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Dumbbell Training for Strength And Fitness

Matt Brzycki, Fred Fornicola

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Total reviews: 31 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Author got lazy 2 out of 5 stars.
5 of 8 people found this review helpful.

I was disappointed with this book. The author is not specific with the muscles worked. He says an exercise works the triceps instead of which of the 3 heads it focuses on or the exercise works the abs and not if it is upper, mid or lower abs. Same thing with shoulders. The author doesn't state if the exercise works the middle delt or the rear or front delt. The descriptions of the exercises are also re-hashed. Every explanation of particular muscle groups exercises are basically the same with a few words changed out. It just seems like the author wanted to churn out this book wihout being fresh or specific.

Editorial Review:

This is not your conventional how-to book. With an emphasis on safety, it thoroughly covers all aspects of proper strength training while simultaneously debunking certain myths and misconceptions such as explosive training and sport-specific training. The book shows how to perform nearly 50 exercises with dumbbells in a safe and effective manner. Unique to this type of book is the inclusion of more than three dozen dumbbell workouts that have been submitted by approximately 24 strength and fitness professionals from across the USA.

Yoga for Dummies: Miniature edition

Georg, Ph.d" Feuerstein, Larry, Ph.d" Payne, Ph.D. Larry Payne, Ph.D. Georg Feuerstein

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Total reviews: 25 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

underwhelmed 1 out of 5 stars.
5 of 33 people found this review helpful.

I ordered what I thought was a full size intro to yoga book and got the pee wee version for elves. I had been breathlessly waiting for my full size edition to arrive in the mail because I was so excited to be starting yoga. As I held the pitifully small thing in my hand I got so depressed because it reminded me of some bad relationships i've had in the past--big promises and nothing to back it up with. I binged on a quart of dulce de leche ice cream and a dozen black bottom cupcakes to try to numb my pain. These evil satanic deceivers must be stopped.

Too much New age, not enough stretching. 2 out of 5 stars.
3 of 7 people found this review helpful.

A few years ago, I was in a Yoga class, but after moving to a new state, I lost the thread of regular exercise. I picked this book because I like Yoga, but I don't remember the proper stances and wanted a basic book for getting started.

What I didn't want was a dissertation on breathing, and why I have to eliminate stress from my life, and how many different forms of Yoga there are (you're only going to be teaching stances for one type of Yoga, so how about we dispense with the history and get on to the exercise?)

This book was choked with new-age mysticism and positive thinking pap. As I read it, I could feel the author trying to rein in his "crystals and incense" rhetoric so that he didn't lose people like me. At one point, I just started flipping through the pages, hoping to find a picture of a person that might mark the beginning of actual information. You know what I found? A picture of a person lying down, and a description of how to rest properly.

I don't mean to sound unkind, but I know how to lie down. I've been doing it for most of my life. I'm well practiced in that. I follow a religious regimen of lying down at least once every night, and I don't remember ever getting it wrong. Can we get to the freaking exercise!

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Here's all the reference material necessary to practice simple yoga maneuvers on your own! This Running Press Miniature Edition™ includes descriptions of postures and drawings to illustrate them. It's a great pocket guide for anyone interested in relieving stress and clearing the mind while increasing energy and making the body fit. More For Dummies Miniature Editions™

Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training

Mark Vella

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Woman to Woman 4 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

It's a great resource for me. I am a woman who goes to the gym for fitness and strength training. Even though the gym provides a trainer, who has explained these things to me, the great illustrations in this book really help me to visualize how the muscles work and I now understand and can work them even better.

Editorial Review:

Learn how your muscles work before you work your muscles

Perfect for beginning and advanced fitness practitioners alike, this is an in-depth look into the most magnificent machine ever created--the human body. Using detailed anatomical illustrations, Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training provides you visual insight into what happens to this organic machine during exercise--muscles and tendons working in concert to strengthen your body's building blocks.

With a basic knowledge of how the body works, you can buff up your body with the book's 90 exercises, grouped by body region and involving gym machines, free weights, and body weight/stretching, as well as yoga and Pilates. Each exercise is vividly illustrated by a full-color anatomical illustration of the targeted muscles, together with instructions on execution and technique.

Byrne's New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards

Robert Byrne

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Instant Improvement 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I read the book page by page and practiced with it. My game is 300% better. This book is for every tipe of player.

great book 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Bought this book used from amazon. It is an exceelent and easy read that will improve your game immediately. I am still plowing through it but already I see improvement. Some of the photos could be a little sharper but none are so bad that you can't determine what it depicts. Highly recommend it.

