Practical, visual, and clear, the best-selling WEIGHT TRAINING FOR LIFE, Ninth Edition is ideal for anyone interested in learning about weight training. Preparing readers to plan their own weight training programs for a lifetime of fitness, this book builds a solid foundation of current knowledge and practice in weight training for men and women of all ages and skill level. The book contains hundreds of full-color photos demonstrating exercises and proper techniques. It also contains forms for writing goals, planning a personal weight-training program, and recording circumference, strength, and muscle endurance measurements. Seeing that weight training done properly can be a fun and beneficial activity, readers learn how to design and maintain a safe, personalized, effective, and enjoyable weight-training program.