The Ultimate Isometrics Manual, Building Maximum Strength and Conditioning with Static Training

What is there not to like about this Information? You get the historical as well recent findings about the research. You are introduced to joint mobility exercises to warm up with, you can pick and choose. Then going on into the Exercises, Protocols, Programs however you wish to say it. I first downloaded the Kindle version. Later as i had the funds got the Physical book itself,which is massive. Although it's quite handy to have the Kindle, nothing compares to having a physical copy for your personal library. I will say that before this, I had used the Bullworker for many years off and on and was and still is a good go to exerciser. Then later, I stumbled upon an Isorobic Exerciser, which much like an Exergenie, or Apollo Exerciser has it's place in my arsenal of exercise equipment. But the one thing I didn't have was the Isochain. So I searched in my journey and on my quest I did run into the Pitchsix Forceboard. It does all the same visual and audio cues, but much more including all your data and history. So now that I'm set, at my age rehabilitation was and still is my main focus. I may switch back and forth between the Isometric Manual and Pitchsix's built in Programs, since they too are current programs of people who are in the know. That being said, I am amazed at how much difference accurate digital readings are and how much they can be used as a guide. I have already seen much improvement along the way and not to worry if one muscle, joint or tendon isn't moving along as quickly as your other muscles and tendons will help to compensate you until you get strengthened. Will this manual help you even if you don't have a digital feedback system? Absolutely! Whether it's yoga straps you pull or push with, resistance bands, numbered gymnastics rings, whatever your cup of tea is. I will just say though that sometimes trying to Guage your strength with sheer mind body connection alone doesn't always meet the bill and don't get me wrong, I believe in that concept and have used it. Also, I have nothing against using the Isochain, Max, but ijust couldn't seem to ever seem to have enough money for it. The Pitchsix Forceboard was affordable and yes I was hesitate at first, but so glad I found them. Yes I chose the lower end model at 660 pounds, plenty for me, but I think the other model is like 900 plus pounds. But you use whatever you got. I don't have either Footboard platform, but was lucky enough to find a used Body Boss platform. So as you can see, yes I have had to use whatever I can put together,but the most important thing here above all this is the KNOWLEDGE of KNOWING how to implement a program that works for you. Best Wishes on your Journey!

I am loving this book . I have been a user of isometric tension for many years I am 67 and discovered isometric exercise in high school . The new science that is presented here is incredible and advances the excursive method by leaps and bounds . All that and more but here is the huge benefit I have gained from this book . A huge and incredibly significant reduction in my back pain that I have been dealing with for 19 years now getting worse with each passing year until now so is this book a good value for the money . Absolutely . The down side to that book is it is largely written to promote their exercise equipment which i do not know likely good however that does not take away from the fantastic knowledge contained in this book and that knowledge has grown exponentially in the last 50 years . I built my own chain board what I cannot replace is their digital feedback system The knowledge in this book has made my whole library obsolete .

Paul is fantastic!! His writing is clear and well informed. The reason for a 4 is that he pushes for the isochain therefore at times it is an informational.

This book really presents many aspects of Isometric exercise, not the least of which is its theoretical basis. I'm a Certified Personal Trainer and avid reader. I own many books on strong men training. This entirely before the discovery of anabolic steroids. I've personally done almost every kind of weight training, including Olympic Lifting, and regularly work out with kettlebells, medicine balls, stationary punching bag and speed bag. [Isometrics do not have significant effect on aerobic fitness. I also do Peloton.] The main reason isometrics are not taught in gyms or by trainers is that you don't need equipment, or trainers to get strong as you like with isometrics. I use them on days I don't train skills. My strength has grown after only a few weeks of training, and I feel about twenty percent stronger all over my body. This is not meant to replace athletic skill training because it can't. But most people aren't interested in becoming a better martial artist or Olympic lifter. This is the method of Charles Atlas which he called dynamic tension. If you want to improve your life in many ways in little time during your normal day, incorporate these exercises. For more info read the book.

