The Saga of the Tijuana Barbell Club

Great story telling, time flies when you read the chapters through. Getting new ideas to your training is never a bad thing, as nowadays you see at your gym how so many people are wasting their time on useless stuff. Book offers good information, if you have been spending time under the barbell for 20 years maybe you just want a reminder how things were before. I get inspired so much by the stories from this book.Maybe the coolest thing was that as I did read through the book and started to have questions about routines. I decided to contact Josh with email and he did answer to my questions and it did happen fast. How many times I have seen people say "yeah contact to support if you have problems or questions", and then I contact them and nothing happens. But with Josh this was so easy, he only doesn't share the knowledge, he wants to be sure that you understand it too.I would recommend this book to everyone, literally everyone. Fot those who seek the right way to go, those who want to supercharge their training without any useless equipment, for those who really love the basics like I do, just barbell, dumbbells, dip/chin-stand, some plates and chain so I can hang the weight on my waist. For those who really look up to big and strong guys, the old school lifters who did first do physical job and then lift the weights, I bet they never talked about their macros or should they do HIIT or jogging.Look in to the mirror, think what you want to be. Do you want to be remembered as a strong man or weak and small? Fix your mentality and be a man. Think this book as an investment for better future, because that is what you will get if you stay on the right path and WORK HARD.

I stumbled on to Josh Bryant around 3 years ago when I was 22 since that time I have purchased all his books and always look at his YouTube channel. This book is amazing because it incoportes phenomenal training methods with a story about the development of some teenage boys which I love because I do believe the two go hand in hand. I love the way Josh writes as he is incrediblely throw back and hard nosed yet very intelligent in regards to training. His choice of words is superb as he articulates both training and the story i such a way that makes it seem like a movie is going on in your head. Lastly, I will forever be thankful for the passion Josh puts into all his work it's contagious. I look forward to meeting him one day and talking life and training. Through his work he has been a mentor to me from Texas all the way to Los Angeles.

I have been training for a long time and after finding Josh and Adam's Jailhouse Strong book and now The Saga of the Tijuana Barbell Club, my strength and size gains have gone through the roof. I recommend this to anyone looking to gain knowledge on training and how to improve their workouts and their body's!

A great practical manual with numerous programs on how to train to get bigger and stronger. Josh and Adam are entertaining writers who have a passion for getting their message on how to optimize your physical culture pursuits. I recommend this book to anyone stating strength training to the most advanced trainees who seek variety and an old school work ethic in their training.

Typical great quality content from this team. I have all the books Josh B and his partners published to date and love them all. This book has some great stories, great lessons, and of course, great routine programming. I love that the authors give programming percentages to use in much of their material. This makes progression a no brainer for those trainees unsure of how much weight to use and how to progress.

Great mix of real workouts and romanticism. The author paints a nice picture and inspires you to challenge yourself with hard workouts. The characters are constructed around different body types and different training methods to help everyone. Great read for fun, and practical use.

This is a good book of how the old school training of iron from mexico. I recommended to anyone who wants to be strong and functional must read this book.

It doesn't take much to make great strength and size gains. Josh Bryant shows that with another instant classic.A barbell and the will to succeed is all you need, as this book highlights.Through adjusting rep, set, and rest ranges you can use simple movements with minimal equipment to achieve your goals, whatever those are.Great combination of antidotal and scientific packed into a compelling narrative.

Awesome book.Very useful training information interwoven into a story that is full of great characters.A very different book compared to Mr Bryant's usual work, but also a great read.I recommend all of his books.Great stuff.

I really liked the stories that go with each of the programs. Definitely different, but fun also, to go with some great routines.

Love the story telling mixed with the real world strength advice, great read for anyone who wants to get stronger and understand different training methods which are tried and proven

The programs in the book are great and the stories bring me back to my youth and intro in the iron world.

Love this book thank you josh sir