Hard Bodies by Gladys Portugues & Joyce Vedral: published by Dell 1986

Large format (A4) Paperback. Used Good condition. From Wayne Gallasch’s private collection.  RARE.  Contact tina@gmv.com.au for postage details.  Will ship for under 1 Kg.

Photos by Paul B. Goode

The description on the book reads:

BUILD A BETTER BODY

• Learn how to evaluate your own body
• Find the program that is designed for your needs
• Fine-tune your workout to attack your problem areas
• Achieve perfect body symmetry
• Improve your posture and your self-image.
• Attain cardiovascular fitness
• Reach your ideal weight with the hard bodies chart.
• Combat the signs and symptoms of aging.

Gladys Portugues – model, award winning bodybuilder, and fitness trainer.  You’ve seen her photographs in Self, Cosmopolitan, and Ms. You’ve seen her in the film Pumping Iron II and at the Women’s Olympia international competition, where she took the prize for the Best Improved Bodybuilder.

Now teamed up with Joyce Vedral, a regular contributor to Muscle & Fitness magazine, Gladys will improve your body – using the principles of weight-training – into the sleek, sexy, perfectly proportioned hard body you’ve always wanted.