The Insider's Tell-All Handbook on Weight-Training Technique

by Stuart McRobert

Do you often have sore joints, or muscle injuries? Do you omit some important strength training exercises because they bother some of your joints or muscles? This is how it is with most trainees who want a bigger leaner body. But it shouldn’t be so. How about standing apart from the crowd? How about becoming a master of exercise technique, and transforming your progress with building muscle and strength? To benefit from weight training, you must avoid injuries, and train consistently using the best exercises. But if you don’t use correct exercise technique, you’ll get injured frequently, and be unable to train consistently and effectively. Correct exercise technique is the bedrock of training success. But the use of incorrect exercise technique is rampant in most gyms. Don’t expect to learn correct exercise technique from most gyms, especially the technique of the major compound exercises, which are the most important movements. With 300 pages and 363 photographs, this natural bodybuilding book is thorough. Over 60 exercises are covered. Follow the guidance and become your own expert personal trainer on weight training technique. If, however, you have Build Muscle Lose Fat Look Great, Chapter 12 of that huge book already incorporates The Insider’s Tell-All Handbook on Weight Training Technique. Whether you’re just starting strength training and bodybuilding, or you’re a training veteran, if you want to build muscle mass quickly, and lots of it, this book is for you. Buy this book now, become an expert on the bedrock of your training success, and stand apart from the crowd.

Genres: Health, Fitness, Sports, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published October 1, 2011

About the author

Stuart has had around 1,000 articles published in print magazines. He wrote a monthly column for the UK’s leading bodybuilding magazine for 22 consecutive years. He also authored several acclaimed books including BEYOND BRAWN and BUILD MUSCLE LOSE FAT LOOK GREAT, and published his own magazine for 15 years. But his success as a writer was born out of his efforts to survive the profound struggles he had because of his psychological challenges, which resulted in suffocating distress.

Reviews

[Mario Tomic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cool book with great illustrations explaining the correct form for all the major lifts. I would recommend it for beginner and novice lifters that wanna get started in the gym, from my coaching experience it's very difficult to unlearn bad movement patterns. I've read somewhere that it takes 10000 repetitions of an exercise to properly learn an action and fix the pattern so make sure you get started on the correct technique!

[Art · Rating 5 out of 5]

Proper lifting technique is essential in building muscle and avoiding injury. Now that I'm middle-aged (that's painful to say), avoiding injury is very important to me. The author explains how to properly perform numerous weight-lifting exercises. In addition to the written explanations, there are lots of B&W photos demonstrating proper lifting techniques.

[William Schram · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for beginner lifters, the book emphasizes proper technique and form. Don’t jerk the weight, use smooth, controlled movements. The book covers the most popular exercises, and is not exhaustive.

The book offers a wide variety of advice on keeping safe.

I enjoyed the book. Thanks for reading my review, and see you next time.

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG! Bring tissues with you. At first I was so frustrated with this book but gosh I couldn’t put it down then the heart break started. So so amazing. Great job Colleen.

[Robert Muller · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you want a solid, injury-aware, and complete description of basic resistance training exercises, this is definitely the book to get.

[David Fagg · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best book I've ever seen on weight training technique

[Shane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cheesy title, but a great reference.