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Men's Health Home Workout Bible: | 
 enlarge | Creators: Lou Schuler, Michael Mejia
Publisher: Rodale Books
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
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Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 14790
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 434
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 1579546579
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.70449
EAN: 9781579546571
ASIN: 1579546579
Publication Date: November 9, 2002
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Product Description
You dont need to muscle your way in to the gym to get a great workout. While recent statistics show that strength training is one of the countrys fastest-growing exercise activities, there is a corresponding rise in dollars spent on home exercise equipment. If a home workout is your style, this encyclopedic volume shows you how to get the results you want no matter what gear you own or what your experience level. Each chapter focuses on different types of equipment (dumbbells, barbells, cable station, full multistation home-gym apparatus, or even no equipment at all) with workout advice appropriate to the beginning, intermediate, or advanced weight lifter. Learn how to create a customized workout program based on your goals, equipment, and experience. Those interested in creating or expanding their home gym will find valuable consumer tips for making the wisest choices and getting the best deals.
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 You don't need another book on this subject. September 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've used this book for several years, and I can say it's excellent for its purpose.
What I did: set up a miniature gym in my small house, focusing on dumbbells. I have a Body Solid bench and rack for the weights and a Swiss Ball, that's it. My whole set-up ran me $800, which is what I spent each year on gym membership. I love all the time I save; no travel, no gym bag, lock, checking in, waiting in line, avoiding the sight of other naked men in the showers, etc.
Results: I am a typical white guy, aged 48. I will never compete for Mr. Universe, but I remain trim [6'2" / 175lbs] and strong enough to get up at 5:30 each morning for a full, challenging day. I have no heart disease, despite the fact that every other man in my family has had it by this age. Rock on.
The book tells you all you need to know to make an effective workout. You will need to test different techniques and see what works for you; everyone is different.
I find the criticisms of the book rather funny. Some guys think they need more specific techniques or one exercise to work one muscle, by name. I had no idea so many elite body builders lived in America. Where are these guys? When I look around me at the airport or the shopping mall, it's hard to find a man over 40 with a trim waist. Many of these old hogs look like they are pregnant. Don't let it happen to you! Follow the Home Workout Bible plan, and you'll stand out like a giraffe in the pig pen.
 Good overall workout book September 1, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a good book for any home gym. As long as you have a good bench and some weights you can utilize the exercises in this book in a very efficient way. I have been lifting weights for fifteen years and still find this book to be pretty helpful in changing up my routines.
Almost Complete August 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is a must for anyone wants to start training at home!!
It was easy to read and very clear. However, the only disadvantage is that it doesn't include a section about nutrition and dieting.
Great except for one thing well maybe two. July 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a great resourse. It has so many exercise and four different types of resistance each in its own section: no equipment, dumbbells, barbells, and crossover. It also list exercises based on experience, in the catogory of beginner, intermediate, and expert. My biggest complaint about this book is that it doesn't specifically tell what muscles are being worked for each exercise. The exercises are put into catogies and are not narrowed down any further than "knee dominant" or "hip dominant". Which is fine I guess, but how are you going to know which exercise works which specific muscles? There are some sample routines in the book which are okay, but if you don't have the equipment there aren't alternatives sugguested. Which leads back to complaint number one. Tell what muscles are worked and I can find an alternative exercise with what I have to work with. All and all a great book! It is a great companion book to The Body You Want in the Time You Have by Matt Murphy which is 2/3 of the 350+ pages are rountines based on the how many days and how much time. That book does tell you exactly which muscles you working, but only includes 48 exercises and not all the great alternatives and of the Homework Bible.
 ummmmm.... June 3, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
boring book to read...... not interesting at all. I read a few chpters and then bought the lean & hard book.
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