Never Gymless - Ross Enamait

His website videos are incredible, his methods seem sound, and I've only ever heard great things about this book.

Has anyone here gone ahead and bought a copy? If so, what is your opinion?

 

It's a great book, especially if you're not that familiar with bodyweight exercises. The routines in it are great, if a bit tough on beginners.

 

I have a copy and cannot recommend it enough. In all seriousness, if there was one book I could recommend to an MAist looking for a good all-round fitness system then this would hands-down be it. Ross is also a great guy and will always respond to emails with helpful information. As mentioned, the routines are tough but that is fitness! Some excellent stuff for the home gym user too like making dumbells and other tools on the cheap.

 

Purchased thanks guys.

 

It's amazing how many people don't get the above statement. Working really hard is more important than the methods used.

 

Tell Ross that Adam says hi

 

Never Gymless is a great book. As one who travels quite a bit, I can't always take the gym with me. Great book. Great workouts.

As a supplement to this book I highly reccomend Ross Enamait's Medicine Ball Training. The two books really go hand in hand. The two books are now always packed going where ever I go.

 

His site the only way to get it?

(Don't want to pay the $25 if I can get it cheaper ar Amazon or something)

 

Yeah, he only sells it through his website which I personally think is a bit of a shame.

 

Sure is a shame, but if since you recommend it so highly I will order it and see how it goes.

 

Does it include such things as door pull-ups (I have found these invaluable)? And anything else along those lines?

 

Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly are door pull ups?

 

1) Open door.
2) Jam towel under door. (So you don't break the door off its hinges; support is provided)
3) Grab top of door and dangle
4) Pull yourself up
5) Repeat steps 3 and 4.

That's the gist of it.

 

Depending on the door, I often put a towel on top aswell. I've done it on some seriously crappy doors (once that look like they'll fall off their hinges if you so much as open them) and whilst they can take my weight (though I am not heavy), the problem is getting splinters.

 

There's loads of stuff like that in it. If you think this book might possibly be useful to you, then it definitely is.

 

I ordered the book as it seems very useful, however I am a bit curious about something.

I have read dozens of topics about bodyweight vs weight training, and it seemed that the overall consensus was that bodyweight is good but weight training is best. I know it depends on the actual routine, but is that the case or is bodyweight training just as good?

 

I'm sure the H&F natives will chime in but I imagine that defining 'best' in terms of routine comes down to primarily what your trying to do.

If your trying to improve sheer strength... then bodyweight is only going to take you so far. You're never going to get raw brute strength... gorilla, grizzly or beerkeg throwing strength by doing bodyweight routines.

That's not say they're all bad.
They are great for conditioning and for muscular endurance. But big increases in power and strength you need more resistance than bodyweight can provide. That means weights.

A combination of both always seemed to work out best for me in terms of not becoming bored and not letting my body get into a rut.

Much of the Ross Enamait material does use weights... though much of that dumbbells and medicine balls.

My .02 cents.

 

In Never Gymless?

 

That is what I was wondering, Ross certainly looks ripped but he doesn't appear to be unusually strong(not to mean he is weak, but he doesn't look very big either).

While I like most would love to be ripped, I would prefer to build up my strength and speed.

Will this book help me build my strength/speed or is it mostly muscle endurance?

 

Notice I said much of his material.
I don't own Never Gymless so I'm not sure whether he does or not.
In the several that I do own - he does use weights.