What is the best Strength Training Exercise anatomy book that shows pictures of many different exercises, describes how to perform them and the muscle involved.
I found the book “Practical Muscle Training” which seems pretty solid. Are there any better ones?
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This isn’t off topic, this is on topic.
You can bet your left nut this will be what you’re after:
Strength Training Anatomy
by Frederic Delavier
Has a heap of exercises, misses maybe a handful but is one of a kind. It seems to be the only book around that illustrates strength training/weight lifting and the muscles involved. The illustrations are A+.
It gets you thinking about all the muscles involved while training, rather than doing something because someone told you to. Read the reviews and check the link to look inside the book.
[quote]SUPERUNKNOWN wrote:
Strength Training Anatomy
by Frederic Delavier
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This is it. It has a few errors, and several worthless exrecises, but the anatomy drawings are a great aid.
Anything on spine flexion, deads, low back?
This book has my vote; I have it buried at home under some Maxim mags LOL but as I recall the illustrations and detail are superb.
He covers almost every exercise in full anatomical detail (so you know what you’re working) and there is a matching book for female bodybuilding as well.
[quote]Black Thorn wrote:
Anything on spine flexion, deads, low back?[/quote]
Yes.
A friend has borrowed it but from memory it illustrates form and muscle descriptions for deadlifts, sumo deadlifts, good mornings and about 20 other back exercises.
The book is divided into arms, shoulders, chest, back, legs, buttocks, abdomen with approximately 20 exercises on each group.
[quote]SUPERUNKNOWN wrote:
This isn’t off topic, this is on topic.
You can bet your left nut this will be what you’re after:
Strength Training Anatomy
by Frederic Delavier
Has a heap of exercises, misses maybe a handful but is one of a kind. It seems to be the only book around that illustrates strength training/weight lifting and the muscles involved. The illustrations are A+.
It gets you thinking about all the muscles involved while training, rather than doing something because someone told you to. Read the reviews and check the link to look inside the book.[/quote]
this book kicks ass, i’ve read it too, and to make it even better, it is a book that most public libarys have because it is (somewhat) general.