Synopses & Reviews
Five-time Mr. Universe, seven-time Mr. Olympia, and Mr. World, Arnold Schwarzenegger is andlt;Iandgt;theandlt;/Iandgt; name in bodybuilding. Here is his classic bestselling autobiography, which explains how the and#8220;Austrian Oakand#8221; came to the sport of bodybuilding and aspired to be the star he has become.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;I andgt;I still remember that first visit to the bodybuilding gym. I had never seen anyone lifting weights before. Those guys were huge and brutaland#8230;.The weight lifters shone with sweat; they were powerful looking, Herculean. And there it was before meand#8212;my life, the answer I'd been seeking. It clicked. It was something I suddenly just seemed to reach out and find, as if I'd been crossing a suspended bridge and finally stepped off onto solid ground.andlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;I andgt;andlt;/Iandgt;Arnold shares his fitness and training secretsand#8212;demonstrating with a comprehensive step-by-step program and dietary hints how to use bodybuilding for better health. His program includes a special four-day regimen of specific exercises to develop individual muscle groupsand#8212;each exercise illustrated with photos of Arnold in action.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;For fans and would-be bodybuilders, this is Arnold in his own words.
Synopsis
Five-time Mr. Universe, seven-time Mr. Olympia, and Mr. World, Arnold Schwarzenegger is the name in bodybuilding.
Here is his classic bestselling autobiography, which explains how the "Austrian Oak" came to the sport of bodybuilding and aspired to be the star he has become.
"I still remember that first visit to the bodybuilding gym. I had never seen anyone lifting weights before. Those guys were huge and brutal....The weight lifters shone with sweat; they were powerful looking, Herculean. And there it was before me -- my life, the answer I'd been seeking. It clicked. It was something I suddenly just seemed to reach out and find, as if I'd been crossing a suspended bridge and finally stepped off onto solid ground."
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold shares his fitness and training secrets -- demonstrating with a comprehensive step-by-step program and dietary hints how to use bodybuilding for better health. His program includes a special four-day regimen of specific exercises to develop individual muscle groups -- each exercise illustrated with photos of Arnold in action.
For fans and would-be bodybuilders, this is Arnold in his own words.
About the Author
Arnold Schwarzenegger served as governor of California from 2003 to 2011. Before that, he had a long career, starring in such films as the Terminator series; andlt;iandgt;Stay Hungryandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;Twinsandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;Predatorandlt;/iandgt;; and andlt;iandgt;Juniorandlt;/iandgt;. His first book, andlt;iandgt;Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilderandlt;/iandgt;, was a bestseller when published in 1977 and, along with his andlt;iandgt;Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuildingandlt;/iandgt;, has never been out of print since.