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Men's Health Muscle Chow: More Than 150 Meals to Feed Your Muscles and Fuel Your Workouts |  | Author: Gregg Avedon
Publisher: Rodale Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 4381
Media: Paperback
Pages: 288
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 1594865485
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.04234
EAN: 9781594865480
ASIN: 1594865485
Publication Date: December 10, 2007
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Product Description
Achieving your best body ever requires that two elements merge as one: solid training and good nutrition. This book provides the nutritional component of that muscle-bulding equation, offering the Men’s Health take on food for fitness. Men’s Health Muscle Chow gives you more than 150 simple recipes for delicious meals ranging from workout protein shakes to healthy dinners the whole family will enjoy. Inside, you’ll find: - Eight easy-to-remember dietary strategies to keep your eating habits in line
- Filling breakfasts like Banana Protein Pancakes; energizing entrées including Muscle-Bound Chili and Mahi Fish Wraps; hunger-killing snacks such as Malted Almond Bombs; even desserts like Key Lime Pie—all designed to help burn fat and build muscle
- A shopping list that makes it easy to stock up on essential ingredients and kitchen tools
- A troubleshooting guide for guys with more experience at the gym than in the kitchen
- Insider strategies, tips, tricks of the trade
And Men’s Health Muscle Chow is much more than just a cookbook. It offers a solid foundation for understanding meal timing and the effects nutrients have on your body. Author Gregg Avedon also outlines his program of 2-month diet cycles that help you set and reach your fitness goals.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 52
 Good stuff April 5, 2010
P. Stout (State College, PA)
Some really good recipes in this book. First and only cookbook I purchased for myself. Love the muscle bombs.
Solid info inside typical Men's Health write-up March 22, 2010
Laplace Transform (Baltimore)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a decent book. It's written like a Men's Health mag, so if you don't like that "voice" then you won't enjoy this book at all. It's a bit silly but supposed to be inspiring, motivational, casual guy talk. Whatever.
Some reviews have complained about similicity of recipes. Or that recipes when followed have no flavor. Or that they turn out bad when followed exactly. Well, let me address these points.
1) Simple recipes are a positive thing for a busy man who is trying to balance a fast paced, demanding career with an active social life and a tough workout regimen. The more easy ways we can get full nutrition with high protein content the better. Less items to shop for, less time spent preparing food items, less time consuming them.
2) For somebody who is focused on body building or athletic performance, food is fuel. It isn't a social occasion. It isn't something where you sit down and enjoy all the flavors and aromas. It's like putting gas in your car. Pick the quality grade you want, pump it in, and get back on the road.
3) If you follow a recipe and it turns out bad, you probably did something wrong. If you follow recipes to the letter, you're definitely doing something wrong (unless you're baking). Recipes are guidelines. What is a "medium" tomato? Or a "large" egg? Or even "medium" heat? Food products vary widely by location, consumer-grade ovens can vary by as much as 25 degrees, stovetops vary in heat output.. you don't like cumin? Well then don't put so much in the chili. Enough said.
Now I do agree, the organization of this book is somewhat poor. It seems good at first, but after you first look at it and then start using it, you wish things were in different places. Well ya know what I did? I used a razor and cut the pages out. Used a 3-hole punch and re-organized them into a binder. Now the pages are where I want them, with dividers and markers so I can find everything quickly. It's not a holy Bible, you can suit it to fit your needs, remove the junk you don't want. I also added pages from other similar books that I like and compliment this material.
Also, this isn't a diet book per se, it's a nutrition book more than anything. If you're looking to loose weight by changing your diet, just eating the foods in the book won't be as beneficial as something tailored towards weight loss. These foods are to be paired with a strenuous exercise routine to build muscle in the serious athlete.
And finally, everybody is different. While it's tempting to have a play-by-play which tells you exactly what to eat, when to eat it, what supps to take, etc.. that doesn't mean it's going to work for you. You need to work at it, take notes, and change things one thing at a time to see what effects it has, and over time you find the right combination for you. Yea it's good to have a starting point, but unless you're built like Greg Avendon (if you're reading this you probably aren't!), then you most likely won't benefit from his nutritional profile. Take the concepts he lays out and then do the hard work to make it applicable to you.
 Do not buy! February 15, 2010
C. Cota
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
this was purchased for me for my birthday because i am living a more healthy lifestyle now and thought this would help. my girlfriend and i have tried numerous recipes out of this book and only one so far has been worth the effort. everything else hase little to no taste or when the recipe is followed exactly it comes out as a disaster. (muffins for example) maybe i'm just messing everything up, but i wouldn't recommend this book to anyone.
 Pretty Good February 13, 2010
M. Chehade
I am am a person that is trying to gain mass. And this book helps there are a few things why I like it.
1. The recipes are extremely easy. It does not use some weird foods or ingredients you never heard of before. And ushally for me it would take about 30min to prep it and cook it. Not bad not a lot of work to do...which I like for the one thats always on the go..
2. Speaking of on the go. this book is broken down to every thing! eggs, beef, turkey, saldas, pasta, every thing! It tells you how many calories and carbs are in each meal. excllent for those who are keeping track of thier diet. I am a person that would stare at a piece of meat and guess howmany calories is in it. This book tells yoU!
Now the only thing I have question about this book is that. Is every meal you make just 1 person? Cause if thats the case it is an insane amount of food. 4 beef burgers? Which by the way are the BEST burgers I ever ate. But I added some flaxseeds with the wheat germ for more nutrition...
Overall pretty good book, its easy and most of the recipies are pretty good. Now people think I know how to cook!
Very informative for a more advanced audience January 25, 2010
Lee P. Esplin
Men's Health Muscle Chow was a very informative book that includes many recipes. The reason I gave it a four is because it was geared towards a more advanced audience and required quite a bit of foreknowledge on the subject of nutrition.
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