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Muscle Up
Matt Roberts Muscle Up works on building and toning the arms, chest, and upper body, especially for men.
Helping men and women increase energy and self-confidence by not only looking better, but feeling better, these pocket guides by fitness celebrity Matt Roberts target the body parts that men and women most want to sculpt, tone, and shape. Each book contains special workout sequences that combine special resistance exercises, cardio workouts, and stretching techniques. Throughout the books, Roberts offers encouragement and advice for getting the most from the workouts as well as helpful tips for healthy eating and answers to common fitness questions.
96 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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September 27, 2009
I finally got around to testing one of these workouts and it was fairly strenuous. It took me a good 90 minutes to get through it, not counting a smoke break in the middle (just kidding – barely). Most of the lifts involve drop sets, meaning you start near your maximum and gradually decrease the weight while upping the number of reps. None of these exercises would seriously tax the Ronnie Colemans of the world, but if you’re more of a John Goodman type, you might want to look elsewhere.
One complaint: both of the workouts outlined in Muscle Up are very top-heavy: they basically ignore everything below the chest. My advice would be to squeeze some lower-body work into your weekly routine. Then again, the author, Matt Roberts—not Robert Kennedy, as Goodreads would have it—is billed as a ‘personal trainer to the stars’, whereas I’m the guy who gets sand kicked in his face. So, yeah, you decide.
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I wasn't aware RFK wrote a weight-training manual. Well, it can't be any worse than Strom Thurmond's. A pre-workout gin and tonic? What the hell?
One complaint: both of the workouts outlined in Muscle Up are very top-heavy: they basically ignore everything below the chest. My advice would be to squeeze some lower-body work into your weekly routine. Then again, the author, Matt Roberts—not Robert Kennedy, as Goodreads would have it—is billed as a ‘personal trainer to the stars’, whereas I’m the guy who gets sand kicked in his face. So, yeah, you decide.
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I wasn't aware RFK wrote a weight-training manual. Well, it can't be any worse than Strom Thurmond's. A pre-workout gin and tonic? What the hell?
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