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 enlarge | Authors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Dobbins
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 479623
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 736
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.5
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 1.9
ISBN: 0671633813
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.75
EAN: 9780671633813
ASIN: 0671633813
Publication Date: March 15, 1987
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 Good book but beginner beware! October 23, 1999
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I like the section on the history of bodybuilding. It shows how people went from being fat powerlifters to creating a cut physique. Most of these guys are big but don't have veins all over them, which is better than some of today's "champs." I have to commend Arnold for building a big but still proportionate body. Arnold's "beginner" programs will kill a beginner and may even stress an experienced bodybuilder into overtraining. Good book, lots of different exercises, good photos, interesting history.
 Any questions about bodybuilding? This is your source. October 4, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
What I find most valuable about this book is that it provides you with almost every movement done in body building. This is especially helpful in learning how to do a particular movement correctly and without hurting yourself. Everything is explained and illustrated very well. True the nutrition side is lacking but as mentioned in other reviews but that is not the focus of the book.
From a healer and a bodacious beach babe gypsy shaman chick August 27, 1999
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book helped me great the kind of body I need. As one of the world's leading practioners of Two-Spirit Shamanism and Chi Gung, as well as being an author (Chi Gung: Chinese Healing, Energy, and Natural Magick), I've found that in my line of work it is vital that I built my body to it's peak perfection. I specialize in using the bodies energy (called Chi in Chinese) to help work with and heal plants, animals, and people. Using this energy (it is related to Tai Chi, Accupuncture and Yoga - and for those of you who lift weights, you could think of it as the pump - only in this case, you not only use it to build muscle but also to increase your health and to even heal others), I have successfully worked with cases involving migraines, insomnia, infertility, severe trauma, strokes, paralysis, and even ovarian cancer. By developing my body, I have been better able to help my Chi to flow so that I could use my skills in the life and death situations I am frequently faced with in my line of work. Arnold's book is wonderful and we are all very blessed to have such a man as a teacher, a role model, and an author.Reading Arnold's book can change your life. It sure has changed mine. And with it, I've been able to make a difference in the lives of those who need help.
He is the greatest! August 21, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Many people will tend to argue about this book and how some things are no good, the pictures are great, this and that. We must really look at what this book is and was. when this book was written many of today's scientific principles in lifting were not even known. Also,in this time bodybuilding and even general fitness were not held in such a good light as now, they were considered freaks. I think that this book is great for the new enthusiast, one who wants to know some history of bodybuilding, and general fitness information. I am a certified personal trainer and think this book is great reading.
A Must For Any Gym-goer's Library! May 25, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For excercise info, motivation, and historical content, not many books can beat this one. Although it is light on nutritional advise and supplements, anyone can get Bill Phillip's Supplement book for free, and a good nutrition book as well, to complete the library. Arnold's book shows excercises and routines which will have been accepted as foundational; none of these foo foo 1 workout a week, 1 set per body part business. Just hardcore training. The book is worth its price for the photos alone, let alone the written content. But, enough of my rambling; it's the most dog-eared book on my coffee table. "Nuff said!"
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