Byrne's New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

The Chilton Book of pool, Byrne's New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards is a must have for anyone who plays pool.

look at the cover 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 13 people found this review helpful.

Hey, it may be a good book, I don't own it. But looking at the cover page, should not the 8 ball be in place of the 10?

For 30 years it's been the best pool manual 5 out of 5 stars.
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When this book came out 30 years ago it raised the bar for pool and three cushion billiards instruction manuals. Earlier books, such as Ray Martin' 99 Critical Shots, were badly flawed by the gross inaccuracies of their diagrams. Byrne introduced large and accurate scale diagrams, even including parabolic paths for cue balls struck with draw or follow. The last half of the book covers the elegant game of 3-cushion, which is now enjoying a renaissance. It contains by far the best, and nearly the only, explanation of "the diamond system" for calculating multiple rail bank shots. Even a rudimentary familiarity with it should help virtually any pool player. The entire book is leavened with Byrne's characteristic dry wit. I've been recommending this book to students for decades.

Editorial Review:

Now updated throughout and expanded with new material on strategy in eight- and nine-ball, trick shots, and billiard memorabilia, this comprehensive guide to cue games remains “the definitive work on pool and billiards” (National Billiard News). Index; diagrams and photographs.

The Body Sculpting Bible for Men, Revised Edition: The Way to Physical Perfection (Body Sculpting Bible)

James Villepigue, Hugo Rivera

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Editorial Review:

THE WAY TO PHYSICAL PERFECTION

It’s body sculpting at its best–the best exercises, the best nutrition plan, and the best training schedule out there, anywhere.

The Body Sculpting Bible for Men, Revised Edition is now bigger and better than ever! Now with updated and revised material, it contains all the original detailed exercises that made it a bestselling phenomenon, plus:
•a thoroughly revised diet and nutrition section, including before and after workout meals
•three new workouts focusing on losing body fat, toning and shaping, and bulking up
•dozens of new exercises and variations, complete with all-inclusive directions and photos
•a 30-minute instructional DVD to show exactly the right form for maximum results

This comprehensive guide includes not only exercises but also nutritional tips, psychological tricks, meal charts, workout graphs, different fitness plans, the inside scoop on bodybuilding supplements, advice on keeping fit while traveling, and weightlifting information for teens and seniors.

The 14-Day Body Sculpting Workout for Men drives your body hard in two-week increments so the workout never stays the same for long and the results–washboard abs, a chiseled chest, big guns, broad shoulders, and tight buns–just keep on coming.

The Body Sculpting Bible for Men, Revised Edition is the gold standard for body sculpting. It’s everything you've ever wanted in a fitness book and everything you've ever wanted in a training regimen–and it will give you everything you've ever wanted in a body.

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The Naked Warrior

Pavel Tsatsouline

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Have you noticed - the greater a man's skill, the more he achieves with less? And the skill of strength is no exception. From the ancient days of Greek wrestling, to the jealously guarded secrets of Chinese Kung Fu masters, to the hard men of modern spec ops, warriors and allied strongmen have developed an amazing array of skills for generating inhuman strength. But these skills have been scattered far and wide, held closely secret, or communicated in a piecemeal fashion that has left most of us frustrated and far from reaching our true strength potential. Now, for the first time, Russian strength expert and former Spetsnaz instructor Pavel has gathered many of these devastating techniques into one highly teachable skill set.In "The Naked Warrior" Pavel reveals exactly what it takes to be super-strong in minimum time - when your body is your only tool. Gain more brute strength in days than you did in years of bodybuilding or calisthenics. Discover the martial secrets of instant power generation - for rapid surges in applied strength. Discover how to get a world-class powerlifter's quality workout - using your body only. Master the one-arm/one-leg push-up for crushing upper body force. Forge super-piston, never-quit legs with the Spetsnaz favourite "Pistol". Discover the magic of "GTG" - guaranteed the world's most effective strength routine. Be tow-truck strong - yet possess the rugged looks of a stripped-down racer. Get a harder, firmer, functionally-fitter body - and be as resilient as hell whatever you face. With no gym, no weights, no problem - get a dynamite strength workout at a moment's notice - wherever you are.

