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The most comprehensive text ever written on how and why to train for MMA and other fighting sports. This book covers every aspect of training, how to apply it and how to make a program work for you. This is one of the most complete books ever written; Martin Rooney leaves nothing to chance on how to train and how to win. This book is essential for all fighters but also can help any athlete or coach that is looking for any advantage on learning how athletes train. Loaded with extreme pictures and incredible detail, Training for Warriors is one of the best books ever written for athletes.
This long awaited text is the definitive training system of the Team Renzo Gracie fighting team. Over four years in the making, this 200 page book contains the secrets of warming up, weight training, endurance training, mental training, nutrition, weight cutting, and strategy development that the top combat athletes in the world use to win Pride Fighting, UFC, UCC, and ADCC championships. If you are a grappler, wrestler, mma fighter, boxer, judoka, or just a fan of combat sports, this book is a must have.
Just the 150 rare training photos and never before seen exercises alone are worth the decision to select this book.
Customer Reviews:
Where's the Beef?.......2007-05-01
Much looking forward to viewing this book, however, I was extremely disappointed. There was a lack of photos that showed how to do the exercises from start to finish. Too much info about the author and the Gracies, very little information about the workouts. I am sending this book back for a refund and because there is no option for "0" stars I had to rate it a "1".
Buy together with the book.......2006-11-06
Please see my review of the book. On its own, the book gets 3 stars and the DVD gets 4, but togeters, I give them 4 1/2 stars.
Greetings
Tom
The Best MMA training around.......2006-04-28
My name is Adam Singer and I run a very sucessful gym in Athens GA. Maybe you know some of my fighters, Forrest Griffin (TUF 1 champ) and Rory Singer (TUF 3 star). I collect and read everything I can on strenght and conditioning. However until this book no expert had written specifically for MMA athletes. The first importatant thing to note is that everything in this book has been tested on MMA/BJJ athletes of the highest levels. What this book contains is a huge overview of every aspect of MMA training, mental, wieghts, strategy, nutrition, warmups, cutting wieght, lifting, cardio, core training etc etc etc. Is it a weekly program that one can follow? No. How could it be. The cookie cutter apraoch does not work with athletes. COnsider this a tool box that will allow you to work with yourself or your althetes to become the best they can be. For the individual that was upset about not having exercise descriptions....Why should Rooney waste time with things that have been covered in 100s of different places.
This is the first time I have reviewed a book on amazon. I have had this book from the first day I found it. I am writing a review now because I wanted to refute a couple negative reviews. I look at this book on a weekly basis and always find somehting new.
Adam Singer
The HardCore Gym
If you want to win.......2006-04-23
I have been training in martial arts for 19 years. I started competing at 19. I hold two black belts and have fight experience ranging from tai, kickboxing, boxing, mma, and bbj. Once I read this book, it gave me a clear cut guide on what to do mentaly and physically. Martin spells out the things you need to be a champ. I refrence the book all the time and currently are using to improve my mma and boxing. If you are openminded and want to win buy this book!!!
A must have for people looking to transform their approach to competition.......2006-04-22
Having over fifteen years of experience in the martial arts and nine years of experience in the field of strength and conditioning, "Training for Warriors" by Martin Rooney is a comprehensive guide on how to become a true warrior in realm of competition. This book adds to Martin's body of other training manuals and DVDs. The lessons learned from this manual and his other works are all interchangeable.
Martin's message is made clear to the reader in three ways. Firstly, the language used to communicate is simple and effective. Secondly, the material is able to be applied to different areas of performance enhancement. Lastly, Martin is clearly a "practice what you preach" practitioner. The reader will immediately know that Martin has been personally in the battle in which he is preparing you for.
I have recommended this book to many strength coaches and martial arts instructors, and I will continually recommend it to anyone who truly has the desire to become a warrior!
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Very detailed and helpful book........2007-02-21
This book is very detailed and quite informative about this subject. It is pretty deep reading compared with "Your Body Doesn't Lie", but it is also very helpful on the subject. I would not suggest this book for newbies, but rather for those that would rather delve deeper into the subject.
very interesting.......2005-10-11
Its one of my favorites, all of the tricks that it mentions are great. Its hard to stop reading, its full of great information and tips, it opened my eyes as to how far chiropractic treatment together with kinesiology will help people eliminate obstructions, and achieve great health.
