Weight Training for Life - Softcover

Hesson, James L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0895822938 ISBN 13: 9780895822932

Publisher: Morton Publishing Co, 1995

Synopsis

WEIGHT TRAINING FOR LIFE, SEVENTH EDITION is ideal for anyone interested in learning about weight training. It is designed to help men and women of all ages build a solid foundation of current knowledge and practice in weight training, as well as learn the most effective ways to develop the body shape one desires. The text contains full-color photos demonstrating exercises. It also contains forms for writing goals, for planning a personal weight-training program, and for recording circumference measurements, strength measurements, and muscle endurance measurements. Readers will learn how to design and maintain a safe, personalized, effective, and enjoyable weight-training program. They will learn that weight training, done properly, can be a fun and beneficial activity. Whether as a required or recommended text, WEIGHT TRAINING FOR LIFE continues to be the best-selling, most visually oriented weight training text in the higher education market.

About this title

Review:

"I feel the information in the text is of sufficient depth and detail for my students. There is a correspondence between the level of the text and the level of my course. The strength of the text includes its readability (easy to read), its colorful pictures, and useful charts/logs on which to record workouts and other information."

Synopsis:

Written for both students and teachers, this guide is designed to take the reader through the basic steps needed to safely begin a weight-training programme. Its purpose is to help build a good foundation of current knowledge and practice, and to make learning simple and painless.

About this edition

• Publisher: Morton Publishing Co
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0895822938
• ISBN 13: 9780895822932
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 170