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BodyTrans

BodyTrans tracks your training, nutrition, and mindset for overall fitness. Features include a nutrition guide, nutrition log, configurable food database, training guide, training log, configurable training database, diary, digital picture comparison, sleep log, body fat percentage and measurement log. Whether you are a Body-For-Life transformation challenge competitor, fitness enthusiast, or seasoned athlete, BodyTrans is the perfect solution....
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Scrawny to Brawny - The Complete Guide to Building Muscle the Natural Way

3 stars (Just Another Rip Off) - I found this book to be just another hype to get your bucks, it does not contain anything out of the ordinary regarding muscle building, I found it very disappointing. I'm glad I purchased it on Amazon.com with a discount. 4 stars (Some new information for the long limbed) - I've been trying to gain weight for 15+ years but with little real success. I've read alot and I'm constantly in the gym. Most of the information in the book is not new; eat alot and lift heavy during short intense workouts. What I did find new was the biometrics and assessments portion of the book. It gave new insight into proper body mechanics for the ectomorph. There was a few pearls of wisdom in the nutrition section. I've put on 10lbs after 6 weeks even without following the nutrition plan exactly. I would definitely reccommend the book to a novice to intermediate level hardgainer, it will save them from wasting alot of time listening to mesomorph advice on how to train. 2 stars (Ectomorphs Only) - With all the complimentary reviews you'd think that this book was a godsend. Certainly there are good things about the book: its discussion of biomechanics and kinesiology, good demo photos, nutrition discussion, and friendly writing style. Here's the caveat: although the description of the book is for "hardgainer's (although they eschew the term, they prefer the term "hypertrophy challenged" in their first chapter), AND they say that there is a difference between a hardgainer and an ectomorph, the rest of the book addresses the ectomorph. BUT what if you are a short skinny guy? You may feel a bit left out when every other paragraph laments the ectomorphic challenges of long bones, height, longer radius, kinesiology of those INCREDIBLY long legs that never tire and how easy it is to lift for short guys. What if you are just a shrimp? ...
Rodale Books :: Sports & Recreation & Bodybuilding & Weight Training :: Nutrition :: Muscle strength :: Health&Fitness :: Health & Fitness :: Handbooks :: manuals :: et :: Scrawny to Brawny - The Complete Guide to Building Muscle the Natural Way

 

Essentials of Weightlifting and Strength Training

5 stars (Worth the money, dense with information) - I am a former collegiate oarsman, who lifted weights to augment strength in college. I also coached rowing for a short time, and track and field. I wanted to review the book after finding Mr. El-Hewie has 57 book reviews on Amazon.com, many less than flattering. But he writes them honestly. So I wanted to see how good his book is. Its a bit difficult, but very good. Packed with information. I've looked at many other books at the library, but bought few. At the moment, I have Getting Stronger, and now this book. To begin, the book is 9 x 12 and an inch thick. Mr. El-Hewie uses margins of about 3/4 of an inch. His 519 pages could easily have been spread out to a "more readable" 1000 pages. He is very much for powerlifting and traditional weight lifting, but still gives very good coverage to bodybuilding. His technical writing is thorough. He gives anatomical and descriptions of how things work that you expect of other books, but seldom find. He covers Technique, Posture (over and over, since you can hurt yourself, as some us well know), Fallacies, Weightliftng, Powerlifting, Importance of Muscle Balance, Bodybuilding, Weight Training, individual chapters to the Snatch, and Clean & Jerk. Also Endurance vs Strength, Axial Training (multi-joint exercises, his preference),Training Choices, Managing Load Volume and Intensity, Health and Fitness, Exercise & Preventable Disease, Diet and Nutrition, Exercise and Injuries, Exercise and Science, a good FAQs, and Training for Women. He has tables. He show both good technique and bad technique, and the what and why of them. He summarizes each chapter. The book is not perfect. But this is a book in English by an Egyptian. There are occasional grammatical errors, and rare difficult sentences. But hey, how many of us would try to make a 500 page book in a foreign language ? Mr. El-Hewie claims to be a doctor and engineer. From what I read in the book, he must be. ...
Shaymaa Publishing Corporation :: Weight lifting :: Sports & Recreation :: Sports :: Muscle strength :: Bodybuilding & Weight Training :: Bodybuilding :: Mohamed F El-Hewie :: Mohamed F El Hewie :: :: Essentials of Weightlifting and Strength Training

