Total Body Plan: The Ultimate Guide to Building Muscle and Losing Fat
by Adam Campbell MS CSCS, Bill Hartman PT CSCS, Men's Fitness
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Author: Adam Campbell MS CSCS, Bill Hartman PT CSCS, Men's FitnessBrand: SportsMagicK
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-04-01
ISBN: 1572439718
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Triumph Books
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- 192 pages
- 7 1/2 x 9 1/4, Paperback
- pub date 2007-04-01
- Full-color images throughout
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Book Review: Every weight exercise under the Sun in poorly defined training plan.
Summary: 4 Stars
The book has plenty of colored photographs printed in glossy and high quality paper that entails the start and the end of each weight training exercise. Each photo is described by labeled captions in three to five lines of text. That simple and lucid illustrative format facilitates using the book to execute exercises in practical gym environment. Though, the book lacks descriptive details on the execution steps between the start and end of each exercise yet it affords the reader lengthy assortments of resistance training options.
My first negative impressions arose from the poor form of the person photographed executing all the exercises in the book. The overhead squat that starts the warm up phase conveys the sense that the exerciser was poorly coached on performing the exercises. He has poorly aligned arms and loosely elevated shoulders. That sense of poor coaching dominates the posture of the same exerciser in the entire book.
Furthermore, the photographed exerciser in the book is a mature adult performing haphazard choices of exercises without clearly defined goal that could save time and reduce anxiety of exercising endlessly. I got a feeling that the book author has hired the photographed exercisers and got him to use all the machines in the gym then dumped the whole mess in a printed book with the least consideration to the reader's objective outcome.
The positive side of the book lies in the inclusion of the exercises that emphasize whole body work. Those entail jump squat, drop squat, dynamic push up, and extensive dumbbells exercises. That is besides relying extensively on quality color print that might alleviate the reader's frustration with the lack of purpose in performing endless labor in order to accomplish vague outcome.
Mohamed F. El-Hewie
Author of
Essentials of Weightlifting and Strength Training
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Few people - even top fitness experts - ever learn the concepts presented in this book. So, if you're a beginner, consider yourself lucky. You will be far ahead of the game from the start, and that will translate into quick increases in muscle size and strength. If you are an experienced lifter, be prepared to make the best gains of your life.Bodybuilding & Weight Training Books
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