ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSCLE STRENGTH: THE SEQUEL

After a grueling two years of work, the 2nd edition of my, "Encyclopedia of Muscle & Strength" by Human Kinetics, is now available in both paperback and digital versions.

Those of you who are members of JimStoppani.com may wonder what the benefit of owning the book is when you have the continually updated online version of my training and nutrition articles, videos and programs. Yes, my site provides you tons of content that is continually updated and built upon. But my encyclopedia offers you content that you won't find even on my site. "Encyclopedia of Muscle & Strength" walks you through the fundamentals of weight training and program design.

Not only will it provide you a crash course in weight-training science, but it will arm you with the ability to build your own programs or at the very least teach you how to modify mine to better fit your needs.

Strength Training

Chapter 1 of my book covers the basic science and principles of strength training. In Chapter 2, you learn about the five main variables that make up every workout. Chapter 3 introduces you to the concept of training cycles. And Chapter 4 gives you a rundown on literally every piece of equipment that you can use for strength training.

Part II of the book covers everything you need to know about training for muscle mass. This includes training splits to use and a simple yet

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