Learn how to design and maintain a safe, personalized, effective, and enjoyable weight-training program with WEIGHT TRAINING FOR LIFE, International Edition! Practical, visual, and clear, this best-selling book is ideal for anyone interested in learning about weight training. Preparing you to plan your own weight training programs for a lifetime of fitness, this book builds a solid foundation of current knowledge and practice in weight training for men and women of all ages and skill level. The book contains hundreds of full-color photos demonstrating exercises and proper techniques. It also contains forms for writing goals, planning a personal weight-training program, and recording circumference, strength, and muscle endurance measurements. Once you've read this text, you'll see how weight training, done properly, can be a fun, beneficial, and lifelong activity.
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International ed of 9th revised ed
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Höhe: 269 mm
Breite: 213 mm
Dicke: 10 mm
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978-1-4390-4132-1 (9781439041321)
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Part I: GETTING STARTED. 1. What, Who, and Why. 2. Frequently Asked Questions. 3. Muscle Structure and Function. 4. Warm-Up, Flexibility, and Stretching. 5. Safe and Effective Weight Training. 6. A Beginning Weight Training Program. 7. Recovery. Part II: LEARNING MORE WEIGHT TRAINING EXERCISES. 8. Chest Exercises. 9. Back Exercises. 10. Shoulder Exercises. 11. Arm Exercises. 12. Leg Exercises. 13. Trunk Flexion and Extension Exercises. Part III: GETTING THE MOST OUT OF WEIGHT TRAINING. 14. Measurement and Evaluation. 15. A Formula for Success. 16. Planning Your Personal Weight Training Program. 17. Beyond the Basics. 18. Weight Training for Life.
