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Title: The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Dobbins ISBN: 0-684-84374-9 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: December, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.37 (164 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Book Ever!
Comment: I've read this book and it's no less than what it is called, an encyclopedia of bodybuilding. The book teaches you everything you need to know and I mean EVERYTHING! I strongly erge everyone to buy this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting info but some bad advice as well
Comment: The background this book provides on bodybuilding is great, and a must for *competitive* bodybuilders. Non-competitive strength trainers will probably find plenty to absorb but will have to filter out all of the competition-oriented stuff.
I do enjoy the descriptions of exercises and how they should be performed. I found this really informative and the pics were nice. Also, I really liked the index & table of contents.. The book is well organized.
Downsides:
Arnold's information on nutrition & supplementation is vague and unscientific.
Regarding the recommended workouts... I started the recommended 6-day/week workout for novices. After doing the workout for a week, I've noticed that several of Arnold's exercises are inferior and/or unsafe: wrist curls, heavy upright rows, etc. I actually screwed up a nerve in my shoulder area when doing the recommended upright rows, only to read a day later (on the net) that this is a common problem and that's why you shouldn't do them. Now I get a "twang" in my shoulder/trap when I move sometimes. Great. So this week I'm starting my *revised* workout...
So there is some good info in this book and I found it really informative. However, there's some bad advice as well. So if you buy, definitely supplement it with information from others before you design workout/nutrition/supplementation routine.
Rating: 4
Summary: well written book, very much emphasis on competitive bb
Comment: Quick summary:
- A very large part of the book is about competitive bodybuilding. I found most of this info useless, although I guess it can help you with aesthetics if you're into weight training specifically because you want to look impressive.
- Lots of pics. Hope you like beefcake of the steroidal variety.
- Some of the training recommendations don't make sense to me. Ie. working abs every day, or doing 50 reps of pullups even if you can only do 3 in one set. The training recommendations seem to be that you should workout muscle groups even if they aren't recuperated from the previous workout. (ie. work each muscle group 2 or 3x per week). This seems a little excessive, is a controversial view, and Arnold doesn't explain why this method is recommended. If I can hardly walk from squats I did 2 days ago, I do not have any desire to do another 3 or 4 sets. I'd love to know why I should still do them.
- The discussions on supplements is very vague and by no means should be your only source of info on them. (Ie. creatine, amino acids, HMB, etc.) Supplementation is a very important part of weight training for maximum gains, and you need to do much more research than this book provides in order to decide what to use and how to use it.
So I'd say this is a 5-star book if you're into competitive bodybuilding, but a 3-star book if you are just looking for good weight training recommendations (like myself.)
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Title: ARNOLD : THE EDUCATION OF A BODYBUILDER by Arnold Schwarzenegger ISBN: 0671797484 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 January, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Bodybuilder's Nutrition Book by Franco Columbu, Lydia Fragomeni ISBN: 0809254573 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: September, 1985 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title:Pumping Iron - The 25th Anniversary Special Edition ASIN: B0000C3I6U Publisher: Warner Home Video Pub. Date: 11 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.99 |
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Title: Strength Training Anatomy by Frederic Delavier ISBN: 0736041850 Publisher: Human Kinetics (T) Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: ARNOLD'S BODY BUILDING FOR MEN by Arnold Schwarzenegger ISBN: 0671531638 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 12 October, 1984 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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