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Delavier, Frédéric.

The strength training anatomy workout / Frédéric Delavier, Michael Gundill.

Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, ©2011.

256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

From the author of the bestselling book "Strength Training Anatomy" comes a workout program. Highlighted by Delavier's trademark illustrations and hundreds of full-color photos, this supplement offers 200-plus exercises and 50 programs for strength, power, sport performance, shaping, and toning.

Anatomy series (Human Kinetics (Organization))

Muscles -- Anatomy.

Weight training.

Muscle strength.

Gundill, Michael.

Méthode Delavier de musculation. English

Revised edition of: Méthode Delavier de musculation. Paris : Éditions Vigot, 2009.

Translated from the French.

Introduction: advantages of working out at home : Practical aspects of exercising at home ; Why working out at home is the right choice -- Develop your strength training program : Equipment ; Diversify resistance for maximum effectiveness ; How a muscle gains strength ; Mechanisms of muscle enlargement ; How muscles increase their endurance ; Contraindications to strength training ; Clearly define your objectives ; Quantify your objectives ; 20 steps to developing your program ; Rates of progress ; Role of diet ; Warm-up techniques ; Cool-down (return to calm) ; Keep a workout notebook ; Analyze your workouts ; Using video ; Techniques for increasing intensity ; Inroad theory ; Theory of absolute strength ; Train to muscle failure? ; Beyond failure ; Cheat repetitions ; Forced repetitions ; Tapering ; Rest break ; Negatives ; Stop-and-go ; Burn ; Continuous tension ; Unilateral training ; Supersets ; Circuits ; How should you breathe while exercising? -- Exercises : Strengthen your arms : Biceps ; Triceps ; Forearms. Develop bigger shoulders : Infraspinatus. Sculpt your chest ; Strengthen your neck ; Sculpt your back : Latissimus dorsi ; Trapezius ; Lumbar muscles. Strengthen your thighs : Quadriceps ; Adductors. Strengthen your legs : Hamstrings ; Calves. Firm up your glutes ; Gain flexibility in the rotator muscles of the hips ; Sculpt your abdominals : Obliques. Exercises for the diaphragm and respiratory muscles -- Programming : Men’s strength ; Women’s strength ; Sport-specific training.

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