Weight Training: Basic Principles, Equipment, Weight Machines, And More

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Weight training is a common type of strength training for developing the strength and size of skeletal muscles. It uses a ... Read more

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Weight training is a common type of strength training for developing the strength and size of skeletal muscles. It uses a variety of specialized equipment to target specific muscle groups and types of movement. In this book, you will learn more about the basics of weight training including history, comparison to other types of strength training, stretching, exercise approaches, and everything in between. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. Less