Ten Steps to a Better Body

Book excerpt: The original bodybuilding classic is back! For more than fifty years, Charles Atlas-twice named "The World's Most Perfectly Developed Man"-has helped thousands of 97-pound weaklings bulk up, build muscle, and stop bullies from kicking sand in their faces. Without the use of expensive supplements or equipment, this book utilizes Atlas's groundbreaking theory of "dynamic tension," also known as "isometrics," which can be used at home or in the office, by anyone. Also stressed is a balanced nutritional approach, contradicting the modern health fads and fashionable diets that come and go. Strongly endorsed by fitness luminaries like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jake Steinfeld ("Body by Jake"), after half a century Charles Atlas is still the original master of the body makeover.