercises
tell you how to progress on lots of individual exercises but don’t give you much info on how to create an actual program. Most newbies benefit a lot more from a lack of ambiguity and choice at the beginning. “Just do x, and know you’ll improve”, is highly motivating when you don’t have enough background knowledge to differentiate lots of competing claims.
The overcoming gravity program also seems good as an alternative. Both that and Building the Gymnastic Body are...acquirable for review without outlay.
There’s a phrase I need to add to my lexicon. Thanks!
The only person on lesswrong who plausibly knows more about general fitness than RomeoStevens is wedrifid. I’d trust his recommendation. Or you could ask the experts at r/bodyweightfitness.