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Helps bodybuilders and strength athletes isolate exercises that focus on these particular muscles. Instead of working all the muscles, specialisation will bulk up bodybuilders where they feel they need special emphasis.
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Peter Sisco is the co-author of numerous fitness and bodybuilding books, including Power Factor Specialization: Abs & Legs (0-80902-2827-0), Power Factor Specialization: Chest & Arms (0-8092-2828-9), and Power Factor Training (0-8092-3017-2).
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We have never ceased to be amazed by the willingness of bodybuilders and those seeking to increase their health and fitness levels to accept as truth unproved edicts that have endured throughout decades. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
We have never ceased to be amazed by the willingness of bodybuilders and those seeking to increase their health and fitness levels to accept as truth unproved edicts that have endured throughout decades. Read the first page
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Are you unnecessary?
25 Mar 2000
Format:Paperback
My father taught me if you agree with everything an author (or anyone else says) one of you is unnecessary, and it's not the author. This training system works. I don't agree with the partial reps approach - FOR ME. But applying their formulae to my workouts and using full range movements, I have nearly doubled my functional strength in less than 8 weeks and in only 6 workouts. I have added 11 pounds of lean muscle mass (based on caliper testing). More importantly to me, I have nearly tripled my muscle endurance. And my workouts take a quarter of the time they used to, so I have more time to enjoy other areas of my life. This book is definitely worth reading.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
The book with the most thorough research on weightlifting!
1 Jun 2001
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I must say that I am more than satisfied with the content of this book. The research that these two authors have placed in this book is amazing! These authors have given us the basis as to why certain exercises work and why others don't. They also provide us with an incredibly intense workout program.
As a weightlifter, I have read in many books, such as "Beef It" by Robert Kennedy and "Basic Weight Training" by Thomas D. Fahey, that one should not overtrain. What is the definition of overtraining? Well, these two authors have given us a mathematical (yes, mathematical!) formula that can help us measure how much our strength has grown and whether or not we have overtrained our muscles. How many other weight training books have been able to encapsulate our amount of muscular output into a mathematical formula?
These two authors took the time to analyze the most popular arm and chest exercises in existence and rated them according to their overall effectiveness. Do you think dumbell butterfly is a good exercise for you chest? If you do, then you really need to buy this book. It's no wonder why Harvard University's Physiological Department utilizes this book as the basis for their research.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Make up your own mind
18 Aug 2001
Format:Paperback
The philosophy of "Power Factor Training" is doing heavy partial reps in X amount of time. Okay? That's it. Some people swear by it. Others swear at it. Make up your own mind. The book is valuable, though, in that it does show which exercises are the most effective for certain areas.
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