Getting Stronger: Weight Training for Sports

by Bill Pearl

Written by Bill Pearl, a four-time Mr. Universe, and widely regarded as the best general book on weight training available, Getting Stronger contains specific strength training programs for 21 sports as well as general conditioning. The book includes more than 100 one-page fitness programs that can be performed by simply following the illustrations, while each lift is keyed to a section with specific instructions for that lift. The 20th anniversary edition includes new sections on nutrition, supplements, injury rehabilitation, stretching, and equipment.

Genres: Fitness, Nonfiction, Health, Reference, Self Help, Sports, How To

464 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bill Pearl is a legend. Aside from being a physiological freak, he was a powerful intellectual force, and an experimental wizard. An inspiration to anyone who wanted to build their body for any sport, a role model for vegetarians, Bill has written this encyclopedia of how to develop your muscles.

[Daren Doucet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for building body mass, and doing it with different variations and programs.

Includes programs for strength conditioning for any type of sport you maybe playing.

[Daphne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best weight-training book I've ever used. It was the textbook for my college class on Weight Training back in the day at NCSU, and the basic principles still stand. Clear illustrations and sample routines for a variety of sports make this book a classic in the genre.

[Qasim Zafar · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a kid in High-School, I came across this book in the library and it helped me a lot in terms of putting putting together exercise programs for the gym. Recently I saw it on Amazon, used, for a great price and going trough it again I couldn't help but think how indispensable it still is.

[Camille Anderson]

Great excercises