It has it all.......2002-03-07
It contains practical detox recipes and instructions, muscle testing guidelines and easy to read charts. It goes into alternative therapies and yet, thankfully in my case, skips gem therapy.
Expected More.......2002-02-25
The book did cover Clinical Kinesiology and related areas, but not at the depth that I had expected based on the other reviews of the book. The authors presented "real" examples, but failed to follow up with corrective solutions for the "lay person". Most of the solutions were "your muscle tested weak, see a professional for help". I didn't expect the level of detail that is contained in the six Beardall books, but some corrective examples (like in the Touch For Health books) would have been appropriate. Enough said, it was interesting reading.
Awesome! Great for any health professional.......2000-05-27
I found this book to be very insightful and detailed. It is easy enough for laymen as well as the professional. I got a hold of this book after training in Applied Kinesiology (AK). After a long hard look it appears that this book is the only Clinical Kinesiology book in print. All others appear to be out of print. I would enjoy more published work based on the late Alan Beardall, D.C.. Also, I'd like to comment on the great section in the book on sub-clinical Candidiasis.
Truely a great book (especially for the cost).
Book Description
In 1882, Jigoro Kana (1860-1938) founded Kodokan Judo at Eishoji Temple in Tokyo. It was the culmination of a lifelong devotion to the jujutsu of the past, which he reorganized while at the same time taking great care to retain its classical traditions. As Kano explains in Kokokan Judo, as a youth he studied jujutsu, a martial art practiced in Japan since feudal times, which involved throwing, hitting, kicking, stabbing, slashing, choking, bending and twisting limbs - and the defenses against these attacks. After years of studying many different jujutsu techniques, he realized that although many different techniques were taught, there was no one core value holding them together. After thorough consideration, Kano was able to identify an all-pervasive principle: to make the most efficient use of mental and physical energy. He then looked at the different techniques again, and chose only those in which this principle was correctly applied. This was judo. "Ju" means gentleness or giving way. "Do" means principle or way. Judo, therefore, is the Way of gentleness, which implies that first giving way leads to ultimate victory. The Kodokan is literally "the school for studying the Way." This book is a collection of Kano's essential teachings, selected and compiled from his wealth of writings and lectures spanning a period of fifty-one years. Throughout his life, Kano emphasized the importance of understanding the correct meaning of judo and putting it into practice. According to its founder, judo is the way by which we make the best use of our mental and physical energy - by using that energy for the good of society. According to this definition, judo, which once would have been a martial art - a fighting skill used to defend against an attack - became a richer, more complex and universal art, which in turn, evolved into a principle that can be applied to all aspects of human life.
Customer Reviews:
what mind over muscle ?.......2007-05-21
if you are interested in the history of Judo then may be this is the book as it is supposed to be written by the founder. But if your expectation is to read or learn about "mind over muscle" as part of the book's title indicated, it just isn't there.
Must Read.......2007-04-15
This is one of the best books on judo for the serious student or accomplished instructor. Most books on judo offer good information on applying competition techniques and certainly have their place. What is lacking in many of those books, however, is the fundamental philosophies and principles Jigoro Kano envisioned as the basis of this art and, ultimately, where in life it should lead its students. It is a must read for all judoka.
Higher Thoughts about JUDO .......2007-02-03
This book caught me by surprise. I expected it to cover throwing techniques. Instead, Dr. Kano covered his philosophy of Judo in a very thorough definitive manner. He says the throwing techniques are just the base level of Judo. And, he divides JUDO in to 3 levels, first-Physical, then perfection of the person, and finally on the highest plane, contributing to society. He mentioned that there were so much ME, ME, ME in Japan, that everyone is responsible for contributing to the improvment of society. I have studied Judo for 30 plus years. I am a nidan. I know about maximum efficiency minimal effort and mutual welfare for all man kind. But I have not heard it described in this manner. WOW...!!! TP
Not just for judoka.......2006-11-10
This book is really fascinating reading. It covers the development of judo, exploring its roots in jujutsu; the spirit of judo, describing the mental, physical, and moral traditions of the art; and judo training, the purpose and process of learning judo in the dojo. It's rather short, about 160 pages of large-spaced type, but interesting and illuminating nevertheless. It captures many of Kano's teachings, truly helping you understand why and how he transformed a jutsu (combat art) in to a do (martial way). Very well written.
