It was great fun to read this book again, probably for the third or fourth time (the pictures and exercise segment have been perused hundreds of times, of course). The single-minded drive that nearly always accompanies people who reach a level of success similar to Arnold's gives them opportunities and experiences we can only imagine, but also sends them off alone into the night, unable to really connect in some way. It strikes me that people who are wholly consumed with becoming the best suffer a trade-off, just as we lesser known characters do. I don't subscribe to a lot of the training methods laid out here, but reading this as a kid was hugely inspirational. Always enjoyed the stories of Arnold's rise to fame. The single-minded drive that nearly always accompanies people who reach a level of success similar to Arnold's gives them opportunities and experi Re-reading this one (1981 edition), just for kicks. Re-reading this one (1981 edition), just for kicks. 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.įor fans and would-be bodybuilders, this is Arnold in his own words.more
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.Īrnold shares his fitness and training secrets-demonstrating with a comprehensive step-by-step program and dietary hints how to use bodybuilding for better health. And there it was before me-my life, the answer I'd been seeking. Those guys were huge and brutal….The weight lifters shone with sweat they were powerful looking, Herculean. I had never seen anyone lifting weights before. I still remember that first visit to the bodybuilding gym. 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. World, Arnold Schwarzenegger is the name in bodybuilding. I had never seen anyone lifting weights be Five-time Mr.