Muscle

Muscle
Author: Ian King
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2004
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781405041416

A new kind of fitness book: a celebration of muscle; an exploration of muscle; and a regime for building muscle."Muscle", devised and produced by the editorial team of Men's Health magazine, explains and illustrates how your muscles operate:- shows you how your muscles are built systemically and how hormonal factors contribute to muscle growth;- tells you the truth about muscle-building possibilities;- presents total muscle-building programmes;- and demonstrates workouts that work wonders.This stunning book is packed from cover to cover with beautiful, hard-body photographs that blur the boundaries between art and reference.

The Men's Health Big Book of Exercises

The Men's Health Big Book of Exercises
Author: Adam Campbell
Publisher: Rodale
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2016-10-25
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1623368413

Revised edition includes 100 new exercises! The Men’s Health Big Book of Exercises is the essential workout guide for anyone who wants a better body. As the most comprehensive collection of exercises ever created, this book is a body-shaping power tool for both beginners and long-time lifters alike. This book contains hundreds of useful tips, the latest findings in exercise science, and cutting-edge workouts from the world's top trainers. Backed by the authority of Men's Health magazine, this updated and revised edition features 100 new fat-loss exercises in 20 workouts designed by BJ Gaddour, Fitness Director of Men's Health, and 1,350 photographs, showing movements for every muscle and a training plan to match every fitness goal.

Men's Health The Book of Muscle

Men's Health The Book of Muscle
Author: Lou Schuler
Publisher: Rodale Books
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2003-10-17
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1594868964

The World's Most AUTHORITATIVE Guide to Building Your Body You probably know a lot about building muscle. You know which curl is the best for your biceps, you do every possible exercise for your abdominals, and your 20-set bench-press routine is the envy of everyone in the gym. So why haven't you gotten the results you want? This book has the answer. In fact, it probably answers every question you've ever asked about how your muscles work: What makes them grow? What makes them show? Why didn't that champion bodybuilder's routine work for you? But The Book of Muscle does more than just explain how your muscles work. It also gives you comprehensive muscle-building programs from a world-class trainer. Ian King has spent 2 decades as strength coach to world-champion and Olympic athletes. He is in wide demand as a lecturer on athletic preparation and physique development, and he is a popular contributor to Men's Health magazine and T-mag.com, the most popular bodybuilding Web site on the planet. Now, for the first time, he brings his extraordinary knowledge and unique muscle-building systems to a book meant for regular guys who like to work out and want to see better results than they've gotten from conventional programs. Here's what you get from The Book of Muscle that you can't get from any other book: • Three complete 6-month, progressive workout programs created by Ian King to optimize muscle growth by juxtaposing opposing muscle actions • Ian King's revolutionary training-age system to help you determine which program is right for you • Complete abdominal training that ensures you'll not only get that coveted six-pack but also develop the muscles that prevent injuries and produce better performance on the field--any field • Vital advice on warming up, stretching, and recovering between workouts • The latest and best information on how you need to eat to make your muscles grow If you've never before bought a workout book, this should be your first. And if you've tried all the others, this is the one that finally delivers everything you have ever wanted to know but couldn't find in one place.

The Men's Health Big Book: Getting Abs

The Men's Health Big Book: Getting Abs
Author: Adam Bornstein
Publisher: Rodale
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2012-12-24
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1609618742

The essential diet and fitness guide to lean, ripped abs—including a results-driven 4-week program to lose weight, strengthen your core, and chisel your entire body Call it a spare tire, muffin top, or paunch. Men and women consistently cite their belly as their biggest problem area—and it is often the toughest final pounds to lose. Not anymore! Whether readers’ eating habits have been affected by stress, their bodies have changed with age, or they’re constantly doing crunches without results, it’s time to blast belly fat the right way. Using the comprehensive, week-by-week eating and exercise plan, readers can lose up to 20 pounds in 6 weeks—and keep it off, forever. Including a step-by-step, 4-week eating and exercise plan, easy-to-prepare recipes, and hundreds of exercises, The Men’s Health Big Book of Abs is the ultimate guide to a leaner, fitter, sexier body.

Men's Health Ultimate Dumbbell Guide

Men's Health Ultimate Dumbbell Guide
Author: Myatt Murphy
Publisher: Rodale Books
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2007-07-24
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1605297569

The easiest, most inexpensive way to build muscle strength, size, and power turns out to be the best, with this supremely effective guide from the world's largest men's magazine Workout fads and fitness equipment come and go, but as trainers and bodybuilders know: nothing tops a simple set of dumbbells for convenience, reliability, and versatility when you are trying to build muscles and get in shape. In Men's Health Ultimate Dumbbell Guide, Myatt Murphy, a fitness expert and longtime contributor to Men's Health, shows readers how to use dumbbells to develop just about every part of their bodies. For anyone who believes that dumbbells can be used only for arms and shoulders, Myatt Murphy proves them wrong. Featuring 200 photographs, Men's Health Ultimate Dumbbell Exercises demonstrates how to perform a total body workout and get maximum results. There are exercises here—lunges, squats, dead lifts, curls, shrugs, kickbacks, presses, and more—that develop abs, arms, chest, legs, and shoulders, along with innovative new ways to get the most of this versatile piece of strength-training equipment. With instructions for creating literally thousands of dumbbell exercises for the novice to advanced lifter, Men's Health Ultimate Dumbbell Exercises will be an indispensable addition to any home gym.

