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Bring the benefits of strength training to seniors—regardless of their fitness levels—with Fitness Professional's Guide to Strength Training Older Adults, Second Edition. This resource contains the information and tools you need to educate, motivate, and assist older adults in committing to and benefiting from individualized strength training programs. Baechle and Westcott, leading authorities in fitness and strength training, offer information and guidance based on their combined 50-plus years of experience as strength training athletes, coaches, instructors, and researchers. The authors’ summaries of current research will update your knowledge of the specific health benefits of strength training for senior populations, including those with chronic conditions. Guidelines for senior strength training provide a basis for your program design, and recommendations for program modifications will assist you in constructing strength training programs that meet each client’s needs, abilities, and limitations. Previously published as Strength Training for Seniors, this new edition has been retooled to assist health and fitness instructors at health clubs, YMCAs, community centers, nursing homes, retirement communities, and other organizations in helping older adults obtain the far-reaching benefits of strength training.

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics; 2 edition (May 4, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073607581X
• ISBN-13: 978-0736075817

Fitness Professional's Guide to Strength Training Older Adults-2nd Edition [Paperback]

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The key to losing fat and getting a strong, sexy body can’t be found in the pages of some fancy diet book. It can’t be found in a magic pill. According to strength coach, Rachel Cosgrove, the key to shedding fat and keeping it off can only be found on the strength-training floor. After trying—and failing—diet after diet, hundreds of women have turned to Cosgrove and her revolutionary Fit Female strength training program to finally get the fit, strong, and healthy bodies they’ve always wanted. Her clients have lost up to 70 pounds, dropped up to six dress sizes, and drastically changed their body shapes and muscle-to-fat ratios.

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books; 1 edition (November 10, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1605296937
• ISBN-13: 978-1605296937

The Female Body Breakthrough: The Revolutionary Strength-Training Plan for Losing Fat and Getting the Body You Want [Paperback]

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This study compared the effects of a non-traditional & a traditional strength training program for adolescents on measures of health-related fitness & physical activity enjoyment (PACES). Male (n=7) & female (n=12) adolescents between the ages of 15 & 18 years registered for a community based program & volunteered to participate in the study component. Participants were assigned to a non-traditional training group (n=10) utilizing kettlebells (KB) or a traditional training group (n=9) utilizing dumbbells. Health-related fitness & PACES were measured at baseline & post-training, with an additional PACES measure at mid-training. Both training groups significantly improved several health-related fitness measures, with the only significant difference between groups being seen in KB swing squats. PACES significantly decreased from baseline to mid-training, & stayed constant from mid- to post-training, for both training groups. There was no significant difference between groups on physical activity enjoyment.

Strength Training for Adolescents: Comparing traditional [Paperback]

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Comprehensive and research based, the second edition of NSCA's Essentials of Personal Training is the resource to rely on for personal training information and guidance. With state-of-the-art knowledge regarding applied aspects of personal training as well as clear explanations of supporting scientific evidence, NSCA’s Essentials of Personal Training, Second Edition, is also the authoritative preparation text for those preparing for the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s Certified Personal Trainer (NSCA-CPT) exam.
 

• Hardcover: 696 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics; 2 edition (October 27, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736084150
• ISBN-13: 978-0736084154

NSCA'S Essentials of Personal Training - 2nd Edition [Hardcover]

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This is the ultimate book regarding traditional kettlebell training for sport, strength and fitness. Includes a history of kettlebells, detailed exercises, sample training plans and much more! Your one-stop-shop for the ultimate in kettlebell training!

• Paperback: 68 pages
• Publisher: Scott Shetler (January 31, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0615262295
• ISBN-13: 978-0615262291

Kettlebells for Sport, Strength and Fitness [Paperback]

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Golfers spend outrageous sums of money every year on new balls, clubs, and swing instruction in an effort to improve their game. But what holds back most amateur golfers isn't their equipment or even their swing; it's their fitness. In Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes, seasoned instructor and fitness expert Katherine Roberts outlines a precise combination of flexibility and strength training that will get any golfer in shape to play their best.

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Gotham (August 4, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592404561
• ISBN-13: 978-1592404568

Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes: Fix Your Swing by Putting Flexibility, Strength, and Stamina in Your Golf Bag [Paperback]

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Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training for Women provides magnificent visual insight into what happens to your muscles when you exercise. You'll be able to isolate specific muscle groups and design the most targeted program possible.

Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training for Women gives you:

• 100+ muscle-by-muscle illustrations for an inside look at how exercise affects your muscles

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill (January 14, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007149572X
• ISBN-13: 978-0071495721

Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training for Women [Paperback]

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With heart disease and diabetes topping the list of health hazards for women, strength training effectively reduces the risks by burning calories and bringing down body weight. Featuring two programs for all ages and levels of ability, Strength Training for Women offers a sensible, workable plan that every woman can follow for life, whether at home or in the gym.

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: DK Adult (December 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756605954
• ISBN-13: 978-0756605957

Strength Training For Women: Tone Up, Burn Calories, Stay Strong [Paperback]

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Every day scientists learn more about how the body adapts to the stress of running—and how various body systems contribute to running performance. Leading the charge is a fresh generation of brilliant young exercise physiologists including Ross Tucker and Jonathan Dugas, whose work has demolished many long-standing beliefs about running. Now Tucker and Dugas, whose blog, Science of Sport, has already created a devoted readership, join with esteemed fitness author Matt Fitzgerald to provide a captivating tour of the human body from the runner’s perspective. Focusing on how runners at all levels can improve their health and performance, The Runner’s Body offers in a friendly, accessible tone, the newest, most surprising, and most helpful scientific discoveries about every aspect of the sport—from how best to nourish the runner’s body to safe and legal ways to increase oxygen delivery to the muscles.

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books (May 12, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1605298611
• ISBN-13: 978-1605298610

Runner's World The Runner's Body: How the Latest Exercise Science Can Help You Run Stronger, Longer, and Faster [Paperback]

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In ChiRunning, Danny and Katherine Dreyer, well-known walking and running coaches, provide powerful insight that transforms running from a high-injury sport to a body-friendly, injury-free fitness phenomenon. ChiRunning employs the deep power reserves in the core muscles, an approach found in disciplines such as yoga, Pilates, and T'ai Chi.

ChiRunning enables you to develop a personalized exercise program by blending running with the powerful mind-body principles of T’ai Chi:

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Touchstone; Rev Upd edition (May 5, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416549447
• ISBN-13: 978-1416549444

ChiRunning: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-Free Running [Paperback]