For better or for worse I grew up in the early internet days of the fitness industry. Combining Joe Weider magazines with random forums, I hobbled together a training program guaranteed to blitz my biceps, slice my quads and shred my abs. That at least, was the promise. I remember training long hours every day… Continue reading Ian King, ‘How Hard Should I Train?,’ Get Buffed (2002)
Strength coaching in America: a history of the innovation that transformed sports by Jason P. Shurley, Jan Todd, and Terry Todd, Austin, University of Texas Press, 2019, 348 pp., $40.00 (hardback), ISBN: 978-1-4773-1979-6 American culture is, in part, defined by a love of sport. From multi-million-dollar contracts to billion-dollar stadiums, it is impossible to deny… Continue reading Book Review: Strength coaching in America: a history of the innovation that transformed sports by Jason P. Shurley, Jan Todd, and Terry Todd, Austin
