Weight Train For Dummies 3Rd Edition

Weight Train For Dummies 3Rd Edition

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 training20-minute weight training routinesThe newest and best weight training equipmentCombining weight training with other exerciseGender differences in weight training goals and routinesSpecific approaches for baby boomers and seniors just starting outUsing weight training to address specific health conditionsPreventing injuriesWeight training for children and teensIf 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 Back CoverNow featuring new quickie, core, and other specialized workoutsFight 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-IntelligencerDiscover how toWork with free weights or weight machinesSelect a gym or set up a home gymExercise each major muscle groupAdd Pilates or yoga to your workoutUse exercise bands and ballsAbout the AuthorLiz Neporent: Liz?s first set of weights (actually, her brother?s) were made of blue plastic and filled with sand; when they started leaking sand all over the house, her mother relegated all weight lifting activities to the basement. Since that time, Liz has graduated into a well-known corporate fitness consultant, designing and managing fitness centers worldwide. Along the way, Liz also was a personal trainer, received a master?s degree in exercise physiology, and got certified by the American College of Sports Medicine, National Strength and Conditioning Association, American Council of Exercise, and the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She is coauthor and author of several books, includingFitness For Dummies andFitness Walking For Dummies and writes frequently for theNew York Times,Family Circle,Shape, and others. She currently hosts a daily internet show on eyada.com.Suzanne Schlosberg: Suzanne?s writing career began her freshman year in college when she was assigned to cover a pre-season NBA game and found herself in a locker room interviewing a dozen, tall, muscular, naked Boston Celtics. She decided she liked this writing stuff. Suzanne went on to become a newspaper reporter and magazine writer. Now a contributing editor to Shape and Health magazine, Suzanne is the coauthor, with Liz Neporent, of Fitness For Dummies and the author of The Ultimate Workout Log. She is also an instructor in the UCLA Extension Certificate in Journalism program. Always happy when she has a barbell in hand, Suzanne has lifted weights in Zimbabwe, Morocco, Iceland, and Micronesia, among other locales. She is the women?s record holder in the Great American Sack Race, a quadrennial event held in Yerington, Nevada, in which competitors must run 5 miles while carrying a 50-pound sack of chicken feed.