Serious Strength Training By Tudor Bompa, Lorenzo J. Cornacchia

Paperback, 2nd edition 2003, 288 pages, very good condition

This new edition aims to retain all the elements of the first edition's scientifically based method for achieving the ultimate physique, as well as building on them with the addition of new information on nutrition and new exercises. Tudor Bompa expands on his periodized approach to strength training to include periodization of nutrition. Readers can match nutrition guidelines to each of the six training phases, maximizing their strength and muscle definition. In addition, Mauro Di Pasquale, an internationally renowned physician and body-building nutrition expert, presents his revolutionary diet. His method allows readers to structure their diets to meet their individual metabolic profiles. Table of Contents

Part 1 Science of strength training: adapting to the training stimulus; training methods for the ultimate physique; designing the perfect programme; accelerating progress through muscle recovery; maximizing nutrition for muscle growth; nutritional supplements. Part 2 Maximum stimulation exercises: choosing the best exercise; lower-body exercises; upper-body exercises. Part 3 The six phases of training: anatomical adaptation (AA); hypertrophy (H); mixed training (M); maximum strength (MxS); muscle definition (MD); transition (T).