The Complete Smith MacHine


Book Description

The Complete Smith Machine: Exercises & Workouts is the most comprehensive resource ever written about the most popular exercise machine in the world. Whether you use a Smith Machine at home, the gym, or are thinking about buying one, this book contains all the information you'll need to use and master this versatile piece of weight training equipment. In this book, you will learn: More than 85 illustrated Smith Machine exercises, covering all muscles in your body How to use the Smith Machine to increase strength, build muscle, improve your overall physique, and help to recover from injuries Dozens of workouts, from beginner to advanced trainers, for increasing strength, building muscle, circuit training, and improving stubborn areas of your body Advanced techniques you can perform on the Smith Machine to take your body to the next level Written for beginners to weight training all the way to competitive powerlifters and bodybuilders, this book contains the information you need to either get you started or get you past those plateaus and nagging injuries and on to a more stronger, muscular you.




Strong Curves


Book Description

This is not your run-of-the-mill fitness book. Developed by world-renowned gluteal expert Bret Contreras, Strong Curves offers an extensive fitness and nutrition guide for women seeking to improve their physique, function, strength, and mobility. Contreras spent the last eighteen years researching and field-testing the best methods for building better butts and shapelier bodies. In Strong Curves, he offers the programs that have proven effective time and time again with his clients, allowing you to develop lean muscle, rounded glutes, and greater confidence. Each page is packed with information decoding the female anatomy, providing a better understanding as to why most fitness programs fail to help women reach their goals. With a comprehensive nutritional guide and over 200 strength exercises, this book gets women off the treadmill and furnishes their drive to achieve strength, power, and sexy curves from head to toe. Although the glutes are the largest and most powerful muscle group in the human body, they often go dormant due to lifestyle choices, leading to a flat, saggy bum. Strong Curves is the cure.




The Complete Holistic Guide to Working Out in the Gym


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The comprehensive guide to getting the most out of your gym workout. It includes detailed information on planning, executing and maintaining a fitness regime. More than simply an instructional manual, The Complete Guide is also a valuable resource on nutrition, attitude, and the development of a personal training program that fits every lifestyle. Building on years of research and experience as an educator, personal trainer and government official for fitness accreditation, Yigal Pinchas has integrated the theory and practice of health and wellness to address the physical, mental, and emotional demands of an effective fitness regime. Accompanied by over 200 illustrations, the text includes instruction that range from step-by-step guides to performing the exercises and reaching your training goals without injury to balancing training with proper eating habits and keeping yourself motivated over the long term. The book is structured to allow readers to progress all the way from the first tentative steps to the more advanced stages of independent and effective exercise. This book is a must for professional trainers, kinesiology specialists, and the general fitness enthusiast.




Train Like a Bodybuilder


Book Description

If you want to burn fat, build lean muscle, and get strong, you need to train like a bodybuilder! Ever wondered what training programs professional bodybuilders use to get that herculean look? Well, natural bodybuilder and two-time Ms. Figure Olympia Erin Stern knows exactly what it takes to build a body the right way. Now you can use the same natural bodybuilding techniques Erin uses in this fantastic fitness book to build lean, strong muscle and create a strong, ripped physique. Join Erin as she takes you through her training techniques and teaches you everything you need to know about strength training, bodybuilding and more, including how to plan workouts, how to bulk up, how to cut fat, how to use nutrition to maximize the benefits of your hard work, and how to take advantage of the essential mind-muscle connection to get the results you're seeking. What are you waiting for? Dive right in to discover: - Over 60 exercises with beautiful step-by-step color photography, each broken out by major muscle groups, with cardio exercises to ensure you're achieving maximum fat burn - 10 expertly crafted workouts that span from 4 to 6 days and cover all the major muscle groups to ensure you'll never get bored doing the same routine - Expert guidance on nutrition, training techniques, supplements, equipment, and more From bench press to box jumps, dumbbells to deadlifts, whether you're just getting started or are looking to take your training to the next level, Train Like a Bodybuilder has everything you need to get the strong, ripped physique you've always dreamed of! Fancy a fuller physique this New Year? Whether it’s a New Year’s Resolution to be more musclebound, or you’re simply seeking technical training tips to match your fitness needs, this all-encompassing bodybuilding book may be exactly what you’re looking for! Join the journey to becoming your strongest self today!




