Discover for yourself the magic of Strength Training Anatomy , one of the best-selling strength training books ever published! Get an intricate look at strength training from the inside out. Strength Training Anatomy , with over 528,000 copies already sold, brings anatomy to life with more than 400 full-color illustrations. This detailed artwork showcases the muscles used during each exercise and delineates how these muscles interact with surrounding joints and skeletal structures. Like having an X-ray for each exercise, the information gives you a multilateral view of strength training not seen in any other resource. This updated bestseller also contains new information on common strength training injuries and preventive measures to help you exercise safely. Chapters are devoted to each major muscle group, with 115 total exercises for arms, shoulders, chest, back, legs, buttocks, and abdomen. 10/26/2005 copyright, 144 pages.
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Now the top-selling book on strength training anatomy comes with the leading software in interactive anatomy to create an impressive package. Strength Training Anatomy, Second Edition , offers the most compelling artwork ever applied to the strength training category and returns with more illustrations and techniques for safely building muscle. Strength and fitness enthusiasts worldwide have discovered the benefits of having X-rays of hundreds of exercises, pinpointing the direct anatomical benefits of each one. Stunning, interactive anatomical images are also now provided via Primal Pictures software program Essentials of Interactive Functional Anatomy (IFA Essentials) that is bound into this packaged version of the second edition. This learning tool allows the user to view the entire human body and remove anatomical structures layer by layer, through 11 layers (from skin to bone), with a unique strip-away technique. Views of any specific structure on the screen can be rotated up
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The Strength Training Anatomy Poster Series consists of seven 24- x 31-inch full-color posters that fully illustrate every major muscle group. Each region-specific poster--back, arms, shoulders, chest, abdomen, gluteals, and legs--presents nine exercise illustrations that depict the anatomy in action, including musculoskeletal attachments and how exercise variations target specific muscles. Presenting more than 63 exercises in total, these posters serve as blueprints for strength trainers, bodybuilders, and professionals who wish to work each muscle group safely and maximize the benefits of every workout. 3/31/2005 copyright.
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This region-specific poster, the Shoulders Poster , presents nine exercise illustrations. Lateral raises Alternate front raises Alternate lateral raises with a low pulley Bent-over lateral raises Barbell front raises Seated anterior dumbbell raises Back press Front press Seated dumbbell press Each illustration depicts the anatomy in action, including musculoskeletal attachments and how exercise variations target specific muscles. This poster serves as a blueprint for maximizing the benefits of every shoulder workout. Individual poster size: 24' x 31' (60 x 80 cm). 3/23/2005 copyright.
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This region-specific poster, the Abs Poster , presents a clear depiction of the muscles of the abdomen and eight exercise illustrations. Sit-ups Sit-ups on an incline bench Sit-ups with calves over bench Incline leg raises Leg raises Cycling Dumbbell side bends Broomstick twists Each illustration depicts the anatomy in action, including musculoskeletal attachments and how exercise variations target specific muscles. This poster serves as a blueprint for maximizing the benefits of every abdominal workout. Individual poster size: 24' x 31' (60 x 80 cm). 3/23/2005 copyright.
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This region-specific poster, the Arms Poster , presents nine exercise illustrations. Alternate curls Hammer curls Preacher curls Underhand barbell curls Standing one-arm dumbbell triceps extension Triceps extensions on a bench Overhand push-downs Reverse curls Wrist curls Each illustration depicts the anatomy in action, including musculoskeletal attachments and how exercise variations target specific muscles. This poster serves as a blueprint for maximizing the benefits of every arm workout. Individual poster size: 24' x 31' (60 x 80 cm). 3/23/2005 copyright.
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This region-specific poster, the Back Poster , presents nine exercise illustrations. Dumbbell shrugs with rotation Upright rows with hands spread One-arm dumbbell rows Back lat pull-downs Chin-ups Seated rows Bent rows Good mornings Back extension Each illustration depicts the anatomy in action, including musculoskeletal attachments and how exercise variations target specific muscles. This poster serves as a blueprint for maximizing the benefits of every back workout. Individual poster size: 24' x 31' (60 x 80 cm). 3/23/2005 copyright.
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This region-specific poster, the Gluteals Poster , presents nine exercise illustrations. Lunges Lunges with dumbbells Stiff-legged dead lifts Lateral thigh raises Cable adductions Machine abductions Hip abductions Hip extensions Bridging Each illustration depicts the anatomy in action, including musculoskeletal attachments and how exercise variations target specific muscles. This poster serves as a blueprint for maximizing the benefits of every gluteal workout. Individual poster size: 24' x 31' (60 x 80 cm). 3/23/2005 copyright.
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This region-specific poster, the Chest Poster , presents eight exercise illustrations. Bench press Bench press with narrow grip Incline press Bench press with dumbbells Dumbbell flys Incline dumbbell press Parallel bar dips Dumbbell pullover Each illustration depicts the anatomy in action, including musculoskeletal attachments and how exercise variations target specific muscles. This poster serves as a blueprint for maximizing the benefits of every chest workout. Individual poster size: 24' x 31' (60 x 80 cm). 3/23/2005 copyright.
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This region-specific poster, the Legs Poster , presents eight exercise illustrations. Squat Front squat Inclined leg press Leg extensions Lying leg curls Standing calf raises Seated calf raises Machine adductors Each illustration depicts the anatomy in action, including musculoskeletal attachments and how exercise variations target specific muscles. This poster serves as a blueprint for maximizing the benefits of every leg workout. Individual poster size: 24' x 31' (60 x 80 cm). 3/23/2005 copyright.
