Strength Training Anatomy

Get an inside look at the human form in action with more than 400 full-color illustrations. This detailed artwork showcases the muscles used during each exercise and delineates how these muscles interact with surrounding joints and skeletal structures. Like having an X-ray for each exercise, the information gives you a multifaceted view of strength training not seen in any other resource.

A best-seller now features more than 600 full-color illustrations--adding 48 pages of new exercises and stretches for each of the major muscle groups--to give readers an understanding of how muscles perform while training, in a resource that combines the detail of top anatomy texts with the best of strength training advice. Original.

Highlighted by the author's illustrations and hundreds of full-color photos, an ideal supplement offers 200-plus exercises and 50 programs for strength, power, bodybuilding, shaping and toning, and sport-specific training in more than 30 sports, with each exercise including step-by-step instruction, callouts for variation and safety considerations. Original.

Going far beyond standard pull-ups, push-ups, and squats, Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy presents 156 unique exercises that work every muscle in the body. Detailed anatomical artwork accompanies step-by-step instructions for performing each exercise anytime, anywhere, without the need for equipment or machines.

In full-color anatomical drawings by the author, this guide shows each exercise while it's being performed, revealing exactly which muscles are being used. Exercises for toning the buttocks, abs, legs, and back are featured. 380 illustrations.

Delavier’s Women’s Strength Training Anatomy Workouts delivers the exercises, programming, and advice you need for the results you want. Based on the anatomical features unique to women, this new guide sets the standard for women’s strength training. The 290 full-color illustrations allow you to see inside 157 exercises and variations and 49 programs for strengthening, sculpting, and developing your arms, chest, back, shoulders, abs, legs, and glutes. Step-by-step instructions work in tandem with the anatomical illustrations and photos to ensure you understand how to maximize the efficiency of each exercise. You’ll see how muscles interact with surrounding joints and skeletal structures and learn how movement variations can isolate specific muscles and achieve targeted results. Delavier’s Women’s Strength Training Anatomy includes proven programming for reducing fat, adding lean muscle, and sculpting every body region. Whether you’re beginning a program or enhancing an existing routine, working out at home or at the gym, it’s all here and all in the stunning detail that only Frédéric Delavier can provide. The former editor in chief of PowerMag in France, author and illustrator Frédéric Delavier has written for Le Monde du Muscle, Men’s Health Germany, and several other publications. His previous publications, including Strength Training Anatomy and Women’s Strength Training Anatomy, have sold more than 2.5 million copies.

"This book provides information on training, injury prevention, and recovery for athletes in 48 sports"--

Provides illustrations, photographs, and step-by-step instructions for exercises and programs for strength, power, bodybuilding, shaping and toning, and sport-specific training.

A best-seller now features more than 600 full-color illustrations--adding 48 pages of new exercises and stretches for each of the major muscle groups--to give readers an understanding of how muscles perform while training, in a resource that combines the detail of top anatomy texts with the best of strength training advice. Original.

Presents a guide to increasing abdominal strength, flexibility, and muscle tone with over one hundred detailed exercise descriptions supplemented with photograph illustrations and anatomical drawings, as well as sixty suggested exercise programs.

Books by best-selling author Frédéric Delavier have sold more than two million copies. His latest, The Strength Training Anatomy Workout III, is an advanced guide to the secrets of training. It will help you cross the plateau to achieve greater muscle development and gains.

Detailed anatomically correct display of essential arm exercises.

Detailed anatomically correct display of essential gluteal exercises.

100 STEP-BY-STEP EXERCISE PHOTOS AND 100 COLOR ANATOMY ILLUSTRATIONS COMBINE TO CREATE A HELPFUL, INFORMATIVE GUIDE FOR MAXIMIZING YOUR STRENGTH TRAINING RESULTS Picturing hundreds of step-by-step exercises and clearly colored muscle illustrations, Freeweight Training Anatomy reveals precisely which muscle groups are being built, stretched and sculpted in every workout. This extensive anatomy and fitness guide is the ultimate resource for creating smart, balanced fitness routines that employ barbells, dumbbells, kettlebells, sandbags and even your own body weight. • Isolate and exercise hard-to-sculpt muscles • Revolutionize your routine with unconventional weights • Add hardcore combination moves for a full-body workout

Now the top-selling book on strength training anatomy comes with the leading software in interactive anatomy to create an impressive package. Strength Training Anatomy, Second Edition, offers the most compelling artwork ever applied to the strength training category and returns with more illustrations and techniques for safely building muscle. Strength and fitness enthusiasts worldwide have discovered the benefits of having X-rays of hundreds of exercises, pinpointing the direct anatomical benefits of each one. Stunning, interactive anatomical images are also now provided via Primal Pictures software program Essentials of Interactive Functional Anatomy (IFA Essentials)that is bound into this packaged version of the second edition. This learning tool allows the user to view the entire human body and remove anatomical structures layer by layer, through 11 layers (from skin to bone), with a unique strip-away technique. Views of any specific structure on the screen can be rotated up to 360 degrees and stopped at any point for viewing or exported for presentations. Additionally, the live-action video option allows for observation of muscle actions during walking, standing from a sitting position, and other activities such as push-ups and sit-ups. A zoom control allows the user to zoom in for a closer look at specific details or zoom out for overall views of any structure. Every structure has related text to further define the structure being viewed. IFA Essentialsincludes descriptions and images of bones, ligaments, muscles, tendons, retinacula, capsules, cartilage, discs, membranes, and other miscellaneous structures. Also provided is information regarding proximal and distal attachments, nerve innervation, blood supply, and primary and secondary actions. The CD-ROM includes 34 animations and four gross motor movements--each of which can be viewed from four different angles--showing muscle function and providing users with a strong sense of the movement around joints. To reinforce the content, IFA Essentialsalso offers an interactive quiz. Users can select the level of difficulty and number of quiz questions. Then, using a multiple-choice format, they identify or locate various structures on the model. IFA Essentialsprovides excellent learning opportunities for students of human anatomy, kinesiology, and biomechanics. Like the bestselling first edition, the book provides an intricate look at strength training from the inside out. Not only does Strength Training Anatomy, Second Editiondemonstrate exercises for the entire body and showcase the muscles used, but it also delineates how these muscles interact with joints, bones, and connective tissue. Chapters are devoted to each major muscle group, with 115 total exercises for arms, shoulders, chest, back, legs, buttocks, and abdomen. Loaded with more than 400 full-color illustrations, this edition also contains new information on common strength training injuries and preventive measures for each. System Requirements Windows -Windows® 98/2000/ME/XP -Pentium® processor or higher -At least 32 MB RAM -Monitor set to 800 x 600 or greater -High-color display Macintosh -Power Mac® -System 8.6/9/OSX -At least 64 MB RAM -Monitor set to 800 x 600 or greater -Monitor set to thousands of colors

Detailed anatomically correct display of essential chest exercises.

Detailed anatomically correct display of essential abdominal exercises.