Laying foundations

You might expect the entire focus of a strength training book to be loading as much weight on the bar as you possibly can. That’s our end goal. The best way to achieve that goal, in my experience, is to follow what I consider to be the most effective system for long-term progress. It’s one I have refined over 20 years of strength training and coaching. That system, regardless of who you are, starts with mastering some fundamental movement patterns.

There are probably pretty good ways of building strength that don’t involve doing all these moves. But I’m not looking for “pretty good”, I’m looking for the optimal way, and this is the best