Exercise Ideas for Lower Body Strengthening (A Five Book Series, Volume 4)

This collection is designed for medical and fitness professionals who work with the strength needs of patients and clients. It is a compilation of exericse ideas and options for the lower body. This work brings together the creativity of many experts in fitness and rehabilitation who have designed "kits" for Visual Health Information (Tacoma, WA). This book is designed as a resource and a reference for those who help others get in shape, to improve function or form. Exercise Ideas for the Lower Body provides the trainer with over 180 exercises for the muscles and joints below the waist. For simplicity, the chapters are laid out in an orderly fashion with an attempt to minimize crossover. This book is divided into seven chapters: Total Leg Exercises, Quadriceps, Hamstrings Exercises, Gluteal Exercises, Hip Abductor Exercises, and Lower Leg Exercises. This book contains a wide variety of open and closed chain exercises for the lower body, which include aquatics, calisthenics, free weights, machine weights, tubing and band, stability balls and much more...