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Comment on Wolves Column: Bring It On by SteveB

Doyle came off before half time with a groin strain according to Sky Sports News.. I imagine MM will start with Craddock and Mancienne on Saturday, so as long as Berra isn’t too badly injured, that shouldn’t affect us. A shame about Doyle, though (if SSN have got their facts right). Report abuse

Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding The Complete A Z Book on Muscle Building

Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding The Complete A Z Book on Muscle Building

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5 Stars A MOST HAVE FOR BODY BUILDERS!!!!
I have to say this book has everything you would ever need for your body building goals. It really takes off the need of purchasing a ton of fitness magazine. Its packed with a great amount of info, stacked into a good size book which weighs a Ton. I will recommend it to anyone.

5 Stars Great Book!
I love this book! It has everything from workouts to plans to what you should eat and more. I saved a few bucks too.

5 Stars Beautiful book!
This book was ordered for my son, he is into body building. I was very impressed with this thick book. It is full of amazing pictures and has alot of information. He loves this book! I highly recommend it if you are into body building!

5 Stars I loved this book
I still don’t own this book and that’s a shame. I read it every time (1-2 a week) I go to Barnes and Noble and I truly love it. It has great and lots of information. Some parts might be intended for beginners but others help people like me to who like to create their own workouts, learn about the science behind and more on nutrition. It defines different training types (21s, Pyramids, Super Sets, Trisets, Giantsets, etc) clearly and tells their benefits and how to use them. It describes a lot of things scientifically. It also has a sample workouts from the best in the business. Every person has a unique body so you can’t just use the same workout for everyone and expect the same results. So, you have to try different things to see which is best for yourself and this book helps you by giving variety and lots of ideas. I would definitely recommend if you like working out with weights - you don’t even have to be a body builder.

4 Stars Comprehensive, but not in depth
This book is extremely comprehensive, and filled with a ton of high quality information, gorgeous pictures, and advice from the pros. It is lso brand new, so the information is 100% current. On the other hand, it does not go very deeply into a lot of the details. For example, there is a good description of various workout schedules, but no examples of what sample routines in most of them would look like. Likewise, the descriptions of the exercizes are woefully inadequete, and relegated to an appendix, with only a few pictures (typically 1 picture for every 5 or so items). If you are not familiar with the words that describe exercizes, you will have a hard time understanding these descriptions.

I really can’t compare this book to many other sources; the only other body building book I’ve read is The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding : The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revised by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Comparing the two, I think that this book covers a lot more ground, is much more modern regarding some things (you have to keep in mind Arnold’s background and take a lot of what he says with a grain a salt… much of it is old wive’s tales…). for example, I’ve tried Arnold’s recommended 6 day split, and like he said, I got awesome results… but at the same time, every 6 or so weeks, my body would collapse and I would need to lay off for at least a week. This book talks about that, and I feel a lot better know that it isn’t just me, and that the 6 day split is too grueling for most people. I am looking forwards to trying some of the alternatives now, and no longer feel like I’d better “slacking”. But Arnold has a MUCH better section on how to perform the exercizes.

I would definitely recommend this book for anyone looking for a good survey of the bodybuilding landscape, and then supplementing with a book devoted specifically to “how to perform exercizes”, or even Arnold’s Encyclopedia.

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