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Strength Training for All Body Types: The Science of Lifting and Levers
Every person’s body is different. Short, tall, or big all over, training should be designed to accommodate an athlete’s different joint angles, bone lengths, and overall body structure. In Strength Training for All Body Types: The Science of Lifting and Levers , Lee Boyce and Melody Schoenfeld have teamed up to create a unique resource that explains how different bodies manage various exercises and how to best take advantage of physical attributes to optimize those movements.
Strength Training for All Body Types covers 13 body types: Professionals working with people of various shapes and sizes will learn how to modify common lifts like the deadlift, squat, and bench press to maximize training outcomes and reduce the risk of injury. Detailed analysis and descriptions for each exercise variation provide the rationale for the modification and the science that explains why it is beneficial. The authors also dig into the physics of the body and describe how the length and proportions of body levers (e.g., arms, legs, torso) have an impact on the body’s response to load. You will be better equipped to help clients use their body’s proportions to their advantage rather than being a hindrance to optimal performance.
Packed full of strength training exercises, sample workouts, and conditioning work designed for different body sizes, Strength Training for All Body Types gives you the tools you need to help your clients make changes to their technique, become stronger, lift more, and avoid injury.
Earn continuing education credits/units! A continuing education exam that uses this book is also available. It may be purchased separately or as part of a package that includes both the book and exam.
Strength Training for All Body Types covers 13 body types: Professionals working with people of various shapes and sizes will learn how to modify common lifts like the deadlift, squat, and bench press to maximize training outcomes and reduce the risk of injury. Detailed analysis and descriptions for each exercise variation provide the rationale for the modification and the science that explains why it is beneficial. The authors also dig into the physics of the body and describe how the length and proportions of body levers (e.g., arms, legs, torso) have an impact on the body’s response to load. You will be better equipped to help clients use their body’s proportions to their advantage rather than being a hindrance to optimal performance.
Packed full of strength training exercises, sample workouts, and conditioning work designed for different body sizes, Strength Training for All Body Types gives you the tools you need to help your clients make changes to their technique, become stronger, lift more, and avoid injury.
Earn continuing education credits/units! A continuing education exam that uses this book is also available. It may be purchased separately or as part of a package that includes both the book and exam.
288 pages, Paperback
Published November 8, 2022
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About the author
Lee Boyce
10 books5 followersLee Boyce is a journalist by day, fiction writer by night. His debut novel The Battenberg Bomb was published at the start of 2014 - it's a tale of sex, relationships, love and growing up.
His second novel, Romantic Road (Dot Com), about the trials and tribulations of online dating, is due for release in Autumn 2014.
He hails from Essex - which is beautiful countryside, fantastic architecture and inspiring landscapes, not reality TV shows, white stilettos and idiotic sounding people.
He will usually be found exploring the nooks and crannies of London. He edits review website Heart and Pepper with his girlfriend and likes to travel the world, one city, bar and restaurant at at time.
His second novel, Romantic Road (Dot Com), about the trials and tribulations of online dating, is due for release in Autumn 2014.
He hails from Essex - which is beautiful countryside, fantastic architecture and inspiring landscapes, not reality TV shows, white stilettos and idiotic sounding people.
He will usually be found exploring the nooks and crannies of London. He edits review website Heart and Pepper with his girlfriend and likes to travel the world, one city, bar and restaurant at at time.
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October 16, 2023
Essential reading for anyone who works in strength training.
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