101 Muscle Building Workouts & Nutrition Plans Paperback – January 1, 2011

Muscle and Fitness has come through with another book in their 101 series. This one is an excellent review of classic mass building programs which experienced lifters and readers will recognize. The book is, like all the 101 books well designed, well laid out, with lots of motivational photos of successful muscle men. The workouts are well laid out, mostly in month long sections. The directions for the exercises are easily followed. If month long snapshots of classic programs is what you are looking for, here it is, well done.The book starts with a good review of barbell workouts. Several old classics and some newer variations make this an interesting chapter. Then we get a large program of large numbers of both sets and reps for mass building. Chapter three is the old favorite pyramids revisited. Chapter 5 leads us into unilateral training, a good variation for balancing programs. Chapter 6 is some chain techniques. Chapter 7 is explosive power training. Chapter 8 is German Volume Training. Chapter 9 is Weider's 5/3/1 Program. Chapter 10 is a program with massive volume to get you through sticking points. Chapter 11 wants to increase your testosterone levels for igniting muscle growth. Chapter 12 is an upper body blast. Chapter 13 is a lower body triphasic strategy approach. Chapter 14 is eating enough protein to gain muscle mass.There is an excellent basic exercise index organized by body part. The exercises are well described, mostly pictured, and well selected.And finally we get a good sized list of foods, sorted by type, with their calories, protein, carb and fat contents listed.Who is the audience this book is intended for? Obviously not the old timer who already owns the original books on all these topics and has worked through the workouts. But there is a huge number of young men and young women who need and are looking for just this collection of information and data on exercise, mass building and diet, defining terms they have heard of and wonder about. For them this an excellent book.

It’s as advertised, except in better condition.

I own several of the Muscle and Fitness "101" books and have always enjoyed reading them. They offer plenty of useful workout advice, colorful headings, and photos to accompany them to make the reading more interesting. The book is not full the same old workout advice and routines that you find in about every muscle mag(I think I have the bench press down...haha), but you will find great ways to add excitment and to push your muscles to new limits to go beyond just your average day at the gym. Overall a great read, the only reason I would give all these books anything less than five stars is because people should be informed that different body types should do more or less so they don't experience over training or hurt themself.

This book was really great had alot of info on pre, intra an postworkout supplement to take for ultimate growth. Also breaks down all the types of mass building foods an also gives you their macros (Protein, Carb and Fats). Explains on several types of workouts you can do to really shock your muscle an continue growing your body. One of the things I like about this book is that they sited their sources from research studies from university with real athletes. Overall in conclusion get this book if your serious about building muscle correctly.

This book is more for people who have been lifting weights for a while and already know what they are doing. This book isn't a detailed day-by-day type that most beginners want. This book lists around 13-15 different workout routines to help mix up and add variety to your workouts. The nutrition part is straight forward and advanced lifters will already know all of it. But for only $10 this book is worth it just for all the different workout routines it has.

Very good quality for the money! Very helpful to my grandson to build muscle, and good nutrition!

Really good book for someone thats been working out for a few years. More for someone thats serious about getting bigger and stronger, than conditioning .Invaluabe information for a bodybuilder,great book.

bought this 2 times hubby loved it an his nephew wanted one to so we rebought this item