Review of Men's Health: The Book of Muscle--The World's Most Authoritative Guide to Building Your Body (Hardcover)

I have had this book for about 9 months now.I recently completed the intermediate program and made great gains.I followed the nutritional advice given in the book and gained 20 pounds.20 Pounds may not sound like much, but it is a total body transformation when you go from 169 to 190...and it is all muscle.

The workouts are designed in such a way that you stress your muscles very hard and then have ample recovery time to get bigger and stronger.

I ran a marathon and a week after finishing it I started this book.So I basically started from scratch.

Starting I could bench press 40 pound dumbbells for a max 8 reps.After the six month intermediate workout I lifted 80s for 8 reps.
Shoulder press went from 65lbs barbell press for 5 reps to 120lbs for 5 reps.
Squat was the biggest improvement.Started at 65 for 10 reps.Finished at 185 for 10 reps.
The best exercise there is in my opinion I never knew about before this book.It is the DEADLIFT.The deadlift made me bigger and stronger overall than anyother exercise.And it focuses on a common weakness for most people, the LOWER BACK.
Deadlift start was 65 for 5 reps.Finish at 225 for 5 reps.

The key to this book is that it takes you through a cycling approach.By taking you through stages with varying sets, reps, and exercises, you muscles are always in a state of shock and always responsive to the workouts.

I am doing the intermediate workout again.After I complete it a second time I will advance to the advanced workout.You will never need another book for fitness.This is the best book I have EVER read and APPLIED for an extended period of time.The authors have done a wonderful job with writing.Again, the workouts are great and because of the cycling approach the author takes with the workouts, you can continure to do them and never have to switch to another program.

I got very good results from following this book exactly as the authors prescribed.I am continuing to make gains in strength and size by following this book.Ian King and Lou Schuler have put out what I consider the best book ever on the topic of getting strong and gaining size.The bottom line is that you WILL get injury-free results if you follow this book.

Product Description
Exercise ain't easy. The body is a complicated machine, with 650 muscles and 250 million individual muscle fibers. Some would say taming those fibers and building strong, healthy muscles is not an act of labor. Some would say it's an art. Here's a book worthy of that art. The Men's Health Book of Muscle is the big, lavishly illustrated, full-color coffee table book that only Men's Health could produce-one that doubles as the ultimate guide to building a better body. The goal of The Book of Muscle is simple: create a beautiful, artistic guide to the body that also helps guys build great physiques by showing in detail how muscles work and how that knowledge can be put to use. Inside, you'll find lush anatomical illustrations and photographs of a quality that no other book on fitness can match. You'll also find complex biological information, boiled down to language any guy can understand, and three 6-month workout programs, one each for beginner, intermediate, and advanced lifters. It's big muscles, big benefit, and beautiful all at the same time. It's the book you've always wanted from the guys at Men's Health, the fitness experts you trust.

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