not trying to inflame or disrespect the man's products. just curious. it's just that all the reviews i've seen on his books are glowing, positive, and filled with superlatives. sure, there's the odd one who would wish he had written more on, say, recovery, but even those ones praise him highly overall. so does anyone here, or do you guys know anyone, who wasn't impressed with ross' stuff? having said that, the stuff he says on his website do make a lot of sense, and i probably will order one of his books soon.
Well it's difficult to criticise something that is based on fundamental principles... Ross bases all his workouts on working your ass off in shorts bursts to build up your intensity... His books give you ways to do this so how can you really not like them? I think the only people who call them pointless are guys looking to gain mass, which is something Ross' books don't promise and actually go against in most aspects.
only guys don't like em are lifting to get 70s big. you'll recognize them by the handle bar moustaches.
Ross is the man. If you commit to his programmes you WILL see results. The only thing that I would add, as someone noted above is recovery. Ross' workouts are extremely taxing on your body. You must ensure that you are eating right, taking adequate rest, etc.
If I had one criticism it's that he only seems to endorse one type of fitness. As said, he's all about the intense short bursts. I think for boxing, you need to be a bit more well rounded. You need some steady endurance work as well as the high intense work. Also, some of his exercises require things you may not have around, like if you live in a city, or an apartment, you probably don't have a sled or a giant bag of sand handy for workouts.
i have decided to get infinite intensity since that seems like the most comprehensive one (never gymless apparently has comprehensive info on nutrition, but i've read quite extensively on that and it all comes down to eating natural unprocessed foods taking into consideration your particular needs for protein, carbs, fibre, etc.). about recovery, would you guys recommend any good sources? it seems like recovery has become a different field of science in itself with different types of exercises/movements etc.
ok, that's good to know. i do prefer the short intense workouts, but i agree that you need the long steady type as well (not only for boxing, but for other sports and general fitness and health).
Dynamic Yoga. If you follow the II plan, substitute the gpp day for dynamic yoga and you will do great.
I love his stuff and it took me to another level of fitness (I already had a really good base to begin with) but after putting a few kilos on after an injury I found that the exclusively intense workouts weren't enough to get rid of the weight I'd put on. I have to admit that, although I eat well, I drink far too much beer and wine (and this isn't going to change as I no longer compete at anything)so I need to balance his intense circuits with easier, longer duration stuff to just burn calories. I know the theory that intensity raises the metabolism even when at rest, but it just didn't work that way for me when I had to shift some considerable weight; I needed the long steady distance stuff as well. This is the thing that interests me the most (and why I joined this forum) i.e. whether it is possible to achieve and maintain awesome conditioning without recourse to "traditional" aerobic work.Especially when you factor in that most of us are not pros, dedicated to the life, just people trying to be in good shape.
Theyre great books and definately worth the cash. Ive got all three and even a bunch of his old books on pdf and theyre all great, he has changed his opinions on things over time but essentially its still the same.
