Best of 2009
2009 was filled with a lot of solid material and new equipment. It was also filled with some aha and uh-oh’s. Who made the cut?
Best Diet Book – Tom Venuto – Body Fat Solution
Best Training Video Series – Mike Robertson/Eric Cressey/Bill Hartman – Assess & Correct
Best Book on Building Muscle – Matt Perryman – Maximum Muscle: The Science of Intelligent Physique Training
Best Book for Strength Training – Jim Wendler – 5/3/1
Best Book for Cardio/Conditioning - Robert dos Remedios – Cardio Strength Training
Best Book for General Exercise Instruction - Men’s/Women’s Health Big Book of Exercises
Best Training Equipment - TRX System
Best Exercise A-ha Moment - Nick Tumminello’s – Rethinking YTWL
Best Uh-oh Moment – Anything the Biggest Loser did
Most Talented/Hardest Working Non-Guru Expert – Dr. Jonathan Fass
Best Resource for Science Review – Alan Aragon’s Research Review
Best Fitness/Training Podcast - The Fitcast
Most Pregnant Trainee - Cassandra Forsythe
Most Powerful Couple – The Cosgrove’s
Most Misunderstood/Serious Badass – Jamie Hale
Best Sport/Inspirational Movie – The Blind Side
Best Training Song - Phoenix – Lisztomania
My Best of 2009
Best Thing I Did/Wrote/Created - Body By Eats/Membership Site
Recipes, breaking of dogma, and community support. What more could you ask for?
Best Blog Post – Defining Bulky Once and For All
Best “Ask Leigh” Podcast – Get Crazy
Best Training Realization – How different men and women really are
Best Book I Read – Malcom Galdwell – Outliers
Best Album – Metric – Fantasies
Favorite YouTube Moment
1 guy who I am proud to call a friend in 2010
Mike Robertson has done great stuff this year and I am sure 2010 will be better. If you are a trainer/blogger looking for a little advice check out his latest post called 13 tips for blogging success.
1 roundtable on clean eating
Hear what me and other professionals in the business have to say on clean eating. Check out Jamie Hale’s roundtable here.
1 Goal for this year and every year
I want to never look back at a best time in my life because there are too many to choose from. Never have glory days because it means now isn’t glorious.
Nice list!
You are so jealous of Jillian Micheals.
LOL
Actually we are secret lovers.
Pictures, or it didn’t happen.
Jillian looks like a man, so I can understand why you would.
You forgot the most obvious one – “Best Christmas Gift ever given to Kevin Larrabee”…..
And it was a classic!
I was just thinking that. Great list Leigh.
That really should have made the list.
I didn’t realize all these things were released this year! I wanted to get the Cardio Strength Training. Do you think you could do a review on it Leigh. Oh and Rachel’s new book too?
May 2010 be your best year yet.
I will see if I can get around to reviewing Dos’s book but I know he was just on the Fitcast this week as a extra interview with Kevin. You may get all you need to know out of that. It isn’t posted up yet but look out for it.
Great list. I own almost all those books. I just got the DOS one and really can’t wait to put some of it to work.
Love the list, I agree 100% with everything. If there was more room I would like to throw props to Dan John and Dave Tate for their releases.
Where is the best supplement you don’t need?
Good call on the Dan John. As for supplements if it isn’t a vitamin, mineral, oil, protein, or creatine you don’t need it. That good enough
Nice list. Congrats Dos.
Cool! I made your list! I’m so honored
Plus you made it as the “most” pregnant trainee. Sounds like you’ll be delivering a superbaby!
What was it Jon said?
It is going to clean & jerk out the snatch?
Great list Leigh, I can always count on you to hook me up with something I haven’t seen yet (Perryman e-book, Hale roundtable). Thanks!!
Very welcome.
Leigh (or anyone) -
Do you know if the TRX door anchor is similar to the iron gym pullup bar? I got one of those but I have an old house and so the doorframes are too thick and it doesn’t fit! But I want a TRX so damn bad!
Maybe this will answer your question
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBBcIYYCSA4&feature=related
Great list – I particularly agree about Listzomania, amazing song on an amazing album.
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