The Strength Training Anatomy Workout
Starting Strength with Bodyweight Training and Minimal Equipment
Published on 16. March 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-4504-0095-4 (ISBN)
Description
Over one million readers have turned to Strength Training Anatomy for strength training's most effective exercises. Now put those exercises to work for you with "The Strength Training Anatomy Workout". Over 150 full-colour illustrations of this title allow you to get inside more than 200 exercises and 50 workouts to see how muscles interact with surrounding joints and skeletal structures. You'll also discover how variations, progressions and sequencing can affect muscle recruitment, the underlying structures and ultimately the results. "The Strength Training Anatomy Workout" includes proven programming for strength, power, bodybuilding and toning. You'll find targeted conditioning routines for optimal performance in more than 30 sports, including basketball, soccer, track and field and golf.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Champaign, IL
United States
Publishing group
Human Kinetics Publishers
Illustrations
1230 colour illustrations, 196 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 195 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
770 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4504-0095-4 (9781450400954)
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Persons
Frederic Delavier is a gifted artist with an exceptional knowledge of human anatomy. He studied morphology and anatomy for five years at the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and studied dissection for three years at the Paris Faculte de Medecine. Michael Gundill, has written 13 books on strength training, sport nutrition and health. His books have been translated into multiple languages and he has written over 500 articles for bodybuilding and fitness magazines around the world.
Content
Chapter 1. Develop Your Weight Training Program; Chapter 2. Equipment; Chapter 3. Diversify Resistance for Maximum Effectiveness; Chapter 4. How a Muscle Gains Strength; Chapter 5. Mechanisms of Muscle Enlargement; Chapter 6. How Muscles Increase Their Endurance; Chapter 7. Contraindications to Weight Training.