This massive, 350 page book combines all of Plague of Strength’s training methods and programs into a single, easy-to-read resource!
Plague’s Lifting Method introduces Jacked Kune Do, the Plague of Strength lifting method!
Jacked Kune Do is an update of Jamie Lewis’s record-shattering, ultra-heavy, high-volume Chaos and Pain method- it adds mobility, cardio, and aesthetics to the ultra-heavy mayhem so that it is now a comprehensive approach to exercise that also builds absurd amounts of strength and size!
Plague of Strength’s Lifting Method is the ultimate weight training resource and the only book in existence that includes:
- the original Destroy the Opposition programs, along with updated recommendations getting the best results with powerlifting movements
- all of the newest Plague programs, including Juicy Delts, Super Soldier Serum, Time Crunch Wild Bunch, and the Training Montage
- the height, weight, and measurements of dozens of pre-steroid male physique athletes, wrestlers, and strongmen, along with the stats on the winners of bodybuilding contests until 1958, the year Tom Sansone became the first person to win a major bodybuilding contest using steroids. It includes:
- Pre-Mr America physique champs from the US and Europe
- AAU Mr America Overall
- AAU Most Muscular Man in America
- AAU Professional Mr America
- NABBA Amateur Mr Universe
- NABBA Professional Mr Universe
- a huge timeline for the development of strength sports and bodybuilding, including equipment changes, cultural shifts like Tarzan and Hercules movies, and different performance enhancing drugs
- a steroid timeline that explains the history of steroids and their spread through lifting sports
- longevity statistics for 25 extremely long-lived old time wrestlers and strongmen
- tips on building a massive overhead press like the author, who Behind the Neck Push Pressed 400lbs at a bodyweight of about 190lbs
- a lengthy section on flexibility, with plenty of free resources you can use to develop the flexibility old time athletes considered absolutely necessary
- a massive section on core training, explaining the best methods for developing the ultimate abs
- recommendations for daily cardio, along with the reasoning it should be used (like the longevity table included in the appendix), including sections on:
- Heavyhands
- running
- Powerwalking
- walking
- swimming
- dance
- a gigantic section on bodyweight training, along with multiple bodyweight-only workouts you can use anywhere
- profiles on amazing yet unknown athletes and their training methods, including:
- Marvin Eder, a natural bodybuilder considered to be the strongest pound-for-pound lifter of all time
- Gene Mozee, a natural bodybuilder who was the first person to bench press 400lbs with a 2-second pause at a bodyweight of 190lbs, and who was one of the first bodybuilders to have 20″ arms onstage
- Kimon Voyages, the original Squatzilla who had 27″ thighs at under 180lbs bodyweight and could squat 200lbs for 100 reps
- Mel Williamson, the second Squatzilla, who had 25″ thighs measured just above his knee and did 4 sets of 12 reps with 405lbs of heels elevated, close stance squats when training for the Mr America
- plus Melvin Wells, Leroy Colbert, and many other bodybuilding champs, Olympic lifters like Dmitri Klokov and Idalberto Irranda, and many more!
- the Juggeryoke Protocol
- my training methods for breaking a world record in powerlifting
- the keys to building a massive yoke
- over a dozen programs to train you for everything from fight sports to strength sports to looking good on camera
- a massive section on kettlebells, their history, and why you should use them (along with clubs, maces, etc)
- and more!
350 pages. 2 formats: PDF and EPUB
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