Starting Strength, 3rd edition

这是一本把杠铃训练讲成物理课的书。读者反复提及的，不是某个速成动作，而是'知其然，而知其所以然'——为什么深蹲要一蹲到底、背部为何倾斜约45度而非垂直、起身时'向上而非向前'、为何要驱动髋部而非想着伸膝或蹬地。作者用力学系统、神经募集、骨密度等原理，解释每个细节背后的机制，让初学者明白动作背后的道理，而非机械模仿。多位读者称它为健身界初中级阶段的圣经、最好的力量训练指导读物，并因七旬作者的魅力而折服。它适合愿意钻研原理、想扎实入门杠深蹲推硬拉的人；若只求速成，许多细节或许显得多余。

Mark Rippetoe is the author of Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, Practical Programming for Strength Training 2nd edition, Strong Enough?, Mean Ol' Mr. Gravity, and numerous journal, magazine and internet articles. He has worked in the fitness industry since 1978, and has been the owner of the Wichita Falls Athletic Club since 1984. He graduated from Midwestern State University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science in geology and a minor in anthropology. He was in the first group certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a CSCS in 1985, and the first to formally relinquish that credential in 2009. Rip was a competitive powerlifter for ten years, and has coached many lifters and athletes, and many thousands of people interested in improving their strength and performance. He conducts seminars on this method of barbell training around the country.