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Make your muscles bigger, stronger and more powerful, starting today!
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Muscle, devised and produced by the editorial team of Men’s Health magazine, explains and illustrates how your muscles operate * shows you how your muscles are built systemically and how hormonal factors contribute to muscle growth * tells you the truth about muscle-building possibilities * presents total muscle-building programmes * and demonstrates workouts that work wonders. This stunning book is packed from cover to cover with beautiful, hard-body photographs that blur the boundaries between art and reference.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It's a very well written book with comprehensive, witty explanations. I cannot recommend this as a bible for the professionals in this area or for some hard-core amateurs. But it's definitely a good book for 95% of fitness lovers who are in great need of a trustworthy guide.
As a matter of fact, many kinds of muscle magazines and websites tend to make the readers too much obsessed by such secondary matters as nutritional supplements (or even hormonic treatments) and seemingly magical solutions for muscle gain, which are only suitable either for very small number of professional athletes or for those who want to make profit by selling products of boasted effects.
For most of the people who enter into fitness training for their healthier lives, the focal point is how to gain a satisfactory result while enjoying the training itself, not being unneccessarily pressured by fancy but impractical (or even infeasible) knowledge. The most excellent part of this book is the one that suggests workout routines for beginners, the intermediate and the advanced. Each 6 months programme is very well organised and relatively easy to follow. I'm inbetween the intermediate and the advanced, and I've been making apparent progress.
Fitness is in fact quite a complex sport that requires high level of patience rather than unrealistic anticipation. But, at the same time, it is quite a simple and (once we are purely committed into the joy of fitness with the help of a trusted guide) rewarding sport. In fitness world, the body tells everything. Regarding this book, my body (that, as a fitness-loving amateur in mid thirties, has patiently followed the programmes in it) is now telling everything.
As a matter of fact, many kinds of muscle magazines and websites tend to make the readers too much obsessed by such secondary matters as nutritional supplements (or even hormonic treatments) and seemingly magical solutions for muscle gain, which are only suitable either for very small number of professional athletes or for those who want to make profit by selling products of boasted effects.
For most of the people who enter into fitness training for their healthier lives, the focal point is how to gain a satisfactory result while enjoying the training itself, not being unneccessarily pressured by fancy but impractical (or even infeasible) knowledge. The most excellent part of this book is the one that suggests workout routines for beginners, the intermediate and the advanced. Each 6 months programme is very well organised and relatively easy to follow. I'm inbetween the intermediate and the advanced, and I've been making apparent progress.
Fitness is in fact quite a complex sport that requires high level of patience rather than unrealistic anticipation. But, at the same time, it is quite a simple and (once we are purely committed into the joy of fitness with the help of a trusted guide) rewarding sport. In fitness world, the body tells everything. Regarding this book, my body (that, as a fitness-loving amateur in mid thirties, has patiently followed the programmes in it) is now telling everything.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am now at the end of the stage 3 in the advanced program, having started from the beginner program nearly two years ago. There is a lot in this book but with persistence your body will change to one you can be proud of. Take encouragement, if I can do it you can, I train at home with minimal equipment, am now 38 years old with three children and a separation on my C.V.!
The book can be open to interpretation; it suits me to push as hard as I can through each workout, only resting at the very heavy sets, suit yourself. Get information on dieting to complement the book, I found out the hard way having over trained last Christmas. Getting an email from Lou Schuler which pointed me in right direction, I changed my lifestyle another bit (not enough carbs or sleep) and can now train six weeks in a row, three days a week with cardio on two.
I have recommended this book to others and will keep on recommending it to those who really want to take time make a difference to their lifestyle and have a healthy body.
Enjoy!!
The book can be open to interpretation; it suits me to push as hard as I can through each workout, only resting at the very heavy sets, suit yourself. Get information on dieting to complement the book, I found out the hard way having over trained last Christmas. Getting an email from Lou Schuler which pointed me in right direction, I changed my lifestyle another bit (not enough carbs or sleep) and can now train six weeks in a row, three days a week with cardio on two.
I have recommended this book to others and will keep on recommending it to those who really want to take time make a difference to their lifestyle and have a healthy body.
Enjoy!!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Anyone reading my reviews will know that I am very critical of books which make false claims. I only wish others would do the same. That said, I am equally full of praise for any book which proves to be exactly as described by the publishers. This book falls into the latter category.
When it comes to looking after your own body there is much more to the subject than just going for a jog or lifting weights which get progressively heavier as your biceps improve. Bodybuilding and exercise is a science which the seriously minded need to understand in order to be successful.
I joined the British army at the age of 15 years and completed several tours of duty with airborne forces. I therefore learned about serious fitness at a young age since when it became a way of life. I am now 60 years old and have come to recognise how keeping in shape gets harder every day. In recent years I have turned to various books and magazines for advice and, if I had to choose one book - and only one book, which offers a full understanding of keeping the body in shape, it would have to be this one.
