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| Are you tired of all the
look-alike bodybuilding books? Are you tired of buying little more than a
collection of photographs of bodybuilding superstars and a pile of
routines that will never work for the average person? Here's something
different. If you thought Arnold Schwarzenegger put Graz, Austria on the
bodybuilding map, how about Stuart McRobert and Nicosia, Cyprus? Imagine,
one man, on a Mediterranean island no less, who has the audacity to
directly challenge most contemporary bodybuilding advice. Instead of being
yet another me-too bodybuilding book, McRobert's BRAWN is unique: Its tone
is serious, its manner evangelical, but most important, its focus is on
things that actually work for the average trainee. "Drugs are evil
and the scourge of bodybuilding," says McRobert, in effect, "and
forget about Mr. O-type training -- it just won't work for most people.
I'll tell you about some things that do work." BRAWN has most
bodybuilding books beaten hands down in the depth department, but its
biggest contribution just might be its breadth: BRAWN introduces you to
90-some percent of the factors that will determine your ultimate success
in the gym. This is a very useful book, which can help a lot of people
make tremendous bodybuilding progress. -- Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. Publisher of MILO, Nevada City, CA, USA I was in disbelief and even shock when I began
reading BRAWN. I almost didn't get past the first two chapters, because it
was so hard to admit that my training had been so seriously wrong for such
a long time. But I was compelled to finish the book. Thanks for the
life-changing if not life-saving information. One of the finest training books I've read. BRAWN and BEYOND BRAWN have helped me more than any
other information in the field. The information you get out of any book is
good so long as you can implement it, and you get reasonable results for
the effort invested. That's exactly what I got out of what we'd call the
"technical" side of the two books. But far more important, in my
opinion, is the "motivational" aspect of both books -- the
aspect that got me on the right track and kept me on it. It's said that,
in bodybuilding, the real secret is to KEEP ON training. Or, better said,
to find out what's best FOR YOU and KEEP ON applying it. Unrealistic
(unattainable) goals, coupled with an average or less-than-average
genetics, mean a waste of time and, maybe, a waste of money. Money can be
recovered, but time can't. And both things lead to a third -- frustration.
These books are very serious. No nonsense. No lies. No utopian ideas. No
dreams. No fantasies. No pictures. No ads. Nothing for sale but results.
Only information aimed to the average or less-than-average person who
loves training with weights, whatever the reason or goal. Simple as
that. BRAWN bowled me over. It's an exceptional nuts and
bolts compilation of productive training practices; so exceptional, in
fact, that it's avant-garde. BRAWN cuts through the hokum of the current scene
and revives a grand tradition of productive training. Believe me, when it comes to training books I'm the
world's harshest critic. So when I tell you that BRAWN is the first book I
recommend to my clients, you will realize just how highly I rate this
excellent book. It definitively sets the foundation and the standard for
sensible and productive strength training. I recently made a commitment to get back in shape,
and STAY there. I recalled one of my friends telling me about an author he
really liked. I emailed him about it, and a few weeks later met him for
lunch where he lent me BRAWN. I was hungry for this knowledge. I decided
to visit a chiropractor for a "tune up." I was experiencing no
pain, but thought it would be a good idea to get everything in line before
I began my new exercise program. When I met my chiropractor for the first
time, I explained to Dr. Shuey about my returning to the gym, wanting to
do things right this time, and my idea for a skeletal "tune up."
I told him I was reading a book which emphasized the benefits of the
basic, multi-joint exercises such as the deadlift and squat. After saying
only that, Dr. Shuey asked, "You aren't reading Stuart McRobert, are
you?" I came to find out that Dr. Shuey has been a subscriber to
HARDGAINER magazine since the first edition, has all the issues, and all
of Stuart's books. When I walked into a chiropractor's office - a doctor
accustomed to dealing with sports injuries on a daily basis - and he had
nothing but praise for your written works, that made a big impact. He told
me that following the information in BRAWN was "the right thing to do
. . . if more people followed the instructions laid out in that book, it
would make my job a lot easier." Thank you for writing BRAWN, Mr.
McRobert. I look forward to consistent progression over many years to
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