Fitness Weight Training (Fitness Spectrum Series)

Gives step-by-step guidelines for developing muscular fitness through weight lifting. Whether you're a serious weight trainer with a chiseled physique or a newcomer to the weight room with a little flab, this book will help you design a custom-made program that fits your goals. Inside you'll find tips for starting a weight training program, from choosing your equipment to determining your present fitness level and desired weight training outcomes; six color-coded workout zones containing 50 progressive workouts that let you choose your own pace and type of result--muscle toning, body shaping, or strength development; and sample weight training programs that show you how to organize the workouts into a safe and effective training plan that meets your needs. Written by experts Thomas Baechle and Roger Earle, Fitness Weight Training is part of the Fitness Spectrum Series--a new collection of books from Human Kinetics that offer fitness enthusiasts and sport participants of all backgrounds a practical and flexible approach to training. Make every minute in the weight room count. Fitness Weight Training will help you maximize the results you're seeking from each workout session.

75 detailed workouts designed specifically for strengthening, toning, and shaping ensure that your muscles will develop as you desire. The selection of workouts allows you to fit the optimal training session into the time, energy, and equipment available.

Take the guesswork out and put confidence into every workout. Make Fitness Weight Training your workout manual for toned and well-defined muscles.

Incl. how to start a weight training program, from choosing equipment to determining desired weight training outcomes.

Content: Part I Preparing to Weight Train 1 -- Part II Weight Training Workout Zones 41 -- Part III Training by the Workout Zones 107. Abstract: This manual helps readers to determine what they want from weight training (muscle toning, body shaping or strength development) and how intensely they should train. They can use 50-colour, progressive workouts as they follow a programme that matches their current fitness level and personal goals Read more... Provides advice for starting a weight training program, suggests workouts at various intensity levels, and offers six sample weight training programs