Recommended Texts

Reading is still one of the best ways of acquiring knowledge. Here’s a short list of texts I recommend:

Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence
by Gary Mack

Periodization Training For Sports
(2nd edition) by Tudor O. Bompa, Phd and Michael C. Carrera

Periodization:Theory and Methodology of Training
(4th edition) by Tudor O. Bompa, PhD

Practical Programming for Strength Training
by Mark Rippetoe and Lon Kilgore

Russian Sports Restoration and Massage
Dr. Michael Yessis, Ph.D. with contributions by Dr. Mel Siff

Science and Practice of Strength Training
by Vlaadimir M. Zatsiorsky

Secrets of Russian Sports Fitness and Training
Dr. Michael Yessis, Ph.D.

Special Strength Training: A Practical Manual for Coaches
by Yuri Verkoshansky

Sports Restoration and Massage: Secrets of the World's Greatest Superstars
by Dr. Mel Siff and Michael Yessis

Supertraining
by Dr. Mel Siff and Yuri Verkoshanksy

The Weighlifting Encyclopedia
by Arthur Drechsler - the most comprehensive text I've ever seen on Olympic Weightlifting

Whatever It Takes: A Journey Into the Heart of Human Achievement
by Dan Zadra and Katie Lambert