How To Look Like Tarzan, Play Like Tarzan-And Win Like TarzanHeadline: What It Takes to Stack the Strength-Deck in Your Favor If football were played in the weight room or on the track, I could guarantee that each year, the team that won the championship would NOT be the team that won on the field of play. And that is absolutely true in every sport and every game. It's a rare track meet that you don't hear someone rhapsodize about training numbers and then see him or her lose badly. In football, we have a phrase for this: 'Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane.' Pavel and my goal in writing this book is to clarify the role and impact of strength training in fitness, sports, and life. We are committed to clarity, even though at times, it's impossible to navigate the sea of conflicting information regarding the lifting sports. Pavel's experience and research provides grounding and a confidence to Do this! as we often joke.What can you expect from reading this book?.You will learn some history. You will discover that almost everything discussed in the fitness industry has been done before-and often better..You will reexamine the role of strength training as it applies to sport. Doing so may serve as the greatest timesaver in history!.You will find that, like a medical doctor, a strength coach must be committed above all to Do no harm-a pledge that's often disregarded..You will be exposed to the concept of systematic education and the need to build an athlete (or anyone!) using some kind of intelligent approach..You will be exposed to another educational system-along with a way to harness its powers-that will give you clarity into all the various fitness, health, and nutritional information being tossed at you daily..You will discover the tools for teaching an entire team to improve in a sport-and why these great tools may be of no value to you in your training!.You will be exposed to what the best in sports do in the weigh

Easy Strength: How to Get a Lot Stronger Than Your Competition-And Dominate in Your Sport

Science & Math

Pavel Tsatsouline

Dan John

Evolution

DRAGON DOOR+PUBLICATIONS

Acclaimed strength coach Dan John has created the perfect guide for beginners, advanced lifters, and fitness professionals interested in correcting basic body movements and improving overall mobility and lifting performance. With his signature humor and clear step-by-step instructions, Coach John walks athletes and trainers through core movements, Olympic lifts, throws, proper powerlifting technique, and much more. Regardless of your training experience or age, Dan John will help you design and implement a program to improve mobility and flexibility and to maximize your time in the gym, no matter how much time you have. Learn the five simple principles that will change the way you approach training: * Strength training for lean body mass and joint mobility work trump everything else * Fundamental human movements are...fundamental. * Standards and gaps must be constantly assessed. * The notion of ‘park bench’ and ‘bus bench’ workouts must be applied throughout t

Intervention: Course Corrections for the Athlete and Trainer by John, Dan (2013) Paperback

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

On Target Publications

In Intervention, Dan described how he evaluates adults and suggests course corrections to improve the basics. He followed that with Can You Go?, where he addressed assessments trainers and coaches might use with their clients and athletes. Now, in Now What? Dan loops back around to tell us what to do next. You've brought your clients up to the minimum standards. You've done your assessments. Now what? That's the question Dan answers in this book, the third installment of this series. Dan John's Now What? will help you determine the next steps in moving toward the goals of your clients and athletes. "In Now What? Dan presents basic tools and training principles from his experiences as an athlete and coach, and applies them with experienced hands and through empathetic eyes toward the personal growth of his readers. It's a reasonable approach to help us all reach our goals, bringing greater satisfaction while working through the process." ~ Chip Morton

Now What?

Picture this (go ahead; it's an easy one): You're bored with your workouts. Nothing's changing; you're not getting stronger or leaner or feeling better, and, heck, maybe you'll just take a layoff and see what happens. You know what happens. That two-week layoff lasts a year, that's what happens! Now consider this: Traffic was light and you're fifteen minutes early for your dental cleaning appointment. You flip open your tablet and bring up your new copy of Before We Go. By the time the dental tech calls you, you've read two article chapters and are amped to get to the gym. Your mind is racing through the appointment, and it's all you can do to stay in that squeaky lounge chair. You get to the gym an hour later and sail through the best workout you've had in months, maybe years. That's what this book can do for you. "I go through one chapter at a time, slowly, and let it percolate." ~ TC Luoma, Editor-in-Chief, T Nation Dan John's Before We Go will spur your training to that exciting level you love. Following the pattern set by his earlier book Never Let Go (230 reviews averaging five stars, still in the top 30 weight training books after five years on Kindle), Before We Go is the second compilation of Dan's best articles previously published online.

Before We Go: An Ongoing Philosophy of Lifting, Living and Learning

The HKC-A Magical Method for Mastering Your Body Want the world's most effective program for becoming leaner, faster, more powerful, more explosive and stronger-in less time? And want that program to keep you performing at your strongest and best for years to come? Then, The Hardstyle Kettlebell Challenge is for you. The magic of the HKC program is that you only need three main exercises to deliver these results. Using Dragon Door's gold-standard HKC kettlebell certification program as his basis, Dan John lays out a field-tested set of protocols for athletic excellence and high-level physical performance, whatever your current condition. "Dan John is one of the premier strength coaches on the planet. I was thrilled to see him focus a book on the fundamental aspects of kettlebell training, the HKC. The kettlebell swing, goblet squat, and Turkish get-up represent movements that have been a foundation of my own strength programming for both my patients in the clinic, and fitness clients in the gym. I have seen profound changes in health and performance using Hardstyle kettlebell methods, from the fire fighter recovering from a low back injury, to training partners at my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy. Dan breaks down the core Hardstyle kettlebell movements like no one else. I thought I had a firm grasp of the technique, programming, and application of the swing, get-up, and goblet squat until I read this amazing book. He truly goes a mile deep on the subject with no fluff, and filled in the missing pieces for me that I didn't even know I had. This is an absolute must read for any coach or trainer looking to incorporate kettlebells into their clients' training. The HKC is also a great starting point for the average person wanting to start strength training but who is lost in the internet sea of (mis)information overload.

The Hardstyle Kettlebell Challenge, A Fundamental Guide To Training For Strength And Power