Product Description

This new edition aims to retain all the elements of the first edition's scientifically based method for achieving the ultimate physique, as well as building on them with the addition of new information on nutrition and new exercises. Tudor Bompa expands on his periodized approach to strength training to include periodization of nutrition. Readers can match nutrition guidelines to each of the six training phases, maximizing their strength and muscle definition. In addition, Mauro Di Pasquale, an internationally renowned physician and body-building nutrition expert, presents his revolutionary diet. His method allows readers to structure their diets to meet their individual metabolic profiles.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #141961 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Customer Reviews

THE BEST BOOK ON DRUG FREE BODYBUILDING
This book is alot better than I expected.If you,re
into drug free training you need this book .Expect
serious gains in muscle and strength with Pr.bompas principle of periodization ,forget about overtraining and months of no gains.This
book will revolutionise your workouts but expect alot of reading though its a complicated text
and you often have look over some things 2 or 3 times to understand them.

Good for bodybuilding, not so good for strength training
The title is very misleading. 'Serious Bodybuilding' would have been a more accurate title as 99% of the book's content is geared around bodybuilding training objectives, not strength training ones.

I also believe that the author should either have included photographs of amateur natural (i.e., drug-free) trainees or should not included any photographs at all. To include a whole chapter about drug-free training and praise it, but illustrate the whole book with professional bodybuilders who take steroids and other performance enhancing drugs, praising them etc., seems hypocritical to me.

I expected more from this book with regards to periodization for strength training as this the author's field of expertise.

On the positive side, I imagine this book would be useful for the bodybuilder who wants to learn how to structure his/her training in phases, i.e. varying intensities for different bodybuilding goals. However, do not expect the book to include valuable 'in the trenches' notes that you would expect from an author who has trained himself. The author has trained others but his own training involves walking his dog and gardening, as he mentions himself in the book. I don't say this to degrade Prof. Tudor but there are some things you only learn from training experience, not just from training others.

Great Book
This is the only book that I have seen that gives you the science behind the process that is written to be understood. It allows you to create a road map for success over an extended period of time. You absolutely can create a physical, nutritional and mental plan no matter your skill level.