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The Art of Expressing the Human Body
Beyond his martial arts and acting abilities, Bruce Lee's physical appearance and strength were truly astounding. He achieved this through an intensive and ever-evolving conditioning regime that is being revealed for the first time in this book. Drawing on Lee's own notes, letters, diaries and training logs, bodybuilding expert John Little presents the full extent of Lee's...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
November 15th 1998
by Tuttle Publishing
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This book is an attempt by editor John Little to present Bruce Lee's fitness regimen in as comprehensive a manner as possible. There's no question that Lee was at the pinnacle of musculature and physical performance, but until now, how he achieved that strength has been a mystery.
Little organizes Lee's workout notes into comprehensive routines that the reader can follow (assuming he or she has the right equipment, which thankfully, is often just a couple dumbells and enough space).
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Little organizes Lee's workout notes into comprehensive routines that the reader can follow (assuming he or she has the right equipment, which thankfully, is often just a couple dumbells and enough space).
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Probably the most fascinating book on Bruce Lee yet. It covers not his film career or martial arts training, but his physical training. Not many realize that Bruce Lee was an innovator in physical training and body building. This book documents, as much as possible, what he did for training and how he built his body to be capable of the amazing feats he was capable of.
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As always with Bruce Lee, this is focused and to the point. It's a good companion volume for any martial artist who wants a little more information about the how and why of the martial arts .
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This book basically provides about a million exercises to do as Bruce man used to do and recommend. Good stuff
Bruce Lee took the expression of the physical self to his ideal.
Simple, efficient training. Absorb what's useful and add your own.
True inspiration for intuitive exercising, and positive thinking.
Sometimes a little dated, but still a lot to learn
This book gives some insight into Bruce Lee's training methods. He was a pioneer in his approach to combining weight training, cardio vascular training, circuit training combined with martial arts practice.
This book is good if you are looking for ideas on supplementing your martial arts training and you can easily incorporate and modify some of the workouts to suit your own needs.
This book is good if you are looking for ideas on supplementing your martial arts training and you can easily incorporate and modify some of the workouts to suit your own needs.
Very insightful look into the training methods (and training philosophy) of the Man himself.
This was my first training guide, and started me down the long road into the world of fitness...You don't read it as much as browse. There's a good bit of information to be unpacked by a discerning eye, and a lot of wisdom behind his practices.
This was my first training guide, and started me down the long road into the world of fitness...You don't read it as much as browse. There's a good bit of information to be unpacked by a discerning eye, and a lot of wisdom behind his practices.
For any one who wants to learn how Bruce got his great physique. It gives his routines from the very beginning to the last time we saw him.
Good introduction to Bruce Lee, although it's obvious the author has a tendency to exaggerate. Interesting to see his fitness records and such.
It was written by his friends, and really well written, and made him human in my mind instead of an actor.
Changed me physically and mentally
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Bruce Lee was an American-born martial artist, philosopher, instructor, martial arts actor and the founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts system, widely regarded as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century and a cultural icon. He was the father of actor Brandon Lee and of actress Shannon Lee.
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