Product Description: 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 resourcecontains 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.

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics; 2 edition (May 3, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073607581X
• ISBN-13: 978-0736075817
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Fitness Professional's Guide to Strength Training Older Adults-2nd Edition

Product Description: 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.

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• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books; Original edition (November 10, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1605296937
• ISBN-13: 978-1605296937
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The Female Body Breakthrough: The Revolutionary Strength-Training Plan for Losing Fat and Getting the Body You Want

Product Description: 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.

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: VDM Verlag (July 19, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3639170636
• ISBN-13: 978-3639170634
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Strength Training for Adolescents: Comparing traditional

Product Description: Weight training - Strength training, Physical strength, Muscle hypertrophy, Skeletal muscle, Resistance training, Aerobic exercise, Circuit training, Bodybuilding, Weightlifting, Powerlifting, Strongman (strength athlete), History of strength training, Endurance, Isometric exercise, Training to failure, Human power, Overtraining, Plyometrics, Pilates, Super Slow, Weight machine, Exercise ball, Wobble board (exercise), Indian clubs, Weighted clothing

• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: Alphascript Publishing (April 23, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 6130006764
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Weight Training: Strength training, Physical strength, Muscle hypertrophy, Skeletal muscle, Resistance training, Aerobic exercise, Circuit training, Bodybuilding, ... Powerlifting, Strongman (strength athlete)

Product Description: 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
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• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
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Kettlebells for Sport, Strength and Fitness

Product Description: 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. Including swing corrections by top-flight instructor Hank Haney, Roberts's program features:

* Tests to measure baseline stability and mobility
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• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Gotham (August 4, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592404561
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Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes: Fix Your Swing by Putting Flexibility, Strength, and Stamina in Your Golf Bag

Product Description: 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
• 70+ exercises--ranging from free weights to machines to yoga and aerobics--that will sculpt your entire body and will give you a sexy chest, toned arms and legs, slimmer hips, a strong back and shoulders, and flat abs
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• Expert commentary on each exercise, covering everything from history to cautions and benefits
• Specific exercise programs for muscle tone and strength
• A difficulty rating for every exercise, ranging from beginner to advanced

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (January 14, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007149572X
• ISBN-13: 978-0071495721
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
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Anatomy For Women For Strength and Fitness Training

Product Description: A personal trainer in NYC's Upper East Side, Pagano has dedicated the past 16 years of her life to passing her knowledge and passion for fitness on to other women in the hopes of helping them improve their lives and prevent common diseases like osteoporosis. Her first offering in the crowded self-help fitness genre succeeds impressively well as a resource for women of all ages looking to improve their overall health. Like a good personal trainer should, she begins with a three-part fitness test and questionnaire to assess whether the reader should consult a doctor before beginning her program.

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: DK ADULT (December 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756605954
• ISBN-13: 978-0756605957
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 0.5 inches
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Strength Training for Women

Product Description: 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. Full of surprising facts, practical sidebars, and graphical elements, The Runner’s Body is a must-have resource for anyone who wants to become a better—and healthier—runner.

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books (May 12, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1605298611
• ISBN-13: 978-1605298610
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,578 in Books

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

Product Description: ChiRunning is the solution we've all been looking for to maintain high performance and avoid injury.

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Fireside; Rev Upd edition (May 5, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416549447
• ISBN-13: 978-1416549444
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #981 in Books

ChiRunning: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-Free Running (Paperback)