Kindle Editions

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Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition

by Mark Rippetoe, illustrated by Jason Kelly

Starting Strength has been called the best and most useful of fitness books. The second edition, Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, has sold over 80,000 copies in a competitive global market for fitness education. Along with Practical Programming for Strength Training 2nd Edition, they form a simple, logical, and practical approach to strength training. Now, after four more years of testing and adjustment with thousands of athletes in seminars all over the country, this third edition expands and improves on the previous teaching methods and biomechanical analysis. No other book on barbell training ever written provides the detailed instruction on every aspect of the basic barbell exercises found in SS:BBT3. And while the methods for implementing barbell training detailed in the book are primarily aimed at young athletes, they have been successfully applied to everyone: young and old, male and female, fit and flabby, sick and healthy, weak and already strong. Many people all over the world have used the simple biological principle of stress/recovery/adaptation on which this method is based to improve their performance, their appearance, and their quality of life. SS:BBT3 is your complete guide to developing strength -- the foundation of athletic performance and the key to long-term health.

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Kindle Version Notes

CURRENT VERSION : 1 (January 14, 2012)

VIEWING : SSBBT3 was very challenging to format for Kindle due to the 800 or so illustrations and extensive layout and caption changes required. We've tested the output on an old Kindle 2, Kindle PC, Kindle Fire, and Kindle's Blackberry app. The Fire was the winner with our testers. Some images are difficult to see well on the Kindle 2 and the tiny Blackberry screen, but viewing these on full-screen applications (or reference to a hardcopy of the text) should have every user covered.

NAVIGATION : The kindle version contains a normal table of Contents that corresponds to the print version, but fully linked. We've also included a separate organization for use in the gym, "In the Gym: Quick Reference". This groups links to practical sections for each lift, as well as some other on-the-platform topics (see screenshots on Kindle PC here and here). Throughout the text, references to figures and other cross-references are linked to the corresponding location.

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Practical Programming for Strength Training, 2nd edition

by Mark Rippetoe and Lon Kilgore

Practical Programming offers a different approach to exercise programming. Based on a combined 70+ years of academic expertise, elite-level coaching experience, and the observation of thousands of novice trainees, the authors present a chronological analysis of the response to exercise as it varies through the training history of the athlete, one that reflects the realities of human physiology, psychology, and common sense. Practical Programming explains the differences in response to exercise commonly observed between athletes at the novice, intermediate, and advanced levels, explains these differences in the context of the relevant science, and presents new training models that actually work for athletes at all levels of experience. Complete with new, innovative graphical representation of cutting edge concepts in exercise programming, Practical Programming has become a standard reference in the field of exercise and human performance.

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Kindle Version Notes

CURRENT VERSION : 2 (November 4, 2010)

VIEWING : We've tested the output on an old Kindle 2, Kindle PC, and Kindle Fire. The illustrations and charts all work, but some are rather small on the dedicated devices.

NAVIGATION : The kindle version contains a table of Contents that corresponds to the print version, but fully linked. Figures and references in the text are linked to their respective figures and locations.

NEXT UPDATES : 1. Reformatting Contents to correct display of the list. 2. Update the description on this page to include links to the print Contents and the Kindle Contents display. 3. Addition of a Feedback page with links in the Kindle edition. If you have suggestions for other fixes, please contact us.

Strong Enough?

by Mark Rippetoe

There are lots of things about weight training in general and barbell exercise in particular that can only be learned by spending way too many hours in the gym. And honestly, unless you're a gym owner, this is a really weird way to spend 75 hours a week. Mark Rippetoe has been in the fitness industry since 1978 and has owned a black-iron gym since 1984. He knows things about lifting weights and training for performance that most other coaches and professionals have never had the chance to learn. This book of essays offers a glimpse into the depths of experience made possible through many years under the bar, and many more years spent helping others under the bar.

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Kindle Version Notes

CURRENT VERSION : 2 (September 24, 2010)

VIEWING : We've tested the output on an old Kindle 2, Kindle PC, and Kindle Fire. The illustrations and charts all work, but some are rather small on the dedicated devices.

NAVIGATION : The kindle version contains a table of Contents that corresponds to the print version, but fully linked.

NEXT UPDATES : 1. Reformatting Contents to correct display of the list. 2. Update the description on this page to include links to the print Contents and the Kindle Contents display. 3. Addition of a Feedback page with links in the Kindle edition.If you have suggestions for other fixes, please contact us.