The Ultimate Strength Training Guide For Beginners

Strength training for beginners--a flexible 12-week program Ready to start making real gains? Filled with novice-friendly advice that covers every aspect of successful workouts, Strength Training for Beginners is the perfect choice for new weight lifters who want to make sure they start their strength training journey in a safe and effective way. Not only will you get detailed--and fully illustrated--breakdowns of every exercise, but you'll also get tips and tricks for making sure your form is on point. Discover handy ways to increase or decrease the difficulty of individual exercises based on your unique needs. You'll even find out how to make sure you're getting the most out of your workout with must-have lifestyle advice. Let's get lifting! Strength Training for Beginners shows you how to: Start strong--Jump right in with a flexible 12-week program perfect for easing you into weight training, while also providing you a solid foundation for continuing gains every week after. Work (out) from home--Get started with exercises that require minimal equipment, allowing you to slowly upgrade your home gym--buying barbells on day one is not required. Eat right--Discover how maintaining a proper diet (not to mention sleeping enough) is essential to improving the effectiveness of your strength training. Whether you plan to get healthy or set yourself up for weight lifting success, Strength Training for Beginners will help you get there!

Get strong and get fit with these exercises! Working out can be fun and rewarding, but if you're not doing it correctly, it can seem pointless, and even painful. Knowing the best way to build your strength—and knowing why it's the best way—can mean the difference between a lifelong devotion to exercise or giving up in frustration. In Ultimate Guide to Strength Training, you'll find information on exercises targeted for flexibility or body weight, exercises using weights or equipment, and workout routines specifically for body improvement, sports, and everything in between. Embark on a journey of fitness and health—from basic movements to information on how to build a complete exercise plan. With step-by-step instructions and full-color illustrations, it's like having your very own personal trainer.

Boost Your Health And Sculpt The Body Of Your Dreams With Strength Training - Here's How! Look no further than this book. It's almost as good as a face-to-face coaching session with an elite personal trainer. It will teach you all the best exercises for each muscle group and much more!

If you're a guy and you've started puberty, your body will have begun making the hormones necessary to help build muscle in response to weight training. If you haven't started puberty, or you're a girl, you'll still be able to get stronger - you just won't see your muscles getting much bigger. Before you start strength training, you should be checked out by your doctor to make sure it's safe for you to lift weights. And to reduce the risk of injury, it's important to learn proper technique and to be adequately supervised. Any time you start a new sport or activity, start out slowly so that your body gets used to the increase in activity. It's a good idea to initially perform the exercise without any weight to make sure you're using the proper technique. Once you've mastered the technique, you can gradually add weight as long as you can comfortably perform the exercise for 8 to 15 repetitions. Before you begin any type of strength training routine, get some guidance and expert advice. Many trainers who work at schools, gyms, and in weight rooms are knowledgeable about strength training, but it's best to get advice from someone who is a certified fitness expert and experienced working with teens. When lifting weights - either free weights or on a machine - make sure that there's always someone nearby to supervise, or spot, you. This person, called a spotter, encourages you and also can act as your coach, telling you if you're not doing a particular exercise correctly. Having a spotter nearby is particularly important when using free weights. Even someone in great shape sometimes just can't make that last rep. It's no big deal if you're doing biceps curls; all you'll have to do is drop the weight onto the floor. But if you're in the middle of a bench press - a chest exercise where you're lying on a bench and pushing a loaded barbell away from your chest - it's easy to become trapped under a heavy weight. A spotter can keep you from dropping the barbell onto your chest. Many schools offer weight or circuit training as units in their gym classes. Check to see if you can sign up. Don't be afraid to ask for pointers and tips about how much weight to start with and how to develop a routine. WHAT YOU WILL GET IN THIS BOOK: 1.INTRODUCTION 2.GETTING STARTED 3.What's a Healthy Routine? 4.WHAT IS STRENGTH TRAINING 5.Health benefits of resistance training 6.Why Weights Are Better Than Cardio for Fat Loss 7.10 strength-building strategies that will never die 8.50 Bodyweight Exercises You Can Do Anywhere

Work out, enhance your muscle mass, and get amazing results. This comprehensive guide targets every muscle group for a sculpted, leaner, and healthier body. Strength Training features more than 140 exercises using both equipment and free weights. Whether you wish to hit the gym or train at home, it will quickly help you achieve your goals - a sculpted physique, stronger bones, better balance and posture, and more energy for everyday living and sport. The exercises target every part of the body and include stretches and dynamic lifts. Step by step, Strength Training tells you how to do each one safely, with detailed anatomical artworks that show precisely which muscles you are targeting. It also shows how to plan your training with "smarter" goals, and gives you beginner, intermediate and advanced programs. With information on optimizing your diet and answers to common questions, this indispensable volume puts you on the fast track for a lean and healthy body.

This is not your run-of-the-mill fitness book. Developed by world-renowned gluteal expert Bret Contreras, Strong Curves offers an extensive fitness and nutrition guide for women seeking to improve their physique, function, strength, and mobility. Contreras spent the last eighteen years researching and field-testing the best methods for building better butts and shapelier bodies. In Strong Curves, he offers the programs that have proven effective time and time again with his clients, allowing you to develop lean muscle, rounded glutes, and greater confidence. Each page is packed with information decoding the female anatomy, providing a better understanding as to why most fitness programs fail to help women reach their goals. With a comprehensive nutritional guide and over 200 strength exercises, this book gets women off the treadmill and furnishes their drive to achieve strength, power, and sexy curves from head to toe. Although the glutes are the largest and most powerful muscle group in the human body, they often go dormant due to lifestyle choices, leading to a flat, saggy bum. Strong Curves is the cure.

Muscular strength and power: the foundation of total fitness. Now you can improve your total fitness by incorporating strength training into your regular fitness program. Included in this clearly illustrated book are: Everything you need to know about your muscles and how to train them. The 5 properties of a strength conditioning program. A complete guide to the proper use of free weights and machines. Eighty machine and free-weight exercises that can make you stronger. How to beat the GAS (General Adaption Syndrome). Strength training tips for the serious athlete. And much, much more.