Built for Strength: A Basic Approach to Weight Training Success for Men and Women - Softcover

Briggs, Doug

Softcover

ISBN 10: 061527126X ISBN 13: 9780615271262

Publisher: Amer Weightlifting, 2010

Synopsis

Built for Strength: A Basic Approach to Weight Training Success for Men and Women is a full-color comprehensive book on weight training that includes the principles of weight training; exercises for the entire body; Olympic-style weightlifting; weight training programs; weight training and women; muscles, tendons, and ligaments; diet, nutrition, and the use of supplements; weight training injuries; evaluation and fat considerations; circuit training; a real sixteen-week weight training program; military fitness; and a glossary, endnotes, index, workout charts, and self-tests. The book is designed for use in a classroom, gym, health education program, or anywhere else that weight training is taught or practiced. The book is suitable for sale in gyms, health clubs, vitamin stores, nutrition stores, big-chain booksellers, college bookstores, and educational outlets, and is also available in CD format.

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About the Author

Doug Briggs is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS,*D) with the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) and a NSCA Fly Solor Mentor, and has been involved in strength and conditioning for over thirty years. He is a competitive Olympic-style weightlifter and won the 2002 and 2005 Pan American Masters Weightlifting Championships, setting a new Pan American Masters Snatch Record in 2002. He is currently the Director of Human Performance for the U.S. Army Morale, Welfare, & Recreation (MWR) activity at Fort Bliss, Texas. He is also a faculty member at New Mexico State University. Subjects he teaches or has taught include anatomy, motor development, principles of strength & conditioning, personal training, tests & measurements, as well as beginning, intermediate, advanced, and women's weight training. He has also taught Olympic-style weightlifting. He has written for numerous magazines including Pure Power Magazine, Bliss NOW, and the Army Times.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amer Weightlifting
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 061527126X
• ISBN 13: 9780615271262
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 359