URBAN-MUSCLE
HOW TO UNLEASH AN AWESOME STREET PHYSIQUE WITHOUT THE USE OF DRUGS OR SUPPLEMENTS
By Daniel D. Hunter
No steroids. No supplements. Just your body, your mind, your heart and your soul. Why the hell would you need anything more?``
Urban-Muscl e
2012 by Daniel D. Hunter
ASIN: B005TFU15K
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Table of Contents
I ntroduction: Get Ready to be called a Liar!
You had better get ready because -
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CALL YOU A LIAR!
(The philosophy and ideology behind Urban-Muscle)
I hope you can deal with that, because its going to happen! Maybe not to your face, but rumors will start.
If you follow the methods that I am about to lay down for you in this slim volume, in just a few weeks you will have a physique that will lead to you being branded a liar. Why?
Because guys in the gym are going to ask you ''What are you using?''
And you will answer '' Absolutely nothing!''
And if they are bigger or tougher than you they will call you a liar to your face. I hope for your sake that doesnt happen. If it does, laugh it off. (Wait until you are bigger and tougher than them before you retaliate.)
If they arent, then they will nod and smile but you will see in their faces that they dont believe you. All this will happen because of the radical changes in your physique. You wont just look bigger and more powerful, you will look much more toned, cut and defined. You will glow with fitness and health, and will radiate self-confidence, the kind of confidence that only comes with people who know they have the total package , and its all their own making.
It happens to me all the time. Its a compliment in a way, although it used to be frustrating. But in your heart and mind you will know that the gains you are making are one hundred percent your own.
Thats the philosophy and ideology behind Urban-Muscle.
Muscle that is 100% YOURS!!
Now, please bear with me for a while. I need to get you on to the same wavelength as me, and therefore we are going on a little historical journey back in time. Dont worry, itll be fun!
The rise and fall of the once great sport of bodybuilding.
Bodybuilding (resistance training using some form of weight in order to build both strength and muscle mass) as a pastime has been around since the earliest civilizations, and the first variation of the dumbbell as we know it today is accredited to the Ancient Greeks in the second century.
Arguably, the 19th century strongman Eugene Sandow was the most famous early exponent of bodybuilding, and indeed the Mr.. Olympia trophy, the most prestigious trophy in bodybuilding today, is a miniature statue of Sandow himself. Part of Sandow's worldwide fame was due to images of his muscular physique and feats of strength being brought to the masses via the early use of cine camera, giving the Prussian a distinct advantage in self publicity over his predecessors.
Early Bodybuilding Competitions
Although there were recorded competitions as early as 1904, bodybuilding as a competitive sport only came to the fore in 1948 with the memorable battle between physique legends Steve Reeves and John C Grimek for the first Mr.. Universe title in London, won by Grimek.
In their wake came many early bodybuilding stars like Reg Park, Bill Pearl, Mickey Hargitay (who would marry Hollywood icon Jayne Mansfield), and Dave Draper. Although some athletes would successfully ''cross over'' into the mainstream, during the 1950s and 60s, bodybuilding's profile was on a par with that of butterfly collecting and tiddlywinks, and even considered something of a sleazy pastime by many. The legendary five time Mr. Universe winner Bill Pearl may have trained the Apollo astronauts that went to the moon, but even the most prestigious bodybuilding events were held at tiny auditoriums in front of a few hundred people.
Prior to the Pumping Iron era, bodybuilding to most people was best represented by Charles Atlas and his legendary mail order 'dynamic tension' program.
Muscles in the Movies
During the 50's and 60's bodybuilding's profile was raised slightly by the likes of Steve Reeves and Reg Park appearing in Italian sword and sandal epics as Hercules, and Dave Draper getting small parts in several ''muscle beach'' movies, most famously Don't Make Waves with Tony Curtis and Sharon Tate.
Muscular actors were a rarity in Hollywood. Sean Connery may have been a contestant in the 1953 Mr. Universe (coming 3rd), but by 1962 when he first played James Bond in Dr. No, he was considerably slimmer and conventionally built.
Marlon Brando may have displayed an impressive pair of bulging biceps when he played Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire in 1951, but although his ''method'' style of acting broke new ground, it would be several decades before a muscular physique would become the Hollywood norm for leading men.
Pumping Iron
In 1977 George Butler, Charles Gaines and Arnold Schwarzenegger took the sport of bodybuilding to the masses with their hit documentary Pumping Iron, based on Gaines' best-selling book of the same name.
Chronicling the buildup to the 1975 Mr.. Olympia competition in South Africa, the film was a hit for three reasons Schwarzenegger's physique was truly breathtaking and light years ahead of anything else at the time, Arnold's charismatic and engaging personality marked him as a genuine star, and the skill in which writer Gaines and producer Butler put together Pumping Iron, plus Schwarzenegger's clear passion for the sport made bodybuilding an appealing and compelling subject matter. Suddenly, gyms across the US reported a boom in memberships as for the first time ever it became cool to lift weights and chase a muscular physique, or ''pump iron.''