Acclaimed strength coach Dan John has created the perfect guide for beginners, advanced lifters, and fitness professionals interested in correcting basic body movements and improving overall mobility and lifting performance. With his signature humor and clear step-by-step instructions, Coach John walks athletes and trainers through core movements, Olympic lifts, throws, proper powerlifting technique, and much more. Regardless of your training experience or age, Dan John will help you design and implement a program to improve mobility and flexibility and to maximize your time in the gym, no matter how much time you have. Learn the five simple principles that will change the way you approach training: * Strength training for lean body mass and joint mobility work trump everything else * Fundamental human movements are...fundamental. * Standards and gaps must be constantly assessed. * The notion of ‘park bench’ and ‘bus bench’ workouts must be applied throughout t
Dan John has spent his life with one foot in the world of lifting and throwing, and the other foot in academia. An All-American discus thrower, Dan has also competed at the highest levels of Olympic lifting, Highland Games and the Weight Pentathlon, an event in which he holds the American record. Dan spends his work life blending weekly workshops and lectures with full-time writing, and is also an online religious studies instructor for Columbia College of Missouri.
His previous books include Never Let Go, Mass Made Simple and Easy Strength, written with Pavel Tsatsouline. The companion DVD for this book, Intervention, was filmed in 2011 and is available through otpbooks.com. You can keep up with Dan via his website at danjohn.net.