Arnold's Bodybuilding Encyclopedia

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Anyone read it? I want to buy it, it's a cool piece of bodybuilding history and it's pretty much a legend, but does it contain information that is useful today? Is there a lot in there that is wrong because they knew way less back then than we do today about diet and exercise, etc?

Same question for the education of a bodybuilder.

I'd like to hear people's opinion on this book!
 
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I never read it but it sounds interesting.

I think if Arnold wrote it, his experiance of trial and error approaches are priceless given what he has accomplished. I don't think info from him would ever be outdated, only convoluted from all the he said/she said BS that goes on in today's world of bodybuilding.
 
I just got done reading Education of Bodybuilder. I would absolutely reccomend it simply because he his accomplishments alone give him credibility. He has a cool story to his life as well.

The thing I found to be most amazing was the mental aspect. His mental ability of desire and drive is what got him to his goals, and it just shines through his words. He KNOWS he can do anything, and he does. It's pretty amazing.

At the same time, there is stuff in there that most of us on here would say is a waste or is a myth. He used to do little fat spot reducing tricks, hell even lying in the sun he would say would help show cuts. But then again, when I start to think...wait that **** doesn't work...I take a look at the cover and think, well the guy knew what he was doing, no matter what anybody says.

Good read, I'd pick it up if I were you. Excellent motivation if nothing else. Like I said, he has conquered the mental aspect of it like you wouldn't believe.
 
Kark, I just picked up his Bodybuilding Encyclopedia from my local book store.

It looks pretty informative at first glance. I'll let you know after I read some more of it.
 
Karky said:
Anyone read it? I want to buy it, it's a cool piece of bodybuilding history and it's pretty much a legend, but does it contain information that is useful today? Is there a lot in there that is wrong because they knew way less back then than we do today about diet and exercise, etc?

Same question for the education of a bodybuilder.

I'd like to hear people's opinion on this book!
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history yes,interesting yes,usefull for today or a natural no IMO,unless your a genetic freak like him and take lots of gear.
 
Does it have useful info, yes. Is it outdated, a bit. But it's still worthwhile to read, and see where the sport has come from to give you idea of where it's going.
 
mreik said:
Does it have useful info, yes. Is it outdated, a bit. But it's still worthwhile to read, and see where the sport has come from to give you idea of where it's going.
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Besides, I can scare off all the newbies by having a book by arnold in my shelf.. it's scary cuz you know.. he used roids n stuff..
 
I read education of a bodybuilder probably 15 or more years ago. Either way, it was a great read. He talks about his whole life and how his whole life pretty much focused on bodybuilding. It really shows the amount of dedication he had to take him to the top of the sport. There are also some training programs in the back if I recall correctly. I didn't use them but they were there if it's the same book I'm thinking about. I'd get it, you'll enjoy it. You can probably find it somewhere for 5 bucks or so. Let us know what you think about it.
 
I read it a long time ago. I think it's an interesting read. Useful? I guess that depends on the context and the reader. For me, no, it wasn't useful.
 
I read Education and it was freaking awesome. Part I is his story from a teenager up until he won Olympia the first time. There was so much mental dedication that it exudes from the book into you.

The workouts are ok, they are bodybuilder splits based on his own training from the time (70's). Did it work for him? Absolutely. However most of us dont want to be bodybuilders, we just want to look sexy.

I give it two thumbs up. I got it from the library and read it on my vacation to Russia in like 3 days.
 
I heard that in one of these books (don't remember which one) there were supposed to be descriptions of exercises for different muscle groups, and there were supposed to be come cool ones who aren't really mainstream today. Is there anything like that?
 
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