The Complete Guide to Strength Training 5th edition

by Anita Bean

Overview

The Complete Guide to Strength Training is the ultimate resource for anyone wanting to increase strength and resculpt their body. Featuring proven training programs and evidence-based nutritional guidance, it delivers comprehensive workouts for beginners, intermediates, and elite athletes. This updated fifth edition includes:

· Full-color photos and detailed descriptions of more than one hundred exercises
· Programs for increasing strength, muscle, and explosive power
· Fat loss workouts
· Body-weight-based workouts
· Plyometric training
· Cutting-edge nutrition and supplementation advice for gaining muscle and reducing fat

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472910653
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	11/24/2015
Series:	Complete Guides
Edition description:	5th Revised ed.
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

A former British National Bodybuilding Champion, Anita Bean is the award-winning author of the bestselling Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition and Food for Fitness.

Table of Contents

List of abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface to the fifth edition

PART ONE: MUSCLE SCIENCE
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Principles of muscle growth
Chapter 3 Principles and methods of strength training
Chapter 4 Programme design
Chapter 5 How to get started
Chapter 6 Warming up

PART TWO: NUTRITION
Chapter 7 Build muscle not fat
Chapter 8 Sports supplements

PART THREE: THE EXERCISES
Chapter 9 The lower body
Chapter 10 The back
Chapter 11 The chest
Chapter 12 The shoulders
Chapter 13 The arms
Chapter 14 The abdominals
Chapter 15 Body weight exercises
Chapter 16 Power/plyometric exercises
Chapter 17 The stretches

PART FOUR: TRAINING PROGRAMMES
Chapter 18 The beginner's programme
Chapter 19 The intermediate's programme
Chapter 20 The advanced programme
Chapter 21 The strength programme
Chapter 22 Body weight workouts
Chapter 23 Power workouts
Chapter 24 Training for sports programmes
Chapter 25 The cardiovascular programme
Chapter 26 Training for specific results

Appendix
References
Further reading
Glossary
Index