Lawrence Kane
Author of Surviving Armed Assaults, The Way of Kata, and Martial Arts Instruction
Excellent for Judo, JiuJitsu and spiritual sporting!.......2006-07-03
As a recognised sportcoach, psychologist and martial athlete, I recommend this book of the founder of Judo and Jiu Jitsu for all martial artists, coaches and others, even movie makers, the government and all freedom loving men! Why? Because in simple words the more positive spiritual, ethical and intelligent reasons for following the "way to be and do good for oneself and others" are explained. The second reason to know the content is that it transcends the boring attitude of only seeing the body. It's simple, but it can help all good men during their entire life.
J.P.R. Petersen Ph.D.
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- The search
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- Not recommended...
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Qigong, The Secret of Youth: Da Mo's Muscle/Tendon Changing and Marrow/Brain Washing Classics
Yang Jwing-Ming , and
Jwing-Ming Yang
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For over one thousand years, Da Mo's timeless Classics have been considered the key to enlightenment and long-lasting youth. Now, Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming, one of the worlds leading authorities on Qigong, has made these ancient and profound teachings accessible to everyone!
Customer Reviews:
The search .......2006-07-27
Very interesting, but you have to have the courage to gamble with your health. Yet if you already took a dive from a mountain top "a la Castaneda" you might enjoy it.
This book is rare and precious.......2003-05-20
Richard S said it all, and well. My only additional comment is that the format of this book is structured quite simply, and it is ideal. First, the exact original Chinese text is included. This preserves this rare information, and offers scholars the original words to research themselves. Then, an exact English translation is offered of the Chinese. This can sometime read 'choppy' because it is quite hard to translate between ANCIENT Chinese and modern English - due to the fact that many words and phrases from ancient China only existed in Buddhist Qigong society and were unknown in the Chinese language otherwise.
Lastly, Master Yang offers his explanation of the translation, based on his decades of experience - without all the mystical nonsense, and with detailed explanation of what is happening in the body from a modern, Western scientific view.
It doesn't get better than that.
And yes, this training is only for people with the time and will to commit to careful practice with the guidance of an experienced Qigong master. This is one of the few Qigong practices that is potentially dangerous. If your 'master' doesn't know the information in this book, and you intend to study Yi Jin Jing, find another master. If you want Qigong for health, longevity, and general benefits, practice a different set of Qigong.
This training is to transform the physical body to a state at which it will be physically capable of supporting your energetic body in your meditation practice, so that you may have the physical stamina and mastery of your Qi circulation to pursue enlightenment. Nothing less. Without this training, do not use the word "enlightened."
The author of the original text, Bodhidharma, was very clear in saying that without this internal cultivation, all search for enlightenment will be in vain. Don't waste your life!
Valuable source material about transforming vital energy.......2002-03-29
Yang uses Buddhist and Taoist documents, reproduced and translated section by section, to explain the esoteric training methods Yi Jin Jing and Xi Sui Jing. The first method generate qi to strengthen muscles and tendons, the second teaches Huan Jing or how to return vital energy through the spine to energize the brain. Evidently very baffled by certain aspects of these exercises, Yang sometimes has to conjecture. His translation is uncertain, yet this description includes valuable source material withheld in the popular books by Mantak Chia. This is an early work of a prolific writer who could really use an editor, and readers may find the non-standard Cantonese transliterations rather puzzling.
Not recommended..........2000-12-14
First, a comment on the format and style of this book. The book has a combination of both English and Chinese, with frequent "paragraphs" of Chinese included in the text. I'm not sure why this was done but I found it both irritating and confusing since I don't understand Chinese. The English is poorly worded and often seems, to me, to be missing information. The book is also lacking an index.
The drawings are rather simplistic and, compared to many other Qigong books, poorly drawn. The "exercises" are often depicted in only one frame with arrows supposedly indicating the movements; this is quite confusing and doesn't really show the intention very well.
The book is oriented around dividing Qigong into four "distinct areas" with "specific" exercises from each discipline. Not only have I never seen this type of division before but, again, the division is very arbitrary and little is done explain the relationships between these divisions. I found errors in the "history" sections as well. I suspect they have been plagarized from other books and I would recommend the reader to investigate other sources such as Grigg and Deng Ming Dao.
Then there are the actual exercises. Some of these can be found in many other books (although without the arbitrary divison of this book) and an interested Qigong practitioner probably has them already. However, many exercises in this book, particularly in the Martial section, are extremely dangerous if practiced without proper supervision.
