Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.713
EAN num: 9780873227520
ISBN number: 0873227522
Label: Human Kinetics Publishing houses
Manufacturer: Human Kinetics Publishing houses
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 168
Printing Date: 1995-04
Publishing house: Human Kinetics Publishing houses
Sale Popularity Level: 770592
Studio: Human Kinetics Publishing houses
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Brief Book Summary:
Strength Training for Women is written by experts with firsthand knowledge of women's needs and preferences in a strength training program. This practical guide provides you with technique instruction for strength training exercises using a variety of equipment, sample workouts, and specific training programs for many popular sports. The muscle conditioning program you design from this book will
• produce optimum results,
• require a minimum amount of time, and
• place a premium on personal safety.
Best of all, Strength Training for Women helps you make your fitness goals a reality. Start your muscle conditioning program today!
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The illustations and directions for doing individual exercises across a variety of different kinds of equipment are excellent, as is the discusion of the pros and cons of the alternatives. However information targeted for the development of strength training programs is elementary and not enough is provided for you to make intelligent variations on the sample programs. So, for example, what is the objective of a strength training program: Should you try to include exercise which tap all the muscles illustrated (in their excellent diagram)? If the goal is to simply include those used in daily living, what are they exactly? Is anything gained by exercising a given muscle in multiple exercises? What is the philosphy behind the selection of exercises in the sample programs? What accounts for the differences between workouts organized by equipment type (eg free weights vs machines) and those organized by program style (eg single vs multiple sets)? In addition, and frustrating for a training novice, there are a number of cross-referencing failures and inconsistencies in vocabulary: for example, are leg and hip adduction and abduction the same thing? How do 'hamstrings' map to the muscles named in the anatomical illustration? It would also have been useful to have a table relating the exercises to the muscles exercised to help the reader think more clearly about how to put an exercise program together.
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This guide will help you design your own program to fit your needs and wants. Well illustrated with photos, it's also clearly written. The book gives descriptions of free-weight work-outs along with multi-station and Nautilus-type machines, and even has a section on working with a partner. Complete and easy to read, it's perfect for me, a person who likes to work out but isn't an athlete. A chart of major muscle groups and corresponding exercises also helps define what's going on in your body. My only complaint: the human body illustration used to identify muscles is clearly a *guy*, which, though it doesn't take away from the book's effectiveness, seems a bit silly.
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