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I bought this because Kavadlo was pretty impressive as a model in Convict Conditioning 2, and his website is pretty down to earth. Thought I'd pick up some useful supplemental ideas for BW exercise and programming and progressions.

Pro: Lots of nice pictures of Al and his brother doing very impressive BW things based on pullups, dips, muscle ups and handstand pushups. Very inspiring.

Cons: The book offers some variations on those exercises, but no real programming or "gateways" to shoot for to make you ready for the next hardest progression, which was the nice thing about Convict Conditioning.

Cons: Kind of a slim volume for the price - you're paying the usual "Dragon Door" inflated price. Being overcharged for "elite training information" is regarded as a priviledge by the DD masses. If only I could learn to write copy like JDC does, I'd own half the Midwest by now.

Verdict: Interesting, but hardly a necessity. If you love all things BW and need something to stoke your enthusiasm and don't mind spending $40+ bucks (with shipping), you will probably be OK with it. Me, I'll keep it rather than send it back, but in all, my reaction is: "meh".

Abandoned by Wolves wrote:I bought this because Kavadlo was pretty impressive as a model in Convict Conditioning 2

I stopped reading right there

Thanks for the review. I think JDC just wanted someone white to do a book on bar stuff. I don't find Kavadlo that impressive, a bad one arm chin-up and doing a bunch of human flags just doesn't wow me when that's the guy's main focus and supposedly has been for a good number of years now.

I found CC much better, even while still lacking in programming advice IMO.

protobuilder wrote:

Abandoned by Wolves wrote:I bought this because Kavadlo was pretty impressive as a model in Convict Conditioning 2

I stopped reading right there

Then my review served its purpose!

I plan on getting this purely for the pictures, and because Al's a good guy (I've trained with him a tiny bit), but am expecting to be disappointed by the text. Anything I get from that will be a pleasant surprise, and treated as such. Still, I probably won't hate it as much as Convict Conditioning.

protobuilder wrote:

Abandoned by Wolves wrote:I bought this because Kavadlo was pretty impressive as a model in Convict Conditioning 2

I stopped reading right there

That's a PR for you! I am so impressed.