The Strength Training Anatomy Workout: Starting Strength with Bodyweight Training and Minimal Equipment

This book is aimed at people who want to improve muscle size, strength and/or stamina, with a particularly strong focus on increasing muscle size. The first part details the mechanics of muscle development in clear terms, broken into compact, headed sections which are aided by diagrams and photos. The information is all of interest and it nicely explains why weight training sessions follow a particular structure. The second part then acts as an encyclopaedia of strength training exercises for the arms, shoulders, chest, back, neck, thighs and calves. Each exercise is illustrated with anatomical drawings and photographs to make clear the correct form of the exercise. Advice and warnings are given to help you to improve effectiveness and reduce risk, and in most cases each exercise offers variations to target different goals. The descriptions and photos make it easy to be confident that you're performing the exercise correctly, and the warnings make you aware of how to avoid injury. The third part provides numerous weight training programmes, the first few intended for increasing muscle size across the body, the latter intended for athletes and sportsmen who want to improve muscle strength to gain better performance and ward off injuries. These programmes allow you to get started quickly without having to design your own routine, and the large number of exercises listed in the previous part of the book make it easy to select new exercises once you're making good progress and want to pursue particular goals. Whether you seek to improve your muscle strength, size or stamina, or just have a curiosity about muscle development, this book is an excellent reference.

Fantastic book, I bought this along with a fitness planner and a set of resistance bands and between these three items, I don't really need my gym membership any more! I did read a review claiming that the pictures are misogynistic. They are so not (I am a middle aged woman who has worked with domestic abuse victims so I should know!). The pictures that show muscle structure are clearly going to depict nudes where are the ones that show technique don't. There is literally nothing titillating or offensive about any of the pictures at all. The book gives clear and sensible instructions on how to safely perform several types of exercise for each muscle type and also a very sensible chapter on how to write and utilise an exercise plan. I've learned loads.

I’ve been weight training by myself for sometime, mainly bicep curls. However I decided I needed more direction and knowledge of which muscle groups are actually being worked. This book helped me design an effective training regime and has offered information on how the body actually reacts to the trauma caused by lifting weights. Recommended book with excellent drawings if you want to step up your routine.

I bought all 3 books of Frederic Delavier (STA, STA W, STA W2) so that i didnt miss any important info as im a beginner in terms of gym use and want to get the ideal body I have quickly learnt the best methods of doing the exercise from these books and it shows in depth which muscle is being worked. This has been a bonus for me as i got the understanding to do the correct technique and know exactly what muscle is being worked. Im currently a gym member so when am working out not only do i perform my exercises better, i see other people making the same mistakes which i made. Overall Great book and guide, shame that it is geared for using rubber bands and working out at home but still is easy enough to apply to the commercial gym environment and a good start for any beginner.

Let me tell you all why I gave a High score. I have Ordered as requested by my G.P (general Practitioner) because he said it will help you to understand more about muscle build up and what it takes to achieve the fitness I am looking for. I have been extremely ill for over 20 odd years and now after36 surgeries to put me back together again, I have lost 85% of body mass which is about 13 stone in weight. He said it would explain about how the muscles works in our bodies he also said it will explain what weights to use and how long, he also stated that not just by eating healthy, but their are certain foods I need to eat to achieve muscle. My Doctors all agree that doing this training and body building or body sculpturing the right way will not put pressure on implants I have in my body now. I would recommend these books that I have been advise to get as it will help anyone who has spent most of their lives in either a military or civilian hospital like I have and to be honest it is bloody sore, and yet I am alive. If you want a good fit strong body then you most work for it, one of my consultants at the hospital said it is all new for you Bear, now you have to go that little bit extra to gain that strength, fitness, and stay in good health no gain, no pain he said with a smile. These are the books I have got from my Amazon on strict Orders from My Surgeons, specialists, Doctors, and now my G.Ps without them I would be dead and buried, but medicine has came to far that after getting blown up in war I can say it has been a long hard painful journey and everyone who believed in me has seen I have pushed myself beyond anything that was not possible to achieve this new life I have been give back. Still long way to go yet but everything takes time and it is one step you take everyday. never rush into anything or you will end up back in a hospital bed without your legs. The Books that was recommended by my Specialists, Surgeons, Doctors and my G.P's: Delavier's Core training Anatomy The Strength Training Anatomy Workout The Strength Training Anatomy Workout, Volume II, 2 My G.P advised me to get this book as he uses it to understand (Sport Anatomy) because of his patients he see at the practise. My Doctor said this would be a good book for me so I got it also as I trust him with my life and he has always stood by me and advised me even though I am so stubborn I never give up. Strength Training Anatomy (Sports Anatomy) Weight Training Anatomy Log Book: Am illustration Fitness Journal For maximum Strength-Building Results Books in total cheap at the price but were highly recommended by my Doctors for me to build my body back to it's full potential. I am an Ex Royal Marine so Doctors know what is best for me so I have started intense training again. I know some of you may think what do doctors/surgeons know but as far as I am concerned my medical team saved my life and put me back together again, and now it is my turn to build a stronger, fitter, better healthier body than ever before. We have all our own opinions but these men of medicine knows more about the human body than anyone I have ever known. We all can achieve out ultimate gains in health Ladies & Gentleman I have started my training now and will always abide by these books and know how and keep logs of my progress. Simple to a road of recovery.

