[Bodybuilding]The Black Book of Training Secrets

[Bodybuilding]The Black Book of Training Secrets

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Product Description
If you want to be bigger, stronger, faster and more powerful, you have
found the book to get you there. This is a great book because it was
written by a great coach: Christian Thibaudeau. Like all respected and
influential coaches, Christian has a strong background in athletic
training, but he's not confined by it. He blends his education and his
hands-on experiences into a training philosophy that can benefit anyone
from elite athletes to weekend warriors to those of us who just want to
look great naked.


Yes it's true… after months and months of waiting, the first edition of
The Black Book of Training Secrets is finally available. I agree that
the title may sound a bit much… after all, most coaches (me included)
have shouted high and wide that there's no such thing as
secret-training methods. I still believe that to be true. However,
there are quite a few things that may very well make the difference
between wasting your time in the gym year after year and making
seemingly unbelievable progress. While these things may not seem
revolutionary to those "in the know," they are indeed "secrets" to most
trainees and understanding them will make all the difference in the
world as far as gains are concerned.
At first I wanted to name the book Thibaudeaubuilding. Although cute, I
found it to be quite restrictive. Sure this book will give you a lot of
info on how to build muscle and a better physique, but you'll also
learn how to maximize your strength, power, and speed, not to mention
how to evaluate your needs or the needs of your clients. The book is so
inclusive and full of various tips and methods that I needed a name
that would at least give you an idea of what it contained.
Comments:
The Black Book of Training Secrets is crammed full of valuable
information on a variety of subjects. When I first flipped through the
pages glancing over pictures and diagrams I felt a little disappointed.
I felt I had in my hands another theoretical strength training book
that bombarded the reader with science leaving the reader wondering how
to apply any of this to the gym. But, as I dove into the text, I
noticed that Thibaudeau was doing something a little different - he was
presenting the theory in an easy-to-understand format followed by his
personal take on each subject. And, in almost every chapter, a real
world application was included to accompany the idea.

Chapters 2 through 8 focused primarily on theoretical keys to strength,
size, and power. These 65 pages cover time under tension principles,
the nervous system's role in training, evaluating the needs of trainees
through a variety of tests, training methods, how to incorporate volume
based on goals, periodization, aspects of intensity, aspects of
frequency, designing workouts based on fiber-types, as well as other
topics. If you think that list sounds exhausting, you're right. I found
myself reading a page or two then flipping back to the previous chapter
to compare other notes. After a couple days of that I had to put the
book in the back of my closet to let my brain cool off a bit.

Chapters 9 and 10 specifically discussed bodybuilding. Chapter 9 gave
tips on how to induce the most hypertrophy while working out. Tips
included maximal static contraction, constant maximal tension, stretch
movements, the "pump", and heavy lifting. Chapter 10 gives variations
of a 4-day per week, one body part per week program designed to
efficiently build massive muscle. An added bonus is a bench-press
periodization program designed to increase max bench.

For the football player or coach, Chapter 11 is devoted solely to
training for the football athlete. Presented is Christian's Level 1,
Phase 1, High-performance football training program. This chapter gives
instruction on how to complete each recommended lift, cone drills, and
a comprehensive 12-week guide that specifically outlines the program
down to each day of the 12 weeks. I've read books on football training
before, Bigger Faster Stronger (BFS) in particular. I'd recommend this
chapter over the BFS program for a beginner's football program. Sit
down BFS, here comes Thibaudeau.

One of the jewels of this book is Chapter 12. Chapter 12 discusses
proper form and execution of the Olympic lifts and gives a beginner
Olympic lifting program. Thibaudeau gives the common mistakes made
while learning the Olympic lifts and measure for correcting them.
Anyone who has wanted to start doing Olympic lifts or is starting
without the guidance of coach would benefit greatly from this chapter.

Chapter 13 is devoted to Short Topics. Topics include pre/post workout
nutrition, posing, post-tetanic potentiation, running, and swinging
workouts. The tidbits in this chapter, although brief, can open doors
to trainees that are usually not uncovered through the conventional gym
education.

The Black Book of Training Secrets touches on almost every aspect of
strength and bodybuilding training that I've had in my 12 years of
training. I wish this book had been available 10 years ago. This book
doesn't have a specific focus other than training in the global sense.
However, a specific focus would have narrowed the usefulness of this
didactic journal. Succinctly outlining a vast number of topics without
immersing readers in unnecessary theory makes The Black Book accessible
to Everyman.



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