Top strength athletes know that all-out effort is unsustainable, which is why they “wave” their loads up and down.

“I back off in reps or weight when I get ahead of myself or encountering a sticking point,” writes bodybuilding legend Clarence Bass. “I try to never fail. I know when I can’t do another rep in good form and stop. If I’m not able to increase for several workouts in a row, I usually reduce the resistance and start up again… If I can’t go up in resistance, I retreat in preparation for another slow build-up. Planning for success always works. It sure beats repeated failure…”

Learn how to do this in a structured manner—and much more in Deadlift Dynamite, a book by Andy Bolton, the first lifter to deadlift 1,000 pounds, and Pavel Tsatsouline.

• 1,000-pound deadlift technique, painstakingly deconstructed—just “copy and paste”
  
  

• Championship power squat and bench press skills, obsessively detailed
  
  

• Programming: highly effective and remarkably efficient
  
  

• Special strength stretches, so you can lift more and stay in the game longer
  
  

• A priceless arsenal of the highest-yield assistance exercises

Deadlift Dynamite will take you from your first steps in the iron game as far as you are willing to go.