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Ready for an individualized approach to working out that produces better results? Strength Training for Women delivers with information tailored to the way your body works and responds to training, and the specific tools you need to reach your goals. More than simple descriptions of exercises and training programs, this book explains why the exercises are important and which training program is right for you. You'll gain insight into how the female body responds to training and come away with six sample programs and more than 102 exercises to train every area of the female form. In addition to helping you gain strength, the programs provided will help you burn fat, build strong bones, and prepare for competition. Maximize your genetic makeup and unique physiology to build muscle that will add strength, boost metabolism, improve bone density, and give you the lean, muscular look you want without the big, bulky look you don't. Start using Strength Training for Women now to break thr
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Young superstar athletes have dispelled long-standing misconceptions that strength development should start in the late teens. But much discussion has continued regarding what type of training is most beneficial. Strength Training for Young Athletes provides all the answers as the authoritative guide to strength development for 7- to 18-year-old athletes. World-renowned strength and conditioning experts William Kraemer and Steven Fleck present the latest facts on the effects of strength training on growth, development, and performance. The authors then make recommendations relative to starting age, choice of exercises, frequency of training, rate of progression, and philosophical aspects of program design. Learn how to individualize the age-appropriate sample training programs provided, based on the athlete's physical, psychological, and emotional maturity as well as the demands of the sport. Such carefully designed programs not only improve athletic performance and prepare young at
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Increase your strength to improve your health, your appearance, and your performance-with Strength Training Past 50 ! Strength training has numerous advantages for the active adult, including enhanced athletic performance and reduced risk of disease, including decreased symptoms of arthritis, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Strength Training Past 50 has everything you need to start enjoying these benefits or to jump-start your current routine: 63 exercises for both free weights and machines 14 workout plans for increasing size, endurance, and strength Sport-specific programs for running, cycling, swimming, skiing, tennis, and golf Eating plans for increased strength gains Strength Training Past 50 will keep you active, healthy, and looking great with workouts and programs designed just for you! 4/13/2007 copyright, 264 pages.
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Leave the old static stretches, muscle tightness, and movement restrictions behind. Stretch to Win presents a complete flexibility training system-a proven winner for today's athlete. This is the new way to both loosen up and perform your best. Learn the dynamic exercise techniques that most closely represent the movements and loads that will be required of your body on the court, field, course, track, or mat or in the water. After you complete a simple self-evaluation, a special science-based stretching matrix enables you to tailor a program specifically for your body, your sport, your position, or your event. Authors Ann and Chris Frederick have trained many elite and aspiring athletes to achieve optimal muscle and joint function. Now you can stretch to win and enjoy the same results champions in all sports have achieved through this modern, customized flexibility training program. 6/1/2006 copyright, 264 pages.
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See inside every stretch-and maximize flexibility! Stretching Anatomy will arm you with the knowledge to increase range of motion, supplement training, enhance recovery, and maximize efficiency of movement. You'll also gain a detailed understanding of how each stretch affects your body. Stretching Anatomy is like having an X-ray of each stretch, only better. Not only do you see full-color illustrations of the muscles in action, but you also find out how changes in position can alter the muscle emphasis and difficulty and how variations can improve safety and effectiveness. Each exercise includes detailed instruction on how to stretch, when to stretch, primary and secondary muscle emphasis, and which muscles are activated for support. Stretching programs provide three levels of difficulty, including light stretching that can be used as a warm-up or to aid in recovery from soreness or injury. And summary movement tables show how to customize stretching programs to focus on key prob
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Being a successful coach is not just about Xs and Os and winning games. It's about coaching young people to become successful athletes - and successful human beings. But unless you already have the teaching skills of an educator, the training expertise of a physiologist, the administrative leadership of a business executive, and the counseling wisdom of a psychologist, you will rely on this third edition of Successful Coaching to discover how to excel as a coach. Successful Coaching offers an in-depth introduction to the coaching profession and is specifically written for the high school and serious club coach. Integrating the latest sport science research with practical knowledge acquired by highly experienced coaches, this book features new sections on sportsmanship, coaching diverse athletes, managing athletes' behavior, preventing and addressing drug and alcohol abuse, and coaching using the games approach. Five sections serve as the foundation for the book: Principles of Coa
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Successful Fitness Motivation Strategies will teach you motivational strategies that will help you structure effective exercise programs for all of your clients. You will learn the tools to help non-exercisers, habitual exercisers, and clinical populations stick with and succeed in their fitness programs. The concepts and underlying psychology of Successful Fitness Motivation Strategies are geared toward personal trainers, exercise instructors, and others working in fitness center settings. The book is also a solid resource for allied health professionals in physical therapy, cardiac rehabilitation, and other environments where exercise is prescribed for therapeutic purposes. Author Barbara A. Brehm, EdD, has studied exercise motivation and adherence for 25 years as a professor and as a working fitness professional. She thoroughly examines the many factors that affect exercise adherence and provides fresh insight into how readers can use this knowledge to improve program design.
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In today's world, a club needs to offer more than state-of-the-art equipment and certified fitness instructors to recruit and retain members. You need something that will appeal to your members and keep them coming back. In Successful Programs for Fitness and Health Clubs: 101 Profitable Ideas , you will learn how to utilize programming to meet your strategic and financial goals. Written by internationally-respected programming consultant Sandy Coffman, this book will teach you exactly what programming is and how to make it work for you. Successful Programs for Fitness and Health Clubs: 101 Profitable Ideas presents more than 100 ready-to-use programs for use in fitness centers, group exercise studios, pools, gyms, and classrooms. The programs are designed to get hundreds of new members involved immediately. But the text is far more than just a program recipe book. Coffman addresses the challenges faced in programming, including teaching skills, communication skills, marketing techn
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