Health · Similar reads
Books like Starting Strength
Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe is about strength training, barbell training, movement mechanics. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Bigger Leaner Stronger
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Michael Matthews · Health
Bigger Leaner Stronger is Michael Matthews's practical guide to building a lean, muscular physique through evidence-based strength training and flexible dieting.
Read the summary → - The 4-Hour Body
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Timothy Ferriss · Health
The 4-Hour Body is Timothy Ferriss's account of a decade of self-experimentation with his own body — tracking every measurable variable of diet, training, sleep, and recovery to find the minimum effective dose of each intervention that produces maximum results.
Read the summary → - Roar
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Stacy Sims · Health
Roar is exercise physiologist Stacy Sims's argument that women are not small men, and that decades of sports science research conducted primarily on male subjects has produced nutrition and training advice that is systematically wrong for women.
Read the summary → - Exercised
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Daniel Lieberman · Health
Exercised is Daniel Lieberman's follow-up to The Story of the Human Body, applying the same evolutionary lens specifically to physical activity — what it is, why we resist it, and which kinds produce which benefits.
Read the summary → - 80/20 Running
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Matt Fitzgerald · Health
80/20 Running is Matt Fitzgerald's evidence-based argument that the most common mistake recreational runners make is training too hard, too often.
Read the summary → - Anatomy of an Epidemic
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Robert Whitaker · Health
Anatomy of an Epidemic is Robert Whitaker's investigation into a paradox: as the use of psychiatric medication in the United States has increased dramatically over the past half-century, the number of people on disability due to mental illness has risen in parallel.
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