Strength Training

The complete step-by-step guide to a stronger, sculpted body Build a better body with this essential handbook to strength training for men and women of all abilities. Step-by-step instructions and tailor-made programmes will help you reach individual goals. Find over 150 exercises, with invaluable advice on preparation, nutrition and preventing injury. Each exercise is illustrated so you can perfect your technique, plus anatomical artworks give an at-a-glance guide to targeted muscle groups. Written by strength training experts this is ideal for free and fixed weights, in the gym or at home. The ultimate guide to improving your muscle tone, strength and endurance.

**Work out, enhance your muscle mass, and get amazing results. Written with the British Weightlifters' Association, this comprehensive guide targets every muscle group for a sculpted, leaner, and healthier body.

Strength Training features more than140 exercises using both equipment and free weights. Whether you wish to hit the gym or train at home, it will quickly help you achieve your goals - a sculpted physique, stronger bones, better balance and posture, and more energy for everyday living and sport.

The exercises target every part of the body, and include stretches and dynamic lifts. Step by step, Strength Training tells you how to do each one safely, with detailed anatomical artworks that show precisely which muscles you are targeting. It also shows how to plan your training with "smarter" goals, and gives you beginner, intermediate and advanced programmes.

With information on optimising your diet and answers to common questions, this indispensable volume puts you on the fast track for a lean and healthy body.

Autorentext

James Atkinson is a BWLA-qualified coach in Weight Lifting and Weight Training, an ABAE-qualified Coach in Boxing, and an EHA-Qualified Field Hockey Coach, with experience of Qualification Development and Coach Education in each of these three sports disciplines. A member of the team that put together the UK's NVQ (National Vocational Qualification) programme in Sports and Leisure Industry, he led the work on producing a Quality Standard for Sports Development, and is now a consultant to the ABAE on their suite of Coaching Qualifications.

BWLA (The British Amateur Weight Lifting Association) promotes weight lifting and power lifting as competitive sports; champions the use of free and fixed weights for developing strength and fitness through progressive resistance training; and provides assistance work in achieving success in other sports.