In the history of Qigong there are numerous stories of master's who didn't transfer 100% of their lessons to disciples with the end result being crippled students. Many of the exercises in this book, particularly those utilizing sticks to pressurize points and blows to the body can lead directly to serious injury.
The book does not, in my opinion, satisfactorily explain this fact, nor does it outline a progression of study to lead into the exercises. It also doesn't even appear to mention many of the "standard" Qigong exercises such as "hugging the tree" that have a long proven history of providing benefit.
All in all, I was very disappointed with this book and certainly don't recommend it. Spend the money on finding a good master in your area and you'll be a lot farther ahead...
Profound Translation of Rare Ancient Manuscripts.......2000-05-29
Anyone desiring to understand Qi, whether for Feng Shui, Marital Arts, or any other reason, must understand the internal human Qi, and the best avenue to this understanding is through Qigong.
This profound book is definitely recommended reading for a multitude of reasons, including its great contribution to the understanding and cultivation of Qi utilizing obscure and elusive techniques developed in antiquity through enlightenment.
Da Mo, also known as Bodhidarma, was an Indian of the Mahayana Buddhist Sect. He was considered a Bodhisativa who greatly affected the Chinese Shaolin Sect. His theories incorporated that the physical body is important and must be clean and strong (both externally and internally) in order to attain enlightenment.
Two rare ancient texts are attributed to him, both of which have been comprehensively researched and eloquently translated by Dr. Jwing-Ming Yang and offered with historical data and commentary. This second volume is an excellent sequel to the author's prerequisite book, The Root of Chinese Qigong : Secrets for Health, Longevity & Enlightenment.
The Yi Jin Jing is the Muscle Changing Text and instructs techniques for physical health and physical strength.
The Xi Sui Jing is the Marrow & Brain Cleansing Text and instructs techniques for internal cleansing and strength of the physical body via the internal organs including the blood and immune system. It further describes ancient practices designed as methods for channelling what can be termed sexual energy to energize the brain and gain enlightenment.
These two texts may initially appear more applicable to the channeling of male sexual energy as they were written in an ancient society predominated by male monks. However, these texts afford a great contribution to the understanding and cultivation of Qi within the framework of "Being" and the information is pertinent to both men and women.
Buy this book, it is essential reading for anyone interested in defined techniques for longevity and enlightenment.
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excellent reference source for the serious artist.......2007-05-22
Arrived in a timely fashion, in excellent condition and a fine addition to my resource library.
I love it.......2007-04-15
Although it is not really an instructional step by step book, I really enjoyed the drawings. very inspirational great reference book on motion, the only thing that I would have liked is more male figures in action. thats all.
Please Avoid!.......2007-04-07
I know that looking at books may help mostly from great artist. Don't misunderstood, Glenn Fabry is a very good artist.
But, here is the bad thing about this book. You are looking at his art from his sketch book, and yes you can see his style of art. The drawings you see are referenced from videos.
He doesn't give any help about the understanding the placement of muscles, shadows, etc. Because he doese not explain about them
Please, please, please! avoid it! It is usefull if you have a anatomy class and need different poses to copy from. But their are other books which will extremely help you like books from Cristopher Hart (Drawing Cutting Edge Anatomy, Drawing Cutting Edge Comics, etc.)
tiny drawings.......2007-02-23
What a big error to buy this if you are looking to learn anything about anatomy or anything about drawing period. The entire book consist of little tiny sketches he did while watching an exercise tape.
No muscles at all.......2006-06-01
This was not what I expected. There is no instruction provided as to anatomy or musculature, just many sketches mostly from a female workout tape. The "muscles" were non-descript. Also, if you're considering this for a younger artist, several of the sketches have annotation that they were drawn from a "stripper" tape and are somewhat provocative both in content and "clever quips" as commentary by the artist; inappropriate to my way of thinking. I've returned the book to amazon.com despite having to eat the postage.
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- A cool book, but...
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Classic Muscle Car Advertising: The Art of Selling Horsepower
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Ride along during a historical cruise of muscle car advertising from the '50s, '60s, and '70s. Near full size ads paint the history of thundering muscle cars from three tumultuous decades. This valuable reference depicts some of the last remnants of promotional print material containing hard-to-find factory facts and images on muscle car models.
More than 160 ads have been restored to their original, vibrant color.
Muscle cars from American Motors, Buick, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, General Motors, Mercury, Oldsmobile, Plymouth, and Pontiac are included. Covers popular models such as Javelins, Gremlins, Barracudas, Belvederes, Road Runners, Chargers, Camaros, Corvettes, Novas, and GTOs.