Great info, great book with knowledge of strength that will improve anyone’s training. Please buy this book it will be worth it.

While I think it could be edited to say the same amount of info in much less pages, there is a lot of useful info here for many applications whether you were trying to build muscle mass, endurance, or raw strength. I like that it covers progressive isometrics too. There is a great section in the back on that. I think their iso-chain is way over priced. I made my own by simply welding a link to a flat sheet of metal, adding a spring, and a cheap 1000 pound scale from Amazon. It works great. And, be careful doing a dead lift with it because you could definitely hurt your back! I was sore for three days the first time I used it. But I was able to use it to rehab a calf injury and my boys use it too. If you have young boys, definitely do the progressive isometrics with them! I was surprised how much they love it. The five-year-old, eight-year-old, and 11-year-old would wait around for me and ask if I was going to do isometrics. The strength gains in my core were definitely astronomical.

I've been doing convict conditioning for years. I've bought all the books the second they were available and did the workouts religiously. I was so excited for this book when i heard about it, I started reading it right away. But in the first chapter it said that isometrics are so good that they make dynamic movements obsolete. And I was like wait, what? All those years of doing push ups and pullups were just a waste of time? I should have been doing isometrics in the first place? Should I just throw away my convict conditioning books now, since this is the best way to work out? The book has a lot of good info in it , but I'm not sure if I should implement it into my work out or completely replace it.

Been a big fan of Paul Wade's Convict Conditioning work. However I have been battling joint issues for years and was never able to make the kind of headway I wanted to in the progressive calisthenics exercises. Learning about isometric training (beyond planks and wall sits that kind of stuff which I knew about) in this book and all the benefits of it caused me to buy an Isochain and the thing is incredible. I encourage anyone to first watch some YouTube reviews on it and make sure its right for them, for me it is exactly what I needed. A way to increase my total body tension in ways that dont aggravate my joints. Some other reviewers said things along the lines of "wait if isometrics are so great do I stop doing Convict Conditioning or weight training?" No no no. Isometric training, whether with the isotrainer or using the bodyweight versions given in this book, is a compliment to progressive calisthenic or traditional style weight training. Use Isometrics (and if you choose to buy one the Isochain) to get through sticking points in certain exercises, plateaus, or to have training days where you maintain and improve your strength while giving your joints a break. Highly , highly recommended. Builds nicely on Pavels original work Power to the People (where he outlined the advantages of creating whole body tension when weightlifting) and takes it to many next levels.

Great science from coach Wade Again True pièces of advice of how, How Many, how long Worth Every euros. Now it s time to get me self a chaîne.

Very comprehensive guide to isometric. Yes it does push the virtues of the Iso-chain from Dragondoor, but all of the exercises are possible with a DIY version of the iso-chain which you could construct quite easily. Would recommend the book.

TEXTO DE CALIDAD TECNICA PERO ALGO ANTICUADO EN SU EXPOSICION Y SU FOTOGRAFIA, LECTURA DE RELLENO PARA AMPLIAR TU CULTURA GENERAL AL RESPECTO PERO DEL QUE CREO APRENDERAS POCO SI LLEBAS TIEMPO INICIADO EN CALISTENIA O DEPORTE SIMILAR.

