A book about why you train.
Not what to do in the gym. Why any of it matters to you specifically, and how to build a philosophy of strength that's actually yours instead of borrowed from whoever shouted loudest. Thirty years of Chip working that question out, with the tools to work it out for yourself.
It's the first of two. More Inclined Towards Adventure takes the same thinking and shows you how to program from it.
Digital formats. Paperback below.
Most people inherit their training philosophy without noticing. You pick up a method, absorb its assumptions, and never ask whether those assumptions fit your life or your values.
This book makes you ask. It goes at the why underneath strength and movement, and hands you the tools to arrive at your own answer rather than adopting someone else's. That answer is what makes a training practice stick, long after motivation runs out.
The full book in three formats: EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
Yours to keep, on any device you want
People who've been training long enough to wonder what they're actually training for.
If you've read plenty of fitness books and noticed they all skip straight to the how, this is the one that stops at the question underneath. It also suits trainers and coaches who need to be able to explain their approach to someone else, which is much harder than it sounds until you've written it down.
More Inclined Towards Adventure is the follow-up. This one covers the why, that one covers the how. Either order works, but this is the natural starting point.
Learn from someone who's been questioning fitness dogma for 30+ years. Chip has trained with legends like Tommy Kono and Mel Siff, coached athletes internationally, and run a brick-and-mortar gym for nearly 20 years. Thirty years in, what he teaches isn't a program. It's the thinking behind one. He doesn't just hand you the workout; he hands you the reasoning, so you can eventually write your own.
You get all three. EPUB for Kindle, Kobo, and Apple Books, MOBI for older Kindles, PDF for reading anywhere.
No. This one's about the thinking. If you want the programming side, that's More Inclined Towards Adventure.
This one, if you're choosing. It was written first. More Inclined Towards Adventure is the logical next step. But really, it doesn't matter. Each book stands on its own. This book covers the why; the second one covers the how.
Forever. Buy it once, download it, it's yours.
Yes. The paperback is fulfilled separately, so use the link on this page rather than the buy button above. $22.
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