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02-08-2006, 06:28 PM
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| Under Construction Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: London Posts: 75 Rep Power:   |  the new encyclopedia of bodybuilding by arnie right guys i spent my money in the best way possible.No it wasnt the porn i bought last night even though that was a good investment. I bought the new encyclopedia of bodybuilding by our beloved arnie the barbarian senator.hehe this book is amazing.reading the first few chapters completely opened up my mind and information that i only dreamed of knowing flooded my mind. If you buy this bodybuilding bible you wont need magazines or forums believe me. wow  ______________________ Never give up.you should enjoy life to the full |
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04-08-2006, 11:57 AM
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| Under Construction  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 86 Rep Power: | There is a copy of that bible behind the counter at my gym and it is F***ing awesome. Some great programmes for beginner to expert and sooooo much knowledge. Great book Arnie! ______________________ If you can't join them, beat them. |
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04-08-2006, 12:15 PM
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| Legend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: www.counselling-for-men.co.uk Posts: 651 Rep Power: | I agree. Its like my bible. My favourite book about bodybuilding is "Muscle" by Sam Fussell. Has anyone read it? Its about a guy who transformed himself (after buying the Arnie book),moved to LA and started competing and how it all went wrong. It's got some laugh out loud moments and is written with a lot of compassion about the people he meets along the way. It's out of print now, but if you can find a copy, its well worth the read |
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04-08-2006, 12:41 PM
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 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bristol Posts: 3,230 Rep Power:  | I've read it, its unbelievable.... Really worth a read. Isn't its title 'Confessions of an unlikely bodybuilder' ? I've still got Hotten's 'Muscle' to read, which i bought. ______________________ - Obsession is what lazy people call dedication - |
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04-08-2006, 02:59 PM
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| Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bristol Posts: 3,230 Rep Power: | 'Book Description A hilarious and somewhat disturbing look at the weird sport of bodybuilding, Muscle is a journey through a land of giants — men who worship at the altar of Arnie. Bodybuilding is the wildest, weirdest sport in the world, but it is more than just a sport; it’s a whole way of life for the supermen who scale its Olympian heights. In Muscle, John Hotten fights his own unpromising genetics to hitch up with the bodybuilding circus, from London to Las Vegas, Amsterdam to Arnie’s place. As his forbidding subjects open up, confiding their fears and ambitions, he discovers a story of unregulated excess, chemical mayhem and hard-won glory in the pursuit of the perfect pec. Beginning with the shocking death of Andreas Munzer, a fallen hero with a 58-inch chest and 21-inch arms, and ending with the glitz and drama of the Mr Olympia competition, Muscle hangs out at the gyms and the shows, going head to head with the stars and legends — Dorian Yates, Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler and the Terminator himself — as well as the casualties, gym rats and iron junkies! Taking beef as its motif, Muscle is a book for everyone who’s ever looked in the mirror and wanted more. Inside Flap Copy Muscle hangs out at the gyms and the shows, meets body building?s stars and legends, its dealers and casualties. It travels to the heart of the sport and gets caught up in its lunatic fringe.' ______________________ - Obsession is what lazy people call dedication - |
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you shoulda bought a copy of Brawn 
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