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Strength And Physique: Neo-Classical Bodybuilding (Volume 2)

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a great overall bodybuilding/strength/power/fitness book. author has taken training protocols from the most proven and respected trainers/authors/research and compiled into a single intelligent, realistic and effective program.

not pure bodybuilding (see charles poliquin, HST), not pure strength (see HIT), not pure power (see robert dos remedios) but a mix of the three, which is best for overall improvement... assuming you don't have the more specific goals of a competitive bodybuilder, strength lifter, or college/pro athlete.

Another solid, no nonsense, to the point workout/sculpting/muscle building guide by James Chan. I bought some of his other strength and physique series and they were really compact and useful in the gym. James breaks down his earlier works with body building vs the new modern lean look that a lot of people seem to be going for. Whatever your objectives are, whether it is to body build and become Arnold Schwartzenegger (pre Governor days) or Brad Pitt in Fight Club, check out James's work and get cut real fast.. .Anyways, James has youtube videos too at [...]. Check out his kettlebell vids...

Another great book by this guy! Whereas his first book is a compilation of his magazine articles and training techniques, this second book presents more of a coherent and complete training system. The book tells you how different ways of training actually produce different hormonal responses. So the training program outlined in this book cycles through these different workouts to give you as much muscle growth as possible.

Plus the author gives you some specialization routines for each muscle group, as well as extra training articles, some of which I've never read before.

great book for a bodybuilder who knows his stuff, but this book would be a hard read for the beginning bodybuilder.

This book was easy to read and straight to the point. The first 2/3 of it is the main workout and the last 1/3 is past articles. Everything is put forth in a manner that you can understand. It has many different workouts so you can change it up if you need to.

James Chan's series of Bodybuilding books are too good to be published in paperback only. "Strength And Physique: Neo-Classical Bodybuilding" is one of four books written by Chan. Each one has it's merits, all without any downsides. This book should be required reading by anyone who wanders into a gymnasium and hopes to better themselves. Chan should bind all four books into a hardback version ... this would yield a true "Iron Bible". Buy this one first ... second should be "The Articles"!