There are times when we research what programs can work for us as individuals that it could be overwhelming because of the plethora of information out there. The trouble is at certain points, you're going to run into Ad Copies or snippets of a course that seems promising but rarely if ever delivers. In my own research, I've found a few books that are just bad ass and will have significant knowledge that is useful throughout the rest of my life, others I have gotten were so terrible that I either gave them to a friend or tore it up and threw it in the trash.
There are some really smart marketers out there that have the best intentions when it comes to their ideas, however; some are only good at the marketing stuff and horrible when it comes to the courses themselves. False advertising for one, giving you routines that even advanced people are like "what the fuck is this?" and form patterns that are blatant rip offs of others. That's the harsh truth and often, it can be a gamble with what you're going to get.
Matt Furey's Combat Conditioning book was ahead of its time and he marketed it well and it helped a lot of people including me but yet it had some missing things and whether it was deliberate or not, overall from a POV, it's pretty crude when it comes to the explanations of how to do the exercises but I did like the Cartoon Version of the course which I still have in my possession. The exercises themselves are awesome in their own right but again, there were pieces of that puzzle that didn't completely hit the nail on the head for me even now.
Recently, I was asked to review some guy's book called Jump Rope Mania or some unoriginal title like that which to me sounds like a rip off, then again he has a website that has the same name as a Movie Franchise about Cars & Family featuring Vin Diesel which to me sounds like a copyright violation. Knowing his writing style from the past and his bullshit take on faking reviews, I'm not going to read that trash nor would even keep it around if it was given to me for free, I would film myself tearing that thing up and setting it on fire, that's my review for it LOL. Books like that are trying to discredit the real guys like Buddy Lee and others that have more talent and knowledge in their pinkies than this dude has in his entire body.
It's part of the chaotic world we live in. Some courses are very good, well written and show what true fitness is about. Some others are very outdated, makes grammatical errors that even a 1st grader would notice and although the intention is admirable and the exercises look great, there's something off about them. It makes you wonder why they don't have an editor or proof reader that knows the difference between Their, There and They're. 2 Isometrics books I have are virtually identical to each other when one came out a year or two before the other and the Authors are completely different from different background and countries. Both have the same history lessons and even down to the order of exercises by body part, it's that uncanny.
One of the books in my collection is Overcoming Isometrics by Matt Schifferle which I've talked about and reviewed before. Overcoming Isometrics is by far one of the most comprehensive and clean cut courses of the last 2 decades or even longer on the subject of Isometrics. It takes you through not only the exercises but the components behind what makes Isometrics one of the purest forms of Strength Training in existence. Read many articles and several books on the method and none are compared to this because it cuts out the bullshit and doesn't market itself as some run of the mill same old crap. There's no ego involved, there's no scientific jargon where you'll need a Phd to understand, it's thorough in it's explanations to Synergistic Strategies and formalities on how to build muscle while being as injury-free as possible.
There are those out there who put out courses and are somewhat "successful" if you want to call it that but the real issue with those guys is that they don't really care about if it helps people, they only care what goes into their wallet and use false followers to manipulate into buying their shit. They brag like they're royalty about things that are downright sick and degrading to the human condition and treat others (especially women) like trash. That's a dumpster fire and they're the same people who would piss on a homeless person. These are the types that write trash books and courses that don't do anything for anyone except learn the truth about their true agendas. There are people who have subscribed to these guys and have left the flock cause they got tired of reading the same crap over and over along with needing refunds for courses that have even been on Pre-Orders for YEARS!!! Like I said, it's all about money to them and have nothing to offer health or exercise wise.
Another book that is the real deal was Ed Baran's Animal Kingdom Conditioning Trilogy. These took basic and progressively hard animal moves and molded them into a series of exercises that became grossly underrated in terms of what it did for those looking for a different way to train than to do typical bodyweight exercises or even weights. They're no longer available because Ed had shut down his websites and dedicated his time to training generations of gymnastic practitioners and have time away from Online Training stuff. I still have his email and might send him something soon. The third book of that series was made for kids. He even held an online contest that I won and the prize was a free book out of any of the courses he had and chose that book and have it sent to one of my nieces who was around 8-9 at the time. This was back in late 2010-early 2011 I believe. I ended up with a PDF which Ed gave to me later on cause I wanted to get an insight into it and teach it to kids I knew by playing. Always had fun with those exercises and the kids enjoyed doing them at the time. Those kids would be in their early to mid 20's by now.
There are courses out there that are really good and in the major areas of the fitness world like those from Al Kavadlo, Dan John, Erwan Le Corre, Ido Portal and Steve Maxwell. These guys are some of the best in their respective field of training and although a few can be unorthodox, they've helped many look at fitness in ways that we can't imagine. These aren't cookie cutter commercialized trainers like a Jillian Michaels or someone of that sort.
You can find some of the best courses from the real ones here throughout or you can research on your own, either way, I want you to find what helps you achieve your goals and what will give you one hell of a journey in this world of Physical Culture. Be amazingly awesome and don't forget to send me your feedback, questions or just want to know what's up with some of the latest things I got going on here. Keep killing it.
