Strength Training Anatomy Workout
ISBN: 9781450400954 | 1450400957
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Human Kinetics
Pub. Date: 3/15/2011
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Over one million readers have turned to Strength Training Anatomyfor strength training's most effective exercises. Now put those exercises to work for you with The Strength Training Anatomy Workout.The Strength Training Anatomy Workout is your guide to creating the body and the results you want. Strengthen arms and legs; increase muscle mass; sculpt chest, back, and core; firm glutes; increase hip flexibility . . . it's all here, and all in the stunning detail that only Frederic Delavier can provide!Over 150 full-color illustrations allow you t... MORE
| Introduction: Advantages of Working Out at Home | p. 4 |
| Practical Aspects of Exercising at Home | p. 4 |
| Why Working Out at Home Is the Right Choice | p. 5 |
| Develop Your Strength Training Program | p. 7 |
| Equipment | p. 8 |
| Diversify Resistance for Maximum Effectiveness | p. 9 |
| How a Muscle Gains Strength | p. 14 |
| Mechanisms of Muscle Enlargement | p. 15 |
| How ... MORE | p. 16 |
| Contraindications to Strength Training | p. 17 |
| Clearly Define Your Objectives | p. 17 |
| Quantify Your Objectives | p. 17 |
| 20 Steps to Developing Your Program | p. 18 |
| Rates of Progress | p. 35 |
| Role of Diet | p. 36 |
| Warm-Up Techniques | p. 36 |
| Cool-Down (Return to Calm) | p. 37 |
| Keep a Workout Notebook | p. 39 |
| Analyze Your Workouts | p. 39 |
| Using Video | p. 40 |
| Techniques for Increasing Intensity | p. 41 |
| Inroad Theory | p. 41 |
| Theory of Absolute Strength | p. 42 |
| Train to Muscle Failure? | p. 42 |
| Beyond Failure | p. 43 |
| Cheat Repetitions | p. 43 |
| Forced Repetitions | p. 44 |
| Tapering | p. 44 |
| Rest Break | p. 45 |
| Negatives | p. 46 |
| Stop-and-Go | p. 48 |
| Burn | p. 49 |
| Continuous Tension | p. 49 |
| Unilateral Training | p. 50 |
| Supersets | p. 51 |
| Circuits | p. 55 |
| How Should You Breathe While Exercising? | p. 56 |
| Exercises | p. 59 |
| Strengthen Your Arms | p. 60 |
| Biceps | p. 60 |
| Triceps | p. 75 |
| Forearms | p. 88 |
| Develop Bigger Shoulders | p. 92 |
| Infraspinatus | p. 108 |
| Sculpt Your Chest | p. 112 |
| Strengthen Your Neck | p. 126 |
| Sculpt Your Back | p. 130 |
| Latissimus Dorsi | p. 130 |
| Trapezius | p. 138 |
| Lumbar Muscles | p. 142 |
| Strengthen Your Thighs | p. 148 |
| Quadriceps | p. 148 |
| Adductors | p. 164 |
| Strengthen Your Legs | p. 170 |
| Hamstrings | p. 170 |
| Calves | p. 177 |
| Firm Up Your Glutes | p. 186 |
| Gain Flexibility in the Rotator Muscles of the Hips | p. 200 |
| Sculpt Your Abdominals | p. 202 |
| Obliques | p. 212 |
| Exercises for the Diaphragm and Respiratory Muscles | p. 217 |
| Programming | p. 221 |
| Men's Strength | p. 222 |
| Women's Strength | p. 233 |
| Sport-Specific Training | p. 236 |
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Former editor in chief of PowerMag in France, author and illustrator Frdric Delavier is a journalist for Le Monde du Muscle and a contributor to Men's Health Germany and several other strength training publications. His previous publication, Strength Training Anatomy, has sold more than one million copies.
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