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 enlarge | Author: Nick Evans
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $10.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 142702
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 193
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7 x 0.6
ISBN: 0736059261
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.713
EAN: 9780736059268
ASIN: 0736059261
Publication Date: October 13, 2006
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 Excellent reference. July 23, 2007
An excellent guide to people wanting to take over their workouts. Simple language and beautiful illustrations will provide you the required information to know how to move yourself when performing an exercise, what you can vary, how and what to avoid. Some technical language is used. Highly recommended.
Not what I expected, but still informative! April 7, 2007
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
The book doesn't go "in-depth" on any of the movements, just takes two pages to explain each exercise (step-by-step, trajectory, grips, range of motion, things like that) along with anatomical illustrations. Note that the book is kinda small when it comes to dimensions, so it doesn't really include THAT much information for a book that's almost 200 pages.
It really doesn't touch on anything outside this basic premise.
Still, I think this is an *essential* book for beginner and intermediate bodybuilders and health enthusiasts, the science is simple and easy to understand, the illustrations are PERFECT and very informative, the book is nicely organized.
My favorite thing about the book is how it explains different grips and position and how subtle differences in technique can target different areas and help you make the best out of your workouts, very handy reference.
To summarize, while book doesn't offer anything too complex or advanced; I still think it's essential for anyone who takes the sport seriously, and at $13.5 (at the time of this writing), you can't go wrong!
EDIT: I borrowed "Strength Training Anatomy" from a friend, and I must say, it contains much, MUCH more information than "Bodybuilding Anatomy". But that's not to say it's better or worse! Here are some key differences:
*As stated, STA has much more information than BBA, they're not even comparable in this department.
*The drawings in STA are more complex but sometimes less informative.
*STA has much more information on the given exercise, while BBA focuses more on different grips and trajectories.
*STA also covers more ground when it comes to injuries and such (something BBA doesn't really touch on at all).
*BBA is much easier to read through and understand, it's much more "user friendly".
*BBA explains how the muscle group works and how it is composed before starting with the exercises. STA has none of that, goes straight forward to exercises.
Which one should you get? If you're a beginner/intermediate lifter, go with BBA, otherwise, go for STA.
 BODYBUILDING ANATOMY January 10, 2007
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you are looking for a book to give you exercise routines,this is not for you. However; this book gives detailed pictures of how to perform various exercises and shows what bodypart is worked on by each exercise. I recommed his other book Men's Bodyscuplting.
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