Power to the people reviews

Wai Jia: The Kung Fu Forum Kung Fu Training and Health
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I just bought “power to the people,” it arrived today, and I just finished reading it. I haven’t done the workouts yet, but I wonder if anyone else here has tried it (I think qeysus and Ford Prefect have), and if so, what are your thoughts? Did you like it?

Also, I’m a little worried about the barbell clamps in my gym - the side press preparation involves turning the barbell on its side - will the clamps hold the weights in place?

Also, what kind of barbell do you need for the heavier deadlifts? Not that I’m a deadlift god or anything, but deads involve a lot of weight, and I wonder how I can tell which barbells can handle all that weight and which can’t.

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I think you don’t have to worry about the deadlift bar not being able to handle the weight unless your barbell is made out of foam or something.

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Use the barbells used for benchpress…they can hold more than you’ll ever be able to deadlift so don’t worry about that.

I’ve never heard of a routine that tells you to hold a barbell on it’s side…but I guess just test it out and see…also see if whatever you are doing can be done with dumbells instead…pretty much everything can be done with dumbells.

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Thanks for the replies.

Elpietro, Pavel prefers the barbell on the side press because it works the stabilizing muscles more.

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It works for sure. Kind of like a “slow and steady wins the race” approach. The periodization cycles are the most important thing in that book, so make sure you understand them.

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is it pretty much $35 wherever you get it?

. .. trying to save my lazy, phone exhausted ass a call to my local book store.

where’s my beer?