Dumbbell Training for Strength and Fitness by Matt Brzycki, Fred Fornicola Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Dumbbell Training for Strength and Fitness
Book Review: Great for beginners
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was a great way for me, as a complete beginner, to learn my way around all the basic exercises for all the major muscle groups.
It is great for a beginner because:
1) It requires no previous knowledge.
2) It requires no fancy equipment (a basic dumbbell bench would be nice, but isn't necessary).
3) It emphasizes safety and proper technique.
4) Between this book and some cheap hex dumbbells dumbbells I spent about $50.
I got appreciable results in just a few weeks by working out in my living room (I'm not going to be a model anytime soon, but I'm stronger and more fit than I was before).
If you already use dumbbells in your routine, then you probably don't need this book. I'm sure after I get some experience under my belt, a dumbbell bench, and a wider array of dumbbells, I'll want a more comprehensive book, but for the price, this was a great investment.
Book Review: Great guide on safe, productive, and efficient training with dumbbells
Summary: 5 Stars
Fred Fornicola and Matt Brzycki (rhymes with "whiskey") have written a very accessible and informative guide to dumbbell training. In addition to explaining key strength training concepts and principles and considerations specific to the use of dumbbells they provide a huge variety of routines including routines contributed by several other professional strength coaches and trainers. I have used routines in the book with my own personal training clients with excellent results. I highly recommend Dumbbell Training for Strength and Fitness for anyone who trains with dumbbells.Book Review: Great little book
Summary: 5 Stars
The book is well illistrated and clearly show how to do a wide variety of exercises with bumbells. Great addition to anyones weight training libary.Book Review: Great, no-nonsense guide for getting real results
Summary: 5 Stars
I think one of the original reviewers' complaints about the small picture sizes is due to the fact that so many fitness & bodybuilding books are so inundated with huge, color glossy photographs that that's what we almost expect from every book. Rather, this book focuses on communicating worthwhile and practical information beneficial to the reader - and the B&W photographs are more than sufficient to get the point across. For a $10-$15 book that includes all this info, plus all the contributions from professional fitness coaches makes this paperback book worth its weight in gold. If you want to gaze at pictures or need to be hand-held with step-by-step photos to comprehend basic movements, then there are an endless number of training books and muscle mags out there to look at. If you're wanting to jump right into it and just need good information and instruction, then you can't go wrong with this book. There are many workout routines to choose from that will keep you occupied for quite awhile.Book Review: I want to look like Ahnold....
Summary: 4 Stars
This greatly enhanced my weight training program. The instructions were easy to follow and produced good results.
I recommend this to folks who are used to long bars (like me before). Help them do more toning than bulking.