Brawn
by McRobert, StuartEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-09-01
Publisher(s): Cs Pub USA
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Summary
Most bodybuilding books look alike, and are usually a bunch of photos of superstars and a collection of training advice and routines that simply don't work well for typical folk. Brawn is something totally different. McRobert challenges most contemporary bodybuilding advice, and focuses on things that actually work for typical trainees. This is the second edition of the classic text that created a bodybuilding revolution. Showing the Specific advantages the genetically gifted bodybuilding superstars enjoy, Brawn demonstrates why conventional training is unproductive for "average" people who want to develop terrific physiques.
Author Biography
Stuart McRobert, has over 25 years of training experience, has had over 300 articles published in major newsstand bodybuilding magazines, has published and edited Hardgainer magazine since 1989
Table of Contents
| Preface to the second edition | p. iv |
| Preface to the first edition | p. 4 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 5 |
| The Need: A different approach | p. 7 |
| Genetic Variation: How we differ | p. 15 |
| Expectations: Size and strength goals | p. 29 |
| PPP: Progression, performance, persistence | p. 41 |
| Variations on a Theme: No single, universal approach | p. 51 |
| Effort and Dedication: Bedrock of success | p. 59 |
| Intensity Variation: Cycling training intensity | p. 67 |
| Rest and Recovery: Recuperation and training frequency | p. 81 |
| The Squat: The "growth" exercise, and productive variations | p. 97 |
| Routines: Training schedules | p. 123 |
| Getting it Right: Injury prevention | p. 151 |
| Specialization: Focusing on specific body parts | p. 179 |
| More Diversity: Enriching the training armory | p. 195 |
| Nutrition: Food and supplements | p. 209 |
| Index | p. 227 |
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