Ripped Three the Recipes the Routines and the Reasons: 3 (Ripped: the Recipes, the Routines and the Reasons)

Read this as a teenager and wanted to revisit this wisdom

The quality of the book was first class and good value for money. Dispatch was relatively quick. Excellent book and good service.

I'm a huge fan of all of Clarence Bass's books, but I must say that Ripped 3 is my favourite. Common sense knowledge that's easy to apply, both for nutrition and workouts, and Ripped 3 doesn't disappoint!

Are you kidding me! The series is a must have for the bodybuilder. It is an eye opener and buckstrends of todays of "high protein". The short of this is it works. In less than three months I have droppedover 20lbs and nobody thought I had to loose weight. Of course I lost some muscle which, Mr Bass will explain to you.The cool thing is I feel great, I have lost no strength gaining in some exercises. I am seeing detail that makes me giggle and say things like "F#%*!*g Aye"!

This guy was more ripped than Bruce Lee. You look up ripped in the dictionary and you should see this guy's picture. I'm not saying everyone has to be like that, but you can sure learn a lot from this author and he writes well too. I have all three Ripped books and this is the best of the three.

This MAY be the best book I've read on periodization for bodybuilding- it's certainly one of the best. Clarence presents his plan clearly, without unnecessary jargon or complication. And he provides "The Reasons", as promised.Also provided is "up to date" information on cardiovascular conditioning and stretching(surprising that it's so "current" given this was released in 1986). I know of no other bodybuilding book, from the 1980's, that discusses things like interval training or waiting until the end of one's workout to stretch. Actually, Ageless Athletes(1988) by Richard Winett, PhD, lays out some interval training(and periodization)plans, but I'll give you one guess as to where he got his ideas from!Clarence also details his eating methods to retain his low body fat and muscularity throughout the year- complete with recipes. There is still a wealth of good information in this section but it's definitely dated. For example, I do not recall the role of healthy fats being discussed and- if I remember correctly -I think he advises against eating certain types of fatty fish like salmon! Obviously, we know better now.In conclusion, the vast majority of the content holds up today. Thirty years later, Ripped 3 is still a winner.

A true inspiration. I have exercised for over 20 years. This book and author inspires me to do more and think of the newest way to excel in fitness.