Tiki Barber's Pure Hard Workout: Stop Wasting Time and Start Building Real Strength and Muscle

By Tiki Barber and Joe Carini

Book Overview

The former NFL great, now a Today show correspondent, teams up with his renowned trainer to reveal the phenomenal lifting program that made him a gridiron star. As a running back for the New York Giants, Tiki Barber smashed team records and made numerous Pro Bowl appearances. But when he first entered the league he was seen as too slight to be an every-down player, let alone a star. That all changed when he met Joe Carini, a mountain of a man with a powerful program for whole-body strengthening based on his experience as a champion powerlifter. After working with Joe, Tiki became pound-for-pound the strongest man in the NFL and a true force on the field. Now Tiki and Joe provide everyone with the strength secrets that led to such a dazzling career. Tiki Barber’s Pure Hard Workout is based on a rigorous powerlifting regimen that shuns machines and returns to intense, basic lifts like squats and deadlifts. The ins and outs of stretching, warming up, and resistance-based cardio workouts are covered as well, along with nutrition advice for emphasizing muscle-building foods. The book’s design is just as unique as its contents, filled with three hundred exhilarating full-color photographs that capture Tiki performing each exercise, including Carini specials like the kettle bell pullover and the “Tiki bag.” In-depth instructions guide readers through the muscle groups and make it clear how to execute each move. And Tiki is living proof that you don’t have to be an NFL pro to stay motivated: Even after his departure from the game, he continues to make Joe’s plan his lifelong power program.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592403964
• ISBN13: 9781592403967
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Gotham Books
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.2" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Tiki Barber's Pure Hard Workout

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Its all about hard work

I heard Tiki on the radio and eventually bought the book. Tiki's football career got a tremendous boost from the workout program put together by Joe Carini, a power lifter from New Jersey. Joe runs the "House of Iron" gym. He also shrugs 1,400 lbs, no kidding. Don't expect anything fancy here. There is no space-age equipment, none of those silly bouncy workout balls that are all the rage at other gyms. Carini stresses intense workouts and lots of iron. To give you an idea, I visited Carini's gym to discuss his methods. He told me that once I got used to the program I could vary it some. For example I could put chains on the bar for bench press. Chains on the bar? for variety? Are you kidding me? When I met Carini he was training an NFL defensive lineman. What I found surprising was that neither Tiki nor the lineman looked huge. It turns out that using the system you can develop great strength without looking like the Hulk. The book has good pictures and suggested workouts but it needed a better editor. Joe and Tiki each essentially tell the same story about how Tiki succeeded with the system. Its worth the price though. The relative simplicity of the system will show you that the real key to getting strong is hard work.