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The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding : The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revised
From elite bodybuilding competitors to gymnasts, from golfers to fitness gurus, anyone who works out with weights must own this book -- a book that only Arnold Schwarzenegger could write, a book that has earned its reputation as "the bible of bodybuilding."
Inside, Arnold covers the very latest advances in both weight training and bodybuilding competition, with new sections on diet and nutrition, sports psychology, the treatment and prevention of injuries, and methods of training, each illustrated with detailed photos of some of bodybuilding's newest stars.
Plus, all the features that have made this book a classic are here:
Covering every level of expertise and experience, The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding will help you achieve your personal best. With his unique perspective as a seven-time winner of the Mr. Olympia title and all international film star, Arnold shares his secrets to dedication, training, and commitment, and shows you how to take control of your body and realize your own potential for greatness.
Arnold Schwarzenegger hasn't competed as a bodybuilder since he won the Mr. Olympia title in 1980, but he remains the sport's No. 1 icon. He hosts an annual bodybuilding contest in Columbus, Ohio, and allows a column to be ghost-written under his name in a muscle magazine. Today's bodybuilders may have bigger muscles than Arnold ever did, but everyone inside and outside the iron game gives him credit for exponentially broadening the popularity of physique training.
With this updated Encyclopedia (it was originally published in 1985), Schwarzenegger wraps his huge arms around the entire sport. He hits the history of bodybuilding, the champions (he's quite generous in his praise of predecessors, contemporaries, and successors alike), the training systems. Some of the information is more bodybuilding lore than science; for example, exercises are said to "expand the rib cage" or develop the "inner" or "outer" chest, all physiological impossibilities. But they're still good exercises, and the book includes every movement imaginable for every muscle group.
If you love the sport of bodybuilding, you'll want this book in your library, if for no other reason than to feast your eyes on the hundreds of photos of the best physiques in the history of the sport. And, in a pinch, the 800-page encyclopedia can fill in nicely for a missing dumbbell. --Lou Schuler
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303 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 06, 2008 Type: User Review |
Inspirational
A highly informative read with a lot of useful and inspirational information ...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 26, 2008 Type: User Review |
The "Bible" for all weight-lifters!
The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding : The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revised, simply put, is a great book for the average weight-lifter to the serious competitive body-builder. I wish I had bought this book when I first...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 05, 2008 Type: User Review |
Book review 'training tips perspective'
I found this book a very comprehensive insight into body building and to the various different methodologies, techniques and ideas involved in building mussel. It ranges through all the fundamentals both mental and physical to body building...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 03, 2008 Type: User Review |
It taught me how to lift and get in shape!
Please read title of this post! Good luck to all! Best reference ever. It contains everything from history to training to contest and diet. Awesome!
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| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 29, 2008 Type: User Review |
Extremely helpful resource
Arnold Schwarzenegger's New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding is an immensely helpful book. Its 800 pages are carefully organized into broad sections on diet, competition, training programs, exercises for specific muscle groups, and even the...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 21, 2008 Type: User Review |
A MUST HAVE.
Come on....its Arnold were talking about. If you into fitness and proper technique....this is your book.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 14, 2008 Type: User Review |
Lots of information on bodybuilding.
I bought this book for my husband because he is into bodybuilding. He reads it all the time. He has found out so much information that he did'nt know and some that confirmed what he did know. This book shows proper techniques to use in order to...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 01, 2008 Type: User Review |
A must to have on your shelf
Very analytical and a the same time simple to understand guide to bodybuilding and fitness
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 25, 2007 Type: User Review |
NO RATING
Ordered this book for our nephew for Christmas present on the 22nd November 2007, today is christmas and did NOT receive it yet. I'm very disappointed and disguted with the service I got.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 20, 2007 Type: User Review |
best for steroid users and genetic freaks, not the best reference for everyone else, science and research say so!
This book does contain some great information and material. Unfortunately, not enough of it is based on research and science. If you want to know the truth about natural bodybuilding, its best to consult ACSM ( American College of Sports Medicine)...
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