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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
More than just Strength Training - it'sGeneral Fitness too!, 27 Jun 2002
By A Customer
The title does not do this book justice, it is more than strenght building, it is about fitness as well. The author was a US Marine drill instructor and worked as a strength coach at US universities as well as running training programmes on strength training.The book is divided into 3 parts- "Exploding the myths and misconceptions", "Organising the strength programme", and "Examining other issues. I find this book very useful and the instructions very easy to understand. It takes a practical and sensible approach to improving fitness and strength. It does NOT encourage you to become a muscle-bound hulk(!) even though there are a lot of accolades from American Football coaches on the back cover. "Exploding the myths" explains the basics of strength building as well as anatomy and muscular function, the role of genetics, developing athletics skills and "explosive movements". "Organising" is about the principles of strength development, but the best bits are the exercises: using free weights (dumbell/barbells), assisted manual resistance exercises, on nautilus machines and on universal gym machines. These are all accompanied with photos of positions and explainations. "Examining other issues" is about strengthening the heart, and the importance of nutrition/ dangers of steriods. This also has exercise/programmes for all ages (from adolesence to senior) and a special section on female strength training. It finishes with a sample strength training course.
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