Inspired by champion bodybuilder and filmdom's quintessential Hercules--STEVE REEVES--this compact but revolutionary philosophical primer prepares anyone at any age to properly practice practical principles of total fitness, diet, nutrition and weight training to their utmost benefit for health, longevity and youthful vitality. It pays special tribute, carrying on the torch passed on by Reeves, by forcefully raising its impassioned voice against unnatural, steroidal bodybuilding. It confronts the latter-day fitness fads, frauds and gurus from Perricone to Dr. Phil by imparting proven precepts of natural fitness without worthless resort to infomerical-promoted contraptions(like Bowflex)or synthetic supplements. CONTENTS Acknowledgment Preface: Train--Don't Talk--For Results Foreword: Why Rely On Reeves For Verve Chapter One: Physique Critique Chapter Two: Sensible Weight Training Chapter Three: Training Tips For Select Exercises Chapter Four: How To Weight-Train Correctly(In Steve's Own Words To The Mass Media) Chapter Five: Practical(Not Perricone)Prescription For Youth Chapter Six: Intelligent Nutrition And Weight Control Chapter Seven: Supermarket Banking Chapter Eight: Insight Into The Steve Reeves Diet Chapter Nine: The Travesty Of Steroidal Bulk-Building(In Steve's Own Words To The Mass Media) Chapter Ten: Contemporary Bulk-Building--Advanced And Modern Or Deadly And Suicidal? Chapter Eleven: Steve's Impassioned Pleas For Sanity In Bodybuilding(In His Own Words) Chapter Twelve: Now It's My Turn(Or Why I'm No Fan Of Arnold!) Afterword: A Superior And Superlative Past Appendix 1: Contacts And Stats Appendix 2: A Cautionary Warning To Parents Of YMCA Kids Appendix 3: Picking A "Personal Trainer" Appendix 4: Genetic Grounds To Refrain From Bulk-Building