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John Izzo, NASM-CPT, PES

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Yours in strength,

The first time I picked up “Optimal Muscle Training” at the book store, was the first time I realized that muscular imbalances are THAT detrimental to performance. I mean, “C’mon…someone wrote an entire book on the topic!”

Books that help you become better as a professional or learner, are not the same as college textbooks that you pay $130 for and then return them at the end of the semester, to make a measly $28. No, these books stay on your shelf forever. And they don’t sit there and collect dust either. They get picked up from time to time, to be reviewed again, or referenced, or in Dr. Ken Kinakin’s book—to watch the accompanying DVD again.

How cool is that? The book not only describes the many muscular deviations that may occur or become exposed through weight-training, but there is a video that actually shows the assessments that can be performed to test for such! Once I read the book, I was hooked. Dr. Ken Kinakin did a remarkable job with this book, and he has authored many article published throughout the training community, as well as online publications. He is a respected professional and founder and president of SWIS (Society of Weight-Training Specialists)—an organization that combines specialists in the education of treatment and prevention, of weight-training injuries.

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