Weight Training For Dummies� - Softcover

Neporent, Liz; Schlosberg, Suzanne

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9780764550362: Weight Training For Dummies�

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764550365 ISBN 13: 9780764550362

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1997

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Weight training isn′t just for muscleheads like Arnold Schwarzenegger any more. Now, health experts are telling us that lifting weights strengthens your bones, boosts your energy, and helps you lose fat. Weight Training For Dummies helps you design a program that′s right for you with information you not only can trust but also understand. Health and fitness experts Liz Neporent and Suzanne Schlosberg talk you through whatever misconceptions you may have about weight training, and show you how to set goals and achieve them. They lay out basic principles of weight training for you, so that you can make sense of unfamiliar equipment at a gym or get the workout you want at home. Even if you already lift weights as part of your regular fitness routine, Weight Training For Dummies will inspire you to try new and different things with suggestions for improving your current exercises. Unlike other weight training books you may have seen, Weight Training For Dummies also offers tips specially tailored for kids, seniors, moms–to–be, and anyone who′d just like to lose some weight.

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From the Publisher:

A great book for beginners to gym instructors. . .
"...This clearly written and comprehensive book shows how anyone can make weight training a safe and beneficial part of their fitness life." -Peter Sikowitz, Editor-in-Chief, Men's Fitness Magazine

Would you like to add weight training to your fitness routine, but don't know where to start? Are you interested in toning and developing your muscles, but aren't sure which exercises work? Don't sweat it... roll up your sleeves and get ready to flex your muscles with "Weight Training for Dummies™".

This handy reference gives you the scoop on the most effective exercises for all your muscles-with tips for how to get the best value for your money.

By reading "Weight Training for Dummies™", you'll discover how to:

*Develop a personal weight training program based on your personal fitness goals

*Test your current strengths and track your improvements

*Use proper techniques to lift weights safely and get great results

*Distinguish the great weight training gadgets from the rip-offs

*Evaluate the polls, potions, and powders you hear about in the gym

*Choose trainers, videos, and classes to fit your schedule and your budget

*Adapt a weight training program for young kids, pregnant women, and seniors IDG Books Worldwide, Inc., headquartered in Foster City, Calif., is a leading global knowledge company featuring a diverse portfolio of technology, business and self-help books and computer-based learning tools, including the best-selling ...For Dummies�, ...Secrets� and Teach Yourself� and Cliffs Notes™ brands. IDG Books Worldwide has more than 700 active titles plus translations in 36 languages around the world.

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Would you like to add weight training to your fitness routine, but don′t know where to start? Are you interested in toning and developing your muscles, but aren′t sure which exercises work? Don′t sweat it . . . roll up your sleeves and get ready to flex your muscles with Weight Training For Dummies:

This handy reference gives you the scoop on the most effective exercises for all your muscles –– with tips for how to get the best value for your money.

Inside, you′ll discover how to: