Strength Training Past 50

Wayne Westcott, Thomas R. Baechle

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781450497916
• eBook ISBN: 9781492585244
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Medicine

Increase your strength to improve your health, your appearance, and your performance with Strength Training Past 50.

Strength training offers many benefits for active adults, including enhanced athletic performance, reduced risk of disease, and decreased symptoms of arthritis, diabetes, and osteoporosis.

Whether you are just getting started or have been training your entire life, Strength Training Past 50 has you covered. In the third edition of this best-selling guide, you’ll find these topics:

- 83 exercises for free weights, machines, bands, and balls

- 30 workouts for increasing size, endurance, and strength

- Sport-specific programs for tennis, golf, cycling, running, and more

- Eating plans and nutrition advice for adding lean muscle and losing fat

Strength Training Past 50 will keep you active, healthy, and looking great with workouts and programs designed just for you.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Exercise Finder
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Key to Muscles
• Chapter 1: Benefits of Strength Training
• Chapter 2: Assessment for Success in Training
• Chapter 3: Applying Principles of Training
• Chapter 4: Strength Training Equipment
• Chapter 5: Learning Basic Exercise Techniques
• Chapter 6: Machine Exercises
• Chapter 7: Free-Weight Exercises
• Chapter 8: Alternative-Equipment Exercises
• Chapter 9: Basic Training Programs
• Chapter 10: Advanced Training Programs
• Chapter 11: Sport-Specific Training Programs
• Chapter 12: Nutrition for Continual Improvement
• References
• About the Authors
• Back Page Ad