Weight Training for Life

WEIGHT TRAINING FOR LIFE, SEVENTH EDITION is ideal for anyone interested in learning about weight training. It is designed to help men and women of all ages build a solid foundation of current knowledge and practice in weight training, as well as learn the most effective ways to develop the body shape one desires. The text contains full-color photos demonstrating exercises. It also contains forms for writing goals, for planning a personal weight-training program, and for recording circumference measurements, strength measurements, and muscle endurance measurements. Readers will learn how to design and maintain a safe, personalized, effective, and enjoyable weight-training program. They will learn that weight training, done properly, can be a fun and beneficial activity. Whether as a required or recommended text, WEIGHT TRAINING FOR LIFE continues to be the best-selling, most visually oriented weight training text in the higher education market.

Dr. James Hesson has been weight training continuously since 1960 and had been teaching weight training since 1964. He has taught men and women of all ages, from beginners to elite athletes. His passion and purpose is motivating and inspiring others to achieve personal success in life.