Sports and Fitness Equipment Design


Book Description

Sports and Fitness Equipment Design is a valuable resource for anyone who designs, sells, manufactures, or uses sports and fitness equipment. It presents practical and objective information on designing, evaluating, and selecting equipment, from athletic footwear to rowing machines. Retailers and consumers can use this book to better appraise new products. The book addresses three major categories of equipment: foot-ground interfaces, striking implements, and personal fitness equipment. Readers will find 135 photos and illustrations to help them understand the basic principles underlying equipment design. The book's nontechnical language allows consumers and retailers to cut through promotional jargon and make educated decisions in buying and selling sports and fitness equipment.




Jim Stoppani's Encyclopedia of Muscle & Strength, 2E


Book Description

Whether you seek fat loss and lean muscle development or mass development and strength improvement, this comprehensive guide with 382 exercises and 116 ready-to-use workouts featuring the most popular training equipment (free weights, TRX, BOSU, kettlebells, and body weight) will position you for success.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Boosting Your Metabolism


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Make your body work for its own good. In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Boosting Your Metabolism, noted cardiologist Dr. Joseph Lee Klapper takes readers from what the metabolism is and how it works through the many ways to raise it, including by what we eat and drink, both independently and in combination. Also, Dr. Klapper's exercise plan helps readers to reduce fat and increase muscle, and his recipes show readers how delicious it can be to be a booster! ?Not a 'quick-fix, long-term failure' plan, this book offers a lifestyle change that will lead to sustained improvement ?Explains factors beyond readers' control - heredity, age, and sex - and helps them boost the metabolism they have ?Medically proven diet information and a sound exercise plan




The Complete Guide to Strength Training Methods


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Finally, the strength training book you’ve been wishing for is here! The Complete Guide to Strength Training Methods compiles more than 230 training techniques proven to increase strength, power, hypertrophy, endurance, flexibility, and cardiovascular capacity. Sport performance coach Keven Arseneault has spent over 20 years reading, researching, and testing various methods to determine the best training techniques. In The Complete Guide to Strength Training Methods, he assembles these into a comprehensive resource that allows you to add variety and get the most from your workouts. Each method is presented on a single page that highlights the technique’s advantages and disadvantages, effects on different aspects of fitness, and trainer tips. The page also has a prescription table that includes intensity or load, reps, and sets. This practical approach provides you with everything you need to incorporate the method into your program immediately. Throughout, you will find programming tips to help you create your own training plan to fit your individual needs. The eight sample programs provided can be followed as is or used as a blueprint for personalized programs. Whether you are a fitness enthusiast working out at home, a serious gym goer, an athlete, or a strength or fitness professional, The Complete Guide to Strength Training Methods is the comprehensive yet practical resource you need to keep your workouts fresh, challenging, and on point to reach your goals.




The Complete Guide to Strength Training 5th edition


Book Description

The Complete Guide to Strength Training is the ultimate resource for anyone wanting to increase strength and re-sculpt their body. This updated 5th edition includes: - New exercises and workouts - Brand new photos, and detailed descriptions of more than 100 exercises - Programmes for increasing strength, muscle and explosive power - Fat loss workouts - Bodyweight-based workouts - Plyometric training - Up to date cutting edge nutrition and supplementation advice for gaining muscle and reducing fat Featuring proven training programmes and evidence-based nutritional guidance it delivers comprehensive workouts for beginners, intermediates and elite athletes.




In Getting You There! an 8-Week Diet and Exercise Program That Will Change Your Life


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Eight weeks on this diet and exercise program will improve your health, both mental and physical; your motivation; and your appearance. What is most important, you will develop permanent healthy eating and exercising habits that will increase your life expectancy