Essentials of Weightlifting & Strength Training - Mohamed F. El-Hewie

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Like the first edition, this second edition is intended to serve as a compendium of those aspects of Weightlifting and Weight-Training essential to the development of physical strength. A prominent feature of this book is the in-depth coverage of scientific and medical aspects of a forgotten sport. In this second edition, all efforts were made to revise the first edition and correct the typographical errors in spelling and grammar. The book Index and Glossary have been restructured more efficiently. In this edition, chapters six and seven, of the first edition, are consolidated into one chapter, with complete restructuring of the anatomical figures. The following two new chapters are added: Chapter seven "Warm-up and Stretching" eases the difficulty of planning training without weight, prior to venturing into vigorous lifting. Chapter twenty one "Performance Analysis" - immensely enhances the visual understanding of the dynamics of Weightlifting and the functional anatomy of the human body. It contains 395 impressive photographs of international Olympic weightlifters, beginning by Vasily Alxeev and Pyrros Dimas, and ending by Reza Zadeh. With colossal collections of annotated photographic art work, the second edition becomes a must have reference on weightlifting, athletic performance, human strife for glory, health, and graceful existence. The second edition adheres to the basic premise of the first edition of emphasizing axial training with vehement zeal. This is supported extensively by the hundreds of colorful photographs, drawings, and personal narrations. The very unique aspect of the second edition is the extensive elaboration on performance analysis of contemporary weightlifters by an engineer, physician, weightlifter, and math teacher.

Product Details
* Amazon Sales Rank: #442849 in Books
* Published on: 2006-05-09
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 575 pages

Editorial Reviews

Review
Free-style Weightlifting would be you best bid for long healthy strength. Think about it, it makes perfect sense -- Kliplemet, T-nation Bodybuilding's Think-Tank 02/06/06

I am becoming intrigued with the idea of "total fitness" through your descriptions and life-benefits of your "core" exercises. -- Paul Crabtree, February 01, 2006

I bought this book last year and it was one of the best Weight lifting books I have ever read. -- Asif Rafeek, Dec-25-05

From the Publisher
The book is intended to serve as a compendium of the following subjects:

o Resistance training that is essential to the development of physical strength. o Pros and cons of the sports of Bodybuilding, Powerlifting, general weight training, and Weightlifting. o Education of all folks who are interested in advancing their physical strength, with special emphasis on children, women, and elderly people. The book presents diverse exercise plans, with exercise description, plan of managing daily, monthly, and annual load volume and intensity. o Elaborate personal tales of successful athletes who climbed to the top with persistent training, planning, and experimentation. Those are documented with photographs, tables, charts, and figures. o Scientific arguments on the benefits of structured exercise program for individual and public health advancement.

From the Author
This book is intended to serve as a compendium of those aspects of Weightlifting and Weight-Training that are essential to the development of physical strength. A prominent feature of this book is the in-depth coverage of scientific and medical aspects of a forgotten sport. The idea of writing a book about Weightlifting has haunted me since 1970s. Yet, the old means of typing, drawing, and statistical analysis were quite discouraging in tackling such task of vast descriptive nature.

Along thirty years, from the birth of the idea to deciding to proceed with writing and publication, many events have enriched my experience about the subject. Among these events was the exposure to men with great experience in international Weightlifting. In addition, I am also grateful to the city of my birth, Alexandria Egypt, for the exposure it offered me to many Olympic gold medallists in Weightlifting. As a seaport, Alexandria has offered me unique exposure to international trends that lacked in the rest of the neighboring towns. I owe deep indebtedness to many teachers and professors who had shaped my academic acumen.