Essentials of Weightlifting and Strength Training

The book is organized into twenty chapters. Chapter one, Introduction”, is a review on the role of Strength Training in health and fitness. Chapter two, Proper Lifting Techniques”, presents general rules of proper lifting. Chapter three, Fallacies and Their Critiques”, discusses the common fallacies in the arena of exercising and nutrition. Chapter four, Weightlifting”, presents Olympic Weightlifting to unfamiliar readers. Chapter five, Powerlifting”, glances through the rising sport of Powerlifting in the western nations. Chapter six, Bodybuilding”, discusses the role of bodybuilding in developing muscular mass and strength. Chapter seven, Weight Training”, presents the widely practiced sport of training with weight for general strengthening. Chapters eight and nine are detailed reviews of the mechanics of Olympic lifts and their assisting exercises. Chapter ten, Endurance vs. Strength”, offers the reader a review on the goal of any exercising activity. Chapter eleven, Axial Training vs. Peripheral Training”, presents the author’s personal bias in favor for axial training. Chapter twelve, Making Training Choices”, is an effort to explore the many choices, others have made, in developing exercise strategy. Chapter thirteen, Managing Volume & Intensity”, details the planning of physical work to enhance strength and prevent overtraining. Chapter fourteen, Health and Fitness”, presents general issues of enhancing health by exercise and nutrition. Chapter fifteen, Exercise and Preventable Diseases”, reviews community trends in acquiring diseases and major risk factors. Chapter sixteen, Exercise & Injuries”, brings the reader to close understanding of exercise-related injuries. Chapter seventeen, Exercise and Science”, presents the reader with abstract approach to scientific ideas that intertwine with all aspects of heath and fitness. Chapter eighteen, Frequently Asked Questions”, reviews samples of issues related to exercise and nutrition. Chapter nineteen, Training Women”, discusses issues of specific concern to woman’s fitness. Chapter twenty, Guidelines for Optimum Strength Training”, sums all rules of exercise and the consequences of planning and performing. Mohamed F. El-Hewie Lodi, New Jersey, April, 2003Mohamed F. El Hewie is the author of 'Essentials of Weightlifting and Strength Training' with ISBN 9780971958104 and ISBN 0971958106.