Big Beyond Belief [Paperback]

Leo Costa Jr. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 20, 1998

If you want enormous strength, rock hard, tightly defined muscles, a massive chest, slender waist, powerful arms and legs, and the capacity to outperform all of your peer by a tremendous margin, "Big Beyond Belief" is a must see! This book is the most effective muscle producing program ever developed. Three or four months on the Serious Growth Training program will have anyone pulling 20%, 30%, even up to 70% more weight with no more effort than today. Stated more powerfully -- if you're benching 250 pounds today -- we can show you how to get that up to 400 or better using Serious Growth methods!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Friends think I'm using steroids!" -- Lance Mosely, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

"I went a year with no gains, then started this program (without supplements) and went from 207 to 220..." -- Toby Dembowski, Anaheim, CA

"In the last 9 months, I added 100lbs. to my squat, 70 to my bench... gets better with each trip..." -- Eric Litster, Brigham City, UT

About the Author

Leo Costa Jr. is a professional weight trainer, strength developer, and nationally know educator. He's a level one weight lifting coach with the United States Weightlifting Federation, he won the NABBA Mr. USA Heavyweight Division and recently traveled to Europe to compete with 90 top ranking bodybuilders from over 10 countries for the prestigious title of Mr. World. Leo is also a highly sought after personal trainer who coaches football, baseball, and track professionals in addition to many famous athletes and celebrities, including Kevin Costner, the star of WaterWorld, JFK, Dances With Wolves, and others. Men, women, and sports teams throughout California come to Leo when they need to rapidly improve their strength, performance, endurance, or appearance. He always delivers... fast.

Product Details

• Paperback: 158 pages
• Publisher: Optimum Training Systems (October 20, 1998)
• ISBN-10: 1931363765
• ISBN-13: 978-1931363761
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,501 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An awesome book, April 19, 2004

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chich (monterrey, nuevo leon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Beyond Belief (Paperback)

The best damn easiest book to follow that gets you all the results you need. I was coming out of high school football, and wasn't talented enough to play in the division 1 college i went to, but i did wanna keep lifting. I did the medium frequency weightlifting program which was once a day, 6 days a week. It was absolutely awesome, and honestly, i only stayed on it for a six week phase of the recommended 18 weeks. You MUST, as is stressed in the book, follow the recommendations of the book as closely as possible but you will most definitely get results. In six weeks i went from weighing 220 to weighing 242 with a bodyfat % that went from 22 to 19, which basically means i gained OVER 20 POUNDS OF MUSCLE in six weeks!!! It doesn't take a genius to know that's awesome. Bench press went up from 295 1 rep max to 365, Squat went from 365 4 rep max to 505, and i was curling a 45 and a 25 on each side in standing easy curl bar like if it was nothing. Needless to say i was incredibly impressed. This book is definitely not for unseasoned weightlifters, or atleast not for ones who don't have someone to stress the importance of sticking to the guidelines. Also, my power clean went up from 245 one rep max to 275 and i didn't do a single power clean during the six week phase. The most surprising thing is that each workout took less than an hour to complete with a partner and in some occassions it was under 45 minutes. It may not make sense now, but read the book. Take it with you to the john, and you'll get ass numbness from reading on for too long. It really grabs you. Lots of the stuff is stuff that most people know, but nonetheless it's good to read it all together in a coherent way that translates into MORE MUSCLE, more muscle, and more muscle. The book is called big beyond belief, but it's also awesome for Strength gains. I've never done any drugs...just protein powders and i had awesome results.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best I Have Found, September 5, 2001

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J. A. Lockstein (Green Bay, WI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Beyond Belief (Paperback)

This book is the best that I have found on the subject of getting big and strong. I was in the Army as an infantry soldier and after just a couple of months doing one of the "ramps" I gained approx 15 pounds even with the requisite Army aerobic workout every morning. I was huge -- people in the gym and in my Company accused me of taking steroids I was getting so big so fast. I had previously done several other college football weightlifting workouts with little success -- this is certainly the best -- and it covers a bunch of other related stuff, too. Lastly, workouts only last 45 minutes -- the book explains why -- I haven't lifted in a few years and have since lost this book to a friend, but I have no problems shelling out 49 bucks for this. It's definitely worth at least that. I know that in a few months, I will be a monster again. I don't typically write reviews for books but this one is so good, I had to.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Diet, Rest, and Plenty of Fluids, January 14, 2003

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Chad Herron (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Beyond Belief (Paperback)

I have completed this program three times now. It is one of the most grueling and rewarding schedules I have tried in my five years of lifting weights. It offers different levels of workouts for all of us who are at different levels of body building. Leo Costa Jr. deserves much praise for this unique approach to building muscle and strength. Anyone who feels they have reached a sticking point will benefit from this program. Complete this program (following all of the guidelines in the book) and you too will be a believer! And to the guy who wrote in saying it was impossible to workout so much, why didn't you try one of the easier programs? I agree, not everyone can workout twice a day all week. My schedule simply won't allow it. Maybe the once-a-day four day workout would better fit your level. There is no need for steriods (as you suggested were necessary). How about work ethic and an all-out desire to build lean well-earned muscle? It doesn't sound like you really tried the program. I never said it was easy, but that is the total opposite of what body building is about. This program is intense. And intensity is what builds muscle.