New Anatomy for Strength & Fitness Training: An Illustrated Guide to Your Muscles in Action Including Exercises Used in CrossFit (R), P90X (R), and Other Popular Fitness Programs (IMM Lifestyle Books)
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Get an In-Depth Look at Your Muscles
Discover what happens to your muscles when you exercise!
Learn how to make your workouts more powerful and effective by seeing how your muscles actually work when you exercise with safe and proper form. Boost your performance with more than 75 selected workouts, grouped by body region and involving gym machines, free weights, body weight/stretching, yoga, Pilates, and more.
100+ full-color anatomical illustrations provide an inside look at how exercise affects the 70 main muscles
Over 75 exercises cover the major body parts and types of training and will condition your entire body to give you a stronger, more flexible, centered physique
Expert instructions for each exercise include difficulty levels, training tips, starting positions, and technical muscle analyses
Conditioning and Exercises
Conditioning Primer
Learn about the musculoskeletal system, then all about joints and movements, fitness concepts, the 3 phases of your fitness journey, CrossFit, Zumba, Pilates, Yoga, SoulCycle, TRX, Orangetheory, and more.
Pre-Training Warm-Up
Squat Push Press
Standing Torso Rotations
Bend and Reach
Multidirectional Lunges
Seated Stride into Saw Stretch
Walking Arm Swings
And more
Abdominals, Stabilization, and Balance
Posture Primer (pictured)
Abdominal Stabilization Program
Forward Stability Ball Roll
Plank Pose Stabilization
Bodyweight Leaning Side Abdominal
Bodyweight Sit-Ups
And more
Compound and Power Exercises
Bent Leg Good Morning
Bodyweight/Air Squat
Back Squat
Front Squat
Overhead Squat
Medicine Ball Clean (pictured)
And more
Legs and Hips
Barbell Lunge
Freestanding Lateral Lunge (pictured)
Bench Step
Freestanding Barbell Plié Squats
Seesaw with Ball
Plyometrics and Explosive Conditioning
Standing Jump and Reach
Box Jumps (pictured)
Wall Balls
4-Point Burpee
Chest
Push-Ups
Bodyweight Modified Push-Ups
Dumbbell Bench Press
Barbell Bench Press (pictured)
Dumbbell Flat Bench Flyes
Bodyweight Dips
Back and Shoulders
Machine Cable Front Lat Pulldown
Bent-Over One-Arm Dumbbell Rows (pictured)
Dumbbell Seated Shoulder Press
Seated Low Cable Pulley Rows
And more
Arms
Dumbbell Seated Overhead Tricep Extension on a Ball (pictured)