Men's Health Power Training

Men's Health Power Training
Author: Robert Dos Remedios
Publisher: Rodale Books
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2007-09-18
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1605298689

One of the nation's elite strength and conditioning coaches presents a unique training program designed to help men achieve functional strength and muscular balance throughout their bodies For decades, the conventional measure of an individual's strength was the amount of weight he could bench press. Now, that measure is being challenged by expert trainers like Robert dos Remedios who argue that the variety of movement patterns used in functional training is the real key to getting bigger, stronger, and more powerful. In Men's Health Power Training, this acclaimed collegiate strength and conditioning coach describes in detail the methods he has used to develop hundreds of Division I scholarship athletes, including several current NFL players. The key features that make this book a standout in the fitness field include: • exercises geared toward functional strength that can be utilized in real-world situations, from playing sports to lifting furniture • training sessions that are short, intense, and highly effective • compound, multijoint exercises that replace the less-effective isolation exercises found in many fitness books • no-nonsense dietary information utilizing a new and innovative food pyramid developed by the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition that will optimize strength gains, recovery, and physical progress

Men's Health Muscle Chow

Men's Health Muscle Chow
Author: Gregg Avedon
Publisher: Rodale Books
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2007-12-10
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1605297666

Men’s Health presents over 150 simple recipes for delicious meals the whole family will love, from workout-boosting protein shakes to healthy dinners and more Achieving your best body ever requires that two elements merge as one: solid training and good nutrition. Men’s Health Muscle Chow provides the nutritional component of that muscle-building equation. Inside, you’ll find: • Eight easy-to-remember dietary strategies to keep your eating habits in line • Filling breakfasts like Banana Protein Pancakes; energizing entrées including Muscle-Bound Chili and Mahi Fish Wraps; hunger-killing snacks such as Malted Almond Bombs; and even desserts like Key Lime Pie—all designed to help burn fat and build muscle • A shopping list that makes it easy to stock up on essential ingredients and kitchen tools • A troubleshooting guide for guys with more experience at the gym than in the kitchen • Insider strategies, tips, tricks of the trade Men’s Health Muscle Chow is much more than just a cookbook. It offers a solid foundation for understanding meal timing and the effects nutrients have on your body to help you set and reach your fitness goals.

Men's Health Push, Pull, Swing

Men's Health Push, Pull, Swing
Author: Matt Murphy
Publisher: Rodale
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2014-09-02
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1623363977

No piece of exercise equipment is more convenient, reliable, versatile and effective at building lean muscle and boosting post-workout metabolic rate than the venerable dumbbell and its cousins the kettlebell and sandbag. Together, these are the tools that will reshape the way we think about fitness and this book will stand as the definitive guide to targeting the key muscles that men and women want to develop and tone. The beauty of these tools is that they are simple, inexpensive, and can be used in a small space so readers can exercise in the convenience of their homes. Most important is that they allow the freedom to use a full range of motion, unlike the rigid, limiting structure of weight machines. No longer restrained by the typical up/down motion of barbells and machines, readers can become strong in any direction. And sanctioned by Men's Health, this book demonstrates with large color photos more than 150 strength exercises that incorporate the three key movements--pushing, pulling, and swinging--that make up the perfect full-range-of-motion workout. Because it emphasizes building functional strength for real-world application and total-body fitness Men's Health Push, Pull, Swing will appeal to beginners as well as fitness buffs, especially those who enjoy CrossFit style workouts.

The Men's Health Big Book of 15-Minute Workouts

The Men's Health Big Book of 15-Minute Workouts
Author: Selene Yeager
Publisher: Rodale Books
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2011-10-25
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1609617363

Men love shortcuts. If there's a way to accomplish a job quicker and more efficiently, they're all for it. That goes for work and working out. Now, new research shows that as little as 15 minutes of resistance training is just as effective in spiking a man's metabolism—his fat-burning furnace—as a workout lasting more than twice as long. All it takes is 15 minutes to achieve lifelong results—and men are more likely to stick to an exercise plan if it's chopped down to those 15 minutes. The Men's Health Big Book of 15-Minute Workouts contains fast-paced circuit training and interval workouts that boost calorie burn, build muscle, and fry belly fat in half the time of regular workouts. Readers can choose from at-home, body-weight-only workouts and total-body barbell programs to exercises that target major muscle groups—the chest, arms, legs, and back—and sport-specific workouts. Other highlights include: - a special section of 15-minute core workouts to build a rock-hard six-pack - an eating plan with delicious meals that take 15 minutes or less to prepare - workouts for the office or when you're traveling and can't make it to the gym - hundreds of tips from America's best trainers, nutritionists, and exercise scientists

Men's Health Best: Weight-Free Workout

Men's Health Best: Weight-Free Workout
Author: Joe Kita
Publisher: Rodale
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2005-09-17
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1594862591

A concise exercise manual explains how men can put together an effective workout program containing all the exercises needed to promote whole-body fitness and maximum flexibility. Original. 15,000 first printing.