Your personal trainer : the expert training companion for total fitness

Are you struggling to develop an exercise program? Having trouble sticking with your current program? Dissatisfied with the results you're seeing-or not seeing? Your Personal Trainer gives you customized, expert training advice that will help you get the results you want. And it does so at a fraction of the cost of hiring your own trainer! Douglas Brooks-one of the top personal trainers in the United States-shares his no-nonsense, results-oriented approach to training. He offers no quick fixes, but what he does offer are proven effective exercise programs and techniques similar to those he prescribes to his clients every day. Your Personal Trainer provides individually tailored programs, structured workouts, and planned training cycles, all featuring the latest exercise information available to help you achieve your fitness goals. Here's just a sampling of the many features you'll find: - Guidelines for scheduling your workouts - Recommended stretches and strength exercises - Interval training models - Warm-up and cool-down techniques - Advice on cross-training - Nutrition tips - Hints for building in rest and recovery - Self-tests for tracking your progress Through it all, Brooks will keep you motivated and make your exercise program fun, not drudgery. Regardless of your fitness level, the time-tested techniques in Your Personal Trainer will give you a training advantage and empower you to take control of your fitness and health. If you're a personal trainer, you too can use Your Personal Trainer to better serve your clients. You'll find state-of-the-art advice on how to build a training regimen around your clients' specific needs, limitations, and goals. Plus, you'll learn Brooks' techniques for motivating clients. Booknews Presents individually tailored training programs and customized fitness workouts designed to maximize workout goals, shed pounds and add muscle, increase endurance, and stay motivated. Chapters are organized in sections on training essentials and components, training programs, and training targets. Includes b&w photos, assessment forms, and planning sheets. The author is a certified personal trainer and is fitness training director at Snowcreek Resort and Athletic Club. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Are you struggling to develop an exercise program? Having trouble sticking with your current program? Dissatisfied with the results you're seeing-or not seeing? Your Personal Trainer gives you customized, expert training advice that will help you get the results you want. And it does so at a fraction of the cost of hiring your own trainer! Douglas Brooks-one of the top personal trainers in the United States-shares his no-nonsense, results-oriented approach to training. He offers no quick fixes, but what he does offer are proven effective exercise programs and techniques similar to those he prescribes to his clients every day. Your Personal Trainer provides individually tailored programs, structured workouts, and planned training cycles, all featuring the latest exercise information available to help you achieve your fitness goals. Here's just a sampling of the many features you'll - Guidelines for scheduling your workouts - Recommended stretches and strength exercises - Interval training models - Warm-up and cool-down techniques - Advice on cross-training - Nutrition tips - Hints for building in rest and recovery - Self-tests for tracking your progress Through it all, Brooks will keep you motivated and make your exercise program fun, not drudgery. Regardless of your fitness level, the time-tested techniques in Your Personal Trainer will give you a training advantage and empower you to take control of your fitness and health. If you're a personal trainer, you too can use Your Personal Trainer to better serve your clients. You'll find state-of-the-art advice on how to build a training regimen around your clients' specific needs, limitations, and goals. Plus, you'll learn Brooks' techniques for motivating clients. Douglas Brooks - one of the top personal trainers in the United States - shares his no-nonsense, results-oriented approach to training. You won't find any quick fixes here. But what you will find are proven effective exercise programs and techniques similar to those he prescribes to his clients every day. By following Brooks's programs and advice, you will: maximize your workout gains, lose more weight, gain more muscle, increase your endurance, stay motivated and committed, and add variety to your routine People who are stuggling to come up with or stick to an exercise programme should benefit from the advice in this book. Douglas Brooks presents the programme components and exercise techniques that he prescribes for his clients on a daily basis.