Super Strength: The Secret to Gaining Strength - Without Moving a Muscle (The Bigger Leaner Stronger Muscle Series Book 4) Kindle Edition

This book is very short and, unfortunately, does not deliver on the promise of teaching readers the secrets of super strength through isometrics. It offers some short, colorful biographies of strongmen throughout history, but it does not offer to the readers a complete list of isometric exercises the author has put to the test in real life from which he himself has presumably gained super strength.He does state that, in his opinion, the ultimate secret to super strength is strong hands, and he does provide instructions for some isometric exercises for the hands. But it was not nearly enough isometric information for me. I was very disappointed that he did not provide information on his isometric approaches for strengthening muscles throughout the entire body.I don't personally aspire to achieving super strength, but if one hopes to maintain muscle strength, at all ages, and particularly going into old age when muscle mass begins to drain away, month by month and year by year, isometric exercises are an extremely important adjunct to one's exercise routine. Even people who are completely disabled can do them.Ultimately, though, since the author provides this book at no charge, it is difficult to be overly displeased with him. He's basically created a too grandiose title for a very unambitious, extremely short book.

The book is jam-packed with secrets and techniques for the average beginner to develop a much leaner body. I look forward applying these isometric exercises to become stronger. I highly recommend this book to beginner and intermediate individuals seeking a better, stronger body.

The info is great, I'm surprised it was free. I'll try some of the principles with my sand bag and such...

This book was full of filler and lack what is trying to promote. I want my money back. Now amazon

Husband loves it.

I did NOT order this. Please give me a refund.

Great information on getting stronger. Being a double below knee amputee, these exercises are pretty simple, and require little to no equipment. Excellent!!

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Isometrics have their place, but they do not produce "super strength"; otherwise all the strength athletes would be spending the majority of their time doing them. But weightlifters, powerlifters and strongmen still persist in lifting weights!Isometrics are very specific to the angle or position trained, so you have to train each muscle at multiple angles. Isometrics work because they allow very high forces, this is not so good if you have weakened joints from age or injury. Indeed, my experience is that they can destabilise joints in an immature person - I have shoulder issues that come from the isometrics fad that was current when I was in my teens.I must admit that, used properly, isometric exercise was helpful; up to a point. However, I did not really increase my maximal strength until I began using weights. Moving a load or moving my body had greater impact in less time.Finally, and potentially, most alarming is that the author makes no mention of blood pressure and exercise. Whenever you lift a heavy load there is a spike in blood pressure. This is very brief in the case of weightlifting and the quick lifts, but it is noticeable with heavy, grinding, slow lifts or repeated attempts at a heavy load. Since effective isometric exercise usually requires holding a position at high tension for several seconds blood pressure is an issue.vWhile there is some evidence that the brief spike that occurs in low-rep training, such as weightlifting, may actually be helpful, isometrics involves longer periods of elevated blood pressure. This may be dangerous to those individuals who already have or are at risk of hypertension.This doesn't mean isometrics are 'bad'. It does mean the author should have been careful to mention the potential problems. Instead, we get inflated, exaggerated, claims.The book is also poorly written, with bad grammar. It also includes historically inaccurate claims and some outright nonsense:"Typically, as soon as we raise weights, our muscles absorb type-2 fiber."The muscles are composed of different fibres, type-2 is one sort of muscle fibre, which is strengthened by heavy training. But the muscle does not "absorb" type-2 fibre!Although the author mentions a number of athletes as examples of the isometric style of training, very few of them actually relied on it for their own training. The Great Gama and Bruce Lee used isometrics as part of their training. Others marketed self-resistance and light-weight courses while using heavy weights to develop their own strength. Eugene Sandow, in particular, was notorious for saying things in print that had nothing to do with his actual training. He admitted to Wally Pullum that the courses he sold would do some good, but were virtually useless for developing the kind of strength that Sandow, himself, had; which could only come with heavy weights. Alexander Zass did use a form of isometric training and was unbeatable at his own events. But ... Zass's training was not really like the standard isometric courses that promise strength with only 6 seconds per exercise.Finally, there are pictures and descriptions of a few good exercises, but only one of them comes anywhere close to an isometric exercise! They do not add up to a complete exercise regimen.

Poorly researched and edited, a fair bit of information is wrong , that which isn't is freely available on the internet. Essentially a short description on the use of isometric and the importance of grip strength.