Muscle Building [Enhanced Edition] (Liederman Collection Book 2)

The people behind these versions typically go the quick and easy rout in grabbing the text and never bother to read it over and make corrections (or even run spell check) afterwards.

This practice stands in stark contrast to *THIS* version of Earle E. Liederman’s classic tome “Muscle Building” in that every single word of our edition has been re-typed, checked, and re-checked to make absolutely sure it is correct. Also of note is that we have also made a few improvements over the original print edition (such as correcting the captions for two of the images which had been reversed in the original 1924 printing).

We have also carefully scanned each of the classic images and present each one of them in the highest resolution which not only provides you, the reader, with the best possible experience, but also illustrates what is possible from a physical training standpoint in the days before fancy programs, miracle supplements and growth drugs.

Here is a (slightly abridged) look at the contents of each of the chapters (NB: we had to shorten this list due to space requirements, there is additional material besides what is listed here.):

CHAPTER ONE The Various Forms of Exercise

• What Twenty Years of Close Observation Have Taught Me
• The Wrong and the Right Way to Train
• Concentrate Your Mind on Your Work
• The Size of the Bones Makes a Big Difference

CHAPTER TWO The Ideal Measurements

• The Ideal to Which You Should Aspire
• The Story of the Champion Lifter
• How to Measure Your Muscles
• How to Measure the Index of Strength

CHAPTER THREE The Structure and Development of the Neck

• Don’t Try to Choke Yourself
• Don’t Stock Up Too Heavily on Collars and Shirts
• Exercises for the Neck

CHAPTER FOUR The Shoulders and Their Development

• The Deltoid Prime of Life
• When the Tailor Made the Man
• How to Overcome Round Shoulders
• How to Obtain Quickest Results

CHAPTER FIVE The Perfect Back and How to Develop It

• How the Back Muscles Are Developed
• The Center of Your Nervous Energy
• How to Get the Best Results with Back Muscle Concentration
• The Trapezius Muscle of the Back

CHAPTER SIX The Massive Chest and How to Build It

• How Push Up Exercises Develop the Pectoral Muscles
• You Can Enlarge Your Chest Four or Five Inches
• How to find the True Lung Expansion

CHAPTER SEVEN Splendid Arms and How to Have Them

• How to Develop the Biceps
• How You Can Acquire a Big Arm
• Would You Like to Gain an Inch Next Month?
• Don’t Neglect Your Forearm If You Want Symmetry

CHAPTER EIGHT Training Your Abdomen to Make You Healthy

• The Abdominal Muscles and Their Importance
• After Thirty Five You May Have to Fight Fat

CHAPTER NINE Symmetrical Hips and How to Acquire Them

• The Powerful Hips of Arab Tumblers
• Leg Circling
• Good for the Fat and the Lean

CHAPTER TEN The Well-Developed Thigh

• The Kind of Exercise Makes a Great Difference
• Don’t Neglect the Biceps of Your Leg
• A Great Exercise with the Bar-Bell

CHAPTER ELEVEN The Calf and Its Sturdy Curve

• The Calf of the Leg Hard to Develop
• Size of the Ankle a Great Factor
• Exercises for the Calves.

CHAPTER TWELVE Posing for Muscular Display

• Study the Poses of Various Athletes
• How to Show the Arms to Best Advantage
• How to Display the Neck Muscles

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