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Weight training : steps to success / Thomas R. Baechle and Barney R. Groves.

By: Baechle, Thomas R, 1943- [author].
Contributor(s): Groves, Barney R, 1936- [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Steps to success activity series: Publisher: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Edition: Second edition.Description: viii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0880117184 ; 9780880117180.Subject(s): Weight training | Health and Wellbeing | Complementary therapies, healing & health | Sports training & coaching | Complementary medicineDDC classification: 613.713 | 613.713 BAE
Contents:
The renaissance in weight training -- Physiological considerations -- Nutritional and body weight issues -- Equipment orientation -- Training for success -- Step 1 Lifting fundamentals: Mastering the basics -- Step 2 Practice procedures: Learning the process -- Step 3 Chest exercises: Selecting one for your program -- Step 4 Back exercises: Selecting one for your program -- Step 5 Shoulder exercises: Selecting one for your program -- Step 6 Upper arm exercises: Selecting two for your program -- Step 7 Leg exercises: Selecting one for your program -- Step 8 Abdomen exercises: Selecting one for your program -- Step 9 The basic program: Charting your workouts -- Step 10 Program design considerations: Manipulating training variables -- Step 11 Maximize training outcomes: Adjusting intensities -- Step 12 Your personalized program: Putting it all together -- Rating your progress.
Summary: Steps to Success books provide expert instruction and drills to help adult learners master the basic skills of the featured sporting activity, in this case weight training.
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General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 613.713 BAE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000518344
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This edition has been expanded and now features: over 200 how-to illustrations, including three master workout charts; updated references; metric conversions; and additional intermediate and advanced exercises.

Previous ed.: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (page 181).

The renaissance in weight training -- Physiological considerations -- Nutritional and body weight issues -- Equipment orientation -- Training for success -- Step 1 Lifting fundamentals: Mastering the basics -- Step 2 Practice procedures: Learning the process -- Step 3 Chest exercises: Selecting one for your program -- Step 4 Back exercises: Selecting one for your program -- Step 5 Shoulder exercises: Selecting one for your program -- Step 6 Upper arm exercises: Selecting two for your program -- Step 7 Leg exercises: Selecting one for your program -- Step 8 Abdomen exercises: Selecting one for your program -- Step 9 The basic program: Charting your workouts -- Step 10 Program design considerations: Manipulating training variables -- Step 11 Maximize training outcomes: Adjusting intensities -- Step 12 Your personalized program: Putting it all together -- Rating your progress.

Steps to Success books provide expert instruction and drills to help adult learners master the basic skills of the featured sporting activity, in this case weight training.

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Library Journal Review

Baechle and Groves, experienced coaches and trainers, present a step-by-step, well-organized manual directed at beginners as well as advanced students of weight training. Sixteen chapters cover basic exercises for the upper and lower body, using free weights and machines. The emphasis is on proper technique and performance in a controlled manner through analyzing movements, detailing safety precautions, and identifying common errors. The exercises are presented in workbook style, with practice drills and checklists. Weight Training is better for novices than such recent titles as Robert Kennedy's Bodybuilding Basics (Sterling Pub. Co., 1991) and offers a more scientific approach. If the illustrations (not seen) are as systematic and thoughtful as the text, this book would make a solid addition to public and academic library sports collections.-- Sandra Math, St. John's Univ. Lib., Staten Island, N.Y. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.