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Has anyone here read matt furey's book Combat Conditioning? If so what did you think of it? I want to buy it but can't find it anywhere but online. I dont have a credit card so I can't order things online.
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Well. For one thing, I think it is overprised.
The content is basically 1 % text, 99 % pictures of bodyweight excercises. Okay, this is an exaggeration, but you get the picture. It is mostly a collection of individual excercises with very little advice on how to build up any kind of routine from it.
I have not read any other similar books (I know there are some from people like Hatmaker, Sonnon, et. al.) but after spending the money on Furey's book, I'd probably buy another book on the subject if I were to time travel back.
I basically like the collection of excercises, but I think the book is way overprised and overhyped. -
Will you save me the money and list the exercises that are mentioned in the book?Comment
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I browsed thrugh it in a UK book store. It is VERY rare to find it in a UK book store....... They only had one left and it had been selling like hot cakes. This last one was being held behind the counter for a guy who had rung to reserve it. Apparently he was on his way.
The shop keeper said he would let me have it, as this guy hadn't put any money down or anything. So I gave it a browse. To me it was NOT a good buy. There was very little in the way of explanatory text, and the still pictures weren't enough in themselves to properly demonstrate the exercises in my view.
I passed, and I would not recommend it to others.Comment
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Hmm... The "main routine" of the book, if you will, is The Royal Court. That is to perform as many hindu squats as you can, then continuing for as many hindu push ups as you can, and then doing the back bridge hold for time or reps of nose-to-floor rocking.Originally posted by bvermillion
See: http://www.cbass.com/Furey.htm
In addition you get explanations of many different kinds of single excercises like handstand push-ups, etc.Comment
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The reason Matt Furey's stuff is so overpriced is because people are willing to buy it at those prices. The guy is a great marketer. As to whether or not he really knows his stuff, I think he knows it fair amount, though I don't think he has an actual degree in physiology or anything.
In general, I'd think that in the end, bodyweight calisthenics are superior to weights if you only train one or the other; I think really you should train both. But in terms of calisthenics, if you look at exercises like Hindu squats, Hindu pushups, the layer pushups of kung fu, handstand pushups, pull-ups, lever pull-ups (the ultimate pull-up), planches, planche pushups (the ultimate pushup), the iron cross, the muscle-up, etc...(many of these are gymnastic in nature and require gymnastic rings or can be done on gymnastic rings as well as the ground), the horse stance until one reaches full split, the back bridge, single-leg squats, etc....all those combined build up strength in a way weights never can, pretty much, I think. But they don't give the same muscular "cut" or definition weights always will.
Remember to, the sport of modern gymnastics for men evolved off of the training exercises knights would use for strength training. That's where the vault and pommel horse all came from. Track and field too was from that kinda training. But then they evolved into separate sports.Comment
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Furey is obviously a slick marketer and I've heard that from other people that have ordered his stuff. That being said, I've heard a lot of raves for the combat conditioning book and videos.
I just ordered the video and book combination (yup, $120 delivered) so I could let you know in a week or two how it looks. I agree that buying the book without the videos didn't make sense...you have to see the exercises performed properly.Comment
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LOL. The exercises aren't that complicated. If you know how to do push-ups, you'll probably understand in a second how to do reverse push-ups with the photoes and explanations in the book, and so on. Furey's Combat Conditioning ain't rocket science, far from it.Originally posted by mlomker
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heres a website thats lists most of the exercises that you will need.Comment
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While looking through seany85's links I ran across this guy as well. His site looks pretty good: http://www.trainforstrength.com/Comment
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I think Furey's books are a great buy, and he does have ideas in the back of the book for a few different types of main workouts. His main thing is do the Royal Court first, then have fun with it. Do 200 leg spreaders, or 100 jump squats, or 500 mountain climbers. Work on whatever you want, just as long as you do those three, and try to get better each time. I don't do much of these anymore after I started using kettlebells, but I still do the bridge and will often press kettlebells while holding a bridge for as long as I can (I'm up to 6:08 right now as for my best time, averaging out around 5:42; usually after a few min my arms are nuked so I just try to hold the bridge as long as possible).Comment
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I bought the book and my workouts pretty much consist of the Royal Court and various traditional bodyweight calisthenics. I didn't like the price but other than that I think it was worth the buy. I was researching new ways to work my body after I got out of high school and if I could've gotten this one at the library and copied some of it, I would've.Comment
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