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.

Strength Training Anatomy

Delavier, Frédéric

Sports & Outdoors

Human Kinetics

With information on strengthening and toning the legs, buttocks, abs, and back, Women's Strength Training Anatomy provides full-color, detailed anatomical illustrations of exercises for these hard-to-shape areas. What makes this book unique is that readers can see the muscles at work during each exercise, like an X ray of the body in motion.
Are there definite anatomical differences in the way men and women should build their bodies? According to the best-selling author and illustrator of Strength Training Anatomy, the answer is an overwhelming yes! Exercise variations based on a woman's unique anatomical features are also covered, helping to isolate muscles and make each exercise more effective.
Make your workouts work harder for you! If you work out to strengthen and shape your body or if you help women get stronger and more defined, this is one book you need for understanding the female form and getting the most from your exercises.

Women's Strength Training Anatomy

Parenting & Relationships

Using the same masterful anatomical artwork that helped the Strength Training Anatomy and Women's Strength Training Anatomy books sell over 1,000,000 copies combined in the United States, the Strength Training Anatomy Poster Series consists of seven 24- x 31-inch full-color posters that fully illustrate every major muscle group. The seven posters can be ordered invidually or as a full set. 
Each region-specific poster--back, arms, shoulders, chest, abdomen, gluteals, and legs--presents nine exercise illustrations that depict the anatomy in action, including musculoskeletal attachments and how exercise variations target specific muscles. Presenting more than 63 exercises in total, these posters serve as blueprints for strength trainers, bodybuilders, and professionals who wish to work each muscle group safely and maximize the benefits of every workout.

Strength Training Anatomy Poster Series

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

Full-color poster using the same masterful anatomical artwork that is featured in the best selling book, Stength Training Anatomy-2nd Edition (ISBN 9780736063685) by Frederic Delavier. This region-specific poster, the Back Poster, presents nine exercise illustrations for Dumbbell shrugs with rotation, Upright rows with hands spread, One-arm dumbbell rows, Back lat pull-downs, Chin-ups, Seated rows, Bent rows, Good mornings, and Back extension. Each illustration depicts the anatomy in action, including musculoskeletal attachments and how exercise variations target specific muscles. This poster serves as a blueprint for maximizing the benefits of every back workout. Individual poster size: 24 x 31 (60 x 80 cm).

Strength Training for the Back

Full-color poster using the same masterful anatomical artwork that is featured in the best selling book, Stength Training Anatomy-2nd Edition (ISBN 9780736063685) by Frederic Delavier. This region-specific poster, the Arms Poster, presents nine exercise illustrations for Alternate curls, Hammer curls, Preacher curls, Underhand barbell curls, Standing one-arm dumbbell triceps extension, Triceps extensions on a bench, Overhand push-downs, Reverse curls, and Wrist curls. Each illustration depicts the anatomy in action, including musculoskeletal attachments and how exercise variations target specific muscles. This poster serves as a blueprint for maximizing the benefits of every arm workout. Individual poster size: 24 x 31 (60 x 80 cm).

Strength Training for the Arms

Using the same masterful anatomical artwork that is featured in the Strength Training Anatomy and Women's Strength Training Anatomy books, the Strength Training Anatomy poster series consists of seven full-color posters that fully illustrate every major muscle group.This region-specific poster, the Shoulders Poster, presents nine exercise illustrations.-Lateral raises-Alternate front raises-Alternate lateral raises with a low pulley-Bent-over lateral raises-Barbell front raises-Seated anterior dumbbell raises-Back press-Front press-Seated dumbbell pressEach illustration depicts the anatomy in action, including musculoskeletal attachments and how exercise variations target specific muscles. This poster serves as a blueprint for maximizing the benefits of every shoulder workout.Individual poster size: 24” x 31” (60 x 80 cm).

Strength Training for the Shoulders

Full-color poster using the same masterful anatomical artwork that is featured in the best selling book, Stength Training Anatomy-2nd Edition (ISBN 9780736063685) by Frederic Delavier. This region-specific poster, the Chest Poster, presents eight exercise illustrations for Bench press, Bench press with narrow grip, Incline press, Bench press with dumbbells, Dumbbell flys, Incline dumbbell press, Parallel bar dips, and Dumbbell pullover. Each illustration depicts the anatomy in action, including musculoskeletal attachments and how exercise variations target specific muscles. This poster serves as a blueprint for maximizing the benefits of every chest workout. Individual poster size: 24 x 31 (60 x 80 cm).

Strength Training for the Chest

Using the same masterful anatomical artwork that is featured in the Strength Training Anatomy and Women's Strength Training Anatomy books, the Strength Training Anatomy poster series consists of seven full-color posters that fully illustrate every major muscle group.This region-specific poster, the Gluteals Poster, presents nine exercise illustrations.-Lunges-Lunges with dumbbells-Stiff-legged deadlifts-Lateral thigh raises -Cable adductions-Machine abductions-Hip abductions-Hip extensions -BridgingEach illustration depicts the anatomy in action, including musculoskeletal attachments and how exercise variations target specific muscles. This poster serves as a blueprint for maximizing the benefits of every gluteal workout.Individual poster size: 24” x 31” (60 x 80 cm).

Strength Training for the Buttocks

Discover for yourself the magic of Strength Training Anatomy, one of the best-selling strength training books ever published! Get an intricate look at strength training from the inside out. Strength Training Anatomy, with over 850,000 copies already sold, brings anatomy to life 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 multilateral view of strength training not seen in any other resource. This updated bestseller also contains new information on common strength training injuries and preventive measures to help you exercise safely. Chapters are devoted to each major muscle group, with 115 total exercises for arms, shoulders, chest, back, legs, buttocks, and abdomen.

Strength Training Anatomy - 2nd Edition

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 Essentials includes 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 Essentials also 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 Essentials provides 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 Edition demonstrate 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

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