Official Review: Bodybuilding for weightloss by James Eaton
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[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Bodybuilding for weightloss" by James Eaton.]
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This book is intended to be a guide to the sport of bodybuilding. It begins with the history of bodybuilding, a few paragraphs that very quickly summarize the sport of bodybuilding and wrestling. I found the history section to be very disappointing because I have actually heard some very interesting stories about the history of bodybuilding and none of these stories were brought up at all.
Then we moved into the beginner’s guide where we are given calculations to find out how much excess body fat you have. The men’s calculation included exactly three steps and I have no idea how it would give you any accurate information since it did not include any information about height or body build. In fact to prove my point I tested this formula and found that my 270 lb husband has 205 lbs of body fat. Pretty odd considering that my husband is 6’2". The women’s calculation had the opposite problem with ten steps which involved measuring various parts of your body (once again height is not one of them) and multiplying or dividing these numbers by other numbers with no reasoning given about these numbers whatsoever. I would have completed my own calculation except that I am not sure how they would like me to measure my forearm?
After that we moved into the exercise plan where we were given great pictures of a few basic exercises and some very detailed explanations. Unfortunately there was no guidance given on how many repetitions and sets should be done of each exercise, how much weight should be lifted, or even how often we should be working out. In addition, the author did not provide any lower body exercises at all. There was a section for lower body which included bar curls for your biceps and a plate twist exercise which I would classify as an abdominal exercise.
The section on diet was about as useful as the prior sections. There was a short list of foods that the author recommended and he did not recommend eating anything else. Leafy greens did not make it into the recommendations in fact asparagus was the only vegetable that made the cut. He also did not really discuss calories or give any recommendation on how much a person should be eating based on how much fat they need to loose.
As I stated initially, I was not impressed with this book. There appeared to have been no editing done on this book at all and editing was badly needed. In addition, I was not able to find any useful information about diet or exercise in this book. Overall this book is comparable to a discussion about bodybuilding that you could probably have with any random guy that you might happen to find in the gym lifting weights.
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This book is intended to be a guide to the sport of bodybuilding. It begins with the history of bodybuilding, a few paragraphs that very quickly summarize the sport of bodybuilding and wrestling. I found the history section to be very disappointing because I have actually heard some very interesting stories about the history of bodybuilding and none of these stories were brought up at all.
Then we moved into the beginner’s guide where we are given calculations to find out how much excess body fat you have. The men’s calculation included exactly three steps and I have no idea how it would give you any accurate information since it did not include any information about height or body build. In fact to prove my point I tested this formula and found that my 270 lb husband has 205 lbs of body fat. Pretty odd considering that my husband is 6’2". The women’s calculation had the opposite problem with ten steps which involved measuring various parts of your body (once again height is not one of them) and multiplying or dividing these numbers by other numbers with no reasoning given about these numbers whatsoever. I would have completed my own calculation except that I am not sure how they would like me to measure my forearm?
After that we moved into the exercise plan where we were given great pictures of a few basic exercises and some very detailed explanations. Unfortunately there was no guidance given on how many repetitions and sets should be done of each exercise, how much weight should be lifted, or even how often we should be working out. In addition, the author did not provide any lower body exercises at all. There was a section for lower body which included bar curls for your biceps and a plate twist exercise which I would classify as an abdominal exercise.
The section on diet was about as useful as the prior sections. There was a short list of foods that the author recommended and he did not recommend eating anything else. Leafy greens did not make it into the recommendations in fact asparagus was the only vegetable that made the cut. He also did not really discuss calories or give any recommendation on how much a person should be eating based on how much fat they need to loose.
As I stated initially, I was not impressed with this book. There appeared to have been no editing done on this book at all and editing was badly needed. In addition, I was not able to find any useful information about diet or exercise in this book. Overall this book is comparable to a discussion about bodybuilding that you could probably have with any random guy that you might happen to find in the gym lifting weights.
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