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I bought this for a class but I even use it for my own workouts for a little change in my routine because it has so many different exercises.
It gives me the ability to choose multiple exercises to ensure that I am getting the most out of the workout. The pictures are incredible and show exactly which muscles are targeted. Highly recommended. I have not done a lot of strength training, but decided that if I wanted to begin lifting weights, I wanted to know exactly what to expect. This book is my first reference when deciding which muscles to work for every session.
The result is a better understanding of why certain exercises are being recommended and how exercises, when done properly, complement one another in meeting specific fitness goals. Strength Training Anatomy has proven to be an excellent resource.I volunteer in the fitness center at a catastrophic hospital. When working with clients on resistance exercises, the book provides easy-to-understand graphics of how the exercises should be performed and which muscles, muscle groups, and bones are involved in each exercise.
For weight trainers this is a great resource. It is not and encyclopedia but a great resource of information.It has the info with the pictures to help and considering it is translated it is still fairly easy to understand. I bought this at Costco on a whim, because I weight train and it is really fantastic. Explanations of what an excercise will do and what muscle groups are an excellent source of information, but I am a visiual learner and this product really shows you what each excercise does in the gym, so you can focus on a particular area more easily.
It is very clear which muscles are being worked by the various exercises. Having so many excercises can be overwhelming to those new to working out. I was referred to this book because it is used by many physiology/exercise/health students at my university. What I like most about the book is it presents a few exercises for each muscle group versus some books that present 50 exercises for each muscle group. This is an well written and presented book for body building. Am glad I bought it. The muscle graphics are excellently done.
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