Commencing with a most informative section on Physiology, the authors begin this quite exhaustive work with chapters on Muscles, how to use them, allowing them to grow, feeding them (YES!, the correct diet is also vitally important) and other peripheral information. Having provided an excellent grounding in the subject - where almost everyone will learn some important lessons, the next section covers the subject of Exercises. This is broken down into the various muscles which act on; The shoulder, the elbow and wrist, the spine, the hip and the knee and ankle. Part three is then devoted to preparatory work prior to the workout itself. Here we find an explanation of the workout, the truth about flexibility and a chapter on "Getting warm and staying warm."
So having explained the physiology, diet, different muscles and getting the body ready for exercise, the final section is devoted to "The Workouts." Divided into chapters for; Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced, the reader may go straight to the chapter that suits them best - or start at the beginning and progress all the way.
With other books normally devoted to only one aspect of fitness or diet, this book appears to be as complete a work on the subject of exercise as one might hope to find. The main word in the title is "Muscle" and it is the body's muscles which we put to work whenever we exercise and any person reading this book will provide themselves with a comprehensive understanding of that subject. When it comes to the eventual workouts - well, that part is up to you.
Having followed the information found within the pages of this book, I receive many compliments on my physique with most people refusing to believe my true age. Now that really is worth a full 5 stars!
NM
When it comes to looking after your own body there is much more to the subject than just going for a jog or lifting weights which get progressively heavier as your biceps improve. Bodybuilding and exercise is a science which the seriously minded need to understand in order to be successful.
I joined the British army at the age of 15 years and completed several tours of duty with airborne forces. I therefore learned about serious fitness at a young age since when it became a way of life. I am now 60 years old and have come to recognise how keeping in shape gets harder every day. In recent years I have turned to various books and magazines for advice and, if I had to choose one book - and only one book, which offers a full understanding of keeping the body in shape, it would have to be this one.
Commencing with a most informative section on Physiology, the authors begin this quite exhaustive work with chapters on Muscles, how to use them, allowing them to grow, feeding them (YES!, the correct diet is also vitally important) and other peripheral information. Having provided an excellent grounding in the subject - where almost everyone will learn some important lessons, the next section covers the subject of Exercises. This is broken down into the various muscles which act on; The shoulder, the elbow and wrist, the spine, the hip and the knee and ankle. Part three is then devoted to preparatory work prior to the workout itself. Here we find an explanation of the workout, the truth about flexibility and a chapter on "Getting warm and staying warm."
So having explained the physiology, diet, different muscles and getting the body ready for exercise, the final section is devoted to "The Workouts." Divided into chapters for; Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced, the reader may go straight to the chapter that suits them best - or start at the beginning and progress all the way.
With other books normally devoted to only one aspect of fitness or diet, this book appears to be as complete a work on the subject of exercise as one might hope to find. The main word in the title is "Muscle" and it is the body's muscles which we put to work whenever we exercise and any person reading this book will provide themselves with a comprehensive understanding of that subject. When it comes to the eventual workouts - well, that part is up to you.
Having followed the information found within the pages of this book, I receive many compliments on my physique with most people refusing to believe my true age. Now that really is worth a full 5 stars!
NM
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Comprehensive guide to body building
Bought as a gift for stepson. A very comprehensive guide to nutrition and body building, best I've seen in books
Published 3 months ago by Alexander
Excellent book from beginners & internediates & advanced weight...
This is a great book for the biginner or intermediates. It explains how muscles develop, and how to train. For me the best bit is that it gives a workout routine. Read more
Published 7 months ago by GlenGDN
Fantastic Book With Good Results
I don't normally leave reviews but this book is definitely worth a 5 star review. I have been training seriously for about 5 years now and used various programmes and have found... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Christo Z
Fantastic. Well written, well presented and well worth the purchase!
Recently I joined the local gym and started various programs that I had found on the internet but with none of them I really noticed a difference. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Tom Butler
Excellent Reference Book
A good introduction explaining the types of muscles and training generally. Later in the book it gives you the usual calculations to use for your calorie/protein intake and... Read more
Published 17 months ago by BG
Excellent guide to using weights
I bought this book for my 17 year old son because he has a weights bench and some knowledge from rugby training about using weights but no real idea of how to create a training... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Eleanor
Just absolutely fantastic
Now I wasn't an iron pumping type of person but as I got aware that I needed to make improvements I starting searching, and this book has saved my life. Read more
Published 18 months ago by chaz
Good starting point for anyone seriously interested in weight training
This is one of the best training books I've read and I would recommend it whatever your goal. It is aimed mainly at people who want to build their body using weights, so you do... Read more
Published on 23 May 2010 by Harry Flashman
More or less an essential read
As a student without even a part time job, it usually takes a lot of persuasion before I bite the bullet and make a purchase. Read more
Published on 9 May 2010 by Mr. J. D. Brown
Invaluable as a training guide
I bought several books recently as an aid to getting back into weight training after pregnancy on a more serious level than before, this was one of them. Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2009 by Tinkerbell
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