Product Description: This new second edition of Science and Practice of Strength Training comes with many additions and changes. A new coauthor, Dr. William Kraemer, joins Dr. Vladimir Zatsiorsky in expanding on the principles and concepts needed for training athletes. Among Dr. Kraemer’s contributions are three new chapters targeting specific populations—women, young athletes, and seniors—plus the integration of new concepts into the other chapters.

Science and Practice of Strength Training, Second Edition (Hardcover)

Product Description: Strength Training Over Fifty focuses on the health needs of more senior men and women. Men and women lose as much as 20-40% of their muscle mass, beginning in their 30's. This muscle loss, often thought of as an irreversible part of aging, is really the result of disuse. Strength-building enables you to regain this lost muscle. It is the key to feeling and looking great after 50. With over 80 explicitly described exercises and 350 color photographs, this user-friendly book will teach you what you need to know to get started, get strong, and stay motivated.

• Get started with reassuring advice if you are just returning to training.
• Stand straighter (and have a trim waist) by strengthening your core.
• Improve functional strength, making all the actions of daily life easier.
• Learn which muscles can be strengthened to alleviate specific problems such as back pain or achy knees.
• Improve your balance.
• Exercise safely, even with arthritis, osteoporosis, or if you are over 65 years old.
• Learn about nutrition, motivation, and how to design your own work-out.
• Follow extended exercise programs, including sessions for exercise on the road, a 15-minute work-out, and one to protect and strengthen your lower back.

Strength Training Over 50: Stay Fit and Fabulous (Spiral-bound)