Robert Wolff's Book of Great Workouts : Everything You Need to Know to Vary Your Routine and Keep You Motivated [Paperback]

Robert Wolff (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 26, 2001

Tired of the same old workout routine? Then give yourself a boost by adding some new and different kinds of bodybuilding exercises to your regimen. This book contains 18 different workouts for men and women, along with tips on nutrition, training, and training for your body type. Workouts include: the 12/12 workout; the seven-day workout; the one-set workout; the 17-minute whole body recharge workout; the hot zone workout for women; and the hot zone workout for men.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Robert Wolff, Ph.D., has established himself as one of the real authorities on fitness and motivation. He was the editor of Muscle & Fitness magazine and a contributing editor to Shape and Men's Fitness. His "Bodybuilding 101" column in Muscle & Fitness was the magazine's most popular. He has worked with the top names in fitness and health including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lee Haney, Steve Reeves, Lou Ferrigno, Rachel McLish, and Cory Everson.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (February 26, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809297698
• ISBN-13: 978-0809297696
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,029,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Meet the Author

About Robert Wolff

Robert Wolff's publishing career began more than 20 years ago, when fitness and publishing legend, Joe Weider (founder and publisher of Shape, Muscle & Fitness, Men's Fitness magazines) asked him to write for his magazines.

During his tenure with Joe Weider, Joe sent Robert all over the world to interview the biggest names in fitness, science and entertainment including two-time Nobel winner, the late Dr. Linus Pauling, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Evander Holyfield, Arnold Schwarzenegger and hundreds of others.

At the age of 34, Robert was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters in recognition of his accomplishments in motivating people all over the world to change their lives through health and fitness.

Robert's magazine columns have enjoyed a global reach of more than 7 Million readers a month, in 60 countries and in 15 foreign language translations. His writings have appeared all over the world including hundreds of internationally published articles in newspapers and magazines including Cosmopolitan, Shape, and others.

He has interviewed Academy, Grammy, Emmy, Golden Globe and Nobel award winners and written more than 30 books and has a worldwide following of readers in more than 65 countries.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I needed, June 17, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Robert Wolff's Book of Great Workouts : Everything You Need to Know to Vary Your Routine and Keep You Motivated (Paperback)

I'm so tired of the old three sets of this and three times a week of that. I almost wanted to stop training. And I'm not too excited at the thought of spending more money on personal trainers, so I bought Robert Wolff's Great Workout book. Best money I ever spent.

I kinda feel uncomfortable writing where everyone can read what I'm saying, but I will say that the workouts are different, some of them are tough, but they work really, really well and that's all I was looking for in a workout book.

I bought his other book called Bodybuilding 101 and found it to be more informative as far as information for a beginner to advanced. But having said that, I think this next book offers a lot more in the way of workouts than Bodybuilding 101 did. For that reason and because it's worked really well for me, I give it five stars.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Perfect Addition To My Fitness Library, March 30, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Robert Wolff's Book of Great Workouts : Everything You Need to Know to Vary Your Routine and Keep You Motivated (Paperback)

I was looking for some new training ideas
and this book gave me plenty. While not big on
diet and nutrition (plenty of other books cover that)
it did give me lots of ideas on how to change my
workouts.

After reading it, I think the goal of the book is to
give people different workouts to try and from those
workouts give women and men some new and different
choices that can help keep them motivated and
working out and not quitting because of boredom or
no results.

I enjoyed the author's web site....
He seems like someone who's down to earth, very
knowledegable and speaks about the mental aspect
and its importance unlike any of the other
fitness and health experts out there.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is THE author to believe in !!!!!!!, March 12, 2004

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SBJ400 "SBJ400" (Mt. Laurel, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Robert Wolff's Book of Great Workouts : Everything You Need to Know to Vary Your Routine and Keep You Motivated (Paperback)

I won't go nuts with this review because it is simple -

This author and this book is the first step to take...PERIOD!
I had been working out since I was 14, and I honestly did not know what I was doing until I was about 24 or older. Lots of wasted time! I had read many books, tons of those popular "magazines". All of them left me confused and going in circles.

My advice - start with this book and read it cover to cover. Then go buy his other books Bodybuilding 101 and Bodybuilding 201. These 3 books alone will give you all you need to know for your first 2 or 3 years of training. After that, your experience and knowledge will guide you from then on. I also recommend buying any other book Dr. Wolff has written. Also, this guy is no pasty pale, 100 pound Doctor reading from a textbook. He has used these methods himself and as you can see by the pictures of him in the books, he is huge and healthy. He walks the walk.

Robert Wolff gives you proven and time tested material, coupled with his own personal experience. He goes over proper diet, proper technique and methodology to get you started off on the right foot. All of us are different and what works in the magazine interviews of the Pro bodybuilders probably will not work for you.

Did I mention that the author really will answer your e-mail questions!! Yes, I have had actually direct communication with him. He answered my questions and was more than happy to help!!!

Forget Atkins, South Beach, and all the other hype out there. Read and learn from Dr. Wolff.