Product Description
A properly executed strength or weight lifting regimen can lower your blood pressure and cholesterol levels, stabilize your blood sugar, reduce the risk of heart disease, increase your strength, and more. Weight Training For Dummies, Third Edition, is packed with all the information you need to start your own personalized weight training program and get yourself into peak condition fast. You’ll find out about:
*Circuit and resistance training
*20-minute weight training routines
*The newest and best weight training equipment
*Combining weight training with other exercise
*Gender differences in weight training goals and routines
*Specific approaches for baby boomers and seniors just starting out
*Using weight training to address specific health conditions
*Preventing injuries
*Weight training for children and teens
If you’re getting pumped about weight training, don’t delay. Buy Weight Training for Dummies, Third Edition today, and you’ll be in shape in no time!
From the Publisher
Discover how to:
Customize a program to suit your lifestyle Use free weights, fitness bands, and more Build strength with Pilates and yoga Improve your balance and coordination Track your progress with handy fitness logs --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From the Back Cover
Now featuring new quickie, core, and other specialized workouts
Fight flab, build strength, increase flexibility, and sculpt your body!
No matter what your age or fitness level, weight training has many health benefits. Featuring illustrated step-by-step exercises plus tips on equipment and specialized workouts, this friendly guide shows you how to get started and get results — at home or at the gym, using free weights or weight machines.
Praise for Weight Training For Dummies
"A fun, easy-to-follow guide. . . . You'll never be intimidated by a weight room again." —Peg Moline, Editorial Director, Shape
"Takes you step-by-step through setting up your own gym to developing a training program."—Self
"One of the easiest-to-understand, best-illustrated guides to important strength exercises we've ever seen."—Men's Fitness
"Solid, comprehensive, and fun. . . . Photos illustrate more than 150 pages of exercises."—Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Discover how to
Work with free weights or weight machines
Select a gym or set up a home gym
Exercise each major muscle group
Add Pilates or yoga to your workout
Use exercise bands and balls
Product Details
Paperback: 408 pages
Publisher: For Dummies; 3 edition (March 6, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471768456
ISBN-13: 978-0471768456
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches