Strength Training Exercises for Women

✍ Scribed by John Pagano

• Publisher: DK Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 338
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Packed with more than 200 visual step-by-step exercises designed to burn calories, strengthen the core, and tone the body, Strength Training for Women is a must-have for core-conscious women who want to target key areas of their body and maintain all-round strength and fitness.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents 5......Page 7
Author Foreword 6......Page 8
Getting started 8......Page 10
Why lift weights? 10......Page 12
Your body composition 14......Page 16
Test your fitness 16......Page 18
Your training program 18......Page 20
Muscles and exercise 24......Page 26
Equipment 26......Page 28
Posture and alignment 30......Page 32
Core training and balance 32......Page 34
Sections of the book 34......Page 36
Warm up/cool down 36......Page 38
Focused exercises 52......Page 54
Lower body program 54......Page 56
Upper body program 126......Page 128
Core body program 192......Page 194
15-minute workouts 242......Page 244
Step-touch workout 244......Page 246
Beach ball workout 262......Page 264
Hop, jig, and jump workout 282......Page 284
Lunge around the clock workout 298......Page 300
General programs 318......Page 320
Notes 324......Page 326
Resources 326......Page 328
Index 328......Page 330