They changed the world and Brothers of Iron tells their fascinating story.įrom elite bodybuilding competitors to gymnasts, from golfers to fitness gurus, anyone who works out with weights must own this book - a book that only Arnold Schwarzenegger could write, a book that has earned its reputation as "the bible of bodybuilding." Inside, Arnold covers the very latest advances in both weight training and bodybuilding competition, with new sections on diet and nutrition, sports psychology, the treatment and prevention of injuries, and methods of training, each illustrated with detailed photos of some of bodybuilding's newest stars. The Weiders changed the way people think about exercise, health, and what makes a body beautiful. They're heroes because they're revolutionaries. And they transformed bodybuilding into a hugely successful sport, organized under one of the largest and best-run athletic federations in the world.The Weider brothers are heroes to bodybuilders and fans all over the world. From a backyard barbell business, Joe and Ben built equipment and food supplement companies each as big as Weider Publishing. The little muscle magazine Joe started, working at his family's dining room table, grew into a publishing empire. He pledged to make the great, transforming power of strength training available to everyone and to give bodybuilding all the glory it deserved.The kid, Joe Weider, enlisted his younger brother Ben in his quest, and together the Weider brothers accomplished things much bigger than Joe's boyhood dreams. Building his muscles gave him confidence and hope for a better life. In the depths of the Great Depression a scrawny, dirt-poor Jewish kid with a seventh-grade education picked up a barbell and got hooked on weight training. Bill Reynolds is the editor in chief ofJoe Weider's "Flex." His 15 years of work and travel with all the champions has resulted in more than 2,000 magazine articles and dozens of books, including "Supercut" and "Joe Weider's Ultimate Bodybuilding." Negrita Jayde is a former Canadian Overall National Champion and author of numerous articles on the subject of nutrition. Now that drug testing is standard in competition, bodybuilders will particularly value the chapter on ergogenics-achieving an anabolic effect naturally-all in all making "Sliced" state-of-the-art in every detail. In addition to more than 130 recipes and a variety of meal plans, this book offers Jayde's personal nutrition-training program for attaining peak muscularity. Topics include the role of nutrition in hyping the immune system and improving between-workouts recovery, the seven degrees of muscularity from basic off-season shape to super-ripped, tips for increasing the basal metabolic rate and thus burning off excess supplements. Bill Reynolds, bestselling author and editor in chief of Joe Weider's "Flex" magazine, has teamed up with Negrita Jayde, former Canadian Overall National Champion, to give readers detailed and authoritative guidelines on nutrition for bodybuilders. "Sliced" represents up-to-date, proven diet programs and scientific data for achieving maximum muscularity and superior definition. Olympia, 1988 In a sport where nutrition represents 50 percent of the formula for success, rising to 90 percent during those crucial weeks just prior to competition, bodybuilders-from beginners to seasoned professionals-look to the latest nutrition strategies to gain the winning edge. Olympia competition!" - Anja Langer, IFBB European Champion, Junior World Champion, 2nd/Ms. Olympia "I almost wish I had the only available copy of "Sliced," because it would give me a definite edge on my competitors at the next Ms. "Sliced" has my highest recommendation." - Lee Haney, seven-time IFBB Mr.
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