About Lon Kilgore

Dr. Kilgore has 20 years experience as an author writing and illustrating books and articles about anatomy, physiology, professional fitness practice, and training. His first endeavor into textbook authorship was "Dynamics of Sport & Exercise: Physical Activity from the Cell to Society". His most famous books were concept and co-authorship of "Starting Strength" (1st and 2nd Editions) and "Practical Programming for Strength Training". His goal in authorship has been to create a set of books useful for the professional fitness trainer, and the trainee, covering the essential elements of designing exercise programs that produce predictable fitness gains. To date this has resulted in the strength training books above, the comprehensive fitness book "FIT", and three books presenting the underpinning science of fitness, "Anatomy without a Scalpel", "Basic Fitness Testing", and "Fitness Physiology" (summer 2013).

The distinguishing factor, setting Dr. Kilgore apart from other science and fitness "experts", is that he is not limited to experiences in one domain of the fitness professions - science based or practice based. He has been a nationally or internationally competitive athlete, a coach of beginning and international caliber athletes, an award winning artist, and a soldier, who also possesses a doctorate from the Department of Anatomy & Physiology within the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University. His works are informed by science and broad real world experiences.