 

The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding - The Bible of Bodybuilding- Fully Updated and Revised

5 stars (To be the best you got to train like the Best) - this book is with out a doubt hands down the only resource you will need on bodybuilding and weight training. Why? Because this book covers it all from correct movements to common mistakes this book not only gives you a great foundation but a great program to follow. i hope you dont think these guys didnt take shortcuts on lifting weights. it also has posing, diet nutrition along with wonderful anantomy pictures to show you what you going for when you get your lift on. i have run in to many of lame books from some of our famous friends that sell magazines but all they do is chop this book up and make multiple books to sell to poor guys that forget that to be the best you got to train like the best. i mean honestly ask you rself this question. do you ask your barber to perform open heart surgery on you? thats because he doesnt have the educational background or credintials to prove other wise. then why would you wanna get buff from a whimpy magazine thats biggest section every month is about abs? just buy it and save yourself the money and time. 5 stars (Simply Amazing) - 800+ Pages on how to workout with one of greats at the helm of it. A+++ Info without a doubt a MUST have for any aspiring weight lifter / bodybuilder. 5 stars (Must have) - This is a great book that touches everything you need to know for bodybuilding. Great for reference on muscle groups and excercises. ...
Simon - Schuster :: Sports & Recreation & General :: Weight training :: Sports & Recreation :: Reference :: Massage & Reflexotherapy :: Exercise :: Bodybuilding & Weight Training :: Bo :: The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding - The Bible of Bodybuilding- Fully Updated and Revised

 

The Steroid Bible

5 stars (The Best Steroid Book For Your Money) - I have read other steroid books that cost over twice as much as The Steroid Bible and they simply do not stand up to the quality of information found in The Steroid Bible . There is a reason this book has been around for a long time and continues to sell well. It contains high quality, comprehensive information on steroid use, development, and muscle growth. 5 stars (A Must Read!) - The Steroid Bible explained the reality behind steroid use and sport long before the current baseball steroid scandal. Athletes who compete at the highest level are encouraged by society at large to break records and make a lot of money. People don't want to see mediocre play. Society rewards athletes for great athletic performance even when it is widely know what many athletes do to achieve it. The Steroid Bible explains how society can allow athletes to compete at the highest level in a safer manner. 1 stars (Advise you to not spend your money on this book) - This book is a compilation of stuff that is readily available on the net. There is not any new, groundbreaking or special advice contained within.I feel that anyone with internet access could have written this book within just a few days. ...
Belle Intl :: Weight Lifting :: Steroids :: Bodybuilding :: Body Building & Weight Training :: Toxicology :: Sports & Recreation & Bodybuilding & Weight Training :: Physiologic :: The Steroid Bible

 

Men-s Health Home Workout Bible- A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Burning Fat and Building Muscle

5 stars (Excellent Overall) - Provides basic understanding of exercise physiology and diet. Provides basic understanding of muscles and their functions. Provides the nuts and bolts of dos and donts with respect to form, routines ( when to and how to change routines ). One of the only few books out there which would tell you what exercise equipment to use and what to expect from that equipment. Also one of the only books which has divided ALL exercises ( dumbell, free weights and cable ) into beginner , intermmediate and advance level. If you are new to weight training this is a must have and probably the first one to have. My only complain is that the author has strongly discouraged the use of SMITH MACHINE. I understand the rational but if you are like me i.e. exercising at home without the spotter and do not want to get injured then you got to have this machine. After doing weight training for one and a half year my last comment about the ultimate machine "the dream machine" is Get a SMITH MACHINE with Free weight capability and integrated cable system. Get a cheao 40 lbs each two adjustable dumbells from Walmart and you are set to be at the next level. Good Luck! 3 stars (Pretty good for men thinking about adding muscle and willing to pay the price) - This is a traditional, intro pumping iron book for men. The only slight twist is, as the title says, it's for men looking to workout at home, not the club. My wife and I have both read it and this is our combined feedback ("See all my reviews" for additional feedback). Our 3 star rating is actually an average. I give it 3.5 and she gives it 2.5. To be blunt, in our oppinion the book is targetted at men with little or no weightlifting experience and are interested in doing a "body make-over" to become the chick-magnet they always knew they could be. To us, it's not a health and fitness book but an intro pumping iron book. If you are self-motivated, respond well to setting a goal and working hard to achieve...
Rodale Books :: Sports & Recreation & Bodybuilding & Weight Training :: Sports & Recreation :: Sports :: Men :: Health and hygiene :: Exercise for men :: Exercise :: Diet & Health :: Men-s Health Home Workout Bible- A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Burning Fat and Building Muscle

