Understanding Body Building Nutrition & Training: Practical, Quick Reference, Answers to Common Bodybuilding Challenges [Paperback]

Chris Aceto (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1999

This book is ideal for the non reader, the person who neither has the time no patience to sift through chapter after chapter looking for an author's main idea. Understanding Bodybuilding Nutrition and Training is a follow up to Aceto's Championship Bodybuilding. It contains, in a unique question and answer format, the answers to the most difficult to coprehend and often conflicting informatio on training, building mass, muscle recruitment, rep speed and nutrition. Here's what the author has to say regarding its format, "We learn and understand by asking questions. From the pre schooler to the University Scholar, the fundamental way to obtain new information and knowledge is by asking. I arranged this book in a simple 'Q and A' format to make it easy for the reader to get exact answers to questions regarding losing fat, holding muscle while dieting and building mass." The book also contais a dictionary of common bodybuildig terms, defining everything from lipolysis, to carbo loading to sarcomere- for the information buffs.

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About the Author

Chris Aceto is a summa cum laude graduate in the field of Applied Exercise Science. A popular writer for Weider Publications such as Muscle and Fitess and FLEX magazines, Aceto has served as a consultant to World Champion Bodybuilders, A former World Heavy Weight Boxing Champion and a select group of Hollwood stars.

Product Details

• Paperback: 207 pages
• Publisher: Nutramedia (July 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966916832
• ISBN-13: 978-0966916836
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #216,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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44 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Different View of How to Lift, September 13, 2000

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This review is from: Understanding Body Building Nutrition & Training: Practical, Quick Reference, Answers to Common Bodybuilding Challenges (Paperback)

This book is not a long one, but the first 80 plus pages are not nutritional advice, and the final pages (past 100) are definitions of terms used in bodybuilding. The approximately 20 pages in between are the ones with nutritional information. If you want a book focused on bodybuilding nutrition please look elsewhere. IF you want a book that tells you about bodybuilding and has some nutritional information as an aside this may be for you. Many other books are much better; however, they take a different approach to the bodybuilding subject. Bodybuilding 101 by Wolff is excellent as an introduction to bodybuilding; however Bodybuilding 101 endorses the Weider methods which Mr. Aceto does not. This book will give you a different view of the endevor and might serve to round out a beginner's education on the subject. At least it will let a person know that there are different approaches to the sport.

I would not recommend this book to a first time bodybuilder or someone who has not read extensively on the subject. Anyone purchasing the book should know a lot of the information will be contradicted in other publications.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars informative and clear, May 12, 2000

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Robin Blastos (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Understanding Body Building Nutrition & Training: Practical, Quick Reference, Answers to Common Bodybuilding Challenges (Paperback)

Sort of an interview, the book delves into traing protocol such as sets, reps, bodypart groupings and routines. All of which is good and informative, yet the strength falls in the nutrition portion where the puzzle is put together. The auhor clearly lays down a nice formula and plan on how to either build mass without turning into the pillsbury doughboy, or to strip away fat without obliterating your muscle mass. I also liked the back of the book which is similar to a dictionary, but the words all pertain to training and nutrients.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Words of Wisdom, August 19, 2000

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Diane Ratcliff (Tempe,Az) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Understanding Body Building Nutrition & Training: Practical, Quick Reference, Answers to Common Bodybuilding Challenges (Paperback)

Understanding BB Nutr and Training is a fantastic book. As far as credibility goes, I attended Chris and Laura's camp a few years ago and found their working knowledge of bodybuilding- both training and nutrition- far ahead of the pack, better than the "science" at the time (ie, people were recomending moderate protein and sky high carbs) while Chris and Laura were teaching high protein moderaate carbs and low (but not no) fat. A bit ahead of their time I'd say. In terms of burning fat, Chris recomends weight training over cardio training in long term body fat control; an idea that is only recent - yet Laura and Chris taught that in 1994! The reader of this book will discover the best way to train to build mass and nutritionally, the right approach to lose fat without losing muscle or to build mass without adding excessive body fat. And...yes, if you are building mass and you add 6 pounds of muscle and 4 pounds of fat; the net effect on the metabolism is in crease in calorie expediture, the vital factor in controlling body fat.