Triple H Making the Game Triple Hs Approach to a Better Body WWE
Triple H Making the Game Triple Hs Approach to a Better Body WWE
Love him or hate him, Triple H does what he wants, when he wants to do it. And now, for the first time anywhere, he tells you how he does it — and how you can, too.
Making The Game — Triple H’s Approach to a Better Body is Triple H’s verbal and visual blueprint for building your body. He discusses how “a Jones for bodybuilding and a love for wrestling” morphed a skinny, 135-pound fourteen-year-old into one of the biggest Superstars in World Wrestling Entertainment. But be warned — the “Cerebral Assassin” has two words for anyone who’s not serious about the craft: “Complacency sucks!” He’s spent the past twenty years living by the philosophy that training results in improved strength and conditioning, self-discipline, and an ability to focus on setting goals. This book isn’t for pantywaists who’d rather exercise their egos.
Triple H had help along the way. He didn’t get to be “that damn good” without the support of a loving family. And over the years several bodybuilders (including world-renowned trainer Charles Glass) worked with him to develop the best training regimens. Their advice, plus hardcore commitment, helped Paul Levesque survive “The Hard Way In” through Walter “Killer” Kowalski’s wrestling school and become “Terra Rising” in Kowalski’s International Wrestling Federation; enabled him to adjust to a difficult life on the road as “the French guy” in World Championship Wrestling; and gave “Hunter Hearst-Helmsley” the self-assurance he needed to succeed.
Making The Game breaks down and demonstrates the split-training workout program Triple H has embraced to achieve new levels of success in sculpting his body. Between drilling you with reps and sets, he relates how training gave him the inner strength to shoulder the brunt of a controversial “Curtain Call” in the ring and, later, to elevate his position with Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock as one of the “Big Three” in WWE. Relive the fateful Raw events of May 2001 that left Triple H with a torn quadriceps muscle. Then you too can feel “The Triple H Burn,” the series of exercises he endured through nine months of physical therapy so he could resume his wrestling career.
Besides offering the lowdown with step-by-step exercises for both novice bodybuilders and those looking to radically advance their workout, Making The Game weighs in on the science behind progressive-training resistance and rest-pause techniques; the significance of exercise form over volume; the truth behind achieving “six-pack abs”; the dangers of overtraining and “skullcrushing” exercises that risk injury; and how creativity can go a long way in your workout. Triple H sees it as his mission to provide the guidelines for you to follow in the months and years ahead. And if there’s one thing he knows how to do, it’s succeed.
It’s time to stop playing The Game…and time to start Making The Game.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars A Great Starter Biography
I’ve been an avid WWE/F fan for 5 years during the thriving 1998-2003 era and after lounging around wrestling autobiography sections in bookstores several times I finally decided to give into my guilty pleasure and purchase one. Naturally I selected the autobiography of my overall favorite and most inspiring wrestler (in my opinion of course) “Triple H’s Making Of The Game”.
At this point of time I really didn’t have a strong grasp on mechanics and politics of wrestling. I didn’t understand how a match was coordinated nor did I have knowledge about basic wrestling terminology such as “kayfabe”, “shoot”, and “job” etc. This book did an great job filling me in on those concepts along with explaining some effective techniques for perfecting an already established work-out routine. Be warned though don’t expect to pick up a full work-out routine from scratch with just this book. Paul Levesque (Triple H’s real name) simply reveals some of his favorite exercises but does not go into the specifics on how to effectively perform them.
This book also dives into detail about Paul’s personal and financial struggles in the Independent Wrestling League, WCW and his eventual debut into the WWE/F. During that time Paul exposes some of his aimless bounces from poor gimmick to poor gimmick until he finally obtained the one that launched him into superstardom status. In terms of back-story content, this book has a chapter dedicated to each of the following: Paul’s membership in the Kliq, his real life and storyline relationship with Stephanie McMahon, and his horrific quadracep injury illuminating the emotion involved with the rehab process and triumphant return to the WWE/F.