 

Men-s Health The Book of Muscle

5 stars (A surprisingly good book) - I wasn't really looking for much out here, but was pleasantly surprised with the quality and content of the book. I have been doing weight lifting for many years, and have bought all sorts of books, and this is the only book that sounds complete and reliable. The book also has 18 months of chalked out routine which are quite easy to follow. I have been through all sorts of training programmes, and the authours of each book claim that they have "something real" that the other writers don't. They openly bash each other. OK, now here's the truth. Any programme will work for beginners, whether its superslow or Brawn. The truth is that you got to go to the gym and lift. So, if any programme works, why not use the one thats presented in this book? Its carefully planned out, time-tested and lasts for 18 months (others just last for 12 weeks or so and then they leave you hanging in air). My advice, get this book and start working out. You won't loose. All the nest! 5 stars (Great training book) - I got a supplement of this book with a copy of mens healt a few years ago. It was my bible for training until one day my car was stolen with the supplement in it. I was lost without it until I bought the full book from amazon recently. It is a great training aid for those who are serious about training but need a little, or should I say lack a little in the form of direction. This book is great for giving yourself the programme(s) to follow and a great step by step description of how to do the various exercises. I dont leave this one in my car to be stolen again as I dont want to loose it a second time.... Gerard 5 stars (BEST OF THE BEST) - An excellent,interesting,well written and professionally illustrated guide to building your body.Physiology,cardio,nutrition,warmup,stretching(flexibility),and weight training are shown to work synergistically to gain strength and build muscle. This book is full of helpful hints and interesting facts.For e...
Rodale Books :: Health & Fitness & Exercise :: Sports & Recreation :: Sports :: Physical fitness :: Men's Health :: Exercise :: Diet & Health & Fitness :: Bodybuilding & Weight Tra :: Men-s Health The Book of Muscle

 

Bill Pearl-s Keys to the Inner Universe

5 stars (A must have for anyone using weights) - This book is not just for people who want to get big. Bill is the master at free weight training and his years of input show. It is something you can refer to for many years so that you can check if you are doing it right. 5 stars (Pearls of Wisdom) - Bill Pearl is one of the all-time greats of the Bodybuilding world. Whilst a few of his titles are sill easily available, I had to purchase this title - his greatest work - from Amazon USA, that is, after losing last minute to another bidder on E-bay! This book is in essence, the Bible of bodybuilding. It is literally 600 plus pages of every single excercise there can possibley be. It is the scientific method of producing art: it is old school in the true sense of the word. Pearl spent many years after winning the Mr Olympia title to write this tome. The title itself indicating that bodybuilding is much more to do with the human spirit than it is with drugs. If you are serious aobut this sport, then this book is an absolute must. Forget the rubbish that is printed in glossy magazines. Train safe, naturally and let Bill Pearl be your guide! 5 stars (Unlock The Door To The Body Of Your Dreams!) - This is quite likely the single best compendium of bodybuilding information ever released, written by a man who single-handedly conquered all the worlds of bodybuilding, and did so repeatedly over a thirty year period. From the early 1950s until the mid-1970s, Bill Pearl was never defeated in bodybuilding competition, and although he and Arnold Schwarzenegger never met in competition, Arnold considered Pearl (along with Reg Park of South Africa) one of the best bodybuilders of all time. For some of the younger bodybuilding enthusiasts, this book may seem a bit dated, but when one recognizes that Pearl built mass and incredible definition primarily through hard exercise and natural nutrition, without ever resorting to steroid use, one can appreciate what a giant he has been in t...
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The Art of Expressing the Human Body

