Muscles in Minutes: The Positive Power of Negative Training [Paperback]

Steve Leamont (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 5, 2004

Cut Your Workout Time in Half!

Select trainers and fitness specialists have known the secret for years. Now it's your turn to gain explosive strength quickly and safely through the technique of "forced negatives," or eccentric training. Get bigger and stronger, with less time in the gym! There are no gimmicks, no special equipment, and no exaggerated results. Muscles in Minutes gives you the system successful bodybuilders use themselves.

Build muscle mass quickly and easily with:
* Rapid-fire weight training exercises
* Quick warm-up exercises to get your blood flowing
* Time-saving meals that build muscle and burn fat
* Mental triggers that speed results

Muscles in Minutes helps you track your progress with easy-to-use tools, such as:
* Tips to avoid mistakes that slow or stop gains
* Three levels of lifting intensity to keep muscles growing
* More than 300 photos of grips, spots, and exercises

The first book to utilize these powerful techniques, Muscles in Minutes will help men and women of all fitness levels get fast lasting results with minimal effort.

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About the Author

A personal trainer with more than 15 years of experience, STEVE LEAMONT has trained with several bodybuilding champions. Because of his insider status, Steve was able to challenge the status quo, and eventually disproved much of what many bodybuilders once considered to be fact. After years of studying, Steve pioneered the revolutionary technique presented now in Muscles in Minutes. Steve lives and trains in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Hatherleigh Press (November 5, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578261376
• ISBN-13: 978-1578261376
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.7 x 9.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,439,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good overall but do not completely agree with it, February 1, 2006

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muscleseeker (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Muscles in Minutes: The Positive Power of Negative Training (Paperback)

The training methods offered in this book are safe, correct and extremely effective. I have been weight training for 5 years and have used most of the training methods and style offered in this book recently for about 8 months and have seen excellent results in terms of muscle gain. I have to say Steve takes a straight-forward, honest and non-biased approach in his instructions given and i have high respect for him. Having used his style of training i no more experience wrist and shoulder pain during training and also avoided many injuries.

However, i have to say that the training in this book is not easy to understand and the pictures posted can sometimes seem confusing especially for novice lifters. Also, i don't totally agree with the ways that some of the exercises are performed. For example he tells you to do the "Monkey Shoulder Shrug" by lifting your forearms and bending at your elbows. But that seems to divert the muscle contraction away from your shoulder and upper back. Also, he tells you to do the side lateral raise with your elbows bend at 90 degree. Well that certainly takes some pressure and stress away from the shoulders but that will in return put a lot of pressure on your forearm and wrist. So you can only preform it that way light weight. He also doesn't mention that you can do the same with your elbow slightly bent if you have stronger shoulders and that you can vary it by doing the one-arm lateral raise.

Lastly he mention that you can rest as long as you are able to exert your maximal force again between sets. Well that seems to be beneficial for absolute strength gain but in terms of muscle growth that doesn't prove helpful. I have tried resting bewteen sets using this approach for 2 months and i see only minimal growth in my muscles. But after reverting to the 1 to 2 minutes resting interval i have seen much more noticeable gains.

Well apart from the above i will say this is a very good book on training and i will recommend it. But do remember this is a TRAINING BOOK ONLY and if you want to know about supplement and nutrition then you gotta go somewhere else.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of good tips on correct form!, June 4, 2008

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Adam Fuller "rochskier" (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Muscles in Minutes: The Positive Power of Negative Training (Paperback)

I think the strongest aspect of this book are all the excellent explanations of incorrect and unsafe form. Photographic examples are provided with many of the explanations. There is also some nice information regarding all the different types of reps and sets that can be done. The writing is always clear and direct.

However, be aware that many of these techniques require a trusted spotter. That is a limitation for me since I tend to do the bulk of my training solo. Overall this book is worth a look if you are struggling with your form.

3.0 out of 5 stars No index, June 2, 2007

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John - See all my reviews

This review is from: Muscles in Minutes: The Positive Power of Negative Training (Paperback)

Decent book on lifting. What I don't like is, it has a lot of information, and yet, no index. For instance, I wanted to look up recovery periods between lifts. Where do I find that ? I would have to page through the entire book. The table of contents doesn't tell me where it is.