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intermediate to advanced exercises, Essential Chest provides
quick, simple exercises to increase strength and muscle mass.
Along with Essential Abs and Essential Arms, this volume completes
the set for a total upper body workout. The 6-week programme
provides shoulder and back exercises in addition to chest
exercises, maximizing the results. Fitness expert Kurt Brungardt,
author of the successful Complete Book of Abs, offers the
latest advances in fitness research, including a stretching
programme and an introduction to cardiovascular exercise for
a total body workout. Extensive diet information helps men
choose the right foods to foster muscle growth. He also offers
more advanced routines for strength, sports performance and
accelerated muscle growth. Most important, Brungardt encourages
men to stay motivated and excited about weight training so
that they can enjoy it for a lifetime.
All Customer Reviews
5 out of 5 - September 30, 2003
I have read a few body-building books and think
this one, along with the other books in the same series (arms,
legs, abs, etc), are the best to date.
One reason for this is the insistence upon good
form. Like a lot of people, I have in the past gotten carried
away with adding more weight and not paying attention to form.
This is still a temptation but the message on good form presented
in this book is finally starting to stick. I especially was
impressed by his argument for paying attention to the negative
part of the exercise.
Another STRONG point of the book is that it
provides you with lots of routines. After finishing the books
6 week course, you are supplied with an additional 4 or 5
good routines for future use. As the author states, it is
important to change routines often, so that your muscles do
not get too used to a given exercise (and you dont get bored).
However, I am very lazy about putting together routines and
tend to stick to one. Thanks to this book this is no longer
a problem, because it does it for me; I now have complete
sets of routines that I can follow and am beginning to see
important gains as a result.
The book also does a good job of covering the
basics of good nutrition, rest and, for all of you gym rats
who would ignore it, aerobics (ever see those pudgy cro-magnon
loking guys in the gym who claim their bloated tummies are
muscle)!!!! He doesn't cover supplements though and that is
understandable given the controversy and hype surrounding
so many of them.
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