Strength Training for Women

Afraid of training with weights? Worried of putting on muscles? Think again. Strength training is for women.
This book is the ultimate guide to toning up, burning fat and getting the body you want. It shows you why women should train with weights and why you should not be afraid of them. Dispelling the myth that weight training makes a woman 'bulky and unfeminine', the book shows that weights and resistance training methods could be the single most important element in your fitness regime.
Packed with full-colour photos and descriptions of over 30 exercises, the book gives you advice on how to put together a resistance training programme as well as how to interchange exercises. Motivational, it also gives three 6-week workout programmes to achieve a stronger, fitter and firmer body.
This is the ideal companion to get the best toned body you've always wanted. Strength training is for women.

Fitness expert John Shepherd is Editor of Outdoor Fitness magazine and the author of a number of fitness books including The Complete Guide to Sports Training and Strength Training for Runners. He is also a former international athlete and coach.

1. Why weight? Your journey to a New You starts now!
2. Why women need resistance
3. The path to a great body requires resistance
4. Path to resistance 1
5. Path to resistance 2
6. Make it a HIT!
7. Resistance nutrition
8. Staying on course
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