Maximize Your Training

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Summary: An EXCELLENT guide to intelligent, informed training.
Review: This book is really great; it provides background and insight into the "hows" and "whys" of weight training. It is a massive book, packed with useful information. Rather than take a passive role in your exercise program (i.e., go to a trainer and have a program handed to you), "MAXIMIZE" empowers the reader about WHY to train a certain way and HOW it affects the body. A different author writes each chapter in the book, which is a bit disconcerting; but a wonderful editing job by Matt Brzycki makes the transitions as painless as possible. For anyone who is interested in developing an intelligent, efficient training program, this book is a must buy.

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Summary: Contains at least one gold nugget
Review: This is going to be a negative review and to let you know I am as serious as a heart attack with what I am about to write. Please do not get this book. It will be one of the worst decisions you can ever make in relation to your fitness future (If you are an athlete run away from this book!). I personally trained with the author for one year, directly under his supervision and experienced the most humiliating season of my life. I went from being a national finalist in DIII wrestling to getting my butt kicked everytime I wrestled anybody who was tough. I literally got physically pushed around despite the fact that I trained to exhaustion on every exercise I did (to the point of vomitting and disorientation) directly under Matt's supervision. I was pulled into hit training becuase I wanted to take my wrestling to the next level an was totally brainwashed after I heard from matt that this was how Penn State trained (little did I know that Penn States best wrestlers did not follow the HIT approach on their own)After the season I trained in Jadwin Gym with the author I immediately went back to my previous high volume training methods and became an all american again! This is why I beg you to have nothing to do with HIT training. With all honesty It does not work. The professional teams that these guys reference to that they train HIT with forget to tell you that all of the star athletes on the team hire outside strength coaches to work with them and have nothing to do with the teams HIT approach. I am currently a certified personal trainer in the Princeton Area (N.S.C.A. C.S.C.S., and A.C.E. CPT.) and have over 5 years experience in the fitness field. I have achieved great results with my clients and none of their training programs have anything to do with the HIT approach. I know Matt, Tony, and have met Rocco and Chip (Four of the authors) and they are all great guys. I mean no personal disrespect to them however I feel I owe it to others to not make the same mistake I made in taking on hit training.