Strength Training Anatomy

I picked this up from World of Books, via Amazon, for under £5 including shipping. The book is more or less in mint condition. There's no indication from the spine or the pages that the book has ever even been opened, let alone read. There's a sticker on the front cover and some residue on the back cover, presumably from where a sticker was removed. As for the content, this is not a training manual. You won't find any routines in here or recommendations on how many sets to perform or how often. The author does occasionally mention how many reps to do on an exercise. The book is a detailed breakdown of the muscles involved in roughly a hundred exercises, how to perform those exercises, the variations of such exercises and, occasionally, the dangers of certain exercises and why certain people might want to about them. For example the author mentions why certain people should avoid barbell curls and why everyone needs to find the right range of motion for themselves on lateral raises. However, what really makes this book special is the wonderful illustrations. I've recently gotten bogged down beating myself up with the same heavy compound exercises week after week. I recently started thinking about what exercises if like to introduce for specific muscle groups and this book is just the thing. The illustrations and explanations are so detailed, they really give good for thought as well as inspiration. If you can pick good used for for under a fiver, it's a no brainer. But the the illustrations alone, I think the new edition at full price would be worth it.

For anyone interested in strength training, or in particular, in the anatomical aspects of weight training, this is simply an excellent resource. Firstly, and from a female perspective, a refreshing feature of this book is that it is aimed at women too, but not in the usual patronising manner. Secondly, its strength is that as a reader you're not swamped by the science of it; there is not much text but it does serve well as a starting point for those with no anatomical or physiological background. Instead it's for the reader to extract as much or as little information as required from the detailed diagrams on each page. It is very clearly and logically laid-out, which also makes it engaging, without having to flick back and forth through it. In essence, it pretty much presents you with all you need to know to structure your strength training regime via a series of easy-to-follow yet highly informative anatomical diagrams. The sections on injuries are presented in a similar fashion and of course make it all the more of a gem. Another plus point to note is that the book is biased in favour of free weights over machines - which at least means you don't need expensive gym membership to make use if it.

This is not a body building book but shows you all of the different types of exercises for the different types of muscles - allowing you to create your own workout or supplement you current workout. Its also a good source for alternative exercises to maybe avoid an injury prone area. The book is broken down into sections such as shoulders, chest, arms etc and each section is colour coded, so that you can see which muscles and amount of muscles you are working by doing that particular exercise. It also gives details of how to do a particular exercise along with the relevant breathing (when to inhale and exhale) and gives you hints and tips on prone areas such as elbows and shoulders. Worthwhile supplement to your own body building library and as a constant point of reference but not enough on its own to start weight training.

Strength Training Anatomy This is an excellent publication with great diagrams and explanations as to how to isolate each muscle/group and work it/them thoroughly. Although no muscle work-out program is given or suggested it has enough information to combine with your normal routine to add increased benefit. It's the most stimulating book to promote a thorough workout that I've read. I've tried several of the recommended exercises and achieved a proper burn with an appropriate ache the next day. Very satisfying and encouraging for those of us who need to know why to do such a thing and what we'll gain through doing it!

I've had this for over a year, I bought it after reading reviews on Amazon. I continue refer to this book time after time! My mate spent so much time looking at my copy that he had to get his own copy in the end! Not really sure how they could improve on this book...maybe add some nutritional info, but that's not really what this book is about. Whether building muscle, toning, or just keeping fit, this book covers the muscle biology of all the muscle groups in fantastic detail. You wont look at the human body in the same way again! Buy it, you wont regret it!

Great book for anyone from beginner to old timer. has detailed, well illustrated training exercises. - i've been weight training for 9 years and i don't think i know an exercise that hasn't been detailed in this book.

If your serious about weight training, body building or just wanting to understand the structure and how the muscles work then this book is for you, it gives an in depth and valuable information, it certainly helped me to work out my weight training routines, recommended

I particularly liked the diagrams in this book. They are so well laid out that it makes it easy to understand at all levels of fitness. This can suit many levels of training from the beginner to quite advanced, so is well worth buying.

The art is a masterpiece theatre(Joy). This will get a young man the alternative to the Arnold Shwartznegger evolution of a good body.

Great book for body knowledge and exercise

This is a great book for anyone with a basic knowledge of weight training. It doesn't go into details of how to build a program, how much weight one should lift, how many reps vs. sets one should do, etc. It is merely a book of strength training exercises broken down by muscle group. It highlights which muscles are used per exercise, and goes into some detail about injuries one may incur while working various muscle groups. I have been lifting for over two years now, and this book gave me a multitude of different exercises to shake up my routines. It has a variety of types of equipment to use (free weights, cables, machines) which provides readers with many options based off what you like to do and what is available for you. I thoroughly enjoy the cable exercises. I hardly used cables before this book, but now they are some of my favorite exercises. I have shown this book to fellow weight lifters, and everyone has liked it. Some people have even ordered their own copy. I have to mention that I am in the military, so many people around me value new training ideas.

Great book. Must need for a person who wants to know anatomy of body. Also great book for bodybuilding.

Livré rapidement et proprement. Ce livre est une vraie pépite pour la musculation, mais aussi pour connaitre l'anatomie et les muscles qui travail quand on fait tel mouvement avec telle charge. En parallèle, je le recommande également aux dessinateurs qui voudrais apprendre l'anatomie de façon précise.