Simply said, this book is a must have of over 800 pages of body building wealth of knowledge. If you search Amazon.com you can purchase this book for very cheap, especially considering the amount of knowledge you will possess once you own this book. I conducted a simple search and got a quote of $17.82, not bad ehh!?

The book has been revised so be careful to get the latest version which looks like this:

The Encyclopedia is divided into 5 “books” with individual chapters within each book. Each book covers a broad topic then the chapters address more specific topics. Within each chapter, more sub topics are outlined and covered.

Here is the break down of the BodyBuilding Encyclopedia:

BOOK 1 INTRODUCTION OT BODYBUILDING

CHAPTER 1: EVOLUTION AND HISTORY

CHAPTER 2: THE ABC’S OF BODYBUILDING

CHAPTER 3: THE TRAINING EXPERIENCE

CHAPTER 4: THE GYM

CHAPTER 5: GETTING STARTED

BOOK 2 TRAINING PROGRAMS

CHAPTER 1: BASIC TRAINING PRINCIPALS

CHAPTER 2: LEARNING YOUR BODY TYPE

CHAPTER 3: THE BASIC TRAINING PROGRAM

CHAPTER 4: ADVANCED TRAINING PRINCIPLES

CHAPTER 5: BUILDING A QUALITY PHYSIQUE: THE ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM

CHAPTER 6: COMPETITION TRAINING PROGRAM

CHAPTER 7: MIND OVER MATTER: MIND, THE MOST POWERFUL TOOL

BOOK 3 BODY PART EXERCISES (NO CHAPTERS LISTED, ONLY SUBJECTS)

THE SHOULDERS

THE CHEST

THE BACK

THE ARMS

BICEPS TRAINING

TRICEPS TRAINING

FOREARM TRAINING

THE THIGHS

THE CALVES

THE ABDOMEN

BOOK 4 COMPETITION

CHAPTER 1: POSING

CHAPTER 2: TOTAL PREPARATION

CHAPTER 3: COMPETITION STRATEGY AND TACTICS

BOOK 5 HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND DIET

CHAPTER 1: NUTRITION AND DIET

CHAPTER 2: WEIGHT CONTROL: GAINING MUSCLE, LOSING FAT

CHAPTER 3: CONTEST DIET STRATEGIES

CHAPTER 4: INJURIES AND HOW TO TREAT THEM

It is worth mentioning that just the sheer number of awesome photographs in the book make it a piece of historic bodybuilding art all in itself.