5 stars (Unexpecting) - Some people may be skeptical about Bruce Lee as a martial artist, bodybuilder, fitness enthusiast, etc. But in reality one need not be a fan to understand the brilliance to his methods. The book always emphasizes that Bruce was all about changing things, looking and trying all aspects, then deciding what stays and what is unnecessary. Like chiseling away the pieces of stone to carve a statue. After having done extensive research into bodybuilding, fitness, martial arts, Asian Medicine, Eastern Philosophy, exercise physiology, and dietetics I can honestly say that this book is very advanced. What I mean by this is that one has to do his/her own research to decide about the methods outlined. Indeed some of the research is outdated. For example the couplings of incomplete proteins and complete is slightly flawed in logic. However, you must not forget these methods were employed way before large advances were made in the way of sports nutrition and supplementation. In the training aspect any normal human would indeed be overtrained. But the body is a magnificent creation and can adapt to anything that it encounters. Shaolin Monks, Ultra Runners, Olympic Gymnasts... they all do things that would overtrain any of us normal people. But they are not overtrained. Indeed Bruce had trained long and hard to become as resilient as such. As someone who has done a little Personal Training I have to say that his development when he started lifting weights showed his ability to adapt. His body became very muscular very quickly. However, for those who think steroids were his thing... they were not. Not only did he believe in the natural way he also believed that a bulky body will decrease flexibilty and overall speed and endurance. So he actually lost muscle for the sake of being a better martial artist. At this time the only available steroids were things such as testosterone and Dianabol. Bulking agents. (Yes, some steroids build mass a...
Tuttle Publishing :: Lee :: Bruce :: Training :: Sports & Recreation :: Physical fitness :: Lee :: Bruce :: :: Health&Fitness :: General :: Exercise :: Diet & Health & Fitness :: Bodybuilding & W :: The Art of Expressing the Human Body

 

The Body Sculpting Bible for Men

4 stars (Buy This Book! (but fire the editor)) - I am 56 years old and began lifting weights for the first time in my life at age 54. That was 19 months ago. I bought this book about 18 months ago and it has truly been the "Bible" for me ever since. The substance of the book is excellent. It has detailed exercise instructions and photos (primarily dumbbells oriented, some barbells) and the recommended workout routines are great. The nuitrition advice and diet suggestions are also very helpful. I've lost 50 pounds of fat and increased my strength over 200%. I've bought 2 other workout books since getting the "Bible" and I always find myself returning to the Body Sculpting Bible for guidance in my workouts. Why not 5 stars? Because the editing stinks. The typos and layout mistakes are obvious, distracting and give an amateurish, self-published appearance to the book. Luckily the reader can usually figure out what was intended from the context, although in one workout an exercise is just plain wrong. I know so because the author maintains a web site and is very good about responding to reader questions and correcting the editorial oversights. The publiser should really consider posting .pdf errata sheet. Despite the poor editing, I recommend this book and its advice. 5 stars (Best Body Book I've Read!) - I've never written a review before, but I was so pleased with this book that I felt I should to help others who may be deciding between one workout book or another. Not only have I seen great results by strictly following this book's training & nutrition plans, but everything is written in such a straightforward and conversational style that it makes you feel like you've got a trainer right there with you, taking out all the guesswork and giving you all the necessary pointers along the way. I've read plenty of conflicting info on fat loss and muscle gain over the years, and this one just makes sense! 5 stars (Results are what matter most... A Superb Resou...
Hatherleigh Press :: Exercise & workout books :: Men's Health :: Men :: Health&Fitness :: Health and hygiene :: Health & Fitness :: Exercise :: Diet & Health & Fitness :: Bodybuilding & W :: The Body Sculpting Bible for Men

 

