Muscle Mechanics

If you feel totally clueless whenever you step into the strength-training section of a gym, then "Muscle Mechanics" is the book for you. For many bodybuilding and fitness novices, learning the proper form or way to lift, pull, or push bars, pulleys, or other gadgets that are commonly found on a gym floor can be a task itself. Without the assistance of a personal trainer, which can be an expensive investment, weight training can be very difficult, if not hard for most.Unlike many other books on the market, "Muscle Mechanics" is a perfect companion to those who want to really get into the move of things. Using photographs, and easy-to-read type, the book surpasses many professionally written books by top name fitness gurus because. In plain English, this book is similar to a "Dummies" or "Complete Idiot's" guide to weight-resistance exercises. Although I am much more of a pro when it comes to training, this book was helpful in helping me learn several exercises that I was not performing correctly. Overall, the book's design, setup, and price are all added pluses when it came to me in purchasing it.So, if you're looking for a simple, yet thorough book on weight training, this book is the right choice.

I'm an exercise science student and I happened to see my professor going through this book one day--it makes the leap in applying all those anatomy classes to resistance training in one place. There are excellent drawn diagrams that show which muscles are used, and even pictures that show correct postures and positioning for the exercises. If there is one thing the book lacks, it is an explanation of exactly why certain muscles for seemingly similar exercises are or aren't used (variations in positioning are an obvious cause: Deciding if the development of those muscles is what is desired is left up to the reader, and making the leap in understanding that the smallest variations can lead to different results). The book outlines basic biomechanical concepts, and has pictures for everything--and that is a great strength! This is a required text for any exercise science and/or athletic training student, and probably helpful to others too!

I enjoyed and really learned from this book. Concise descriptions, depictions and definitions of...body mechanics... as well as some exercises and excellent background information. Explicit description of "good form" for excercise that I haven't seen in many books & magazines. Although some might consider this a "beginners" book, there is a lot of stuff many of the old-timers in the gym could learn...

No intimidating photos of overdeveloped bodybuilders! This book shows how to correctly perform some 73 different exercises for a full body workout, complete with an anatomy diagram showing which muscles are worked in each exercise. This book has been a great aid to me in designing a variety of workouts with different exercises (to prevent boredum) to target all the muscles for an efficient full body workout. I have shown this book to several friends, that are into self improvement, and they have all purchased it.

If you want to maximize a single muscle or muscle group this book will pinpoint it with very nice graphics. Aaberg stresses form as do all pros. If you are lacking technical terminology and want a well organized, easy to study book with suberb drawings and photos, get this one. If you don't know the info in this book, you probably don't that much about body building. Chapters 2,3 and 4 will allow you to learn the proper vocabulary of motion and physiology in a graphic manner. This is a very nice book to suppliment your workout programs.