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Bodybuilding experts Peter Sisco and John Little present a revolutionary new system for building maximum muscle in a minimum amount of time. Power Factor Training emphasizes very heavy overloading of the musculature and long rest periods between workouts, resulting in amazing gains in size and strength. This astounding guide details the proven physiological principles of the program, answers specific training questions, and outlines a concise workout schedule that is sure to benefit beginning, intermediate, and advanced bodybuilders.

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Two bodybuilding experts present a new program for building maximum muscle, emphasizing heavy overloading of the musculature and long rest periods between workouts and outlining a concise workout schedule that will benefit any level bodybuilder. Original."

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As this printing of Power Factor Training goes to press, at least twenty thousand athletes and body-builders in fifty-eight countries are training with this system and achieving their best results ever. Read the first page

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2.0 out of 5 stars misleading, May 19 2004

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This review is from: Power Factor Training: A Scientific Approach to Building Lean Muscle Mass (Paperback)

Who would really benefit from this system?: 1/Someone who's busted their #** with full-range exercise for years , and needs something-anything to get out of a rut,(and even then, as a temporary measure). 2/Power lifters who need special training to get past a sticking point. 2/ Injured,or otherwise incapacitated trainees who can still safely/painlessly train part of their range. For the great majority of us, this is just a way of continuously, arbitrarily changing our short-attention-span workout, NOT GOOD. It does NOT convert to to full-range strength in the great majority of practitioners, and it does NOT change one's genetically limited ability to add lean mass,(if anything, very low time under tension has most of it's effect on the central nervous system ,and -less- on tissue). You'll temporarily thrill yourself with supernatural 'strength' gains,which soon end at the equipment's limitation,(unless you get their special,(dynamomometer?), machine, which I'm sure will show a readout making you the strongest man in the world in about 13 weeks), you'll be putting ten times the weight that you actually needed to put on your poor tendons and bones. The best time to use 'power factor' training is AFTER -full range- strength has been used up in a set, and you can still lift the weight a little bit, and hold it. This has two benefits:1/ The weight is a safe one. 2/You'll know you've had a full traditional workout, and are going for some TRUELY extra benefits.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Power Factor - The Best, Jan 29 2004

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"auto473287" (Albuquerque, NM United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Power Factor Training: A Scientific Approach to Building Lean Muscle Mass (Paperback)

I find this book, written by a follower of the late great Mike Mentzer to be the best method for producing the most muscle in the least amount of workout time. The partial rep method also prevents injuries associated with full-rep joint-stressing movements. For maximum muscle size it makes sense that you must incorporate all fibers (Fast twitch, slow twitch, med twitch), and all fibers are not recruited until the last few inches of the rep. I also think that it is counter productive to tear down a muscle before it is fully recovered, so the longer "rest" periods between workouts is most productive. You can build one heck of a Bruce Lee "2 inch punch" with this training! It is indeed scientific, as you can measure it accurately from workout to workout, and you can find your individual "sweet spot" by simply varying reps/frequency and then looking at the numbers. If you want endurance marathon training, then look elsewhere, but if you want super results, with less time in the gym, this is a great read! :)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Just another training program, not a breakthrough, Dec 22 2003

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James J. Pupo "Jim jim" (Yuma, AZ 85367) - See all my reviews
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I bought "Power Factor Training" and tried doing only partial reps for a few months. While I did add pounds on the bar faster doing partial reps, those pounds didn't translate to an equal amount of pounds added for the full-range version of those exercises. I agree with another reviewer who said by taking distance out the their power factor formula they have overstated the benefit of partial reps. Partial reps did help me get little stronger in some exercises though. Partial reps can help you get past a leveling off of progress. When I used partial reps only for the bench press for 4 months then went back to doing full range bench presses I found that I lost 25 pounds strength for that exercise! What a bummer! But the strength in my curls increased more than I thought it would. The reason I believe is because in curls I did the partial movement in the hardest range of the movement and in bench press I did the partial movement in the easiest part of the range of movement.
They do have a point when they say the stronger you get the longer it takes you body to recover for the next workout but be careful not to take off to long. I tried doing full range bench presses every other week and I just couldn't seem to get stronger then I changed it to once a week and I have been making progress again.
They also say people have a sweet spot in what number of reps bring brings about the best gains. I found this to be true.
This book has some good points but in short it's just another training program, not a breakthrough. I recommend reading "Beyond Brawn" instead. Also I recommend reading books by Clarence Bass such as "Challange Yourself" and "Ripped 3".

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5.0 out of 5 stars For all those who doubt.. read ahead..
To all those nay-sayers out there.. you truly owe it to yourself to read this.

I have been using PFT for almost 11 months. Before PFT I had been working out 3 days a week.. Read more

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2.0 out of 5 stars some good info and some bad info
This book is far too complicated and obscure, it says that the number of sets and reps is going to vary from person to person and that you have to rely on your power factor to... Read more