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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.71082
EAN num: 9780736052238
ISBN number: 0736052232
Label: Human Kinetics Publishing houses
Manufacturer: Human Kinetics Publishing houses
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 220
Printing Date: 2004-11
Publishing house: Human Kinetics Publishing houses
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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 through frustrating plateaus and cater to the special needs of your body.
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I bought this manual in an endeavor to add a bit more strength training to my workout. It was helpful, however, I find that it's gathering a lot of dust on my bookshelf, and I'm turning to advice from other people in the gym.
What I was hoping for was more understanding of how to build a strength training program. What I found was a decent narrative on musculature and some basic principles of training, along with a few sample programs, but nothing to help me increase my own understanding as a female feeling out of place in a gym full of knowledgeable looking men. I can take the basics that Incledon outlines and try to apply them to my workouts, but if you are working with a limited amount of equipment, there's no real explanation of how to modify workouts or understand which exercises will work in lieu of the one she recommends.
There's a whole section on powerlifting and strong woman competitions at the end, so maybe I am simply the wrong target audience. I am in my mid-twenties, fit after a childhood playing lots of athletics, and looking for enough toning to a) look good in a little grey dress and b) stave off the effects of gravity that are looming somewhere in my thirties. I would probably have benefitted more from saving the money on the book and hiring a personal trainer for a few sessions and familiarizing myself with the weight room.
Men's strength training books seem to offer a lot mroe depth and options, I don't think we deserve any less.
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an excellent book,just what i needed to go from weight loss to toning up and getting stronger.
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You might want to check it out from the library before purchasing if you already have other books on the subject.
It has a textbook feel and lightly covers a lot of ground but I'm not sure how helpful some of it was. I'm not really interested in the difference between isometric, isotonic, variable resistance, isokinetic, eccentric and polymetric training. Do you need to be reminded to "Measure and Monitor" or figure out your daily caloric requirement?
It does have great explanations of the few exercises demonstrated and I did learn a few new things. So read it BEFORE you buy it - USED ONLY.
PS: I'm not sure how important this would be to most women... but wow! the models where "uninspiring" to put it nicely.
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The book is great in that the information and exercises are very relevant and helpful however it read a bit like a textbook making it hard to read as a bed time book. The workouts are great too but the models displayed seem a bit out of place and time. Many appear to be taken out of the 80s. The information was very useful and if applied can really make a difference in women's lives. I rate this more at about a 3.5.
The workouts are designed so that anyone from beginner to experienced can get benefits.
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I have been weight training for 25 years. All these years I've been doing standard bodybuilding exercises, with the standard bodybuilding number of reps. This book recommends we try something different for a while. I've been trying the "Strength Training" exercises now for six weeks. I am seeing changes in my body for the very first time in years! The abdominal exercises are different from what I'm used to, and the leg exercises too. (Not only squats and leg curls, but one legged squats, lunges, and step- ups).
My body is responding so well to this change of pace. This book has sections on bodybuilding, strength building, bone building...take your pick and try something new for a while. This lady knows what she's writing about. Highly recommended!
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