Here’s this week’s list of recommended strength and conditioning reading:

Engineering the Alpha – My good friends John Romaniello and Adam Bornstein co-authored this book, and it is now available for pre-order.  Full disclosure: I have not read it yet.  However, I know how much time, dedication, and knowledge these two put into it – and it’s sure to be fantastic, with a great combination of fitness/strength and conditioning stuff and recommendations on making your life cooler overall (if you like reading Tim Ferriss’ stuff, you’ll also enjoy this).  They also have a ton of cool bonuses for those who pre-order this week.

Noted Surgeon Dr. James Andrews Wants Your Athlete to Stay Healthy By Playing Less – Here’s a great interview at Cleveland.com with Dr. Andrews.  While I wish they’d used the word “competing” instead of “playing” in the title, it is a valuable read – and an excellent follow-up to my post from last week, 20 Ways to Prepare Young Athletes for Success in Sports and in Life.

Set a PR Every Week – Dave Dellanave wrote an excellent article on autoregulatory training for T-Nation.