Anabolic Muscle Mass: The Secrets of Anabolic Reinforcement Without Steroids

Cluttered with photos of top bodybuilders through the years, some of which have tragically passed away from drug abuse, there is little specific advice: the book reads like a full-length bodybuilding mag. Lots of information is presented about general training concepts and techniques, but I found nothing I could incorporate into my routines with any kind of results. There is little discussion of specific exercises and their form, with no illustration of the ones that are mentioned.

While some people may find new and interesting ways to shake up their rituals at the gym, I've gotten excellent results naturally with an extremely basic, old-school program. I'd suggest a comprehensive book on lifts by emphasis and muscle group over this for anyone clean.


For advanced lifters   August 24, 2002
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This book is clearly aimed at the intermediate or advanced bodybuilder who is looking for more variety. Unfortunately, the book is padded with way too many pictures of genetically gifted and chemically enhanced muscleheads.
Not a bad book, overall. In fact, I've incorporated a few of the exercises into my own program.


don't waste your money   April 9, 2002
 5 out of 5 found this review helpful

I bought this book hoping to get some new information on how to be a non-steroid taking natural body-builder, yet the photos of everyone in the book are all of steroid monsters, and the routines propounded in the book are all the same old stupid techniques of high reps and multiple sets with super heavy weights to develop the ultimate muscle mass, without any concern for what these techniques do in the long run in terms of trashing all of your joints, or even that these are not the most effective techniques of weight training for symmetrical muscular development.


BODYBUILDING   June 19, 1999
 6 out of 64 found this review helpful

I WANT READ YOUR BOOK ON MY EMAIL ADDRES


Very comprehensive and informative.   October 29, 1998
 18 out of 21 found this review helpful

This is one of the most comprehensive and informative books available. I have been involved in the field of bodybuilding for nearly thirty years, and have reviewed most of the material available. Rarely does a book contain as much usable, contemporary, real-world information. In my personal aquaintance with many of the true superstars of bodybuilding (including Bill Pearl, Larry Scott, John Grimek, Jack LaLanne, George Eifferman, Dennis Tinnerino, and many others), I find the author (Dennis B. Weis) to be highly esteemed and respected. Even Dr. Scott Connelly of food supplement giant Met-Rx cites Mr. Weis as an authority (recently drawing unsolicited quotes from Weis' book into the spotlight as the centerpiece of a multi-million dollar national advertising campaign).