Weight Training For Dummies^?

by Liz Neporent; Suzanne Schlosberg

• ISBN13: 9780764528736
• ISBN10: 0764528734
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

Weight training isn't just for muscleheads like Arnold Schwarzenegger any more. Now, health experts are telling us that lifting weights strengthens your bones, boosts your energy, and helps you lose fat. Weight Training For Dummies helps you design a program that's right for you with information you not only can trust but also understand. Health and fitness experts Liz Neporent and Suzanne Schlosberg talk you through whatever misconceptions you may have about weight training, and show you how to set goals and achieve them. They lay out basic principles of weight training for you, so that you can make sense of unfamiliar equipment at a gym or get the workout you want at home. Even if you already lift weights as part of your regular fitness routine, Weight Training For Dummies will inspire you to try new and different things with suggestions for improving your current exercises. Unlike other weight training books you may have seen, Weight Training For Dummies also offers tips specially tailored for kids, seniors, moms-to-be, and anyone who'd just like to lose some weight.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Before You Pick Up a Weight

Weight Training for Life

Workout Lingo and Proven Training Concepts

Testing Your Strength, Setting Goals, and Tracking Progress

Examining Tools of the Weight-Training Trade

How to Avoid Dropping a Weight on Your Toe (and Other Safety Tips)

Weighing In with Weight Training Wisdom

Exercising at Home: Setting Up Your Own Gym

Exercising Away from Home: Clubs, Trainers, and Classes

Stretching: The Truth

Avoiding Common Weight Lifting Mistakes

Tackling the Exercises

Interpreting the Exercise Instructions

Working Your Back

Working Your Chest

Working Your Shoulders

Working Your Arms

Working Your Abdominals

Working Your Butt and Legs

Working Your Core

Setting Up Your Workout Programs

Basic Workouts to Get Started

Quickie Workouts for Busy Days

Core Programs for Good Balance and a Healthy Back

Tackling More Advanced Programs

Workouts for Special Needs

Adding Yoga and Pilates for Flexible Strength and Coordination

The Part of Tens

Ten (Okay, Eleven) G-Rated Things You Can Do with Latex Rubber

Ten Ways to Have a Ball (Almost Literally)

Ten Thoughts on Supplements, Diets, and Healthy Eating

Index

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