Is your training regime stuck in a rut? Do you find it hard to make it to the gym or to an exercise class? Staying on track is one of the most difficult things about starting and maintaining an exercise program. The Anatomy of Fitness: Personal Training & Workout Diary will help you set goals, improve your fitness, and stay motivated. This spiral bound book lies flat for ease of use, and contains smooth pages that have ample room for writing about your weight-training sessions, cardio workouts and food intake.

A ground-breaking series featuring amazing computer-generated 3D anatomical images highlighting key muscle groups.

The Anatomy of Fitness series offers the total fitness experience, with a comprehensive catalogue of step-by-step exercises. These user-friendly titles feature detailed, full-colour anatomical illustrations of the muscles used in each exercise, so you're always familiar with what your body should be doing. Detailed tips on the correct form and what to avoid mean you'll be exercising effectively and safely.- Information on exercise basics, nutrition and training at home.- Comprehensive sections on the different types of exercises or poses.- Tailored workouts and routines to suit your fitness and exercise needs.- Modifications and variations on many of the exercises to simplify or intensify the challenge.- Anatomical information and labels to complement the detailed drawings of the body's muscle system that accompany each exercise.Produced in partnership with Moseley Road, the creators of Hinkler's bestselling Anatomy of Exercise range of titles: over 100,000 titles sold!Surveys have found there are 11 million people practising Pilates regularly in the United States alone.Yoga is a common alternative therapy in the United States, with 19 million people, or 6.1 per cent of the population, participating.Core training is one of the hottest topics in the fitness industry. Google searches for 'core exercises' have increased by 300% over the last 7 years.Exercising at home is an affordable alternative to expensive gym fees and exercise equipment; especially relevant in an environment where people are watching their spending but wanting to maintain their fitness.

"This book features a comprehensive range of exercises for the whole body, along with detailed anatomical drawings to show exactly which muscles are being worked during each exercise. Whether you are interested in improving your sporting performance or toning specific parts of your body, this format allows you to target your exercise routines to achieve the desired results. To help you formulate an all-round routine, the book also includes workout routines that focus on improving performance in a number of popular sports as well as some to follow to help your body cope with particular stresses or build strength where it is lacking."--Page 12.

Contains full-color drawings demonstrating how the various muscle groups are used during the most popular exercises, with tips for good form, expert commentary on each exercise, and specific exercise programs for muscle tone and flexibility.

Scientific research has made it clear that a woman's body should be exercised differently from a man's, and that her training program should be adjusted to suit her body type and transformations as she moves through the various life stages. Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training for Women is a unique guide, reference work, and graphic education tool suitable for any woman interested in understanding her own body, how it functions during exercise, and how to formulate a personal exercise program. Over 90 exercises are provided to help you sculpt your entire body with gym weights, free weights, aerobics, and stretching, including: Swimming Transverse activation in four-point kneeling Barbell bench press Cable cross-over Freestanding barbell squats Hip abductor machine Seesaw with ball Seated low cable pulley rows Machine shoulder press Dumbbell standing lateral raise Rear deltoid machine French curl Cable tricep push-down Supine hip flexion stretch Plank to downward-facing dog Child stretch And much more! The exercises are featured in clear anatomical detail and are grouped by aerobic training, abdominals, chest, legs and hips, back and shoulders, arms, and stretches and flexibility. Each exercise incorporates a full-body illustration plus instructions on proper execution and technique. Start and finish positions are shown, and supplementary information is included by way of hints and tips. Inside this informative 144-page guide, you'll also find a method of assessing your own fitness which you can use to help you choose the correct type of program for your life stage and fitness level. Sample programs illustrate how you can choose a program based on the needs you have established in the assessment. Build a better you by understanding how your body performs when exercising, with Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training for Women!

This is not your run-of-the-mill fitness book. Developed by world-renowned gluteal expert Bret Contreras, Strong Curves offers an extensive fitness and nutrition guide for women seeking to improve their physique, function, strength, and mobility. Contreras spent the last eighteen years researching and field-testing the best methods for building better butts and shapelier bodies. In Strong Curves, he offers the programs that have proven effective time and time again with his clients, allowing you to develop lean muscle, rounded glutes, and greater confidence. Each page is packed with information decoding the female anatomy, providing a better understanding as to why most fitness programs fail to help women reach their goals. With a comprehensive nutritional guide and over 200 strength exercises, this book gets women off the treadmill and furnishes their drive to achieve strength, power, and sexy curves from head to toe. Although the glutes are the largest and most powerful muscle group in the human body, they often go dormant due to lifestyle choices, leading to a flat, saggy bum. Strong Curves is the cure.