Three More Reps - The Golden Age of Bodybuilding: From Arnold Schwarzenegger to Tom Platz, Frank Zane, Franco Columbu and many more

by George Snyder, Rick Wayne, Matthias Hues

3 More Reps showcases the golden age of Bodybuilding, and it's superstars. Like pumping iron, it gives you an inside into the world of Joe Weider's top bodybuilders and their training routines for the Mr. Olympia stage and first-hand personal interviews. Enjoy first-hand interviews with Arnold Schwarzenegger and learn more about your other favorite golden age bodybuilders like Frank Zane, Franco Columbu or Mike Mentzer, Tom Platz to name just a few. Read about the humble beginnings of Joe and Ben Weider the godfathers of the Bodybuilding industry and the Mr. Olympia contests. The author George Snyder's name is practically synonymous with the health and weight training industry. He has been an integral force in the world of bodybuilding. He is the creator of the training camp concept and is also an innovative and highly successful promoter, having conceived and created both the highly publicized and popular Miss Olympia Contest and the Galaxy Competitions the first two milestones for women in the fitness world. In 1990, Snyder impacted the industry with the publication of his Freestyle books. These books outlined the tenants of a program Snyder has created and perfected for over 40 years. Snyder has published freestyle Methods in some of his earlier books and magazines as well as in his recent magazines over the past 30 years. Snyder has been an active force in the world of strength training and physical culture for most of his life. He opened his first health club in 1965 and was the first progressive gym owner to allow women to train at his club. He organized and held the first bodybuilding training camps in the early 1970s and today contains a series of fitness training camps geared for women and men. Over the years he has authored several books on physical fitness and a veritable library of popular magazines. Today he is involved in several books and magazine publishing ventures, contest promotions, plus new product and program development as it pertains to Freestyle. Snyder has republished 3 More Reps!, the training routines of 24 Super-champions including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Franco Columbu, Dave Draper, Frank Zane, Mike Mentzer, and also action movie stars like Matthias Hues and Alexander Nevsky. He is working on his new book, Crossroads which deals with the history of women’s fitness. Snyder has joined forces with Jose Garcia (a promoter from Mexico) to create the third milestone in the fitness world – the Freestyle Fitness Competitions, geared for the fitness model and scored on beauty & figure. George Snyder recently announced action star Matthias Hues as his international director after working together over two decades in the fitness industry. Further George recently welcomed Actor- bodybuilding legend Joe Bucci and international acting star Alexander Nevsky on board of directors.

485 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 4, 2019

About the author

Written So Far

Started by publishing short stories in men’s magazines; one to Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. First novel, ‘The Surfer Killers’ published as ‘Surfside Sex’ by Neva Paperbacks in early sixties. With Merit and Award books and through promoter Lyle Kenyon Engel, wrote seven Nick Carter spy/adventure screw and kill books. One book, ‘The Defector’ went into three printings and was translated into French and Japanese. And writing as Patrick Morgan, wrote ten spy/thrillers in the Operation Hang Ten series with titles like, ‘Hang Dead Hawaiian Style’(translated into French and Japanese), ‘Cute and Deadly Surf Twins’, ‘Deadly Group Down Under’ ‘Too Many Murders’ etc. As Ray Stanley, wrote ‘The Mini Cult Murders,’ loosely based on Charles Manson.
Breaking loose on my own in the late seventies, wrote a sci-fi Romance ‘Beyond Gender Wars,’ eventually published as eBook by Extasy Publishing in 2010. Self-published three books in Baylor Rumble series, ‘Bad Girl Dead,’ ‘Bleeding Sisters,’ ‘Catalina Killers,’ as well as non-fiction book, ‘Making it on Social Security’ and two memoirs, ‘The $900 Honda’ and ‘Roar and Thunder.’ In 2011 connected with BooksForABuck Publishing who published ‘Satin Shorts,’ and 2012 ‘The Crossfire Diamonds.’ Also in 2012 received an award from the Southwestern Writers Conference, Albuquerque in the mystery/detective/thriller category for my crime novel, ‘The Farewell Heist,’ published by BooksForABuck in July 2013. Solstice Publishing brought out the eBook of #4 in the Baylor Rumble crime novel series, ‘Baja Bullets’ and in 2013 the printed version.
In 2013 launched my new, Logan Sand hardboiled crime series. The first novel, ‘The Calcutta Dragon’ is complete. Halfway through the second, ‘Plundered Angels.’
And a television media production company is negotiating with my publisher/agent for a film option on ‘Baja Bullets.’
George Snyder
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Reviews

[Terminus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Immer schön zu sehen wie man früher trainiert hat