Pro-Style Bodybuilding by Tom Platz & Bill Reynolds

Pro-Style Bodybuilding (Tom Platz Bodybuilding Training Guide, 1985)

A Golden Era Bodybuilding Training Manual by Mr. Universe Tom Platz, Written with Bill Reynolds

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Pro-Style Bodybuilding
• Authors: Tom Platz & Bill Reynolds
• Editor: Robert Hernandez
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1985
• ISBN-10: 0806979100
• Edition Details: Sterling Publishing paperback edition, 1985. 10th printing.
• Binding: Publisher's illustrated glossy card wrappers, perfect bound.
• Physical Format: Large softcover (trade paperback), approximately 230 x 180 mm, 192 pages. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white exercise photographs, with colour photographs to the covers.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Wraps: The glossy dark purple illustrated front cover shows light wear: a visible crease line near the bottom fore-corner, a small chipped and lifted lower corner with the silvery edge showing, scuffing and faint scratches on the dark surface, and slight creasing at the top right corner. The cream spine, printed in blue and black, is legible and not visibly cracked. The back cover is clean and cream, with the price of $10.95 printed upon it.
• Interior: The text block is solid and clean. The title page and copyright page are clean and bright. The page edges are lightly toned, with a few tiny specks. The photographic and text pages are free of markings.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

Published in New York by Sterling in 1985, Pro-Style Bodybuilding is a training guide by Tom Platz, written with Bill Reynolds, with a foreword by Arnold Schwarzenegger. It sets out a complete bodybuilding routine and considers diet and off-season training, along with advice on preparing for competition.

The book covers off-season bulking diets and exercises, pre-contest definition strategies, and Platz's Extended-Sets system. It presents more than 40 illustrated exercises, together with guidance on posing and on what judges look for.

Platz was a Mr. Universe, and the book comes from the height of his competitive career. It is a period piece for collectors of bodybuilding and physical-culture literature.

Author Profile: Tom Platz

Tom Platz, born on 26 June 1955, was an American bodybuilder known as the Golden Eagle. He made his Mr. Olympia debut in 1978 with an eighth-place finish and went on to compete at the top level of the sport through the mid-1980s. After his competitive career he moved into acting in films.

Pro-Style Bodybuilding is listed in his bibliography. He also announced the World Bodybuilding Federation at the closing ceremonies of an IFBB Mr. Olympia event.

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