book was funny. Apparently the childish joy of writing a book about asses is not lost on this guy, Aside from a brief foray into "GMOs are bad" that almost lost him all his credibility, this guy seemed believable in his expertise about glutes.
I'm looking forward to getting into the Gluteal Goddess routine, Reread for: Contreras, deemed "The Butt Guy" in the fitness industry for good reason, brings to much to the table for advanced glute training and activation technique.
Combined with many years of electromyography research, his programming focuses first and foremost on the areas that we most lack the wondrous glutes.
Introducing a greater emphasis on hip thrusts and weighted bridges in combination with the more traditional squats and deadlifts, his program impresses.
I am successfully following hisweek advanced lifting program and have been seeing my lifting numbers rise with ease each week, A book for both beginner and advanced lifters' fitness libraries,
Keep up the great work, Bret! Looking forward to following your newest research, This book is perhaps my favourite weight lifting book, and certainly my favourite of those geared toward women, I have been lifting weights for more than half of my life, so at this stage I don't look for books that promise big things.
Rather I look for books that explain the 'whys' and 'hows' behind programming, and this book certainly delivers that, It has solid information, and if you read Bret Contrera's blog you will deliver exactly what you expect, If you haven't read his blog, I suggest you check it out before buying this book, Not for women that want to just restrict calories, do leg lifts and "toning", this is part of that new generation of weight lifting books that encourages women to lift heavy weights, with a very strong emphasis on the glutes.
For me the program was just what I needed, as I have a hip problem that benefits from a strong focus on the lower body, and incorporating big lifts along with single leg and accessory work.
This book is also excellent value for money, as it provides severalweek workout programs and a huge catalogue of exercises as well as nutrition information.
There are a few mistakes in the book that should hopefully be sorted out in another print run or edition and I certainly hope that there's another edition or follow up later, but other than that this is a really excellent book.
Even though I have been lifting weights for nearly two decades now, I did the beginner program because I really wanted to focus on glute activation, and it was a great decision.
Bret states that the beginning program can be used even by advanced lifters, and I found that was certainly the case,
ETA: Since posting this review, I have done all of the programs in the book, with one exception: the lower body only routine.
I am still a bit nervous to try a lower body only routine, even though I know it's perfectly reasonable, so I am sure I will do it one day.
After doing the advanced program, I couldn't believe how strong my lower body was, without any of the added 'bulk' that women fear so much.
I highly recommend this book! This is my favorite weight lifting book, Ive been following Brets work off and on since my college days and appreciate that he uses science to back up his research especially because I feel stupid doing hip thrusts with a barbell and would chuck the exercise out the window if it wasnt for the proof of their effectiveness.
I fell off the Strong Curves bandwagon when my mom got terminally ill and picked his book back up to get inspired again.
My neighbor and I areweeks into Bootyful Beginnings and have already seen a significant change in our physique, I joined the gym justmonths ago and this is the only program I've tried so I might not be the best person to review the book.
But I'm writing this for all the beginners out there, If you want to strength train but you're too intimidated and don't know where to start, This the book for you, The program begins in a comfortable place and progresses in a way that's noticeable without being scary, The caveat is that it gets boring after a while, but I managed to stick to it forweeks, enough to make going to the gym a habit.
When it comes to progress, the program, in my opinion, underdelivered, There was change of course, both physically and aesthetically, but I was promised more, or maybe I misunderstood, In summary, if you're new to lifting, start here, but don't make your expectations too high, I guess I'll see how it holds up when I try other things in the future, Started my firstweeks of training, Reminds me a lot of our trainers here at Intel and I think there is something to be said for focusing on the glutes!
LOTS of details in this book AND work outs, too.
I enjoyed reading this book, The advice seemed sensible and I liked that Kellie the nutrition advice appeared wholesome as opposed to an obsessive elimination of carbohydrates.
The exercises are nicely laid out and explained, The advanced programme looks superhuman to me right now but the beginners one does seem to be doable,
It does seem that this is a book where the primary aim is to look better so the authors do spend quite a lot of time trying to convince the reader that weighttraining exercises, and more importantly the particular exercises that will give you a nicer looking butt, are what you need to do.
For those of us who are already convince and practising it may feel a bit repetitive but I think it's a small point and also I understand that it was probably necessary as many women I know are still wary of weighttraining.
If, like me, you have other goals as well, such as running half marathons and taking part in other sports that require strong cardio and upper body strength obstacle races for instance!, then it may be more difficult to stick to the programme religiously.
I figured that I would do the best I can to fit the exercises within my other training and accept that my glute development would probably just be a whole lot slower.