Big Beyond Belief

5 stars (An awesome book) - The best damn easiest book to follow that gets you all the results you need. I was coming out of high school football, and wasn't talented enough to play in the division 1 college i went to, but i did wanna keep lifting. I did the medium frequency weightlifting program which was once a day, 6 days a week. It was absolutely awesome, and honestly, i only stayed on it for a six week phase of the recommended 18 weeks. You MUST, as is stressed in the book, follow the recommendations of the book as closely as possible but you will most definitely get results. In six weeks i went from weighing 220 to weighing 242 with a bodyfat % that went from 22 to 19, which basically means i gained OVER 20 POUNDS OF MUSCLE in six weeks!!! It doesn't take a genius to know that's awesome. Bench press went up from 295 1 rep max to 365, Squat went from 365 4 rep max to 505, and i was curling a 45 and a 25 on each side in standing easy curl bar like if it was nothing. Needless to say i was incredibly impressed. This book is definitely not for unseasoned weightlifters, or atleast not for ones who don't have someone to stress the importance of sticking to the guidelines. Also, my power clean went up from 245 one rep max to 275 and i didn't do a single power clean during the six week phase. The most surprising thing is that each workout took less than an hour to complete with a partner and in some occassions it was under 45 minutes. It may not make sense now, but read the book. Take it with you to the john, and you'll get ass numbness from reading on for too long. It really grabs you. Lots of the stuff is stuff that most people know, but nonetheless it's good to read it all together in a coherent way that translates into MORE MUSCLE, more muscle, and more muscle. The book is called big beyond belief, but it's also awesome for Strength gains. I've never done any drugs...just protein powders and i had awesome results. 1 stars (Big Beyond Bull) - I star...
Optimum Training Systems :: Sports & Recreation & Bodybuilding & Weight Training :: Sports & Recreation :: Muscle strength :: Exercise for men :: Bodybuilding & Weight Training :: Leo Cost :: Big Beyond Belief

 

Byrne-s New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards

5 stars (All I Needed) - I have only been playing for about six months, so I am not too good. If you are like me, and you want to improve your game, buy this book. It is fun to read and extremely helpful. I probably won't be able to master every technique in the book in ten years, but the two or three things I have learned have taken my game to a whole new level. I love it. It is all I need. 5 stars (The bible of pocket billiards) - Robert Byrne's New Standard Book of Pocket Billiards is a key resource in any billiard library for beginners and experts alike. I believe it is the best overall book on pocket billiards extant. Although it does contain a few inaccuracies and instances of scanty detail, overall, it is an invaluable guide for learning fundamentals of pocket billiards with well written explanations and instructive illustrations.... 5 stars (Robert Byrne is brilliant!) - This is a book I come back to time and time again. As someone who plays off and on, I often refer to the book when pool is 'back' in my life. This is a keeper! The diagrams, the history, why shots do what they do, how to play the angles, you can't beat it. Its both informative and entertaining. ...
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Core Performance - The Revolutionary Workout Program to Transform Your Body and Your Life

5 stars (Core Benefits !) - what a difference this book has made in my basic body alignment. I am really taking the time to follow the simple plans of building my core and people see the results. And i am pleased with the results. 4 stars (Excellent workout, but understand the limitations) - As background, I'm a late thirties guy who has generally been active in fitness and recreational sports, but I've been out of competitive athletics since college. As such, I started with a good-but-not-great level of fitness. My reasons for starting included boredom with my routine of weightlifting and kickboxing on alternate days, as well as some reading about the merits of core conditioning as a training approach. I enjoyed this program from the beginning. I could detect improvements in flexibility and abdominal strength within a few workouts. Also, the variety was intellectually stimulating. I used the program for about 9 weeks, took a break from it, and returned. Now I am not quite as strict in sticking to the schedules lined out in the book, but rather work them in with other workouts as time and interest allow. Strengths: 1) The workouts are rigorous and concise. They seldom exceed 45 minutes if you stick to the rules about the amount of rest between sets, but you feel like you have had a good workout. 2) The program works. It helped with overall fitness and sport-specific fitness in soccer and karate. I literally have felt better and fitter than I have in years. 3) The complaint about the science of the book is being answered as research catches up with this training approach. Dynamic stretching, "core" exercises and interval training are showing up in research studies and in professional training rooms. I don't think a reader needs to feel that this is an "out there" approach to fitness. Weakness: 1) The typos should be embarrassing. Most of the time you can figure out what the author meant, but the website is full of people writing in and asking for cl...
Rodale Books :: Health & Fitness & Exercise :: Physical fitness :: Health&Fitness :: Health & Fitness :: Exercise :: Bodybuilding :: Athletic Training And Conditioning :: Mark Vers :: Core Performance - The Revolutionary Workout Program to Transform Your Body and Your Life

 

