Anatomy of Exercise: A Trainer’s Inside Guide to Your Workout

Anatomy of Exercise is revolutionary for its insights into how different muscles of the body in reality work all over exercise. The book is organized by body area and shows common sequences in the progression of an ordinary workout. Lifelike anatomical illustrations demonstrate every exercise and reveal in colorful detail exactly which muscles are engaged, which are being conditioned and how those muscles respond.

The following features lend a hand the reader gain the greatest get pleasure from every exercise and thereby strengthen fitness and well-being:

• Detailed, full-color anatomical illustrations for all of the exercises
• Annotations identifying the active and stabilizing muscles
• Concise how-to instructions for every exercise
• Identification of the specific muscles that benefit the most from every exercise
• Suggested modifications for different levels of difficulty
• Instructions on stabilizing the body right through every movement
• A visual index of exercises that allows easy navigation through the book
• A glossary of anatomical terms.

No other book provides such wealthy detail tailored to the general reader. Beginners, those already committed to exercise, competing athletes, trainers, coaches, physiotherapists, massage therapists and the many others involved in fitness will find Anatomy of Exercise fascinating, instructive and practical.