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Summary: Injury-free, productive training
Review: I had some pretty bad tendonitis before I came across McRoberts books. What can I say but that I am now twice as strong, and injury-free.This book is essential for a weight trainer: It contains instructions on more or less all the exercises a sensible weight trainer would perform, and those instructions are detailed, covering just about all there is to cover about these exercises. The only omission, IMO, is the one-hand deadlift. If you have the choice between a personal trainer and this book, there is no doubt: Buy this book! If you want both, make sure your trainer has read this book first. A lot of common technique errors that prevail even among so called professionals are straightened out in "The Insider's ...". What more? The book does not provide the information on how to put together a sensible program, and that is not its intention either. For that, I recommend two very useful books on training, namely Clarence Bass' "Challenge Yourself!" (you'll get lean in the process) and the heir to the book that started the good progression for me: McRobert's own "Beyond Brawn".
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Summary: Worth the effort to acquire
Review: I have been weight training for 35+ years on and off. It took a long time to realize there is no "magic bullet" that will make gaining strength and a decent physique possible. Just hard work, consistency, good mental attitude, a sensible diet, proper rest, and aerobic exercise. Fundamental is doing the right exercises in the proper way, avoiding injury, and not wasting time on what does not work. This book is not for you if you are looking for different exercise routines. He does not go into routines. If you are looking for a book that clearly and realistically lays out how and which exercises to do that will give you maximum benefit this is the one. As us senior weight trainers realize, limiting and avoiding injury is all-important. This book is excellent in this respect. Disregard the bizarre review from New York on Sept. 22, 2000. I am not sure which book he read (or what he got out of it) but he is clearly off base regarding McRobert's book. The best I have found in all the years I have been training and reading weight training how-to books. Highly recommkended. Hard to find but worth the effort.
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Summary: Worth the effort to acquire
Review: I have been weight training for 35+ years on and off. It took a long time to realize there is no "magic bullet" that will make gaining strength and a decent physique possible. Just hard work, consistency, good mental attitude, a sensible diet, proper rest, and aerobic exercise. Fundamental is doing the right exercises in the proper way, avoiding injury, and not wasting time on what does not work. This book is not for you if you are looking for different exercise routines. He does not go into routines. If you are looking for a book that clearly and realistically lays out how and which exercises to do that will give you maximum benefit this is the one. As us senior weight trainers realize, limiting and avoiding injury is all-important. This book is excellent in this respect. Disregard the bizarre review from New York on Sept. 22, 2000. I am not sure which book he read (or what he got out of it) but he is clearly off base regarding McRobert's book. The best I have found in all the years I have been training and reading weight training how-to books. Highly recommkended. Hard to find but worth the effort.
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Summary: This is the single best book on exercise techinique by far.
Review: I have transformed my skinny, 133 lb. six foot tall gangly physique to 212 lbs. (Went DOWN an inch in my waist in the process). There were "commercial celebrtity" bodybuilding books by the hundred to mislead and waste my valuable time and effort. I can honestly say that I have read them all. While many of them are as thick as as most encyclopedias, they contain little, if any, useful knowledge. Those silly celebrity books were written only for those who enjoy wasting lots of time and effort. This is not a good thing if you want to accomplish something as noble as increasing the strength and health of your body. When INSIDERS came out a few years ago, I was amazed at the truth in its information dense pages! It is my sincere hope that beginners will discover this magnicent book before making the host of huge mistakes that almost everyone makes before they finally learn how to get into shape. I am the founder and owner of an educational personal training gym and am myself a writer. I could not have written a better book than Stuart McRobert if I tried. Hats off to a genuine labor of love. Nothing comes close in illustrating, step-by-step, the detailed safe process of building strength and muscle for beginners or advanced alike. Nothing. Treat this book like you would a master.
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Summary: This is the single best book on exercise techinique by far.
Review: I have transformed my skinny, 133 lb. six foot tall gangly physique to 212 lbs. (Went DOWN an inch in my waist in the process). There were "commercial celebrtity" bodybuilding books by the hundred to mislead and waste my valuable time and effort. I can honestly say that I have read them all. While many of them are as thick as as most encyclopedias, they contain little, if any, useful knowledge. Those silly celebrity books were written only for those who enjoy wasting lots of time and effort. This is not a good thing if you want to accomplish something as noble as increasing the strength and health of your body. When INSIDERS came out a few years ago, I was amazed at the truth in its information dense pages! It is my sincere hope that beginners will discover this magnicent book before making the host of huge mistakes that almost everyone makes before they finally learn how to get into shape. I am the founder and owner of an educational personal training gym and am myself a writer. I could not have written a better book than Stuart McRobert if I tried. Hats off to a genuine labor of love. Nothing comes close in illustrating, step-by-step, the detailed safe process of building strength and muscle for beginners or advanced alike. Nothing. Treat this book like you would a master.
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Summary: A must have for all lifters
Review: I only recently found out about Stuart McRobert, and all his books, but in that short time I have made a lot of changes. This book was the first one of his that I bought and it was a real eye opener. I have completely changed the way I train, and I feel better about it every day. At 32, I have come to realize that perfect form is not something to strive for, it is an absolute necesity for training. Having read through the book, and dropping many of the dangerous movements I have done in the past, I really feel excited about training again. This book gives every little detail of each exercise in an easy to follow, and understandable, manner. By getting rid of the more dangerous, and unproductive movements, McRobert leaves room for multiple pages for each exercise. Nothing is left out, with lots of pictures to go with each exercise. This book is a must have for anyone serious about their training.
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Summary: Good book for beginners - only!
Review: I think this book is good but not great. Like some of the others who have reviewed here, I have read a lot of weight lifting/bodybuilding books. This book has some good advice on some exercises but I think others are put in the book as fillers. For instance, there are five pages taken up on how to do calf-raises. I can't image someone doing calf-raises wrong unless they are doing them wrong deliberately. I believe this is a good book for someone just starting out. For that I would give it five stars.
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Summary: The Perfect Book for Exercise Technique
Review: I'm glad I bought this book. Ifyou're a serious body-builder, power lifter, or fitness trainer,you definitely need to buy this book now. When I first started working out, I knew nothing aboutcorrect exercise form. You see, if you don't use correct exercise form, you may be causing damage to your joints and ligaments. This book shows and tells how to perform the exercises in the right way and wrong way, step-by-step. There are hundreds of great photos showing you the correct way and wrong way. Basically, the author wants you to use correct form so you can train for your lifetime. Do yourself a favor and save wear and tear on your body. Buy this book today.
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Summary: A book that no weightlifter can do without.
Review: If you are looking for a book that will show you the correct way to lift weights then the Insider's Tell-All Handbook on Weight-Training Technique is essential. Stuart shows you step-by-step the correct way to do just that; lift weight with perfect form.
The book is richly illustrated, well written and without any of the usual bull that most unfortunately characterises so many weightlifting instruction books.
It is thanks to this book that I managed to correct my own weightlifting techniques, and I can tell you that my previous techniques was garnering me only injury after injury, and in the process allowed me uninterrupted training and finally get the progress that I was after, Previously I had to interrupt my training cycles just to recover from one injury after another, not anymore.
My recommendation is to simply pick this one up, study it, and next practice it. You'll never regret it.
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Summary: Perfect!
Review: If you lift weights you have to have this book it's as simple as that
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