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Mad Skills Exercise Encyclopedia Paperback – October 2, 2013

by Ben Musholt (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars 62
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Mad Skills is the world's largest illustrated exercise encyclopedia and contains over 700 unique exercises to build strength and mobility. It is designed as a reference tool for athletes, trainers, and coaches, to help steer creative movement selection for effective workouts. Categories of exercise movements include: barbell lifts, kettlebell skills, gymnastics conditioning, whole body movements, yoga postures, stretching, partner skills, and more!
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  1. Print length
    321 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Createspace Independent Pub
  4. Publication date
    October 2, 2013
  5. Dimensions
    8.25 x 0.8 x 10.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1492139408
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1492139409
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"Just flipping through Mad Skillsis enough to get you excited to train. It's a complete reference honoring the full cross-section of physical culture without favoring any one particular discipline." - GoldMedalBodies.com"Anyone of just about any fitness level could use this book to learn new exercises or to improve moves they already know." - The Oregonian"While the encyclopedia does have a section called "Cooking It Up" that helps functional fitness enthusiasts put together their own workouts, it's also relatively easy to add several movements to your existing workouts" - CoolHunting.com

About the Author

Ben Musholt is a physical therapist and APEX Movement certified Parkour and Freerunning coach in Portland, Oregon. He is a cofounder of the 'Beyond the Clinic' rehabilitation practice, and also runs BPM Rx, Inc. His writing has been featured on the Men's Fitness and Breaking Muscle websites. He also blogs at ParkourConditioning.com and posts workouts to StrengthMob.com. His movement-training background spans from gymnastics, to martial arts, and board sports. His goal is to help fellow athletes have the fitness needed to excel in their favorite sport.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Createspace Independent Pub; 1st edition (October 2, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 321 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1492139408
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1492139409
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 0.8 x 10.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 62

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Lorenzo
5.0 out of 5 stars Diversity of Movement
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2013
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This is an excellent book that illustrates a huge variety of physical movement. It includes: warm ups, locomotion exercises, bodyweight conditioning exercises, elements from floor gymnastics, a lot of push up variations, barbell exercises, kettlebell exercises, dumbbell exercises, gymnastic rings techniques and movements, pull up bar techniques and movements, squat variations (weighted and bodyweight) , core exercises (floor and with pull up bar), paralette exercises and yoga based stretches, balancing and general joint mobility. The book is also great because within all those categories there are techniques and exercises that are being used from well recognized disciplines such as parkour, capoeira, gymnastics and martial arts. There is enough variety here for those who do not have any access to exercise equipment because the book presents a lot of floor gymnastic based movements, parkour exercises, challenging push up variations, bodyweight conditioning, plyometrics and agility work. There are also lot of exercises for those with access to gymnastics rings, pull up bars, jungle gyms, parks, paralettes and dumbbells or barbells. It truly is an exercise encyclopedia and you will greatly enjoy the artwork of each exercise along with the detailed explanations for each. The emphasis of the book is to not see exercise as a burden or like a fixed boring routine that you do like a robot. Instead he encourages you to embrace movement in your everyday life since that is what the human body evolved to do, to move constantly and in a variety of ways. So use these techniques to "play" whenever you get the chance and keep your whole body mobile and away from sedentary lifestyles that are the cause of many modern diseases. There are so many exercises and techniques here that stimulate so many different parts of the body that your opportunities to get creative everyday are endless.
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Jose
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book to have
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2021
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This book shows a lot more body weight exercises which is very helpful it does not give you a plan or how many sets or reps the author actually explains to you why which is very helpful..
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Lemmel
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource!
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2014
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This book has a huge array of exercises to spice up your exercise routine. Simple, concise, and clear instructions on how to execute each exercise are given. As an average active person who strives to push herself a little more each day, I like that it's direct, to the point, and not text heavy. The pictures are illustrated, which I really like, and the models are diverse and I can see myself represented among them. i think that experts as well as average folk would benefit from this book and have as a reference tool. Ben also has the credentials, experience, and love of movement to give solid grounded advice. Great job, Ben Musholt!
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S. Shafley
3.0 out of 5 stars Mile Wide, Inch Deep
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2014
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The author clearly enjoyed creating this book. I wanted to see how the crowdfunding process would work for a book, and I kind of bought it on a whim.

