The Gold's Gym Training Encyclopedia


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"The Gold's Gym Training Encyclopediais the best book of its kind. I wish I'd had this book when I began bodybuilding. It would have saved me two or three years of wasted effort." -- Samir Bannout, Mr Olympia 1983 Gold's Gym--the most trusted and best-known bodybuilding emporium in the world--presents the first encyclopedia of bodybuilding and weight-training exercises and routines ever assembled.The Gold's Gym Training Encyclopediadetails the full spectrum of resistance exercises available--body part by body part, technique by technique. Featured are more than 300 proven exercises for all parts of the body, using free weights as well as Nautilus and Universal machines. Each exercise is clearly described and is illustrated by champion bodybuildersonly, who in addition have contributed 150 of their best training programs. Such top stars include Scott Wilson, Carla Dunlap, Mohamed Makkawy, Tom Platz, Casey Viator, Tim Belknap, Rachel McLish, Mike Christian, Charles Glass, Inger Zetterqvist, Sue Ann McKean, Andreas Cahling, Rich Valente, Boyer Coe, Samir Bannout, and Julie McNew. Peter Grymkowski has won a number of bodybuilding titles, including IFBB Mr. World and Mr. America (heavyweight). He, Edward Connors, and Tim Kimber are co-owners of Gold's Gym Enterprises, Inc. Bill Reynolds is the author of scores of articles and books on weight training and bodybuilding, includingThe Gold's Gym Book of Bodybuilding, Weight Training for Beginners, andBodybuilding for Beginners, all published by Contemporary.




Gold's Gym Mass Building, Training, and Nutrition System


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Bodybuilders around the world look to Gold's Gym for state-of-the-art instruction. This widely awaited book offers expert advice on training and nutrition and includes techniques from the champions themselves--Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lee Haney, Lou Ferrigno, Lee Labrada, Debby McKnight, and others. 250 photographs.




The Gold's Gym Book of Bodybuilding


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This book includes more than 150 profiles of the sport's greatest bodybuilders, both past and present, who have trained at Gold's each featuring a workout routine or training tip.







The Gold's Gym Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding


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A guide to bodybuilding, discussing equipment, clothing, nutrition, diet, types of training, and other basics of the sport; providing photographs and instructions on how to use weight machines to build muscle in different parts of the body; and including information on aerobics, stretching, and competition.




The Total Fitness Manual


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"Transform your body in just 12 weeks. Take the challenge"--Cover.




Gold's Gym Nutrition Bible


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"Nutrition is at least 50 percent of the battle during my off-season cycle. And as competition approaches, it is up to 80 percent of the battle." -- Lee Haney Mr. Olympia "The correct combination of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, water, vitamins, minerals, and enzymes is vitally important in the overall training philosophy of all successful bodybuilders." -- Corinna Everson Ms. Olympia Millions of bodybuilders from around the world look to Gold's Gym for expert advice and state-of-the-art instruction. This highly anticipated book, the fourth in a bestselling series, offers a complete nutrition seminar as well as diet secrets from today's greatest champions. Bodybuilders realize that no matter how hard they train, without proper nutrition their work in the gym will be for naught. "Gold's Gym Nutrition Bible" covers all the latest theories and techniques on nutrition and its relationship to the development of peak muscular physiques. A detailed discussion of the four basic food groups and their functions along with personalized diet programs make this an indispensable bible for the sport. The bodybuilder will learn effective ways to supplement diet with vitamins, minerals, and proteins as well as how to battle water retention and excess body fat. Special chapters include information on organ detoxification, improvement of energy levels, cycle dieting, and recipes from the champions themselves. Tim Kimber and Ed Connors are co-owners of Gold's Gym Enterprises, Inc., along with Peter Grymkowski, who has held the titles of Mr. World and Mr. America. Bill Reynolds, editor-in-chief of "Muscle & Fitness" magazine, is the author of numerous bestselling books, including "Weight Training forBeginners, The Gold's Gym Book of Bodybuilding," and "The Gold's Gym Training Encyclopedia," all published by Contemporary.




Pumping Iron


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WHO ARE THEY AND WHY DO THEY DO IT? –these men who dedicate themselves to building bodies like Hellenistic statues; who crisscross the world competing for titles as grandiose yet as publicly uncelebrated (Mr. America, Mr. Universe, Mr. Olympia) as their gargantuan physiques; whose daily lives are as rigidly defined and regulated by their obsession to mold the ideal body as any other master athlete's is towards perfecting his craft. Yet, rather than the public acclaim that normally follows an athletic triumph, only their fellow muscle men know who they are and know the price they have paid to win their incredible bodies. Novelist Charles Gaines and photographer George Butler have spent the last two years trying to capture the essence of this strange, joyful, exotic world: “We have been to quite a few places tracking bodybuilders, seeing contests and putting together the materials here. If we felt at times a little like 19th-century explorers –like Doughty, perhaps, off trekking through Arabia –it was because we found bodybuilding to be as primeval and unmapped as parts of Labrador. Nobody, we discovered, had been back into it to send a report on what it was like. This struck us then as peculiar, and it still does.




Gold's Gym Workout Journal


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Gold's Gym, the world's leading bodybuilding authority, has put together the perfect take-it-to-the-gym training journal. Targeted at the average person interested in weightlifting and working out for health, this handy, spiral-bound book provides convenient daily work sheets for tracking sets and reps as they are completed. Also included are concise sections on general diet and exercise, an introduction to gym equipment and etiquette, and sample workouts at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels.




The Gold's Gym Book of Weight Training


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Based on the proven method that's worked for millions of dedicated Gold's Gym followers, this new edition--completely revised and updated for the first time in more than a decade--will delight a whole new generation eager for this insider's guide to strength and fitness the Gold's Gym way. Over 200 photos.