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Powerlifting: Foundations and Methods
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Published January 1, 2018
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February 2, 2019
Fantastic work. The amount of depth it goes into is fascinating. I've met Sheiko in the past and was fairly familiar with his methods, but still found tons of new content. It's almost 400 pages, the chance that you will learn nothing new is close to zero.
The book starts with a classification of the big 3, then moves into biomechanics and technique, teaching the lifts, nutrition, some sports science, structuring a training plan, and then ends up with a few programs.
Many have run Sheiko's programs, but very few have read anything from the man himself as content in English is almost non-existent. If you're into Powerlifting, this book is a must-read.
The book starts with a classification of the big 3, then moves into biomechanics and technique, teaching the lifts, nutrition, some sports science, structuring a training plan, and then ends up with a few programs.
Many have run Sheiko's programs, but very few have read anything from the man himself as content in English is almost non-existent. If you're into Powerlifting, this book is a must-read.
November 19, 2021
Phenomenal insight into Sheiko's use of basics and consistent training to achieve results. All substance, little to no fluff.
July 10, 2023
Decent reference for any power lifters for creating plans but more importantly for understanding how and why different variations lift help the main lifts
February 14, 2024
Exhaustive and detailed. Oriented more towards one interested in coaching or simply interested in the complexities of powerlifting training.
January 8, 2026
Pretty dense book. I got a taste (or rather, a comprehensive tour-de-force) of how the Russians conceptualize Powerlifting Training. Sadly due to training experience I could only manage to skim through some parts and likely leave a lot for later rereads. What I enjoyed the most from this experience was how the lifts were technically explained in detail, with Newtonian-mechanics explanations (in the style of old Soviet weightlifting books, with gamma/ delta angles to describe various parts of a lift) from Russian champions. Definitely rank quite up there with the MaStrength book on Chinese Weightlifting I read earlier this year, in terms of scope of knowledge.
Some of the content is somewhat repetitive, and you still will not get very in-depth distillations from Sheiko himself. However I daresay a closer reading will give one quite a bit of nuance to work with -- you really have to look at his programs and how he talks about the lifts with literature review and think hard about how and why things are set up the way they are. So in some sense this book is not really just a textbook, it is a workbook for the aspiring coach to actually interact with this style of training.
Despite how dense and scientific it is, the book is a lot less intimidating than Louie Simmons' Westside Barbell Book of Methods. There's less pizzaz, but at least you understand whatever you read, to an extent. Westside makes me feel like conjugate training is still a massive trade secret and I have to make a voyage to the famed gym itself to actually learn how it's done.
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Edit: This is kinda trash now.
Some of the content is somewhat repetitive, and you still will not get very in-depth distillations from Sheiko himself. However I daresay a closer reading will give one quite a bit of nuance to work with -- you really have to look at his programs and how he talks about the lifts with literature review and think hard about how and why things are set up the way they are. So in some sense this book is not really just a textbook, it is a workbook for the aspiring coach to actually interact with this style of training.
Despite how dense and scientific it is, the book is a lot less intimidating than Louie Simmons' Westside Barbell Book of Methods. There's less pizzaz, but at least you understand whatever you read, to an extent. Westside makes me feel like conjugate training is still a massive trade secret and I have to make a voyage to the famed gym itself to actually learn how it's done.
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Edit: This is kinda trash now.
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