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Title: Essential Arms: An Intense 6-Week Program by Kurt Brungardt, Lou Schuler ISBN: 1-57954-308-1 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Lots of Routines
Comment: I have read a few body-building books and think this one, along with the other books in the same series (chest, legs, abs, etc), are the best to date.
One reason for this is the insistence upon good form. Like a lot of people, I have in the past gotten carried away with adding more weight and not paying attention to
form. This is still a temptation but the message on good form presented in this book is finally starting to stick. I especially was impressed by his argument for paying
attention to the negative part of the exercise.
Another STRONG point of the book is that it provides you with lots of routines. After finishing the books 6 week course,
you are supplied with an additional 4 or 5 good routines for future use. As the author states, it is important to change routines often, so that your muscles do not get too
used to a given exercise (and you dont get bored). However,
I am very lazy about putting together routines and tend to stick to one. Thanks to this book this is no longer a problem, because it does it for me; I now have complete
sets of routines that I can follow and am beginning to see important gains as a result.
The book also does a good job of covering the basics of good nutrition, rest and, for all of you gym rats who would ignore it,
aerobics (ever see those pudgy cro-magnon loking guys in the gym who claim their bloated tummies are muscle)!!!! He doesn't cover supplements though and that is
understandable given the controversy and hype surrounding so many of them.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good (not great) program for bis and tris
Comment: Ahh, the appeal of the monster bicep. Guys want them, girls want the guys that want them. And all you have to do is EVERYTHING to get them.
This book crushes the "spot training" myth (despite it's alluring title) and, quite properly follows the rationale that big arms require a lot more work than curls, curls, curls. Brungardt's program incorporates a lot of "core" (abdominal, low back)and leg training for larger arms, which while absolutely correct, will probably scare off the uninitiated.
"Essential Arms" is, in its basic form, a 6 week quad/bi/tri/ab program, requiring 2 days in the gym. Hopefully, serious readers will use the other gym days to work chest, back and shoulders. Otherwise, you'll be able to spot the "Essential Arms" guy across the gym - he'll be the disporportionate one.
Use this book as a tool for a full workout program, or look at one or two exercises to incorporate into your regular workout, and it has value. Overall, however, most of these exercises are included in other sources (primarily "Men's Health Hard Body Plan", who are also the publishers of this book), and a book that includes entire program structures, including cardio and diet makes a more sensible purchase.
Rating: 5
Summary: A program that truly works!
Comment: I'm currently at Level 2/2nd week of this program and have seen amazing results. And I guarantee if you follow this program you will too. This book helped me to discover what I had been doing wrong all these years and focused on diet which I must say is so critical in building muscle. It focus's on correct technique versus numerous sets, and helps you determine the correct weight per exercise as well. It goes against what most of us think is the correct way to build great arms, but in reality is the secret we have all been in pursuit of. I highly recommend this book for the novice to amateur bodybuilder. I can't wait to see the results after week 6! Job well done to the writer(s) for this great bodybuilding tool.
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Title: Essential Abs: An Intense 6-Week Program (The Men's Health Peak Conditioning Guides) by Kurt Brungardt, Lou Schuler ISBN: 1579542921 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Body Sculpting Bible for Men by James Villepigue, Hugo A. Rivera ISBN: 157826085X Publisher: Hatherleigh Pr Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Complete Book of Butt and Legs by Kurt Brungardt ISBN: 0679754814 Publisher: Villard Pub. Date: 07 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Men's Health Hard Body Plan : The Ultimate 12-Week Program for Burning Fat and Building Muscle by Larry Keller, Lou Schuler ISBN: 1579542298 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Complete Book of Abs : Revised and Expanded Edition by Kurt Brungardt ISBN: 0375751432 Publisher: Villard Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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