Ultimate Guide To Weight Training For Triathlon (Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Triathlon) (Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Triathlon) (Ultimate ... Guide to Weight Training for Triathlon)

Robert G. Price

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• Year-round triathlon-specific weight-training programs
• Descriptions and photographs of nearly 100 exercises
• Used by top triathletes worldwide
• Perfect for triathletes of all ages and skill levels
• Includes links to free record-keeping charts

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The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Triathlon is the most comprehensive and up-to-date triathlon-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of over 80 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book features year-round triathlon-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results.

No other triathlon book to date has been so well designed, so easy to use, and so committed to weight training. This book was designed specially for triathletes to increase strength, speed, endurance, and stamina. This guide will have you shaving time off of all three events by using the most advanced and efficient exercises available. It will have you recording new personal records and reaching all of your goals. By following the year-round programs in the book, you will be able to finish meets with the same energy you exerted when you began.

Both beginners and advanced athletes and weight trainers can follow this book and utilize its programs. From recreational to professional, thousands of athletes all over the world are already benefiting from this book and its techniques, and now you can too!

As an added bonus, this book also contains links to free record keeping charts which normally sell separately for $20.

The New High Intensity Training: The Best Muscle-Building System You've Never Tried

Ellington Darden

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Certain to become the bible of HIT-the training that revolutionized lifting with shorter, far-more-intense workouts-this impassioned guide is the last word on how to achieve explosive growth safely, without steroids!

For many dedicated bodybuilders, the weight-lifting theories of Arthur Jones are gospel. It was Jones, the inventor of Nautilus exercise equipment, who first discovered that short, intense workouts could produce better results than the long, high-volume workouts then in vogue.

Even though research into Jones's methods has proved them correct, a number of high-profile strength coaches use HIT to train their athletes, and the bodybuilding magazine Ironman does HIT-based features every issue, there still are no major HIT books in stores. This new book-by champion bodybuilder, exercise researcher, and best-selling author Ellington Darden, who is a Jones disciple and friend-shows lifters how to apply the master's teachings, along with some new HIT concepts to achieve extraordinary results.

At the heart of the book is a complete, illustrated, six-month course for explosive growth. Exercise by exercise, workout by workout, the reader is shown precisely what to do, and perhaps even more important, what not to do. Charging that too many bodybuilders follow a more-is-better approach-too many exercises, too many sets, and too much frequency-and rely on steroids to compensate for depleted recovery ability, Darden shows why HIT, steroid-free and healthy, is the best way to safely build muscle. Finally, the exercise religion Arthur Jones founded, and Darden fine-tuned, has its bible.

The Men's Health Hard Body Plan : The Ultimate 12-Week Program for Burning Fat and Building Muscle

Larry Keller, Lou Schuler

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BIGGER SHOULDERS! BULGING BICEPS! RIPPED ABS! A LEANER TORSO! STRONG LEGS!

Get the Body You Want in Just 12 Weeks-- Guaranteed!

For fast, effective results, look no further than The Men's Health Hard-Body Plan-- because you won't find this information anywhere else! Based on solid scientific research and exclusively developed by two leading exercise and nutrition gurus, The Men's Health Hard-Body Plan features:

* Three cutting-edge 12-week full-body muscle plans
Choose the level that's right for you and start pumping

* Revolutionary Quick-Set Paths to Power
Get fast results without spending half your life in the gym

* A sensible eating plan to keep you fueled
The Hard-Body Diet allows you to eat six times a day, so you'll never be hungry! It includes hearty recipes for every meal, plus dozens of snack suggestions and fast-food take-out options

Clear step-by-step instructions and accompanying photographs ensure that you'll have no trouble following the Hard-Body Plan. And a 3-week rotation of exercises means that you won't get bored, either. Easily customized to meet your specific goals, this plan is the ultimate guide to building bulk and shedding fat.

GOODBYE TO LOVE HANDLES AND SAY HELLO TO A BODY THAT WILL MAKE HEADS TURN!

The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Tennis

Robert G. Price

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The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Tennis is the most comprehensive and up-to-date tennis-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of over 80 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book features year-round tennis-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results.

No other tennis book to date has been so well designed, so easy to use, and so committed to weight training. This book will increase your strength, agility, and endurance enabling more powerful and precise backhands, forehands, and serves. Following this program will allow tennis players of all skill levels to stay strong until the final shot.

Both beginners and advanced athletes and weight trainers can follow this book and utilize its programs. From recreational to professional, thousands of athletes all over the world are already benefiting from this book and its techniques, and now you can too!

As an added bonus, this book also contains links to free record keeping charts which normally sell separately for $20.