Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?: Fitness Myths, Training Truths, and Other Surprising Discoveries from the Science of Exercise

If you're looking for an instructional guide then you will be better served elsewhere. Instead, what this book does is take a series of questions we've probably all asked at some stage and presents a comprehensive answer to each in plain English.If you've ever ventured online for sports science information and advice then you'll probably agree the wheat to chaff ratio is very poor. By contrast the references section at the back of this book is 36 pages long.You can get a very good idea of what the book is like by reading the preview pages on Amazon. This is one of those books you can read cover to cover and then keep on the shelf as a reference. Highly recommended.

In his book excellent book, Alex tries to answer all the qusestions about training using ONLY the scientific evidence. Some of the myths you might have heard in the field, in the track and in the gym will be debunked. Highly recommended if you are serious about training.

Well worth a read. Q & A format and pulling together a lot of sources (the references take up quite a lot of space at the end!).Confirmed some of the things I've noticed; and gave me some useful info on areas where I've been going wrong.An easy read too. Anyone doing any amount of fitness should find something of interest here.

I'm finding this an invaluable book. It's good to have the facts laid out for you with no agenda. It's a book I think I will be going to for years.

A very informative read, it presents the information available from various studies and allows you to make your own mind up based on the facts.