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Weight Training For Dummies (For Dummies (Health & Fitness)) 65 reviews
Liz Neporent, Suzanne Schlosberg, ...
For Dummies, 2006
Great resource for beginners and those who have "strayed"
+ An excellent resource for complete beginners
Liz Neporent does a splendid job providing guidance for those new to weight training; the book describes strength training with weights from top to bottom. I especially think the emphasis on safety the book promotes is a worthwhile feature; weight training done wrong can be hazardous. I've been ...
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Beginning Bodybuilding 3 reviews
John R. Little
McGraw-Hill, 2007
Mike Mentzer's material
Is this a book for beginners? Yes and no. Yes, in that it starts of with simple rules and guidance for beginners. No, in that, it soon develops into a complicated and advanced system that is definitely not for the beginner.
Also, if you know Mike Mentzer's theories, this book is not much more ...
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Strength Training 6 reviews
Human Kinetics Publishers, 2006
Excellent Choice!
+ great for beginners
+ Really helpful!
+ An Excellent Primer to Strength Training
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The Men's Health Hard Body Plan : The Ultimate 12-Week Program for Burning Fat and Building Muscle40 reviews
Larry Keller, Lou Schuler, 2000
hard body plan review - five stars
+ very good
+ great book for beginners
+ Solid information, but could use some caution
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LL Cool J's Platinum Workout: Sculpt Your Best Body Ever with Hollywood's Fittest Star82 reviews
LL Cool J, Dave Honig, ...
Rodale Books, 2006
excellent
+ I love this book.
+ Great
+ My personal experience
+ Excellent Program
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The New High Intensity Training: The Best Muscle-Building System You've Never Tried 60 reviews
Ellington Darden
Rodale Books, 2004
Lives up to it's claims
+ Bought it twice. Its that good
This book delivers. You get the results as promised without the use of steroids. I recommend this book for anyone looking to pack on muscle, look good, but not freakishly large.
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101 Ways to Work Out with Weights: Effective Exercises to Sculpt Your Body and Burn Fat! 11 reviews
Cindy Whitmarsh
Fair Winds Press, 2006
I LOVE this book!
+ Excellent book
+ Fresh Ideas for Weights
+ Great book. Great buy.
+ Excellent for the home gym proper strength training moves
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Training for Mass20 reviews
Gordon LaVelle
Romanart Books, 2007
All You Need
+ Well Worth Reading
+ An excellent text for those looking to gain muscular mass
+ Great book! - from an experienced weight trainer
+ Decent guide to building mass
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Strength Training Past 5018 reviews
Wayne L. Westcott, Thomas R. Baechle
Human Kinetics Publishers, 2007
It's an important pick for any considering strength training efforts past 50
+ Review of gift
+ Strength Training Past 50
Strength training has many advantages, from decreasing symptoms of arthritis and diabetes to increasing endurance and weight loss, but most strength training titles focus on the under-40 crowd. STRENGTH TRAINING PAST 50 offers a range of workouts and programs designed for the over-50 set, offering ...
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Joe Weider's Ultimate Bodybuilding20 reviews
Joe Weider, Bill Reynolds
McGraw-Hill, 1989
Great reference for anyone serious about bodybuilding
+ Dedicated
+ Bodybuilding for the Thinker
+ The Ultimate Bodybuilding Book
+ Very useful
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Women's Strength Training Anatomy44 reviews
Frederic Delavier
Human Kinetics Publishers, 2003
A BRILLIANT BOOK for WOMEN who use WEIGHTS
+ One of the best illustrations on training anatomy
+ finally
+ Great lower body exercises and visuals of muscles used
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Weight Training: Steps to Success7 reviews
Thomas R. Baechle, Roger W. Earle
Human Kinetics Publishers, 2005
Learn To Design Your Own Weight Training Programs
+ One of the better exercise books
+ Excellent book!
+ For once I don't feel lost reading a weight training book
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101 Workouts for Women: Everything You Need to Get a Lean, Strong and Fit Physique16 reviews
Muscle & Fitness Hers Magazine
Triumph Books, 2008
Great book
+ Great PICS!!!
+ Great gift !
+ It has what it has to have!
+ Great Resource
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Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning31 reviews
Human Kinetics Publishers, 2000
Evidence-Based Exercise Info at its Best
+ Best Standards in Atheltic fitness Training
+ New CSCS book
+ Great item
+ good book, latest studies
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Practical Programming for Strength Training36 reviews
Mark Rippetoe And Lon Kilgore
The Aasgaard Company, 2006
Very practical training book
+ Better investment then gold!
+ Practical Programming for Strength Training. A must have!
+ Barbel work for Cyclists
+ Must-have book.
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Men's Health Muscle Chow: More Than 150 Meals to Feed Your Muscles and Fuel Your Workouts38 reviews
Gregg Avedon
Rodale Books, 2007
Definitely worth it!
+ You have to try this!
+ Chow Now
+ Awesome Book, For guys AND girls interrested in Health & Fitness!
+ Absolutely Amazing
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Starting Strength (2nd edition)119 reviews
Mark Rippetoe, Lon Kilgore
The Aasgaard Company, 2007
Forgo your tin of protein powder this month and buy this book, right now.
+ Starting Strength
+ Best instructional book I've read
+ Buy this to get big & strong!
+ Book about form
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Weight Training Workouts that Work: Volume I
James Orvis
Ideal Pub, 2000
Did you know your muscles burn 90% of your calories everyday. IT'S YOUR METABOLISM!! And your losing those fat-burning muscles unless you learn a little weight training. It's that simple - or is it? Weight Training Workouts that Work takes all the guesswork out of weight training. Using easy-to-follow proven workouts and three detailed photos of the best exercises, learn the right way to lift ...
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Scrawny to Brawny: The Complete Guide to Building Muscle the Natural Way137 reviews
Michael Mejia, John Berardi
Rodale Books, 2005
An impressive amount of knowledge
+ Living and growing proof this book works...
I was just flat out impressed at the scientific approach this book takes. From self measurements to determine what kind of exercises your body would respond best to, to alternative exercises due to injuries or difficulties, this is the most comprehensive exercise book I have read yet.
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The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding : The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revised304 reviews
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Simon & Schuster, 1999
Must be on any fitness enthusiats shelf.
+ Amazing book!
+ Excellent book!
+ great, comprehensive, in-depth overview of conventional strength-training strategies
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