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The Body Sculpting Bible for Men: Featuring the 14-Day Body Sculpting Workout The Ultimate Fat Loss/Muscle Gain Program for the Ultimate Physique

5 star:		(55)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

The word "Bible" should be reserved for truly ambitious, encyclopedic types of books. But the authors of this book have only a specific audience in mind and a single, specific workout method to offer (with variations). Though their plan may be excellent for their target audience (and for those who have access to the right equipment), it is hardly comprehensive. This is all to be expected from a normal workout manual -- but not from a "Bible".
For starters, do not buy this edition of the book if you are an ectomorph (skinny). The authors clearly show their bias in the introduction: "I can remember when I was 14 years old...very heavy and very depressed." The entire book is written from that perspective. The Appendix *does* include a "14-Day Mass Workout", but one must rely on divine insight to figure out that it will help ectomorphs to bulk up. You will find nothing but an obscure cross-reference to this workout in the main text. In fact, the authors claim on Page 48 that the book contains only "three different workouts": the Break-in, 14-Day Body Sculpting, and Advanced 14-Day Body Sculpting. What about the "Mass Workout"? It seems as if it was added to the appendix because the editors noted that ectomorphs had been ignored.
A further problem with this book involves the way the authors overlapped the different routines. Who should do the Break-in routine #1 versus #2? Who should do the 14-Day #1 versus #2? I vaguely remember this being explained somewhere in the text (which I read) but where? I can't find it without reading the entire book over again. A page-reference and a phrase should be included on the charts in the Appendix to remind readers which workout is for them. While this may not stop a determined reader, it will certainly frustrate him.
Finally, I appreciate the authors' enthusiasm, but it often seems disingenuous. Phrases like "blow your mind", "into the stratosphere", "soon to be amazing...life" are the stuff, not of "Bibles", but of quackery. I don't believe that these authors are quacks, but they certainly need an editor who will do more to keep their occasional bravado and personal editorializing below the "stratosphere".
I am willing to give their method a try; it seems sound. I only hope that the book can be improved for later editions.

This book has been a God send for my hubby.Real advise for WHICH suppliments to take and WHEN along with a step by step workout routine all ready to go for different types or styles or getting there. We take both this book and mine "Body Sculpting Bible for Women" to the gym with us every workout to follow the routine and refer to the pictures. Great workouts have options for days we're at the gym with the machines and different options for the days we're at home with just our hand weights. Love these books

A friend of mine lent me this book and I couldn't put it down! I just HAD to buy a copy for myself. And that's what I did. Once I received MY copy, I read it over and over. At east 3 times now. It's very informative and is packed with useful tools and ideas. Everything you need to know is in this book! I would DEFINATELY recommend this book to any one interested in weight training.

I got this book 10 weeks ago as it was highly recommended by a trainer in my gym. I just wanted to lose those last 10 lbs that seemed to stick in the stomach area no matter what. In any case, 10 weeks later not only did I lost the baggage but also increased my energy levels, strength and muscle tone significantly while drastically cutting my time in the gym.

The book was not only very informative as its 300 pages cover everything from myths, mind-set, training, nutrition, rest, supplements, and exercise descriptions, but much to my surprise I was able to easily get in touch with one of the authors (Hugo Rivera) by e-mail through his site www.hrfit.net. The fact that I got a reply within a week from one of the authors tells me the level of attention and care that they have towards their customers. I feel that the personal attention that I received was instrumental to my transformation as it was very comforting to hear from one of the authors themselves the reasons why my program prior to this one was failing.

So if you want to get a book where not only you will learn a ton about fitness but also get personalized e-mail attention this is the book for you.

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in improving their looks, health and life.

PS: Regarding the two similar e-mails on the Spotlight review section, something that I also found to be odd at first before posting my review, if you take a look at chefgrad's Sept 4, 2003 post, he does state that he is re-posting a previous opinion by saying "I read this post somewhere and couldn't think of a better way to say it... So I'll repost it here!". Also, if you click on chefgrad, he has at least another review on a different book which indicates that he is a real person. With the volume of e-mails and sales that the authors probably get, I doubt they have the time or need to be posting fake reviews on their work.

How amazing that the top two 5 star reviews that INCREDIBLY helped so many fine folks, are exactly the same review from the words "I'm currently doing the 14-Day Body Sculpting ..."!

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The best a man can get..., February 19, 2002
Reviewer: timothyigobran from Cambridge, Mass

ultimate in men's fitness, September 4, 2003
Reviewer: chefgrad (see more about me) from Toronto, Ontario Canada

I think that you should save your money & purchase from an author who doesn't self promote, & doesn't think that future readers are morons & won't notice those posts. Who knows, maybe the whole book is plagerized.

I would definitely recommend this book! As someone who has struggled with weight in the past, and now is some what obessed with reading and searching for new information on health and fitness... I found this book finally made sense! It "clicked". If you are looking for a solution to control fat and build muscle... The Bodysculpting Bible for Men will work. It's clear, concise, and provides all the necessary building blocks to get you on the right track.

It was a very good book with workout routines and everything. However i did have a problem with the nutrition with the constant protein shakes and a very limited selection of food. But it is a very good book for a beginer and would recomend it as a starting place.

This book is a good basic overview of lifting (the nutritional advice is scant and not entirely accurate). None of the exercises are innovative, and the workouts are not adequate to continue gains if you've already been training for awhile. For a beginning lifter, not too bad...most of the books honestly suck, so this is a mediocre 3 star, no better, no worse. There are better books, and once I'm out of medical school, I'll finish mine :) Strength Training Anatomy is amazing (think Netters). I returned this book after reading it, not worth keeping, or having as part of my reference library.

Even though it is kinda limited on specific goals (i dont think weight lifting is an exact science as of yet but its getting there), the 2 week rotation of food intake, and soul use of mostly free weights such as dumbbells and barbells makes it better to stimulate more stablizer muscles. Over all this book is The better of the ones i've seen, if you want to be a bodybuilder go with Arnold's book. Using this book should help develope overall muscle mass and fat reduction. I'll probably by their other books and check them out.

I have searched for a good "UNBIAS" training & nutrition book, that promotes permanent good health habits rather than temporary "DIEt" schemes, and after reading this book, I was very impressed with the excellent information on the basics of a healthy & active life...Training, Nutrition, and Recovery! After reading the book and starting to develop a healthy training program for my life I came across a few questions, so i went to their website and posted on the discussion board and I got a reply from one of the authors within a few hours...the reply was exactly what I needed, and it showed to me that the authors truly support their book and work hard to provide personal feedback to their followers! So if you are looking for a good book with great information you can use to develop a tailored workout plan for yourself then this is A MUST BUY for you! Enjoy!!!!!!