• Compilation of near-full-size, full-color muscle car ads from the '50s, '60s, and '70s
• Some ads are the last remnants of promotional print material
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Customer Reviews:
A cool book, but..........2006-12-09
I have Mitch Frumkin's first two books, and I must admit this one is better, picture wise. His first two contained just b&w photos and not much text. This book is wall to wall color, which really brings the ads to life; some ads are even reproduced in their original size. Very cool - A+ on that account. However, this book contains much more text, which should have been a nice compliment to the ads, but unfortunately, there are a number of errors. Yes, I realize that one person cannot possibly know every little detail, and we are constantly finding out new facts about muscle cars, but if you have the ads in front of you, and hopefully the magazines they came out of, you should know the correct years of the cars and the dates the ads ran. In other words, model year 1971 cars were not advertised in late 1969.
Also, I feel a number of historic ads were left out in this publication that should have been included. For example, there were several ads that were pulled by the manufacturers almost immediately after they ran, because they were considered too contraversial. None of these are here. Maybe Mitch wanted to offer the public some fresh material. The problem here is, his first two books are out of print. Quality used copies are going for good money and are becoming hard to find.
Aside from those two nick-picky points, overall, it is a cool book. Would make a great gift. Buy a really nice used copy, you won't be disappointed.
Nostalgia Trip.......2005-03-05
I was impressed by Muscle Car Mania and Son of Muscle Car Mania but Mitch came up trumps this time as we benefit from colour print - the best way to see the psycadelic Plymouth ads of the 60's. If you like muscle cars buy this book.
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Wow! Add This One to Your Collection.......2000-05-23
BEEKCAKE: THE MUSCLE MAGAZINES OF AMERICA ought to be reprinted. It is an essential read for those interested in the contruction of the gay male form/ideal. BEEFCAKE takes a look at the history of "the beefcake." Simply defined, the beefcake is a male who is physically built--a bodybuilder or perhaps an Abercrombie and Fitch male model. What I found interesting is the beefcake ideal emerged alongside photography, the most popular mode of getting beefcake images to the masses. Also interesting is the how the homoerotic images of the male beefcake form in the early 1900s weren't automatically linked to homosexuality. Yes, the images were homoerotic, but the target audience were straight men. It was only later that the gay factor came into play in such publications such as Physique Pictorial and Tomorrow's Man, which still targeted straight men, yet pushed the homosocial/erotic boundaries of the men being photographed. The strength of this book not only lies in the history and research of the beefcake, but also the photographs included. The beefcake is everywhere in popular culture today (in GQ, Mens Health, and other body-building magazines); he's everywhere in gay male culture too. BEEFCAKE offers readers an invaluable insight to the standards of male beauty through the eyes of both straight and gay men as seen in print/visual media.
absolutely fab.......1999-05-12
I love beefcake, um I brushed my teeth with it once and, um, yup. Well, I bought this book for my uncle for mother's day and, um, yeah... Well, I'll start aurevoiring, I guess. PS I love Liz Leone and Missy Elliott and Pat Benatar and The Sharks! - Eat sh*t and die, Jets. Je t'aime, Liz!
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Artificial Muscles: Applications of Advanced Polymeric Nanocomposites
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Smart materials are the way of the future in a variety of fields, from biomedical engineering and chemistry to nanoscience, nanotechnology, and robotics. Featuring an interdisciplinary approach to smart materials and structures, Artificial Muscles: Applications of Advanced Polymeric Nanocomposites thoroughly reviews the existing knowledge of ionic polymeric conductor nanocomposites (IPCNCs), including ionic polymeric metal nanocomposites (IPMNCs) as biomimetic distributed nanosensors, nanoactuators, nanotransducers, nanorobots, artificial muscles, and electrically controllable intelligent polymeric network structures. Authored by one of the founding fathers of the field, the book introduces fabrication and manufacturing methods of several electrically and chemically active ionic polymeric sensors, actuators, and artificial muscles, as well as a new class of electrically active polymeric nanocomposites and artificial muscles. It also describes a few apparatuses for modeling and testing various artificial muscles to show the viability of chemoactive and electroactive muscles. The authors present the theories, modeling, and numerical simulations of ionic polymeric artificial muscles' electrodynamics and chemodynamics. In addition, they feature current industrial and medical applications of IPMNCs. By covering the fabrication techniques of and novel developments in advanced polymeric nanocomposites, this book provides a solid foundation in the subject while stimulating further research.
