Weight Training For Dummies (For Dummies Series) - Softcover

Neporent, Liz; Schlosberg, Suzanne; Archer, Shirley J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471768456 ISBN 13: 9780471768456

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2006

Synopsis

A properly executed strength or weight lifting regimen can lower your blood pressure and cholesterol levels, stabilize your blood sugar, reduce the risk of heart disease, increase your strength, and more. Weight Training For Dummies, Third Edition, is packed with all the information you need to start your own personalized weight training program and get yourself into peak condition fast. You ll find out about:

• Circuit and resistance training
• 20–minute weight training routines
• The newest and best weight training equipment
• Combining weight training with other exercise
• Gender differences in weight training goals and routines
• Specific approaches for baby boomers and seniors just starting out
• Using weight training to address specific health conditions
• Preventing injuries
• Weight training for children and teens

If you re getting pumped about weight training, don t delay. Buy Weight Training for Dummies, Third Edition today, and you ll be in shape in no time!

About this title

About the Author

Liz Neporent: Liz s first set of weights (actually, her brother s) were made of blue plastic and filled with sand; when they started leaking sand all over the house, her mother relegated all weight lifting activities to the basement.
Since that time, Liz has graduated into a well–known corporate fitness consultant, designing and managing fitness centers worldwide. Along the way, Liz also was a personal trainer, received a master s degree in exercise physiology, and got certified by the American College of Sports Medicine, National Strength and Conditioning Association, American Council of Exercise, and the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She is coauthor and author of several books, including Fitness For Dummies and Fitness Walking For Dummies and writes frequently for the New York Times, Family Circle, Shape, and others.
She currently hosts a daily internet show on eyada.com.

Suzanne Schlosberg: Suzanne s writing career began her freshman year in college when she was assigned to cover a pre–season NBA game and found herself in a locker room interviewing a dozen, tall, muscular, naked Boston Celtics. She decided she liked this writing stuff. Suzanne went on to become a newspaper reporter and magazine writer. Now a contributing editor to Shape and Health magazine, Suzanne is the coauthor, with Liz Neporent, of Fitness For Dummies and the author of The Ultimate Workout Log. She is also an instructor in the UCLA Extension Certificate in Journalism program. Always happy when she has a barbell in hand, Suzanne has lifted weights in Zimbabwe, Morocco, Iceland, and Micronesia, among other locales. She is the women s record holder in the Great American Sack Race, a quadrennial event held in Yerington, Nevada, in which competitors must run 5 miles while carrying a 50–pound sack of chicken feed.

Shirley Archer: Shirley is a former New York City attorney who traded the fast life for the fit life. A survivor of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome from stress and overworking, her recovery helped her to become a champion of fitness for health and to live fully in body, mind and spirit. She s now a health educator and fitness specialist at the Health Improvement Program at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, the author of ten fitness and wellness books, an international trainer of fitness instructors, and a frequently quoted media spokesperson worldwide. Her master s degree is in East Asian Studies from Harvard University, and she has special expertise in mind–body exercise. She s a mind–body spokesperson for IDEA, author of a monthly mind–body news column, and a spokesperson for the American Council on Exercise. She s certified by the American College of Sports Medicine, American Council on Exercise, and National Strength and Conditioning Association, among others. She s also a certified Pilates teacher and yoga instructor. She s created a number of corporate fitness programs, including Walking for Workplace Wellness, Fitness 9 to 5, and Stretching and Relaxation Tips for Workday Survival. Shirley believes that healthy bodies come in all shapes and sizes, and that you can live a longer, happier, and better life by choosing fitness every day.

From the Back Cover

Now featuring new quickie, core, and other specialized workouts

Fight flab, build strength, increase flexibility, and sculpt your body!

No matter what your age or fitness level, weight training has many health benefits. Featuring illustrated step–by–step exercises plus tips on equipment and specialized workouts, this friendly guide shows you how to get started and get results at home or at the gym, using free weights or weight machines.

Praise for Weight Training For Dummies

"A fun, easy–to–follow guide. . . . You′ll never be intimidated by a weight room again."
Peg Moline, Editorial Director, Shape

"Takes you step–by–step through setting up your own gym to developing a training program."
Self

"One of the easiest–to–understand, best–illustrated guides to important strength exercises we′ve ever seen."
Men′s Fitness

"Solid, comprehensive, and fun. . . . Photos illustrate more than 150 pages of exercises."
Seattle Post–Intelligencer

Discover how to

• Work with free weights or weight machines
• Select a gym or set up a home gym
• Exercise each major muscle group
• Add Pilates or yoga to your workout
• Use exercise bands and balls

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471768456
• ISBN 13: 9780471768456
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 412