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Type of bind: Hardcover
Brand: Human Kinetics
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.71
EAN num: 9780736046794
ISBN number: 0736046798
Label: Human Kinetics Publishing houses
Manufacturer: Human Kinetics Publishing houses
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 96
Printing Date: 2003-11
Publishing house: Human Kinetics Publishing houses
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Optimal Muscle Training is a unique book and DVD training package that will show you how to achieve the highest level of muscle function. The book provides the background, theory, and science of how your body develops imbalances, how testing can pinpoint problems, and how specific training to correct imbalances optimizes muscle function. The DVD enhances the information presented in the book with over 200 practical exercises and three levels of muscle testing that you can use to develop an individualized training program. Other highlights of Optimal Muscle Training include the following: - An individualized experience through the menu-driven DVD of over 200 exercises that makes it quick and easy for you to find the tests and exercises you need, - Three levels of testing, including self-tests, exercise tests, and functional muscle testing, which determine muscle-specific strength and flexibility and steer you toward a results-oriented exercise prescription, - Risk-Benefit ratio analysis of 140 different exercise variations that allow you to keep training effectively while your muscle imbalances are being corrected and your muscles are being restored to optimal function, - 32 of the most popular free-weight exercises with detailed demonstrations of proper exercise technique, - Integration of technical information with sound training practices and exercise techniques to achieve greater strength, leading to better performance and fewer injuries,
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I had to by this book for a class, and it is incredibly helpful! Anyone looking to become a personal trainer should at least check it out, if not by it.
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THIS WAS JUST WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. I BOUGHT SOME WEIGHTS AND DIDN'T
KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT LIFTING BUT THIS BOOK AND DVD GETS RIGHT TO THE POINT
WITH THE PROPER WAY OF WORKING OUT. IT WAS WELL WORTH IT'S PRICE.
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This book is excellent in describing muscle dysfunctions that many trainers don't recognize in prescribing weight training to clients. It shows the best way to optimally perform an exercise for max safety and max development.
This is one of the best books Ive read for personal training clients.
This book comes with a great course by the IFPA (google it) called the bodybuilding specialist course. It teaches you a ton of great material!
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This book covers some simple yet very helpful topics related to training. From manual muscle assessment, to what typical problems can occur with rotator cuff muscles this book is a great addition to any fitness professionals collection.
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Two quotes every athlete hears from nineth grade till the last day of collage:
"Coach says we need to focus"
"Coach says to lift in the off season"
That second recomenation- to lift weights- seems present in just about every sport. Why is this? Not because weight lifting is fun, but because it conditions the tendons, strenghens the muscles, and soldifies ones' balance to such a degee that many people get results even if they are doing it "wrong". An added bonus is that skeletal muscle, like cardiac muscle, is the stimulator to burn fat. Anerobics is now as highly recommended as aerobics!
Unfortunately we don't all have "bodybuilder" friends or the money to hire a personal trainer. Therefore, I was very pleased to find this book/DVD set. The DVD shows proper form for the most common lifts, and the book shows both the right way AND the wrong way to perform these exersizes. Bravo, Mr. Kinaken.
I also recommend:
"Getting Stronger"--B. Pearl (beginning and advanced weight routines)
And "Fitness is Religion"--R. Kybartas (motivation and inspiration)
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