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As the human body moves, muscles contract and relax, creating subtle changes in body contours and shifting patterns of light and shadow on the skin's surface. Visualizing exactly what happens beneath the skin to cause these changes on the surface is an essential skill for artists, physicians, physical therapists, and body builders-for anyone who needs to understand the body in motion.
But how do you teach this skill?
Why not paint a live model to look as though his skin had been stripped off and then photograph him in multiple poses? From that idea comes Visualizing Muscles, an innovative aid to drawing, sculpting, and learning surface anatomy.
More than one hundred static and active poses are included in Visualizing Muscles. Paired photographs--one painted and labelled, one not--show how the simulated muscles produce the subtle lights and darks, hills and valleys, on the model's unpainted skin. Captions highlight the muscles called into play by a given pose.
Dr. Cody, who experimented with techniques for two years, pioneers the use of a model on whose skin muscles, tendons, and fascial sheaths are painted with scientific accuracy. Because of the elasticity of the skin and paint, the painted musculature expands and contracts along with the underlying muscles. Thus Cody's technique enables students of anatomy to visualize the muscles beneath the skin and the changes brought about by movement.
This 8-1/2" x 11" book contains 9 full-color and 221 black-and-white photographs.
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finaly..........2006-12-07
...exactly the surface anatomy reference ive been searching for. as a 3d artist it is essential that i reproduce human figure in an accurate and believable way for this you need effective reference. this book has it in spades.
One of the best Anatomy books for any Artist!.......2006-02-16
This is easily one of the greatest anatomy for artists books I've found. It covers various landmarks and on the opposite page uses a unique way to visualize the underlying muscle structure of the same pose. A must have book for any Artist!
Art study only ! (not technical reference).......2001-01-25
This book is useful for artists such as painters and sculptors trying to accurately represent a muscular male body in different poses (like greek sculptures - Atlas, The Thinker, etc). Every page shows the model in a different position comparing the same pose in the "buff" with and without the painted muscles.
excellent artistic reference.......1998-09-23
This book is extremely useful for anyone trying to master the interplay of muscle as it affects surface form
Very good male nude reference book.......1998-02-07
A fair sized book, it's unique in the sense that the male model has the relevant muscles and tendons actually drawn on his body. Nice concept but I don't think it really helps. Because the muscles are tendons and the skin is, well, skin, it stretches as a mass and not as fibers. I think the poses are useful though, good lighting to show muscle definition and tone and decent-sized photographs too.
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This book has something for everyone who seeks to add muscle, lose fat, or improve health.
Customer Reviews:
useless garbage.......2002-04-09
This is a great book if you want to trash your body with steroids and end up looking like a deformed monster like the author and the photo's of all the other moron's in this book. There is no honor or sense of personal accomplishment to use beef cattle drugs to attain big muscles.
Still the best of its kind.......2002-01-07
I read this book a while ago, and it is still the best of its kind. He pretty much sums up everything a person needs to know to put on muscle mass. It's very practical and easy to read. It's a short book, but he does not use a 100 pages on silly recipes either, which is how most books are done. It's 100% good info. A must read for anyone who wants to put on muscle or is a fan of his.
Some depth............2001-10-22
This book was ok at best. It contained some helpful information that could be useful. I wish it had been more realistic with less mention of steroids. If you take steroids this book might be helpful to you?
EXCELENT BOOK.......2000-10-25
HAY THERE DO NOT LET THE TITLE OF THIS BOOK FOOL YOU. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR INFORMATOIN ABOUT ANABOLIC STERIODS, THIS IS NOT THE BOOK FOR YOU, THOUGH IS DOES HAVE A VERY SMALL SECTION ON THEM. IF YOU ARE ON THE OTHER HAND, LOKING FOR NATURAL WAYS OF BUILDING MUSCLE, OR WANT TO KNOW HOW TO EAT PROPERLY, OR EVEN WANT TO LEARN BASIC AND BY BASIC I DO NOT MEAN HARDCORE, THEN BUY THIS BOOK. IT IS NOT THE BEST ON THE SUBJET BUT IT IS ONE OF THE TOP TEN.
MUST HAVE for any weight lifter!.......2000-06-03
Been a little while since I read it- but don't worry about the pics of all those HYOOGE guys. Inside is advice that will work for everyone. Very good solid basic training and nutritional advice abounds.
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