With all that being said, had I rated this book immediately after my first read I would have given it 5 stars. This autobiography was a gateway to my inspiration for purchasing other wrestling autobiographies such as Mick Foley’s two best sellers “Foley is Good”, “Have a Nice Day”, and Stonecold’s “The Stone Cold Truth”.
However, after finishing those other autobiographies, obtaining a stronger point of reference on wrestling, and rereading Paul’s book a couple more times I have to say that “Triple H’s Making of the Game” is nothing more than a starter biography and in hindsight I realized that’s all it was meant to be. Its sole purpose was to appeal to the mainstream market and provide some basic knowledge to people about the workings of wrestling. I say this because this book fails to capture the high-flavored controversial elements of wrestling in contrast to other autobiographies that I have read. I guess one could say that the content of this book was very “safe” as Paul deliberately omitted any material that could potentially damage his reputation or the reputation of the WWE/F. (i.e. he could’ve went into detail about the infamous Montreal Screwjob but refused to due to the fact doing so would harm Shawn Micheals, Vince McMahon, and of course himself).
Bottom Line: If you have never read a wrestling autobiography and are looking to learn more about the man who walks into the Triple H skin every Monday night then definitely pick this book up. It’s an overall good read. However, if you are a wrestling veteran and an experienced reader of wrestling autobiographies you may be disappointed with this one due to its lack of controversial flavoring. Pick-up another biography for those intensive purposes.
4 Stars The life of a modern WWE wrestler
He gives pretty good tips and it is a pretty good read overall. He had a good physique that peaked out at Wrestlemania 18 after he came from his Quad tear but slowly but surely degraded into what we last saw after NWR 07 when he tore his other quad. When your sleep, nutrition, work outs and recuperation time get all screwed due to their travel schedule and pounding they take in the ring on regular basis…it all adds up. If you go to bodybuilding.com, HHH is interviewed on ProBodybuidling weekly and he talks in depth about it.
This book gives you a good insight as to what Paul Levesque has gone through and it also confirms what both the Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair biography’s have said: Behind that curtain is a very cut throat and a very politically driven enviroment. Hogan went through it with Russo, Flair went through it with Bischoff and HHH went through it when he was courting Stephanie from those in WWE upper management.
It gives a basic beginners workout routine for those just starting to workout and it gives good ideas on how to eat as healthy as possible when traveling frequently. On the wrestling business portion of it, it shows how fickle management can be and who they push can change like the weather. For anybody looking to break into the business, this book is a pretty good guide as to what to expect and what can happen.
A common theme of these bio’s are what they had to go through to reach the upper echelon and what they’ve learned along the way. We can learn from their experiences as to what not to do and what to do when life throws you a curve ball. For anybody who ever wondered what their favorite wrestler is like outside of the ring and what triumphs and tribulations they’ve gone through, then these are great reads. It really humanizes them and gives you a greater appreciation for them.
1 Star Androgenic Anabolic Steroid Abuse Made HHH Big
AAS (androgenic anabolic steroids) and a lot of high weight low-rep weightlifting made HHH the big man he is today. When you follow the advice of a bodybuilder, remember that illegal steroid use is necessary to ever look like these guys. Use of these drugs, and use of many other cocktails of “stacked” drugs by guys like HHH include growth hormone, insulin (very dangerous), combinations of testosterone and its derivatives and anti-estrogenic drugs and many others. If you don’t go broke right away, don’t get addicted, develop a myriad of health problems later including liver, kidney and heart damage, and you can stay out of jail, maybe these drugs are for you. Just remember that when the hemorrhoids get bad enough, you too will be standing in the dugout like Mark McGuire, unable to sit down because it hurts too much.
If you want a book about health or achieving a healthy body, don’t read this one.
2 Stars B.S.
I ordered this book and it never showed up. Never buy anything from this book store if you actually want to get your purchase.
4 Stars Triple H Making the Game: Triple H’s Approach to a Better Body (WWE)
A good read if your into fitness, or a wrestling fan. Great insight on what it takes to succeed in wrestling, bodybuilding, and life. Great tips on fitness and nutrition. An easy read with a good look into Triple H’s career. A definite motivater, with helpful tips.
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