Teach Yourself Body Building

Contents: 1. Fundamental training tactics. 2. Skills and techniques of body building. 3. The competition. 4. Diet for body builders.

"Body building is an ancient art. This fine science of increasing muscle mass and improving muscle tone has it roots all the way back to 11 century, when there existed detailed diet descriptions and elaborate training techniques in India. The Indian subcontinent has an ancient heritage in physique building and has developed a number of methods for enhancing the physique. Gyms were there in India even in the 1100s. At that time, Nals (stone Dumbbells), Sumtola (Indian barbell made of Babool wood) and stone wheels were used as equipment.

Teach Yourself Body Building discusses all the aspects of body building viz., skills, techniques and tactics with illustrations. This book will prove very useful to the aspirants learners to learn the skills, tactics, technique of body building.

Hopefully, the present book will be useful for the new aspirants learners, prospective coaches, teachers and students of sports sciences etc." (jacket)