Starting Strength
Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition
by Mark Rippetoe
Recommended by Sahil Lavingia and Money Mustache
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Exercise, Bodybuilding, and Weightlifting.
Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training is the new expanded version of the book that has been called "the best and most useful of fitness books." It picks up where Starting Strength: A Simple and Practical Guide for Coaching Beginners leaves off. With all new graphics and more than 750 illustrations, a more detailed analysis of the five most impo...
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