Is "The Poliquin Principles" Book Really Worth The Price?

[Kaliman]

:bb: Does anyone knows if "The Poliquin Principles" book is worth purchasing? I've heard a lot of hype about this book, but I don't know if it's worth it. Amazon listed this book for $542.00 - $2,000. I can't believe this book would list for so much (book was just published in 1997). Much to my suprise, I saw it sold on eBay for around $50.00. So I may be able to purchase this book on eBay, for cheap, if it's up for auction again. Please let me know if its worth it or not. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and Merry Christmas!!

 

[meowmeow]

Here is a link to TN forum discussing what books are good to buy. I think they mention Poliquin. Testosterone Nation - Christmas Book Buying

 

[Kaliman]

Thanks Meowmeow, that link gave me some other books to look into getting. I just noticed "The Poliquin Principles" is currently on eBay auction again for only $14.99. I'll keep a close eye on this one. It's crazy how the price on this particular book can fluctuate so much. Thanks Again!!

 

[meowmeow]

Thanks Meowmeow, that link gave me some other books to look into getting. I just noticed "The Poliquin Principles" is currently on eBay auction again for only $14.99. I'll keep a close eye on this one. It's crazy how the price on this particular book can fluctuate so much. Thanks Again!!

I've also seen it on bittorrent...if you are in to that sort of thing.

 

[meowmeow]

Also Andalite at BB made a list of Charles Poliquin's Training Routine Articles available at TN.

1.) Rest Pause
Testosterone Nation - Rest-Pause - 02.14.06

2.) The Lost Art of Overhead Pressing
Testosterone Nation - The Lost Art of Overhead Pressing

3.) Get Strong Get Big
Testosterone Nation - Get Strong, Get Big - 01.18.06

4.) Explosive Neural Drive
Testosterone Nation - Explosive Neural Drive

5.) Quads and Hams
Testosterone Nation - Quads and Hams - 10.27.05

6.) Reduce Carbs, Go Green
Testosterone Nation - Reduce Carbs, Go Green - 10.11.05

7.) 15 Pounds per Inch
Testosterone Nation - 15 Pounds Per Inch - 10.04.05

8.) Hamstrings Times Two
Testosterone Nation - Hamstrings Times Two

9.) Lactic Acid Training For Fat Loss
Testosterone Nation - Lactic Acid Training for Fat Loss

10.) Advanced German Volume Training
Testosterone Nation - Advanced German Volume Training

11.) Manipulating Reps for Gains in Size and Strength
Testosterone Nation - Manipulating Reps for Gains in Size and Strength

12.) Arm Yourself
Testosterone Nation - Arm Yourself!

13.) The Five Elements
Testosterone Nation - The Five Elements

14.) Question of Strength
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

15.) Poetry in Motion
Testosterone Nation - Poetry in Motion - The Testosterone Exercise of the Month

16.) Back to Basics
Testosterone Nation - Back to Basics - No More Geek Back Training

17.) The Truth about Bodybuilding Arm Measurements
Testosterone Nation - The Truth About Bodybuilding Arm Measurements

18.) The Top Seven Upperback Exercises
Testosterone Nation - The Top Seven Upper Back Exercises

19.) Preparing for the Ultimate Workout
Testosterone Nation - Preparing for the Ultimate Workout

20.) The Top 10 Triceps Exercises
Testosterone Nation - The Top Ten Triceps Exercises

21.) The 1-6 Principle
Testosterone Nation - The 1-6 Principle

22.) Achieving Structural Balance
Testosterone Nation - Achieving Structural Balance

23.) Can't Add Size to your Biceps ?
Testosterone Nation - Can't Add Size to Your Biceps? Try Working the Forearms!

24.) The One Day Arm Cure
Testosterone Nation - The One-Day Arm Cure

25.) Variations on a Theme
Testosterone Nation - Variations on a Theme

26.) The Nausea Workout
Testosterone Nation - The Nausea Workout

27.) The Swiss Ball Arm Workout
Testosterone Nation - The Swiss Ball Arm Workout

28.) The Five Percent Solution
Testosterone Nation - The Five Percent Solution

29.) Training With Maximal Weights
Testosterone Nation - Training With Maximal Weights

ok, its time to move onto the question / answer session which Charles has... there are quite a few articles on those.... so i'll rename some of them in order to make the search simpler for you... (btw, they are ALL called "Question of Strength"

The Question of Strength Articles

30.) Article 1
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

31.) Article 2
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

32.) Article 3
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

33.) Article 4
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

34.) Article 5
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

35.) Article 6
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

36.) Article 7
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

37.) Article 8
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

38.) Article 9
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

39.) Article 10
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

40.) Article 11
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

41.) Article 12
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

42.) Article 13
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

43.) Article 14
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

44.) Article 15
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

45.) Article 16
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

46.) Article 17
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

47.) Article 18
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

48.) Article 19
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

49.) Article 20
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

50.) Article 21
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

51.) Article 22
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

52.) Article 23
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

53.) Article 24
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

54.) Article 25
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

55.) Article 26
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

56.) Article 27
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

57.) Article 28
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

58.) Article 29
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

59.) Article 30
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength


60.) Article 31
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

61.) Article 32
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

62.) Article 33
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

63.) Article 34
Testosterone Nation - Question of Strength

 

[bLacKjAck.]

^^^ can't ask for much more than that:thumbsup:

 

[Kaliman]

Awesome post, Meowmeow! Thanks for the wealth of information you've provided. This should be a sticky post. I'm sure many board members will benefit from this post.
Also, I gave you Karma points. Thanks again, and have a Happy New Year!!

 

[meowmeow]

All of his books including Poliquin Principles are available on his site Charles Poliquin - Poliquin Performance Center

The updated 2nd edition of Poliquin Principles is sold for $39.95

Poliquin's Books

 

[Mach .78]

Don't need any books with all of these links in front of me.

 

[meowmeow]

Here is a T-Nation link to an archive of Charles Poliquin posts, articles and routines Author: Charles Poliquin

Most of the articles are duplicates of the links posted above...but there are some that are new to this thread such as the original article on German Volume Training.

Under each summary just click "Full Article" for the entire article.

There are a lot of interesting ideas and concepts in these articles. I'm currently using Poliquin's "The 1-6 Principle" routine and my strength has gone up significantly. The 1-6 Principle

 

[Mach .78]

1-6 principle looks very interesting. I will probably try that after my DC training.

 

[Ziricote]

Oh well...go on, send it to my contact email in my signature. I've never even heard of this book but I'm all for reading/learning.

 

[cdc1917]

Ok I found The Poliquin Principles original book online in pdf format. It is about 75MB in size. This book is out of print and sells used on Amazon for $200 for the print version.

I can not post the download link here...however if anyone wants it just leave an email address and I'll email you the download link.

Thanks for the links!!