Nach seinen letzten Büchern fragte ich mich, was Paul Wade (falls es ihn gibt) als nächstes zu sagen hat. Okay, und wieder hat er viel zu sagen. Ich habe mich wirklich gefreut, ein neues Buch zum Thema "isometrisches Training" in Händen zu halten. Selbstverständlich stellte ich mir folgende Frage: Was kann dir dieses Buch an neuem Wissen bringen? Immerhin kenne ich dieses Trainingskonzept seit den 80ern und trainiere phasenweise immer wieder danach. Es wurde in meinem Leben zu einem festen Trainingsansatz, so wie Freihanteltraining und/oder Körpergewichtstraining auch. Mit anderen Worten: Ich bin kein Neuling und habe sicher das meiste gelesen, was zu dem Thema geschrieben wurde. Mein erstes isometrisches Trainingsgerät war ein ca. 80 cm langer Balken, den ich vor der Brust drückte, bis mein Gesicht rot wurde. Den Bullworker konnte ich mir damals nicht leisten, aber den Balken fand ich am Speicher. Was war das Ergebnis dieses Trainings mit besagtem Balken? Meine Kraft nahm zu, und die Schultern wurden breiter. Ein drei Meter langes Stück Gartenschlauch wurde mein zweites Trainingsgerät. Damit gingen Curls, Kreuzheben, Trizepsdrücken etc. Ergebnis hier: Ich wurde stärker und muskulöser. Irgendwann bekam ich den Bullworker, und so weiter. Jetzt aber zum Buch: Bereits zu Beginn der Lektüre war klar, wie gut hier recherchiert wurde. Das "Springfield Frog Experiment" wurde so detailreich beschrieben, wie ich es niemals vorher gelesen hatte. Gleiches gilt für die Studien von Hettinger. Wo quasi sämtliche Bücher über isometrisches Training einen guten und wichtigen Theorieteil aussparen oder zumindest nur sehr knapp halten, wird hier eine Schippe draufgelegt: - Wie effektiv ist isometrisches Training? - Wie hoch sollte die Muskelspannung sein? - Wie oft pro Woche wäre optimal? - Wie viele Sätze wären optimal? - Lassen sich damit Muskeln aufbauen oder "nur" Kraft? - Welche Muskelfasern werden trainiert? - Wie sähe ein effizientes Training aus? - Wie viele Sekunden sollten die Anspannungen betragen? Keine Frage bleibt unbeantwortet. Zu all den Informationen gibt es kurze Zusammenfassungen am Ende eines Kapitels. So sieht ein didaktisch gut aufbereitetes Buch aus. Schließlich wird ein Trainingsgerät vorgestellt, welches über Dragondoor bezogen werden kann und welches sicher auch seine Daseinsberechtigung hat. Man könnte kritisieren, dass diesem Thema viel Raum gegeben wird. Ich kritisiere das nicht, denn: Selbst wenn ich dieses Thema komplett vernachlässige, habe ich immer noch ein Buch mit hervorragendem Informationswert. Sogar der alte Bullworker wird thematisiert. Es gibt ein Trainingsprogramm, welches komplett ohne Geräte durchgeführt werden kann, und alleine das Kapitel über Aufwärmübungen ist Gold wert. Nach der Lektüre dieses Buchs hat man ein fundiertes Wissen über das isometrische Training und eine Anleitung, wie dieses zu gestalten ist. Ob man das Gerät von Dragendoor kaufen sollte? Ich habe es nicht gekauft, da es in meinen Augen ein paar Schwächen hat und ferner recht teuer ist. Ich habe eine Alternative gesucht und den Iso Flo gefunden, mit dem man sehr viele nützliche Übungen absolvieren kann. Für mich ist dieses Buch das beste von Paul Wade. Wie immer gelingt es ihm, schwierige Sachverhalte so zu vermitteln, dass sie leicht verstehbar werden. Ich habe in anderen Büchern - nicht nur zum isometrischen Training - kein vergleichbares Geschick gefunden, Theorie und Praxis derart flüssig zu verknüpfen. Wer auch immer dieser "Wade" ist, er hat es einfach drauf.

The book has a lot of scientific references, at least 30 citations per chapter. In the last chapter uses APA citation, the rest is numeric, with easy access. The author makes a very good synthesis of a huge volumen of scientific references, excellent work presenting a lot of research for over a century on isometric training, using both new articles and old ones. My only critic is the sales speech on the isochain product, but even with this, this book is worth it.