This is not an encyclopedia, this is more like a comic book. There are a lot of tips and tricks to master the techniques of many of these exercises, and this is simply not very detailed.

While I appreciate the fact this was a labor of love, I find it hard to believe that beginners get much out of it, although it does remind more advanced trainees of exercises they might have forgotten about.

I like this book, but I don't love it, nor could I really recommend it over some of the outstanding instructionals out there. Sorry, Ben. I was hoping for something more in depth with a higher production value.
21 people found this helpful
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Stephen M. Oconnor
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Exercise Resouce
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2013
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I really liked this book as it is a great resource of exercise movements and introduced me to many new ones I never thought of. It really gives you good ideas on how to develop your own programs and all in one place. For example, you can go all body weight, gymnast movements, weights, cardio or mix and match. The illustrations are well done and easy to follow. You will never get bored with the number and variety of the exercises in this book! Highly recommend.
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gene liang
4.0 out of 5 stars good reference
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2014
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As a fellow Physical Therapist and active guy, I was excited to receive this book and use it as reference. I think its a great book straight forward, no filler. One thing I feel can make it better is more pictures or additional explanation for exercises with multiple movements. Other than that its a good reference to keep your workouts fresh or give you treatment ideas. Maybe make a youtube channel, for workouts and tutorial! I would totally subscribe.
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traci P
5.0 out of 5 stars it's great
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2014
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It was exactly what I was looking for. I like the common sense, the lack of stupid diet advice, the diversity of models. It is useful for me personally, for my family and for my work as a teacher.
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lowrez
1.0 out of 5 stars Books by Ben? Never again!
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2014
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1: I contacted the author to inquire about buying a PDF version of the book. I got not a word in return. I guess he's too busy for his fans/customers. Bad form.

2: Some of the moves/exercises in the book have been proven to be dangerous (even when performed properly). There are no warnings or cautions listed anywhere. Personally I feel that dangerous moves should be 100% omitted. If Ben is "in the know" why did he list these moves?

3: All you get is a description of the move, no info about the muscle groups that are worked or anything like that. No science. Given this fact, you could pretty much find all this stuff for free on the net and assemble your own encyclopedia of moves.

4. The illustrations are hideous.

This book is a complete waste of money. If you want something with a ton of moves that isn't a waste of money then I recommend Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy, ISBN 1450429297. It contains all the moves you'll ever need. Its has high quality illustrations. It has the science to back up the moves.
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Kayzen
3.0 out of 5 stars Bof
Reviewed in France on June 7, 2017
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Je suis déçu de cet ouvrage, rien d'extraordinaire dans les exercices. Rien d'innovant. Si vous êtes débutant ce livre est pour vous pour les confirmés passez sans doute votre chemin
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mauy thai 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 17, 2014
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Great book with a wide variety of exercises a very useful resource.
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Weidemüller David
5.0 out of 5 stars Guter Übungskatalog
Reviewed in Germany on May 15, 2014
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Sehr gutes Buch mit wirklich vielen Übungen! Das englisch ist leicht zu verstehen aber wegen der Bilder nicht zwingend nötig! Nur zu empfehlen!
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Tony and Annette Customer
3.0 out of 5 stars This book has lots of exercises although could easily have been improved with short notes on which muscles ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 30, 2016
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This book has lots of exercises although could easily have been improved with short notes on which muscles are used for each exercise.
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Rutherford
4.0 out of 5 stars Hm...eigentlich ok
Reviewed in Germany on September 12, 2014
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Das Buch Mad Skills habe ich mir zur Anregung von verschiedenen Traininssessions zugelegt.

Im Grunde genommen findet man in diesem Buch alle Übungen um ein gutes Training im Crossfit Style zu planen. Doch sollte dieses Buch nur zu Inspiration genommen werden. Die Übungen sind alle kurz beschrieben und mit 1-2 Schwarz-Weiß-Bilden.
Wenn man sich vorab eine Meinung bilden möchte sollte man einfach mal auf die Seiten von Ben Musholt gehen.

Besonders sei hier die Seite bpmrx,com/blog erwähnt. Das Buch ist eigentlich eine 1 zu 1 Umsetzung dieser Seite.
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