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Summary: EXCELLENT WORKOUT MANUAL
Review: I am a 56 year old, who because of my inactivity and life style now suffers from Syndrome X or insulin resistance and Type II diabetes. My Endocrinologist insisted I join a gym to develop muscle mass as muscle can handle the higher levels of glucose than non-muscle or fat thus causing insulin resistance. Insulin helps transport glucose from the blood to cells, where it is burned for energy or stored.I began at a whopping 240 pounds and 23% body fat and after 3 months had dropped to 15% body fat and a plateau that I could not break though. I knew I need some help in many different areas among them nutrition and a workout routine that would accomplish my goals. Most exercise books and/or manuals include many different types of mineral and vitamin supplements, however the authors also sell these products. "The Body Sculpting Bible For Men" is an excellent manual for diet, nutrition, exercise and work out routines and best of all the authors do not direct you to a site where they 'just happen to sell what they recommend'. The authors James Villepique and Hugo Rivera have written a comprehensive fitness work out book that includes a comprehensive work out routine detailing specific routines including necessary nutrition requirements. I believe this book and the 14 day regiment will help me continue toward my goal in increasing muscle mass and specifically in my case, in decreasing my insulin resistance. I have recommended The Body Sculpting Bible For Men to several members at my local gym and would not hesitate to do so to others.
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Summary: How to overtrain
Review: If you want to learn how to over train, then go ahead and buy this book. I've just finished reading it and am willing to sell it for $2 cos it ain't worth any more than that. To train with weights 6 days a week and cardio and abs 6 days a week you'll burn out pretty quick. It doesn't mention about recovery weeks either, just train, train and train. If you want better books, try Serious Strength Training by Tudor Bompa, Get Buffed by Ian King (www.getbuffed.net or www.kingsports.net) and for your Abs check out anything by Paul Chek.
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Summary: Many fundamental errors.
Review: This book is ok but I have never seen so many errors in a book. Here are some examples: 1.) Pages 146-147. The pictures for "Chest" and "Back" are identical. The text mentions there are two variations for Dumbbell Pullover. They show identical pictures and don't say what the variation is. 2.) Page 224. This is "Workout #1" for the "14-Day Body Sculpting Workout #1. The reader begins to read this workout description for their very first workout. The very first excercise is "One-Arm Rows". Nowhere in the book is there a description of "One-Arm Rows". There are dozens of other detailed excercise descriptions but nothing for "One-Arm Rows" which is the very first workout of the very first day. Makes you wonder about the authors...
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Summary: excellent comprehensive reference for male body builders
Review: 15 year fitness trainer here and i often give this book to clients who are having difficulty staying focused and on track...the authors' pointers on form are the best i have encountered in any fitness book...they know all the tricks successful body builders use (and even some i thought i had "discovered" myself, hehe) the nutrition info is current and ideal for those wishing to train "naturally" (ie: no steroids.) every male gym goer needs to read this book.
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Summary: Helpful guide and highly motivating
Review: I first shared the knowledge of this book and its contents with a nutritionist/dietician, and shared with him the Nutritional information given in the book. I am happy to say that the authors are right on in encouraging carbohydrates as a part of the weightlifters routine. Too often, marketing is confusing nutrition with weight loss and because of it, the Atkins Diet is misleading a majority of Americans in pursuing this awful lifestyle choice (lo-carb diets) that in fact, causes muscle loss!
In addition, I like the way this book splits up the workout routine to focus on isolating all of the muscle groups. It really encourages results by allowing one to completely exhaust one muscle group a day, hitting each group once a week, and encouraging a short cardio/ab session in the morning for optimal fat loss and muscle definition. Furthermore, the book offers multiple 14-day workout plans designed to hit various muscle groups and encourage faster results, given the prescribed diet is met. This book is great for beginners and the experienced. I get alot of compliments in the gym when I take this book with me, and many gym bunnies ask to read it! It's also a rather attractive book and the photo cover really works to motivate me to achieve my goal!
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Summary: Tried The Rest Now Try the Best
Review: The title says it all. Men of every age and fitness level can benefit from this superbly designed program. I should know. I am a lifter in my 40s who has incorporated these principals into my training and the results have been striking. I am leaner and have added muscle mass quicker than at any time in the past. Try it; you'll like the results.
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Summary: Feeling Great
Review: I have been following this book for 2 months and I have never felt better. I have learned a lot and turned my wife on to the woman edition and she follows it and loves it. Thanks!
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Summary: has its problems
Review: 1) spends 141 pages (46%) of book, showing pictures of exercises. but then it tells you to use only 25 of the 70 or so mentioned. CUT DOWN THE FILLER. 2) the diet will give you green diarrhea (not kidding) 3) the numbers they got for the diet depend entirely on the type of protein powder used. the stuff they seemed to have used has 10 g protein per scoop, and around 2 g fat per scoop. the stuff i bought has 31 g protein and 0.6 g fat per scoop, so i had to seriously fudge my numbers. PLEASE INCLUDE A SAMPLE DIET WITHOUT PROTEIN POWDER NEXT EDITION. 4) the calorie total of the low calorie diet is closer to 2112, not 2007 as they suggest, though they do mention this later. why not just put the right number on the right page? 5) they recommend flax seed oil, which i'm sure is great, but you can't cook with it, so your food will be nice and dry. PLEASE USE CANOLA OR OLIVE OIL IN YOUR NEXT EDITION. otherwise, i am feeling good, get a good pump from their workouts. feel very full all day. i'll write another review in a few months to say how it all went.
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Summary: Where do I start? Finally answered.
Review: This book addressed exaclty what I was looking for. All the exercisses are thoroughly detailed and they explain the mistakes that you shoud avoid while preforming them. The majority of the exercises described in the book are done with free weights, so machines are not required. Almost all of the workouts can be done at home with a basic dumbell set. I found the book's coverage of nutrition and fat burning extremely helpful. Workout charts and sample diets are also included, so you know exaclty how to start. Ranges from beginner to advanced body sculpting. I have already begun to see my body take shape. Very satisfied with this book.
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Summary: What a great book!
Review: Do you like your body? No, I mean do you REALLY like your body? I think that it is safe to say that there is a large percentage of people in THIS country (especially this country)that don't like the way they look. I was one of them, until I found this book at my local library. Its name says it all! It IS the body sculpting bible for men! It tells you how to do a boatload of exercises, how to eat right, how to train right, even how to think and dream right!! It features the 14-day body sculpting workout--this is the best part. The authors made up this exercise after they were both overweight and anorexic... talk about a harsh life! These authors tell it how it is, the make everything easy to read and understand. And best of all....IT WORKS!!!
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