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"This massive and authoritative Master Blaster book is the greatest bodybuilding book ever written, primarily because it is firmly based on the training principles of the Weider System of Bodybuilding, which have been followed by literally every bodybuilder in the modern history of the sport. I began developing my Weider System back in the 1930s and continue to refine and add new Weider Training Principles to it. You can rely on the information I present in this book to improve your physique. Good luck!" -- Joe Weider On Instinctive Training "One of the most fundamental secrets of successful bodybuilding is getting to know your body and how it reacts to various training and nutritional practices. Unless you have finely honed your instinctive training ability, it will take many weeks, even months, to evaluate each experiment. It definitely pays to master the Weider Instinctive Training Principle." -- Franco Columbo, two-time Mr. Olympia On Progression "The key to building massive, powerful muscles is to doggedly increase the training weights you use. But it is only good to increase training poundage if you do so in perfect form. There is a direct correlation between the amount of weight you use with perfect biomechanics in an exercise and the mass of muscles that move that weight." -- Lee Haney, three-time Mr. Olympia On Muscle Confusion "Once I reached the advanced level of bodybuilding and started entering competitions, I discovered that I quickly became bored with a set training program. I began to use the Weider Muscle Confusion Principle, changing to a new and more challenging routine every time I came into the gym to bomb a particular body part." -- Lou Ferrigno On Supersets "Since supersets constitute a big jump in training intensity, I always tell bodybuilders new to the Weider Supersets Training Principles to experiment with supersets, compounding movements for the biceps and triceps, or forearm flexors and forearm extensors." -- Albert Beckles, IFBB World Pro Grand Prix Champion

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45922 in Books
• Published on: 1989-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 528 pages

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McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

Customer Reviews

Dedicated
Being a MAJOR gym rat i have always looked for new angles at which to improve my workouts and my knowledge. My first peice of literature that actually brought tried and tested full proof results was The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding : The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revised. I bought Joe Weider's "Ultimate Bodybuilding" thikning that since he trained Arnold for a breif period there might be overlapping information between the two books and few things that might have been left out. As far as a walk through, if you know absolutely nothing about a gym, i mean dont even know what a Bar-bell looks like this book will tell you. It is very repeatative, very dumbed down, has to many pictures and is hard to process article information due to the constant citations from interviews with Pros. Up until the advanced training the book holds little value...

BUT! if you are an advanced body builder and need specific info on how to increase your mass, learn overtraining and treat injury then buy this book. The exercise routines are incredibly detailed and very informative, but holds value only to those who understand how to apply these workouts to their already rigorous routines. Part III and IV are the only chapters worth studying, all else is time better spent in the gym.

P.S. You will NEVER get as big as the men in these books that are pictured, it is fact and can only acheive this through Anabolic steroids but that does not deem any peice of lituarature useless. Dont let something like this detour you from ultimate knowledge or health.

Bodybuilding for the Thinker
Learn the secrets used by bodybuilders worldwide in this book. Also find out why some techniques work, and others don't.

The Ultimate Bodybuilding Book
"Advanced bodybuilders often increase training intensity by decreasing rest intervals between sets." It is this kind of insight and personal experience that makes this book more than just a boring "how to" book. This massive and authoritative book of the principles of bodybuilding is the greatest informational book on the sport ever written. This is primarily because it is based on the principles and insight of Joe Weider, an icon to musclemen everywhere. The author goes into specific detail on techniques and principles that have been used by literally every bodybuilder in the modern history of the sport. Plus, he introduces the human aspect - he discusses his past failures and successes. It is bodybuilding for the thinking man, because it explains the whys and wherefores, and exactly how your muscles respond when you do certain things to them. I really suggest this book to read if you are interested in the sport of bodybuilding. It is one you can definitely rely on to improve your physique!