Rock Iron Steel: The Book of Strength
You know those white-collar guys who don't shave on Saturday, put on their grubbiest T-shirts and meanest looks and ride around on their Harleys, wanting to look like the bad boys they're not? There are training books that have a similar genealogy, and this isn't one of them. There are also a lot of follow-the-herd authors in the training field, and Steve Justa is not one of them either. What he is is an authentic American original: Steve Justa, as Dan Martin once said to us, is reminiscent in some ways of J.C. Hise, and that's a mighty big compliment in the circles we travel. Justa is the small-town Nebraska farm guy who introduced barrel lifting to the world in a brutally effective course that had the rustic charm of an old treasure map. Rock, Iron, Steel includes Steve's original barrel lifting course and, like Steve, it hits straight from the shoulder and is packed with an American pioneer's ingenuity and authenticity that you just won't find in other "functional strength" books. Steve just about invented the concept and he certainly wrote the book on the subject. 112 pp.