Comments on: need good science on weight lifting

Question: need good science on weight lifting

tirade — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:58:35 -0800

I'm interested in finding good, scientific, non-biased information on weight lifting. Almost everything I seem to find online and in print is either unsupported or linked somehow to supplement manufacturers. Where can I find real deal?

By: substrate

substrate — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:03:53 -0800

I recommend Hardgainer. If anything they're antagonistic towards supplements (and will kick you out if you talk about steroids)

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:05:39 -0800

Maybe an online weight lifting community since their science is the posting threads and comments.

By: lupus_yonderboy

lupus_yonderboy — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:23:52 -0800

More people should know about Entrez, it's been amazingly resourceful for me.

By: tirade

tirade — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:32:40 -0800

Hardgainer is kind of what I was talking about though. They're giving admittedly contrarian advice and the site (and the movement itself, it seems) is run by a publisher. I don't know if they're right or wrong... which is my whole problem.

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:37:01 -0800

arnold's guide to lifting was, afaik, at one point, the standard; but I'm sure I don't keep up with these things as much as other people do.

i do know that a lot of my friends who were bodybuilders/weightlifters swore by it for quite some time (some of who are now personal trainers).

i own the encyclopedia version and find it fairly useful in its discussions of various weight training excercises, and none of the training philosophy seems too out of line with what folks that i've talked to seem to believe.

for online stuff, i don't think you can go too wrong with some of the usenet faqs on the subject.

By: tss

tss — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:43:03 -0800

A while ago, there was a link on the blue (I think) to a U.S. Army manual on hand to hand combat. On the same website were manuals for a bunch of other things, some restricted, some not. With that in mind, perhaps it makes sense to look in .mil domains for military manuals on fitness and lifting?

By: frenetic

frenetic — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:49:48 -0800

Not sure what you're looking for in particular, but the ExRx weight training section is pretty good reference material and hard to find on Google in between all the pill and book pushers. Particularly good is the exercise and muscle directory which has helpful animated gifs demonstrating the exercises.

By: vorfeed

vorfeed — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 18:12:26 -0800

wow, frenetic, that exercise and muscle directory is great! I found all sorts of cool new exercises to do with my barbells in there. Awesome link, thanks!

By: callmejay

callmejay — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:33:51 -0800

I own A Practical Approach To Strength Training, and while I haven't really used it (I don't lift much) it seems solidly supported by science. It's written by a guy at Princeton and there is a 15 page bibliography which appears to consist mostly of pointers to journal articles.

By: ajr

ajr — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:26:56 -0800

The ExRx page references the American College of Sports Medicine, which has a Health and Fitness Page. It appears to have some solid information, especially the comments page.

Please let us know if you find anything else.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:51:42 -0800

Great links guys...and a good question. I've been working out constantly for a few months, trying to lose the baby weight, but all I'm doing is getting bigger...solid, grant you...but still, I'm bulking, which is not what I wanted. These resources should help me figure out what I'm doing wrong, and how to go about getting longer and leaner, rather than bulkier and heavier. :)