Want to start Strong Curves but...

southrnchic479

The fact that it is an ENORMOUS book totally turns me off. I just want to get at it and get started!! I mean do I really need to read a whole book? I am one of those that needs a printout with photos of the moves lol. I am a beginner, only doing body weight exercises at the moment, and I don’t know all the proper form and stuff yet. I know that will all be in the book but I just wish there was a more concise version of the whole program. I just checked to see that it is in stock at my local bookstore so I’ll definitely go check it out. But I’d love to hear some feedback from those of you who have the book and have done the program before I spend the money on it.

Also, I’m aware there is a pdf template on here somewhere where you can basically check off and enter the weight you used to track your progress and all that (I’ve got it bookmarked) but I was wondering if anyone knew of any other printable resources that had a little more detail - ie diagrams for each move, tips on what to do/not to do, etc.

Looking forward to hearing what y’all have to say! thanks!

usmcmp

There's a strong curves begginer program with a pdf that has just the workouts. Google the exercise name and you should find videos of the exercise.

PikaJoyJoy

320 pages is an enormous book?

You could do the digital version of the book if that will help. I have the kindle version and you can add your own notes, highlight and save certain areas of the book so they are easy to jump to.

The pictures he has are pretty basic but I believe most of the exercises are either on his youtube channel or are common enough you can easily find a basic walk through of them on youtube.

PikaJoyJoy

To add - the book does consist of a few examples/stories of women he's worked with. Their goals, etc. It contains a walk through of how he figures out calorie intake for his clients, talks about setting reasonable goals, etc.

He breaks things down pretty simply in order to educate people so even if they move on from his book, at least they'll have basic ideas in nutrition, exercise, etc. You "don't have to" read it, but I think if you are new to all this that it'd be a good idea to just set some time to do so.

capaul42

The book is almost entirely pictures of the exercises. I read the whole thing in about 2 hours.

southrnchic479

Oh that makes me feel much better!

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flowerhorsey

I got it from library and read it... And templates are online for free.

sardelsa

It is worth the read in my opinion.

megs_1985

I read it very fast. I skimmed some sections but a lot of it is explaining the exercises

nowine4me

If you buy the online version, it includes a printable PDF chart of all the exercises — by week — in a spreadsheet format,

Davidsdottir

Agree with the above. It's a fast read, lots of photos, and really informative.

canadianlbs

i don't have the book and have always had an aversion to the contreras cult, but if it's worth anything . . . i got starting strength when i began with lifting and that's another extremely-dense book.

so my takeaway from that was that you don't have to read every word if you're impatient or if parts of it just don't mean anything to you yet. but it's sure nice to have the micro-technical information if you ever do run into trouble and can't work out why. so i wouldn't let fear of density stop you from getting it if it appeals to you right now on other levels.

bbell1985

Um. I suggest reading the book. Don't you want knowledge? Suit yourself.

southrnchic479

Well here's some irony for you guys.

Bought the book on Amazon yesterday. Ready to get started, get sexy, rock a bikini...

That evening, I took a pregnancy test because I'm 4 days late and my boobs HURT.

5 weeks prego

LOL!! Still going to read the book but obviously I'll have to talk to my doc about proper nutrition and what exercises I'm able to do. If anybody knows any threads on here that might be helpful to (pregnant) me, please let me know!

laur357

Congrats!