Basic Weight Training for Men and Women - Softcover

Fahey, Thomas D.

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9780073046884: Basic Weight Training for Men and Women

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0073046884 ISBN 13: 9780073046884

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2006

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This popular text for is a comprehensive, practical guide to developing a personalized weight-training program with both free weights and machines. Weight training concepts and specific exercises are grouped by body region, and many photographs, illustrations, diagrams, and figures demonstrate proper technique and form.

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The text gives students tools, including a detachable training log, to create a personalized weight training program.
Weight training concepts and specific exercises are grouped by body region.
Plentiful illustrations, diagrams, and figures demonstrate proper technique and form.
Inset drawings next to training illustrations show each muscle group being developed.
The new fourth edition contains the latest information on exercise, including both the 1998 ACSM guidelines and The Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health.
Expanded coverage includes a discussion of weight training and health, resistance training and aging, and isometric training and strength gain.
The text addresses current trends and issues in weight training and answers questions such as 'What's the optimum number of sets and reps for gaining strength?' and 'What do I need to know about supplements such as DHEA and creatine?'
A new Web site appendix includes up-to-date lists of relevant sites for further information.

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