Brawn

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Summary: Finally a weight training book for us average guys!
Review: Brawn is the book most "average" people who weight train have been waiting for for years.Instead of wasting your valuable time,money and most of all EFFORT on following the books and routines by the "champions", buy this book and begin to realize your true potential.Crammed with the most useful information I have read in years, and I have been involved in weight training for 20+ years and have a degree in Physical Education and let me tell you, you'll never do better than this book!Thank you Stuart McRobert, you've done the weight training world a great service, I'm now a huge fan!

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Summary: Finally a weight training book for us average guys!
Review: Brawn is the book most "average" people who weight train have been waiting for for years.Instead of wasting your valuable time,money and most of all EFFORT on following the books and routines by the "champions", buy this book and begin to realize your true potential.Crammed with the most useful information I have read in years, and I have been involved in weight training for 20+ years and have a degree in Physical Education and let me tell you, you'll never do better than this book!Thank you Stuart McRobert, you've done the weight training world a great service, I'm now a huge fan!

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Summary: A great book with "down to earth" advice on training
Review: For a mind that is dominated by the "more is better principle" with regards to weight training,this book will eliminate that mind set with sound and honest advice for the typical trainer. The training methods espoused by some of the "guru's" in the fitness industry,namely, programs thrown together based on high volume training, will not yield any meaningful results for the typical trainer who has a life outside of the gym. McRobert's advice for abbreviated training and cycling alone are already well worth the price, but this book is more. McRobert has a unique motivating style and talks about his training experiences when he was younger.He talks about the desire that everyone who wants a better physique has, and his lack of progress when following routines of the top "champions". He shows that desire is not always synonymous with results. Only desire and training based on rational principles can bring results. This book simply can't be ignored for those who are serious about building the physique they have always wanted. This is the book that you want by your side when you begin training. It will save for you the most precious thing of all: time.

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Summary: Very redundant and very poor writing style.
Review: I bought this book because it got such great reviews, but I was totally disappointed. I can only guess that these favorable reviews came from people with little experience in weight training (or, they know it all and still look like a hardgainer). His constant references to "drug free" and "hardgainer" and "trainee," made it very hard to focus on the content. But, a terrible writing style is the least of the problems with this book. It's full of old wives tales and warnings of doom and gloom. Like his caution not to let your knees travel beyond your toes. This is biomechanically impossible for a large portion of the population and in my over 20 years of personal training I've never seen an injury result from it. I wonder how many people he's influenced to quit squatting because they were afraid they were doing something horrible? I'm not going to drone on because I could pick this piece of tripe apart for way more than 1000 words. I'll just say that if you want to join the "Praise Stuart" cult, and you don't care about the truth, then this book is for you.

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Summary: No B.S. advice for the newbie
Review: I found this book to be a reality check for most people when it comes to weight training. I found his insight helpful. He is a bit long-winded sometimes but other than that it is a good book. I would also get his insiders guide to weight training exercises as well if you need to know how to do exercises.

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Summary: No frills advice
Review: I found this book to be a reality check for most people when it comes to weight training. I found his insight helpful. He is a bit long-winded sometimes but other than that it is a good book. I would also get his insiders guide to weight training exercises as well if you need to know how to do exercises.

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Summary: Return to health
Review: I got hold of this book now almost a decade ago, when I was badly injured from overtraining. Tendonitis was the name of my body. This book turned that around, and made me stronger in the process. If I have a gripe about this book, it is that it is not available in a hardcover edition: My paperback edition is worn out.

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Summary: It worked for me!
Review: I have been working out with weights since the high school football and wrestling bug bit me. Even after my tour in the U.S. Marine Corps and my positions in law enforcement, I have stayed with weight training and cardio. THIS BOOK WORKS! After only a few months, I was squatting all the plates that came with my olympic set (300 lbs.). I was never able to come close to that after almost 15 years of lifting. The best part was that I didn't have to change my lifestyle or eating habits. Just use good technique and stay with it. An awesome buy, an invaluable tool, and one of the best references for anyone wanting to get stronger, bigger, or "buffed".

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Summary: Seriously, the best book around
Review: I initially bought this book a few years back but only recently had the courage to adopt it. Thereafter, I quickly bought the rest of the series and reccomend his site (...). McRobert's is honest, he shatters your delusions and heaps reality training on you. Fundamentally weight training is simple but has been made fiendishly complicated for comercial reasons. Read, understand, and practice this book and you will succeed.

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Summary: Get "Beyond Brawn" first.
Review: I recommend you get "Beyond Brawn" and "Weight-Training Technique" by the same author first. "Beyond Brawn" is far superior to "Brawn" in every respect (content, organization, even quality of print) and it does not require reading "Brawn" first. If "Beyond Brawn" would not exist, however, this would be the book on bodybuilding and strength training I would recommend to everyone without exception.