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Total Human: The Complete Strength Training System
Click this link to read a review of Total Human.To properly and safely train your body, you must understand the science of fitness training. The human body is a complicated machine, but with TOTAL HUMAN, you become the expert. This book breaks the science of strength training, cardio training and dieting into easy-to-understand principles. To maximize your fitness routine, you must understand the language of your body. With this book, you will learn to read your body's signals and create a power-packed training routine that will launch you to a new, higher level of fitness. Get ready to slim down, tone up and feel better than ever.
204 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2006
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October 26, 2010
I've read a number of books on the subject of strength training. This book is the simplest of them all. The system espoused in this book is one of slow-motion, high-intensity training. The principal measure of intensity is "Time Under Load". The book recommends that each repetition of an exercise be performed in a slow cadence (usually 12-14 seconds) over a time span ranging from 45 to 60 seconds. Multiple sets are not recommended. The purpose is to get you in and out of the gym quickly, with a very high-intensity workout.
The system is simple and straightforward to understand. The descriptions of the exercises are terse, and the photographs are quite small, and only mildly helpful. There is emphasis on using the proper form, but it is impossible, from this book alone, to learn what the proper form really is. I would recommend supplementing this book with any other book that explains form in more detail, or better yet, to learn these exercises with a trainer.
This book also plugs the authors' web site:
http://www.totalhuman.com
Besides selling a few useful (?) products, the web site features a few interesting articles.
The system is simple and straightforward to understand. The descriptions of the exercises are terse, and the photographs are quite small, and only mildly helpful. There is emphasis on using the proper form, but it is impossible, from this book alone, to learn what the proper form really is. I would recommend supplementing this book with any other book that explains form in more detail, or better yet, to learn these exercises with a trainer.
This book also plugs the authors' web site:
http://www.totalhuman.com
Besides selling a few useful (?) products, the web site features a few interesting articles.
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