BEGINNING BODYBUILDING

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-07-149576-9
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 277 mm, Gewicht: 495 g

Prepare to look, feel, and perform better than you ever have before!Why bodybuilding? Put simply, lifting weights--or resistance training--is one of the best ways to achieve total body health and fitness. Research has shown time and again that pumping iron provides a host of benefits: Bigger muscles, of course, but also greater strength, higher bone density, and improved cardiovascular capacity. Adding muscle also naturally ignites your body's internal fat-burners, increasing your metabolism while lowering your blood pressure and cholesterol. Oh yeah, and you'll look terrific.Here's all you need to start building serious muscle, including crucial information on: - Complete workouts and techniques to maximize results - Specific tips on achieving more defined abs, arms, legs, chest, and back, - How bodybuilding is different and better than other training methods - Basic anatomy and physiology - “Gym jargon” via a special decoder - How long and often you should work out--and how much recovery time your body needs

Autoren/Hrsg.

Little, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sonstige Sportarten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: Beginning Bodybuilding1. Getting Started2. The Next Stage3. Less Sets + More Reps = More Mass!4. What About Steroids?PART TWO: Adding More Muscle5. Fast Mass! – The “60-Second Workout”6. The Power Of Partials7. The Split Routine8. Giant Sets9. How To Train For Size And PowerPART THREE: Specialization And Refinement10. Setting Up Your Year-Round Training Schedule11. Specialization – Shoulders12. Specialization -- Legs13. Specialization – Arms14. Specialization -- Back15. Specialization -- Chest16. An Incredible Abdominal RoutinePART FOUR: Keeping The Muscle Machine Primed17. Dieting To Build Pure Muscle18. 10 Common Training Mistakes To Avoid19. Questions & Answers

Über Autor(innen)

Little, John
John Little is known and respected in martial arts and film circles as the worlds foremost authority on the life and philosophy of Bruce Lee. He is the author of The Warrior Within, which offered the first formal presentation of Lees philosophy. In 1998, Little produced, directed, and wrote the score for Bruce Lee: In His Own Words, which won the prestigious Toronto World-Wide Short Film Festival award for Best Documentary. Littles shooting script for this film resides in the Margaret Herrick Library in Beverly Hills, California, a branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

John Little has worked alongside bodybuilding's greatest champions and innovators for more than thirty years. He has created three revolutionary training techniques--max contraction training, static contraction training, and power factor training (and authored many books on the subjects). More than 150,000 bodybuilders in sixty countries use his training techniques andread his regular column in Iron Man magazine.