Get on the Ball- Develop a Strong- Lean and Toned Body with an Exercise Ball

5 stars (I love this book!) - I am really loving this core workout. It shows alot of great workouts with differents ways to do them. They weren't all the same old same that i have seen in shape magazine. I do agree with others that the binding should be alittle nicer but if you are careful with it like i am, it won't fall apart. I also like the excersize routines at the end of the book. Made it easier to get going without taking the time to find a plan to work whatever muscles i wanted that day. There is a couple all body, a few core, few upper body, lower body and abs and backs. Also the pregnancy was good to know for the future. I think this has a good viarity for people with different skills all the way up to great physical fitness. I still find alot of excersizes challenging 5 stars (A great book for ball resistance traing and stretching A+) - First let me preface that I have been working out on exercise balls for years and truly believe in them as exceptional fitness tools. Even advanced body builders are using the ball to improve core muscle structure and increase metabolism and flexability. This book is exceptional in its approach. The selection of exercises encompass all training levels. Novices can immediately use the book and hard core, experience lifters can also strongly benefit. There are several very useful workouts at the end of the book which I would strongly recommend. I only have two problems with the book. 1. The book itself will fall apart on you in the gym. I wish it were constructed a little better. At least it is not an expensive book. 2. There could have been more descriptive pictures in some of the more advanced, multi-move exercises. I had no problem understanding all of the moves but a beginner may become confused with some of the more complex maneuvers. Other than that, this is a wonderful book. This is the one book to have when it comes to Ball training. 4 stars (Good content, needs better packaging) - I use Lisa Westl...
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Teach Yourself Visually Weight Training

2 stars (Workout endlessly and get nowhere) - The graphic design of this book is impeccable. Also, the book's binding and readability are fairly decent. The major flaw of the book is its shallow approach to weight training. The girl pictured on the book cover and inside is anorexic are represents poor image to fit females, despite her beautiful hair. Working out with 3-pound dumbbells is counter-productive. She should have been instructed on gaining muscle mass with adequate protein intake in her diet and proper general fitness training prior to indulging in isolated exercising of individual muscles. Also, the picture of the man perfroming barbell leg-lunges depicts a flawed technique where the lower back is rounded, which led to the limited backward exntension of the rear leg. Exercising each region of the body by weights requires endless training with minimal outcome. It is a frustrating and futile way of teaching people how to workout with weight. The book is divided into many chapters addressing regional exercises with total disregard on the modern emphasis on sports-like training as a practical and efficient way of altering physique and building healthy and robust musculature and lung and heart fitness. The book falls into this category of media published by wealthy individuals whose experience and knowledge with proper fitness planning is questionable at best. Beginners of weight training could make greater progress with simple exercises such as running, push-up, and chin-ups. These three compound exercises, besides emphasizing the major muscle groups of the thighs and shoulders and exquisitely workout the low-back, they also enhance the cardiovascular function, which improves general health and fitness. 5 stars (The best weight training book ever!) - This book is great for anyone who is just starting a workout routine or who wants to learn how to get the most out of their workout. The book is broken down into sections for each part of the body and ...
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The New High Intensity Training - The Best Muscle-Building System You-ve Never Tried

3 stars (Unbelievable and bizarre) - There is some good body building information in this book. Unfortunately the good is buried within bizarre tales about the psychological quirks of some of the characters, and by some blatantly false stories of what HIT supposedly did. An example of a false story is someone supposedly losing 52 pounds of fat in 66 days. This was with a 1500 calorie diet and three short weight-lifting sessions per week as the only exercise! Mathematically a pound is 3500 calories, so it would take at least 30 miles of day of running to even theoretically lose weight that fast. The reality is that no one could physically or psychologically tolerate a 2750 calorie per day deficit for long. The author clearly worships Arthur Jones, and he approvingly tells tales of how Jones would threaten to beat up anyone who dared speak in his presence (including Arnold Schwarzenegger) or disagree with him, because Jones felt he was due that "respect". Jones is also quoted telling stories about animals in Africa, which supposedly prove the body building system in the book is true. Another bizarre anecdote is a rumor that body builder Mike Mentzer sometimes believe that Jones was God, and that Mentzer was the Son of God. Those Jones and Darden disagree with are trashed by the anecdotes in the book, while we hear only impossibly good things about those they like. The diet material, as mentioned above, is unbelievable. The weight lifting information is good, and covers half the book, which is why I have given the stars. There are detailed workout plans, along with pictures and comments explaining each exercise. There is also a discussion of the principles of high intensity training. 5 stars (What HIT is all about) - I'll be consise: You don't need to spend all that endless hours in the gym, as Schwarzrnegger and Weider are claiming. Researches (regardless to this book) show insignificant difference in muscle strength and hypertrophy, when comparing 1 set to a ...
Rodale Books :: Health & Fitness & Exercise :: Weight training :: Weight lifting :: Sports & Recreation :: Muscle strength :: Health&Fitness :: Health & Fitness :: Exercise :: Bodybu :: The New High Intensity Training - The Best Muscle-Building System You-ve Never Tried

