Acknowledgements
Without the publicity arising from being published in newsstand body-
building magazines, the interchange with the authors and readers of
, and feedback from readers of my articles, this book could
not exist.Specific gratitude, in alphabetical order, is owed to John Balik, Steve Downs,
Steve Holman, Bob Kennedy, Chris Lund, Peter McGough, Dave McIner-
ney, Bill Philips, Peary Rader and Joe Weider for publishing my articles.I want to thank Jan Dellinger, Brooks Kubik, John Leschinski and Efstathios
Papadopoulos, , for providing feedback and a sounding board during the
production of this book. A special debt of gratitude is owned to Dave Mau-
rice for his consistent rigorism, thoroughness and patience when critiquing
draft copies of individual chapters.Debts of appreciation are also owed to Carolyn Weaver for the index,
Stephen Wedan for the cover illustration, Nicholas Zavallis for the cover
design, and J. G. Cassoulides & Son for its dependability and expert print-
ing.Trademarks
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been marked as such. But CS Publishing Ltd. cannot attest to the accuracy
of this information. ere may be unintentional omissions in acknowledg-
ing trademarks. e publication and use of this book does not affect the
validity of any trademark or service mark.As far as instruction goes, there is very little that is truly new in
the weight-training world. Here is how I expressed this point in
: “Charles A. Smith, over the time I knew him before his
death in January , used to remind me that what we have today we
owe to the past. How right he was. As Chas used to put it, ‘It’s upon
the pioneers’ shoulders that we have to stand in order to be as tall as
they. We’re merely the heirs of those who have gone before us.’”