If you don't know where to start, then get this book.

In meinen Augen gehören die Bücher von Frédéric Delavier zur Pflichtlektüre für jeden, der beim Thema Kraftsport gerne auch mal den Blick über den Tellerrand wirft. Ich habe vor einigen Jahren eine deutsche Version von Delavier, den "Muskel Guide" erworben und war sofort begeistert von der Aufmachung der Lektüre. Zum Aufbau des Buches: Der Inhalt auf den knapp 260 Seiten ist aufgeteilt in 3 Kapitel inklusive einem Vorwort bzw. einer Einleitung. Kapitel 1 befasst sich mit allgemeinen Themen rund um den Kraftsport. Neben den anatomischen und physiologischen Grundlagen werden gängige Dinge wie Auf- und Abwärmen, Diät, Ausrüstung und vieles mehr behandelt. Hauptfokus des 60 Seiten starken Kapitels liegt jedoch in der Erläuterung grundlegender Trainingsprinzipien (z. B. Supersätze, Negativwiederholungen, abgefäschte Wiederholungen, Supersätze etc.). Die Ausführungen des Kapitels sind in Anbetracht der Tatsache, dass es sich um ein Übungshandbuch handelt, relativ knapp, aber dennoch ausreichend informativ gehalten. Kapitel 2, das Hauptkapitel des Buches, stellt auf ca. 160 Seiten die einzelnen Übungen im Detail vor. Es sei erwähnt, dass hier die Basisübungen für jede Muskelgruppe im Vordergrund stehen, wenngleich auch speziellere Übungen zum Zuge kommen. Als Ergänzung sei hier bereits auf The Strength Training Anatomy Workout 2 verwiesen. Das Kapitel ist den jeweiligen Muskelgruppen nach in Unterkapitel aufgeteilt (Brust, Rücken, Arme, Schulter, Bauch, Beine, Po und sogar die Atemmuskulatur, insbesondere das Zwerchfell). Jedes Unterkapitel beginnt mit einer für Delavier typischen, skizzenhaften, anatomischen Darstellung der einzelnen Muskeln der entsprechenden Muskelgruppe, bevor der Übergang zu den einzelnen Übungen vollzogen wird. Jede der vorgestellten Übungen ist ausreichend bebildert (Fotos), es werden hierbei stets Ausgangs- und Endposition der jeweiligen Übung gezeigt. Jedem Foto unterliegt zusätzlich eine textliche Übungsbeschreibung. Eine anatomische Skizze der jeweils beteiligten Muskeln rundet diesen Grundaufbau einer jeden Übungsbeschreibung ab. Dieser Grundaufbau wird durch folgende Punkte ergänzt / vervollständigt: - Vorteile / Nachteile, - Variationsmöglichkeiten, - Nützliche Tipps / Hinweise zur Ausführung und / oder Körperhaltung, - Bemerkungen, - Dehntechniken für die beteiligten Muskeln. Das abschließende dritte Kapitel behandelt auf etwas mehr als 30 Seiten Trainingsprogramme und -prinzipien für Männer und Frauen. Das Kapitel schließt mit einer Zusammenstellung sportartspezifischer Trainingsprogramme bzw. Übungen (z. B. Kraftübungen für Kampfsportler, Leichtathleten oder Hockeyspieler). Fazit / subjektive Bewertung: Auch wenn es vermutlich kein Buch jemals schaffen wird, die Qualität einer Übungsvorstellung durch qualifizierte Trainer zu erreichen, so halte ich diese Lektüre dennoch für mit das Beste, was der Markt zu diesem Thema in Schriftform zu bieten hat. Der Fokus des Buches (Kapitel 2) liegt, wie bereits der Titel vermuten lässt, auf einer umfangreichen Sammlung von Kraftübungen, welche über die Basisübungen einer jeden Muskelgruppe hinaus reicht. Die bebilderten Übungsbeschreibungen sind klar und verständlich formuliert, ergänzt und vervollständigt werden sie durch Variationsmöglichkeiten, nützlichen Hinweisen / Bemerkungen sowie Vor- und Nachteilen. Kapitel 1 (allgemeine Grundlagen, Trainingsprinzipien) und Kapitel 3 (nach Geschlecht getrennte Übungsprogramme, sportartspezifische Übungen) stellen eine nette Ergänzung der Thematik dar. Hier sollte man allerdings nicht zu viel erwarten, in dieser Hinsicht bleibt das Buch recht oberflächlich. Wer auf der Suche nach einem umfassenden Übungskompendium zum Thema Kraftsport ist, der darf getrost zu der Lektüre von Delavier greifen. In Kombination mit Band 2 ( The Strength Training Anatomy Workout 2 ) ist man damit bestens gerüstet für die nächsten Wochen, Monate und Jahre im Studio.

Very educational

Very good

The book is very extensive and have too much details to be learned from, However it is mostly focused on home gym training using dumbells.. Even though I'm mostly using gym machines but still I'm learning about muscle anatomy and training.. But notice that there are not much details about female training. Same can be applied to both male and female but not much details are for female