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101 Workouts: Build Muscle, Lose Fat & Reach Your Fitness Goals Faster

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I looked through this entire book while at a bookstore recently and it is better than average.

Pros:
-101 exercises
-FULL COLOR photos / high grade paper
-Fairly comprehendible
-Shows starting and ending positions on most exercises

Cons:
-Everyone in this book appears to be on steroids, this may be intimidating to new people
-The nutrition and supplement sections are severely lacking
-Not all the exercises have a starting and ending position. Someone new to working out would have a hell of a time figuring out how to properly do a cable crunch based on the description and one picture.
-Some of the descriptions are lacking a bit

In conclusion this is a good reference guide for a fitness enthusiast, but I wouldn't recommend this to someone without general knowledge. The full color photos make this stick out from other books and it's relatively small (so it's easy to take to the gym). I'll buy this when it goes down in price.

What can I say? It is a book of exercises. No single book in itself is the total answer to everything. The book is just another piece of my education. I saw this book in a local store and waited until I need a small purchase to total free shipping.

I wanted to broaden my workout to confuse my muscles. It gave me what I wanted. It is probably best for someone with weights, dumbbells, cables, Smith, in their basement gym. However, someone with less can still utilize it to a more limited extent.

Since this is basically a reference book, I would like a better index. Other than that, it is good.

This has to be one of the best exercise books I have purchased. It has easy to follow pictures along with exercise routines at the back that make it easy for anyone to begin working with weights or to improve on their current routine. A must have in your library!

This book really aided in my muscle gain. I saw drastic improvements in my core strength & my endurance. Great nutrition advice section also. 101 Workouts does not; however give starting & ending points, & can become a game of find the workout description by asking the reader to flip to a previous page, to see full-description.

An excelent book , covers all workouts , great pictures and easy to follow descriptions of how to do the exercises. Also covers the correct foods and eating plan. These are the three essentials, exercise, food and eating plan. Leave any one out and the other two just won't work...

Albeit not for a new gym member, this book is absolutely phenomenal for ideas on how to mix up your workout. Lots of new moves you hadn't thought of, to hit that muscle a new way. I didn't read much of the text, since that's not what I bought the book for - the pictures and workout ideas are organized well, and gave me the motivation to go all out next time. True - the models look roided out, but that's typical of Muscle & Fitness (Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler, etc...).

It's so perfect. All the exercises i need to target my problem areas are all listed in one book. No more guessing. Love it.

This book is basically a collection of old pictures, and old routines from Muscle & Fitness magazines. I noticed several old photos from my past issues. Nothing new in the book. Totally not what I expected. Nothing new to me.

Outstanding book. I have seen huge gains in my strength and mass through the full-body workout section. Pictures make it simple for an army guy like me.

This is a pretty good book, particularly if you are looking for some variety in your workout routine, or if you are a beginner--the illustrations are quite good for the most part. Rotate through these workouts and mix in some cardio a few times a week and you will be in great shape. I do have a few comments:

1) This was based on a magazine special by the same title, except a few of the workouts from the magazine have been replaced. I wish they could have included all the workouts from the magazine.

2) It would be helpful to have more background on how they recommend using these workouts. For example, how often should you do this routine, how much time should you take between sets, etc.?

3) It would be great if there were more circuits and compound sets in here. The "X sets of Y reps" format only goes so far and gets boring after a while. I would recommend pairing this with the "101 High Intensity Workouts" book if you are looking for some more creative ideas along those lines.

4) Also, the photo on the cover is hilariously and obviously photoshopped. There's no need for that.