 

The Bowflex Body Plan

3 stars (Mostly the same info packaged better) - I enjoyed reading this book but it was the same information that came with my Bow Flex, just put together in a more organized fashion with a few extra thrown in.... 4 stars ( The Bowflex Body Plan is Different and It Works) - I ordered this book because the manual that came with my Bowflex didn't have instructions for a few exercises and attachments (like the belt and instructions for the leg extensions)and I was hoping the book would have them. It did. The book came and my first reaction was... this guy is nuts. I read most of the book thinking it would just get placed on the book shelf with all the other diet books I've collected over the years. My second reaction was... this is different than all those other books (including the manual) and all those other books aren't working so what do I have to lose but some flab? I'm on my second week following the plan in this book and I've lost around 8 pounds and I can see my arms are toning up. The ice water is good, the diet is do-able and I like doing my light cardio workout after dinner. I learned a lot of little secrets and I'm really convinced that I can last the initial six week plan and continue on after that with my Bowflex. If you are doing multiple sets of 12 or more reps with light weights with little results... you'd benefit by getting this book and changing the way you're doing things. 3 stars (Repeats the Bowflex Ultimate Manual) - I bought a used Bowflex and the seller didn't have the manual. I wanted to use the machine properly and ordered a manual from the company, but it was back-ordered so I bought this book. It's well written and the photographs are good, but once the manual arrived I saw the book was pretty much a repeat. If you want a hardback, then buy the book, otherwise buy the manual since it's much less expensive. ...
Rodale Books :: Health & Fitness & Exercise :: Training :: Physical fitness :: Health&Fitness :: Health & Fitness :: Exercise :: Diet & Health & Fitness :: Bodybuilding & Weight Tr :: The Bowflex Body Plan

 

Legal Muscle- Anabolics in America

3 stars (Routina - Another Pro-Drug book from a defense law firm) - Don't buy this book thinking it will change your mind. It's kind of an advocates brief from a defense law firm. No prosecutors brief however. Basically this book is similar to many pro-drug books on the market, parading a serious of horribles where prosecutors equated steroids with crack and some innocent bodybuilder got sent to the slammer. Of course, the same thing sometimes happens with legitimate businessmen who send money overseas without reporting it to the Treasury Dept and get slammed for 'money laundering' Unfair for sure. (BTW, I have nothing against legalizing drugs, even hard drugs, if users want them, and assuming minors and nuts can't use them). I have not read this book, but they all tend to be cut from the same cloth. One book I did read and highly recommend is: A Brief History of Cocaine by Steven B. Karch, M.D. Truly outstanding. Recommend this review if it helped you. Be honest. 5 stars (You must own this book) - If you are interested in steroids at all, especially if you use steroids you should buy this book. It is money well spent. 5 stars (What you need to know about hipocrisy in America) - If you are, or are thinking of, using anabolics (including prohormones soon), you need to read this book. The more you read, the more angry you become at the persecution of responsible adults, whose only vice seems to be a desire to improve their physique. This book gives you a list of steroid related laws for all 50 states as well as a lot of "horror stories" about average citizens caught up in the "anti-steroid mania" of some rural law enforcement agencies. IE, the guy who has smaller than a personal amount of some oral steroid who is suddenly seen as a BIG DEALER by Bubba Podunk deputy sheriff. Then spends countless dollars and loses almost everything trying to convince some small town judge that he is not the same as some Columbian Cartel Drug Lord (yes, some are really that ...
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