The Muscle Ladder: Get Jacked Using Science

This book takes science proven principles and breaks them down into applicable tools that anyone can use. Although a lot of refreshers for me personally. It has valuable information for those looking to take a more serious approach to their training and health. If applied correctly you will see vast improvements.

You know it’s a good book when all the poor reviews are only about the physical condition that it arrived in. For those who do receive a book in poor condition, it is not Jeff’s fault and you can exchange it through Amazon without leaving a poor review. My book arrived in perfect quality so I appreciate whoever handled it.As for the content of the book, it’s a great comprehensive guide for anyone who is just beginning or has been working out for a little while know and wants to really solidly their future path in the gym. The ladder analogy is simple but Jeff makes it work perfectly. I highly recommend this book for anyone looking to improve their fitness goals.

Well written and easy to digest everything in this book looking forward to implementing these ideas into my workouts and see my progress.

Great book by Jeff. Something for everyone to learn. Also looks sick on a shelf.

Excellent book. However I mostly bought it to support Jeff for his quality free content on YouTube and mostly, because I don't like bullies. Especially the adult-children body builders with roid rage (IYKYK). I hope my money goes towards putting people like that behind bars. One actual critique of the book is that I wish Jeff had programs that didn't require machines. I have a home gym and it's the most economical and time saving way to work out consistently. I would like to see more programs focused on barbells, dumbbells and kettlebells. I appreciate that Jeff is natural in a world that wants a quick fix, pill, or shot to cure them of their insecurities.

If you are new to lifting or have been lifting for a while without immersing yourself in the field too much, this is a perfect starter book.If you are an exercise science, kinesiologist, or even a personal trainer, you might not find as much useful knowledge since it covers standard information you already know. Still, you might refresh some of your knowledge or get some insight about how other good and efficient trainers are effective in their craft.Because of that, I think I recommend the book to anyone regardless of expertise. You will either gain a ton of knowledge or some perspective on how someone like Jeff Nippard conducts their training.However, if you dont have money to splurge and already have the knowledge and perspective, maybe pass on it and look for something more advanced. This book might be more of a novelty for you rather than something you'd benefit from.

I read a lot. I’ve read countless books about fitness. (I’ll not name them as not to disparaging any of them.) almost every single one I’ve read is just the authors approach on how they got fit. They try selling you the book, telling you yes, this is the book that will finally get you fit.The problem is, is every book is wildly different in how they approach fitness. A lot of them use old outdated “bro science” to substantiate their claims. Leading to sub-optimal hypertrophy. They make wild claims in their book that you’ll be a spitting image of captain america, or Thor.Ultimately, if you workout you’ll gain muscle. There is no cheat code (unless you want to risk the health consequences of steroids). That’s why I liked this book so much. The author Jeff never tries to sell you this book that in 60-90 days you’ll be jacked. He literally tells the honest to god truth. Which is extremely rare now a days.This book is written out in an amazing way. He literally walks you up “the muscle ladder.” So, if you literally know nothing about hypertrophy(muscle building) by the end of the book you’ll have an amazing knowledge on today’s current scientific data on hypertrophy.If your goal is to build muscle this book is a must have!The only complaint I have is that I think Jeff should have done the workout exercises in chapter 4 shirtless, and maybe used animations to highlight which muscles you’re trying to target. I struggled immensely when I first started with trying to figure out where to put the bar on my back for squats. I just could never figure out where to put it. Then one day I came across an animation with like a x-ray vision type animation of where to put the bar. It finally clicked.

Very good info I've had the book since pre order it's helped me understand the fundamentals of many questions that arrise in someone's journey through lifting.