Strength Training Anatomy 2nd Edition
September 28, 2009 by Jim Made
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Learn 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. more info
Nearly perfect
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
You aren’t likely to find a better basic guide to strength training and which exercises do what. It also goes into very superficial detail about what certain muscles do and how to train them.
Unfortunately, in going for a simple approach, the author glosses over a lot of vital details relevant to building a strength training program. Some exercises’ functions aren’t adequately clarified or have critical aspects ignored. A lot of common weight machines or machine configurations aren’t discussed either.
In small, it’s a fantastic book to kick off learning about strength training. But, it should be accompanied by a book that fully discusses the construction of a weight lifting routine and appropriately covers the concerns with each type of lifting.
Superb!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is a phenomenal tool for body building and strength training. I highly recommend it to anyone focusing on toning, strengthening and building specific muscle groups.
Best Exaggerated Artist Anatomy Book
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I’ve completely looked through about 40 artist anatomy books in book stores and owned 4 total. Overtime I’ve given them all away as they just were not what I needed. In the end they always have a semi-athletic body drawn in a variety of poses and invariably show the muscles etc. Even “Anatomy For Fantasy Artists” does the same thing, basic break down of a healthy athlete and then later on there is 4 whole drawings of a muscle bound weightlifter.
This book but is chock full of every angle you need to reference muscle bound comic characters like the Incredible Hulk. Flexing, stretching, hunching, standing, it has it all. The quality of the art on the front of this book is replicated on every single page throughout. It also clarifies muscle groups, names, the whole nine yards like typical artists anatomy books.
This book won’t teach you facial expressions, or dynamic hand and foot anatomy. If you want that buy Burne Hogarth’s books. This just has tons of heavily muscled ripped anatomy from any and all reference points you need.
I’ve been searching for a book like this forever, collected weight lifting photo’s and more exagerated artists work such as Staples, Bisley, Keown, Bonner and gobs more. For the first time I feel that I am satisfied in a book for my heavier muscled artistic references.
I was wondering if I should get Women’s Strength Training Anatomy as a companion guide to this book but their is really a really adequate section towards the end greatly detailing women’s anatomy. Perfect really.
Highly recommended if you are into drawing comic book style muscled figures and more.
informative
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
got this for my husband for fathers day, he is a body builder. he likes
this book gives a look at all the muscels at work for a perticular excercise.
Very Informative
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
If you workout at all, or even have a passing interest in working out and anatomy, this book is a must read.
It very clearly clarifies, in both words and images, what muscles “do what” during exercises and helps you focus a bit more on your workouts.
We have all said “I want stronger arms or legs” or more toned areas and seeing the muscles and anatomy from the perspective in the book brings a whole new insight to what you are doing and why.
Gives a deeper meaning to exercise.
Fantastic Book
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Fantastic Book it shows each muscle that each exercise uses every personal trainer or individual weight lifter needs a copy!
Fantastic Reference for Muscle Development Training
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Very informative book for isolating the muscle you want to work on.The illustrations are the best I have ever seen.
Wonderful resource material!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This book was and is very helpful in designing workout routines that hit all the major muscle groups. You can compare and contrast exercises to make sure that you are hitting the muscles that you want. Fantastic addition to my library.
Brilliant!! Anyone with an interest in weight training will benefit from this truly brilliant book!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Not much to say except that this book is brilliant and it’s hard to reckon of any way that it could be made better. Anyone with any kind of interest in resistance training with weights can only benefit from this book; it’s simply brilliant!
It’s a very well organised book with chapters split according to major muscle groups and the exercises that work them. Large, detailed anatomical artwork on every page shows you exactly what happens to every muscle; it’s like having an X-ray of every exercise being performed. The best book I’ve ever found for putting together a balanced weight training regime.
Whether you’re a serious lifter, athlete, gym user, sportsperson, health professional or complete beginner about to hit the gym for the first time, do yourself a favour and buy this book – you certainly won’t regret it!!!
Fantastic art, less fantastic information.
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
If I were a serious weight trainer, dealing with the desire to build muscle and deal with using my muscles properly, this would be a fantastic book. As an ancient guy interested in implementing a strength training regime, it was not terribly helpful.
Excellent Book
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
It is a bit small on variety, but the stuff in there is thoroughly clarified. It is very useful in the gym.
Helpful for understanding science not body building
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
This book just details the muscles that get engaged when performing an exercise. It doesn’t really talk about how many times we should workout in a week, what to eat, how to combine exercise etc…all that is in the book is just the exercises and a small explanation on the muscles that is engaged while performing the workout.
I would not recommend this to people trying to develop their body and needing a guide.
Strength Training
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
The drawings clearly show the muscles used when performing a number of exercises, along with hints related to proper form. It’s nearly like seeing inside the body without the skin.
If you are serious about your body building, this book will go a long way towards helping you to reach your goal.
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The Body Healthy and Gorgeous
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
A truly brilliant and startlingly useful and attractive book to use for preventing, healing or curing nearly anything that ails the body that can be addressed by properly targeted weight training and exercise. The artwork is most phenomenal. Recommended exercises quickly helped me get past a clutch of back and muscular strains and abuses.
Must Include in Your Home Favorites
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Strength Training Anatomy has provided me fantastic visual application of the muscles I am targeting during my workouts. This has also been fantastic to share with my teenagers in sports for their strength training. This is a “must have” book!