Strength training used to be simple. Before performance-enhancing drugs muddied the waters and social media fed us new, “ground-breaking� exercises on a weekly basis, people simply focused on lifting the heaviest weights possible to build strength. The Overload System for Strength reintroduces this time-tested, proven approach to achieving strength gains in the shortest time possible. Influenced by legends in the field of strength and conditioning, you will learn the progressive range of motion and neurological carryover training methods from Paul Anderson; supramaximal partial lifts espoused by Bob Peoples, Anthony Ditillo, and Harry Paschall; functional isometrics promoted by Bob Hoffman; and eccentric overloads. Through decades of sweat and effort, these methods have been proven to have the strongest effect on maximizing the nervous system’s capacity to increase force production. In The Overload System for Strength you’ll find the following: Ten advanced methods to increase strength, including progressive range of motion, heavy partials, and functional isometrics Detailed technical instruction for six main lifts that promote large strength gains Frequency, split, and specialization options to fit your preferences, goals, and schedule Written by Christian Thibaudeau, a renowned strength and conditioning coach who has trained Olympic athletes and CrossFit Games competitors, and Tom Sheppard, a strength coach and author who works with Thibarmy, EliteFTS, and T-Nation, The Overload System for Strength brings the methods of legends into the modern era and teaches you how to  realize your strength potential. Skip the gimmicks and fads; use the training that has provided results for decades. The Overload System for Strength is your time-tested, proven guidebook to unlocking the strength gains you have been looking for. Earn continuing education credits/units! A continuing education exam that uses this book is also available. It may be purchased separately or as part of a package that includes both the book and exam.

The first book by Christian Thibaudeau and a classic strength training book. The Black Book includes informations that are applicable regardless of your goal, bodybuilders, athletes, powerlifters and health enthusiasts will all get something out of it. Read the book that started it all

Top Olympic lifters have it, elite gymnasts excel because of it, sprinters break the speed of light driven by it, high level bodybuilders get huge because of it... THE CAPACITY TO MAXIMALLY STIMULATE THE HIGH-THRESHOLD MOTOR UNITS This is what separates the best from the rest. The fast-twitch fibers that compose the high-threshold motor-units (HTMU) exceed, by a humongous margin, the hypertrophy potential of low and medium-threshold fibers that too many of us rely on in our everyday training sessions. Yes, to some extent, the capacity to activate and stimulate those powerful fibers is a genetic thing: some peoples are born with a greater number of HTMUs than others; some lucky few also have been blessed with a super efficient nervous system that's very effective at turning on these growth-friendly fibers. However with the proper training techniques, exercise selection and movement execution, you can palliate for an "average" fiber distribution. Tihanyi (1997) has demonstrated that with proper training it is possible for someone with only 30% of fast-twitch fibers to develop himself to the same extent as someone with 70-80% of fast-twitch fibers. This book will show you exactly how to do that The advice given in this book may look simple, because it's logical and practical, but it's exactly what you need to apply if you want to become a fast-twitch machine

This second book by Coach Thibaudeau focuses more on the science of strength as well as the various methods you can use to boost your strength and power. A great tool for athletes of all kinds Also includes information on electromyostimulation, chains, bands, weight releasers and over 30 different training methods This second book of mine (the first one being The Black Book of Training Secrets) is a gift to myself. I've wanted to write something specifically for athletes and strength coaches for a long time; put something out there that would revolutionize how high level athletes undertake their training. But I'm not utopic. I don't believe that this book will usher strength & power training into a new era. However, I'm sure that all of you will learn a lot of new training means, methods, and methodics from this book. What it will do is add a few tools to your coaching/athletic toolbox, allowing you to reach a new level of success in your training (or your athlete's).

Les meilleurs halterophiles olympiques la possedent, les gymnastes elites ont du succes grace a elle, les sprinters fracassent des records avec elle, les culturistes deviennent super-massifs grace a elle... LA CAPACITE DE STIMULER AU MAXIMUM LES UNITES MOTRICES A HAUT SEUIL D'ACTIVATION C'est ce qui separe les meilleurs des autres. Les fibres rapides qui composent les unites motrices a haut seuil d'activation depassent DE BEAUCOUP le potentiel d'hypertrophie des fibres dont le seuil d'activation est moins eleve et auxquelles trop de gens se fient lors de leurs entrainements. Il est vrai, jusqu'a un certain point, que cette capacite d'activer et stimuler ces fibres puissantes est tributaire de la genetique: certains individus sont nes avec un nombre plus grand de ces fibres que d'autres. Cependant, avec les bonnes techniques d'entrainement, une selection adequate d'exercices et une execution correcte, vous pouvez compenser une distribution de fibres musculaires plutot moyenne. Tihanyi (1997) a demontre qu'un entrainement adequat pouvait permettre a un individu possedant seulement 30 % de fibres musculaires rapides de se developper de la meme facon qu'un autre possedant 70-80 % de fibres rapides. Ce livre vous enseignera exactement comment vous y prendre pour y arriver Les conseils prodigues dans ce livre peuvent sembler simples par leur logique et leur cote pratique, mais il s'agit la exactement des choses que vous devez mettre en pratique si vous voulez devenir une machine a fibres rapides