Liz Neporent

Weight Training For Dummies

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Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• ISBN-13: 9780764551680
• ISBN-10: 076455168X
• Artikelnr.: 12357484

Autorenporträt

Liz Neporent is the author of Fitness Walking For Dummies and is on the board of the American Council on Exercise.

Suzanne Schlosberg is a contributing editor to Shape magazine. They coauthored Fitness For Dummies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.

PART I: Stuff to Know Before You Pick Up a Weight.

Chapter 1: Tools of the Trade.

Chapter 2: How to Avoid Dropping a Weight on Your Toe and Other Safety Tips.

Chapter 3: Testing Your Strength and Tracking Your Progress.

PART II: Weight Training Wisdom.

Chapter 4: Joining a Gym or Exercising at Home: Which Is for You?

Chapter 5: Choosing Your Guru: Trainers, Videos, and Exercise Classes.

Chapter 6: Weight Training Etiquette.

PART III: The Exercises.

Chapter 7: How to Read the Exercise Instructions.

Chapter 8: Working Your Back.

Chapter 9: Working Your Chest.

Chapter 10: Working Your Shoulders.

Chapter 11: Working Your Arms.

Chapter 12: Working Your Abdominals.

Chapter 13: Working Your Butt and Legs.

Chapter 14: Advanced Weight Training Exercises.

PART IV: Designing Your Workout Program.

Chapter 15: Designing a Basic Workout.

Chapter 16: Expanding Your Repertoire.

PART V: Beyond the Barbell.

Chapter 17: Yoga and Pilates.

Chapter 18: Whipping Your Heart and Lungs into Shape.

Chapter 19: Stretching: The Truth.

Chapter 20: Improving Your Balance and Coordination.

Chapter 21: Pills, Powders, and Potions: Nutrition in a Nutshell.

PART VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Educate Yourself about Weight Training.

Chapter 23: Ten Myths and Misconceptions about Weight Training.

Chapter 24: Ten Major Weight Lifting Goofs.

Chapter 25: Ten (G-Rated) Things You Can Do with Latex Rubber.

Chapter 26: Ten Weight Training Deals and Duds.

Index.

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