BodyBuilding: Guidance For Beginners: Muscle Functions & Movements

by Justina C. Bachsteiner, Adam W. Rossly Sr. (Editor)

Too frequently people go to a gym with very little or no understanding about bodybuilding. They often follow the workouts suggested by friends or well-meaning strangers who seem to "look" knowledgeable. A person with a well-developed body isn’t always the best source for information.Ask for guidance only from a “Certified Personal Fitness Trainer”Wrong advice can lead to serious injury, or no noticeable improvement. This bodybuilding book is designed to give safe, straightforward, and easy to understand guidance so that you learn faster.Also, if this books prevents you from suffering just one serious injury, then it was worth many times the price you paid.When it comes to “Beginners Bodybuilding”, ask Do I know the best exercises for each muscle group?Do I know how to select the correct exercise machine at the gym?Do I understand the difference between resistances, repetitions and sets?Do I know how to select correct weight, repetitions, sets, and frequency for an exercise?Do I know the proper sequence for exercising different muscle groups?Do I know how often to work out?Do I understand why I need days off between work-outs of the same muscle group?Do I understand the necessity for warm-ups, cool-downs, and stretching?Do I understand “Spot Reducing”?Do I understand Wolff's Law?For people new to bodybuilding, this book includes an in-depth understanding of muscles and their functions.If you are over fifty, or have risk factors, get clearance from your doctor.Whatever your student, worker, parent or otherwise, this book will provide you with easy to learn bodybuilding information.Our simplistic writing style is brief, non-ambiguous, extremely accurate, and very easy to understand.All the major muscles and their functions are thoroughly explained in this book.Great for Anatomy & Physiology Students.Examples to ask Do I understand muscle function?Do I understand the group of muscles that comprise a major muscle?Do I understand the Major Muscles that Perform an Exercise?Do I understand the Names of the Muscle Movements & the Involved Joints?Do I understand Abduction of a Muscle?Do I understand Abduction of a Muscle?Do I understand Extension?Do I understand Flexion?Do I understand Rotation?Do I understand Plantarflexion?Do I understand Dorsiflexion?Do I understand Medial Rotation?Other Valuable Muscles & How They Affect Caloric Consumption.Muscles & How They Affect Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR).Lactic Acid Build-Up.Momentary Muscle Failure.Strength Plateau.Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness — (DOMS).Over-Use Injury.Over-training Symptoms.Extrinsic Factors & Intrinsic Factors.Progressive Resistance.Strength Training Equipment.Muscle Power & Strength Gains.

37 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 30, 2013

Reviews

[Jon Snyder · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basic

Just gives a brief overview of terms and concepts when it comes to bodybuilding. If you have been lifting for a while no need to read.