The Strength Training Anatomy Workout: Starting Strength with Bodyweight Training and Minimal Equipment Paperback – Illustrated, 16 Mar. 2011

This book is aimed at people who want to improve muscle size, strength and/or stamina, with a particularly strong focus on increasing muscle size.The first part details the mechanics of muscle development in clear terms, broken into compact, headed sections which are aided by diagrams and photos. The information is all of interest and it nicely explains why weight training sessions follow a particular structure.The second part then acts as an encyclopaedia of strength training exercises for the arms, shoulders, chest, back, neck, thighs and calves. Each exercise is illustrated with anatomical drawings and photographs to make clear the correct form of the exercise. Advice and warnings are given to help you to improve effectiveness and reduce risk, and in most cases each exercise offers variations to target different goals. The descriptions and photos make it easy to be confident that you're performing the exercise correctly, and the warnings make you aware of how to avoid injury.The third part provides numerous weight training programmes, the first few intended for increasing muscle size across the body, the latter intended for athletes and sportsmen who want to improve muscle strength to gain better performance and ward off injuries. These programmes allow you to get started quickly without having to design your own routine, and the large number of exercises listed in the previous part of the book make it easy to select new exercises once you're making good progress and want to pursue particular goals.Whether you seek to improve your muscle strength, size or stamina, or just have a curiosity about muscle development, this book is an excellent reference.

Fantastic book, I bought this along with a fitness planner and a set of resistance bands and between these three items, I don't really need my gym membership any more! I did read a review claiming that the pictures are misogynistic. They are so not (I am a middle aged woman who has worked with domestic abuse victims so I should know!). The pictures that show muscle structure are clearly going to depict nudes where are the ones that show technique don't. There is literally nothing titillating or offensive about any of the pictures at all. The book gives clear and sensible instructions on how to safely perform several types of exercise for each muscle type and also a very sensible chapter on how to write and utilise an exercise plan. I've learned loads.

I’ve been weight training by myself for sometime, mainly bicep curls. However I decided I needed more direction and knowledge of which muscle groups are actually being worked. This book helped me design an effective training regime and has offered information on how the body actually reacts to the trauma caused by lifting weights. Recommended book with excellent drawings if you want to step up your routine.

I bought all 3 books of Frederic Delavier (STA, STA W, STA W2) so that i didnt miss any important info as im a beginner in terms of gym use and want to get the ideal bodyI have quickly learnt the best methods of doing the exercise from these books and it shows in depth which muscle is being worked. This has been a bonus for me as i got the understanding to do the correct technique and know exactly what muscle is being worked. Im currently a gym member so when am working out not only do i perform my exercises better, i see other people making the same mistakes which i made.Overall Great book and guide, shame that it is geared for using rubber bands and working out at home but still is easy enough to apply to the commercial gym environment and a good start for any beginner.

Let me tell you all why I gave a High score. I have Ordered as requested by my G.P (general Practitioner) because he said it will help you to understand more about muscle build up and what it takes to achieve the fitness I am looking for. I have been extremely ill for over 20 odd years and now after36 surgeries to put me back together again, I have lost 85% of body mass which is about 13 stone in weight. He said it would explain about how the muscles works in our bodies he also said it will explain what weights to use and how long, he also stated that not just by eating healthy, but their are certain foods I need to eat to achieve muscle.My Doctors all agree that doing this training and body building or body sculpturing the right way will not put pressure on implants I have in my body now. I would recommend these books that I have been advise to get as it will help anyone who has spent most of their lives in either a military or civilian hospital like I have and to be honest it is bloody sore, and yet I am alive. If you want a good fit strong body then you most work for it, one of my consultants at the hospital said it is all new for you Bear, now you have to go that little bit extra to gain that strength, fitness, and stay in good health no gain, no pain he said with a smile. These are the books I have got from my Amazon on strict Orders from My Surgeons, specialists, Doctors, and now my G.Ps without them I would be dead and buried, but medicine has came to far that after getting blown up in war I can say it has been a long hard painful journey and everyone who believed in me has seen I have pushed myself beyond anything that was not possible to achieve this new life I have been give back. Still long way to go yet but everything takes time and it is one step you take everyday. never rush into anything or you will end up back in a hospital bed without your legs.The Books that was recommended by my Specialists, Surgeons, Doctors and my G.P's:Delavier's Core training AnatomyThe Strength Training Anatomy WorkoutThe Strength Training Anatomy Workout, Volume II, 2My G.P advised me to get this book as he uses it to understand (Sport Anatomy) because of his patients he see at the practise. My Doctor said this would be a good book for me so I got it also as I trust him with my life and he has always stood by me and advised me even though I am so stubborn I never give up.Strength Training Anatomy (Sports Anatomy)Weight Training Anatomy Log Book: Am illustration Fitness Journal For maximumStrength-Building ResultsBooks in total cheap at the price but were highly recommended by my Doctors for me to build my body back to it's full potential. I am an Ex Royal Marine so Doctors know what is best for me so I have started intense training again. I know some of you may think what do doctors/surgeons know but as far as I am concerned my medical team saved my life and put me back together again, and now it is my turn to build a stronger, fitter, better healthier body than ever before. We have all our own opinions but these men of medicine knows more about the human body than anyone I have ever known. We all can achieve out ultimate gains in health Ladies & Gentleman I have started my training now and will always abide by these books and know how and keep logs of my progress. Simple to a road of recovery.