Five-time Mr. Universe, seven-time Mr. Olympia, and Mr. World, Arnold Schwarzenegger is the name in bodybuilding. Here is his classic bestselling autobiography, which explains how the “Austrian Oak” came to the sport of bodybuilding and aspired to be the star he has become. I still remember that first visit to the bodybuilding gym. I had never seen anyone lifting weights before. Those guys were huge and brutal….The weight lifters shone with sweat; they were powerful looking, Herculean. And there it was before me—my life, the answer I'd been seeking. It clicked. It was something I suddenly just seemed to reach out and find, as if I'd been crossing a suspended bridge and finally stepped off onto solid ground. Arnold shares his fitness and training secrets—demonstrating with a comprehensive step-by-step program and dietary hints how to use bodybuilding for better health. His program includes a special four-day regimen of specific exercises to develop individual muscle groups—each exercise illustrated with photos of Arnold in action. For fans and would-be bodybuilders, this is Arnold in his own words.

本書は単なる成功録を超え、不屈の意志を肉体に刻み込むプロセスを描いた「自己変革の叙事詩」です。自身の体を理想の彫刻へと近づけるストイックな精神性は、運命を自ら切り拓く強烈な生の肯定に満ちています。彼の言葉は、目標に向かう孤独な戦いを一種の崇高な芸術へと昇華させています。 特に、ジムでの衝撃を「人生の答え」と直感する瞬間の描写は、宗教的啓示のような神聖さを放ちます。読者は彼の筋肉の躍動を追体験することで、限界を突破し続ける人間の底知れぬ力強さに触れるでしょう。肉体を通じて魂を磨き上げるその哲学は、あらゆる読者の心に情熱の火を灯すはずです。