I'm excited to get started, Pretty sexist writing in places, but seems to have put together a good program overall, Lacking in upper body work, especially triceps, so you'll have to add that kind of stuff in yourself, Looking forward to starting it next week, Bret really knows about the gluteus, He gives extensive explanations and the videos on his website are a very good resource, The book repeats a lot how good the Strong Curves program is, and that becomes annoying, The program is good, then fine, but there is no need such a persistent self advertising all along the book, Even if it is possible to workout with the basic dumbbells, barbell, and stretch bands, many exercises in the book require gym machines.
The author says that he has other book with exercises without machines though, I started this program after finishing New Rules of Lifting for Women, It is a great program, but I found the exercises required a lot of different equipment, and it was difficult to figure out how to do some of them at home.
I have dumbbells, a bench, a barbell, a pullup bar, and a cable machine, and still had to modify some of the exercises.
I also found there were a lot of editing mistakes in the book,
I would recommend this program to others, especially those who want to build their glutes, I was blessed with a pretty round posterior genetically, so I honestly can't say whether this program improved that or not,
I am moving on now to NROL Supercharged, I loved NROLW, so I'm excited for the change, I don't like this title, but Bret Contreras knows his stuff, and has a PhD in Sports Science, and is THE glutes guy.
Could be organized better but has great great material to build your own workout programs, and despite the title, it is focused on strength not effin looks.
I'm not new to weight training, . so although I read this book, enjoyed it, I don't really have any intention of following the programs laid out because I like what I'm doing at the moment.
That said, I can't really comment on the program,
Things I like about the book:
The title actually!!, . . I a lot of people seem to have a problem with it, I think it's creative,
It's geared towards women, you don't find many books like that, As well, this one has info on how women should train differently from men a controversial topic but this was interesting,
I've followed Bret's blog for a few years so some of the info wasn't that new but nice to have everything in one place.
Nutrition chapter is influenced by nutrition expert Alan Aragon, . . doesn't get better than that,
Extremely thorough, loved all the information he has uncovered over the years from both research and
experience,
I liked the personal stories sprinkled throughout the book,
Love his take on supplements!! Very rare to find someone who doesn't insist on taking them in order to achieve your goals.
Program is designed to be used for life, . . it includes ways to advance ie: exercise variations, etc,
Overall great book for women, This is marketed as a solution for saggy, buttless women out there, and I believe the training listed should help, Using this now to work on rebuilding my lower body strength postphysical therapy, . . enjoying the program so far!! Picked up this book because I was lacking in my glutes, Bret does a great job explaining the body and the muscles, Not only is it well written, it also works! : I've been following his plan for the lastmonths and I have seen a huge improvement in my glutes.
Not only are my glutes and hamstrings stronger, they also look great! Really broke some dieting and exercising myths for me, and strengthened my knowledge on the physiology of muscle building.
It is motivational and at times funny, Will do a fully review when i complete one of the programs I just did the first workout in Bootyful Beginnings and it was great! I switched out the body weight squats for goblet squats and dumbbell Romanian deadlifts with a barbell.
I read this book after NROLW and NROL Supercharged, and I like this one a lot better for women, The exercise description section is much easier to use for finding alternatives, The photos are fantastic and much more comprehensive than in either NROL book, The program is much better explained and laid out, Thật phục bản thân vì đã đọc hết quyển sách rất informative này : và chỉ trong vài ngày :
Cố gắng,năm thôi I decided it was time to move on after aboutmonths if Strong Liftsx.
Saw this recommended somewhere and after reading it I think it will be a good next step for me, This is a physiquebased lifting program rather than strength only like SL but it's still heavy weights so I expect plenty of new strength gains.
I've only done the advanced lifters workout, but wow, Visible results in a month Yes, please! Sound advice for newbies to gym rats, It's not just about squats and deadlifts, although those have their place, There's a reason he's called the glute guy, Will completely change the way you train your lower half, I like the butt focus of this book but since I read it after NROLFW which I quite liked and which had an opposing stance on the topics of crunches, low calorie diets and cardio I didn't enjoy this as much.
The at home workout is a joke, It still requires quite a bit of expensive equipment cable systems and chin up bars, not to mention dumbbells and exercise balls.
Plus, with all the modifications I have to do just to do the athome workout, I don't feel enough of a burn.
Unless you've never done body weight exercises or activated your glutes before, the at home version probably won't do much for you.
I found myself doing all the reps/sets and still not feeling tired and sore when I was done, I think this will work better in a gym where I can increase the weight I'm using, But I do enjoy the glute activation exercises and do them before every nonStrong Curves workout,
I will update my review when I get to use the routine in a gym,
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