Zusammenfassung Provides serious strength trainers and bodybuilders with the keys to creating lean muscle mass. This title focuses on the more elaborate techniques that experienced strength training enthusiasts can use to accelerate their progress. In addition to 60 exercises! 19 stretches and 9 programmes! it's packed with over 1!200 full-colour photographs. Informationen zum Autor Frédéric Delavier is a gifted artist with an exceptional knowledge of human anatomy. He studied morphology and anatomy for five years at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and studied dissection for three years at the Paris Faculté de Médecine. Klappentext Here! serious and advanced strength trainers and bodybuilders will find the keys to creating lean muscle mass. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 New goals to help you keep growing Five Factors That Stimulate Muscle Growth Free Weights or Machines: How to Make the Right Choice Compound or Isolation Exercises Part 2 Exercises for the main muscle groups Get Bigger Shoulders Shoulder Exercises Develop a Complete Back Back Exercises

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Frédéric Delavier is a gifted artist with an exceptional knowledge of human anatomy. He studied morphology and anatomy for five years at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and studied dissection for three years at the Paris Faculté de Médecine.

The former editor in chief of the French magazine PowerMag, Delavier is currently a journalist for the French magazine Le Monde du Muscle and a contributor to several other muscle publications, including Men's Health Germany. He is the author of the best-selling Strength Training Anatomy and Women's Strength Training Anatomy.

Delavier won the French powerlifting title in 1988 and makes annual presentations on the sport applications of biomechanics at conferences in Switzerland. His teaching efforts have earned him the Grand Prix de Techniques et de Pédagogie Sportive. Delavier lives in Paris, France.

Michael Gundill, MBA, has written 13 books on strength training, sport nutrition, and health. His books have been translated into multiple languages, and he has written over 500 articles for bodybuilding and fitness magazines worldwide, including Iron Man and Dirty Dieting. In 1998 he won the Article of the Year award at the Fourth Academy of Bodybuilding Fitness & Sports Awards in California.

Gundill started weightlifting in 1983 in order to improve his rowing performances. Most of his training years were spent completing specific lifting programs in his home. As he gained muscle and refined his program, he began to learn more about physiology, anatomy, and biomechanics and started studying those subjects in medical journals. Since 1995 he has been writing about his discoveries in various bodybuilding and fitness magazines all over the world.

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The anatomy of strength, size, and definition!

Over 1 million readers have turned to Strength Training Anatomy for the most effective exercises in strength training. Now put those exercises to work for you with The Strength Training Anatomy Workout, Volume II.

Over 500 full-color photos and 485 full-color illustrations allow you to go inside 60 exercises, 19 stretches, and 9 programmed workouts to see how muscles interact with surrounding joints and skeletal structures and how variations, progressions, and sequencing can affect muscle recruitment, the underlying structures, and ultimately the results.

The Strength Training Anatomy Workout, Volume II, is your guide to serious muscle development. Inside you'll learn the best exercises for building up and strengthening each muscle; how to determine weights, repetitions, and frequency; and strategies for accelerating recovery.

The Strength Training Anatomy Workout, Volume II, includes proven programming for adding lean muscle mass, improving strength, and increasing power. Targeted workouts allow you to focus on specific muscle groups such as such as chest, biceps, triceps, quads, and core. It's all here and in all the stunning detail that only Frédéric Delavier can provide!

The former editor in chief of PowerMag in France, author and illustrator Frédéric Delavier is a journalist for Le Monde du Muscle and a contributor to Men's Health Germany and several other strength publications. His previous publication, Strength Training Anatomy, has sold more than 1 million copies.

Inhalt

PART 1

NEW GOALS TO HELP YOU KEEP GROWING

Five Factors That Stimulate Muscle Growth

Free Weights or Machines: How to Make the Right Choice

Compound or Isolation Exercises?

How Can You Strengthen a Weak Area?

Changing Motor Behavior

Advanced Techniques for Increasing the Intensity

TNT for Explosive Muscle Growth

Adjusting the Speed of Your Repetitions

The Best Bodybuilders Train Explosively

A Physiological Dilemma: Should You Slow Down the Negative Phase?

When the Negative Phase Is Not Accentuated

Potentiation

Continuous Tension or Full Range of Motion?

Burn

Manipulate Your Genetics Using Sets of 100 Reps

How to Improve Your Mind-Muscle Connection

Recovery: An Increasingly Limiting Factor

Muscle Soreness

Learn to Manage Your Ability to Recover

Strategies to Accelerate Recovery

Segmenting Muscles So You Can Dominate Them

Dealing With Injuries

Optimizing Your Strength by Holding Your Breath

Paying Attention to Head Position

Protective Equipment

PART 2

EXERCISES FOR THE MAIN MUSCLE GROUPS

Get Bigger Shoulders

Shoulder Exercises

Develop a Complete Back

Back Exercises

Latissimus Dorsi Exercises

Do Not Neglect the Infraspinatus

Infraspinatus Exercises

Build Impressive Trapezius Muscles

Trapezius Exercises

Develop Strong Lumbar Muscles to Protect Your Back

Exercises for the Lumbar Region

Create Balance in Your Chest

Chest Exercises

Build Your Biceps Quickly

Biceps Exercises

Attain More Developed Forearms

Forearm Exercises

Develop Impressive Triceps

Triceps Exercises

Take Steps Toward Massive Quadriceps

Quadriceps Exercises

Bring Your Hamstrings up to Speed

Hamstring Exercises

Develop the Calves Evenly

Calf Exercises

Chisel Your Abdominal Muscles

Abdominal Exercises

PART 3

WORKOUT PROGRAMS

Beginner Program for Putting on Muscle Quickly-2 Days per Week

Beginner Program for Putting on Muscle Quickly-3 Days per Week

Advanced Program-4 Days per Week

Advanced Program-5 Days per Week

Programs for Building Up Weak Areas