Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Strength Training

The title of my book is, Strength Training (The complete step-by-step Guide to a Stronger, Sculpted Body) By: Len Williams, Derek Groves, and Glen Thurgood. Lars Williams is an international weightlifting Referee and a senior coach for the British Weight Lifters' Association. Derek Groves is a professional sports coach and a staff coach with the British Weight Lifters' Association and a Consultant staff coach to the Saudi Arabian Federation of Sport for Disability Power lifting. Glen Thurgood is a professional BWLA coach and Head of Strength and Conditioning at Northampton Town FC. The General purpose of this Book is to understand the correct way to strength train. Your body is an amazing machine. It adapts progressively to the amount and type of work that you demand of it, both physically and mentally. If, for example, you habitually lift heavy weights, your body will respond by increasing your bone density; and if you get regular exercise that causes your muscles to contract against an external resistance, you will build muscular strength and power. The basic principle of strength training is to promote such adaptions through repetition of specific exercises in a planned progression of activity. I'm in love with this book because if your like me and you love to strength train, and to get your health, and body to the next level this is the book for you! It has everything from learning how to train the right way all the way to your daily diet.

Extroverts: Are outgoing, sociable, and confident personalities.
Introvert: Tend to be quiet, reflective personalities.
Type 1 Muscle Fibers: Are responsible for long duration, low intensity activity because they are efficient at using oxygen to "burn" the body's fuel resources for repeated contractions over long periods.
Type 2 Muscle Fibers: Produce powerful bursts of contraction at high rates. Are ideally suited to brief, high intensity activity in strength training or power lifting.
Emotional Maturity: ability to concentrate during training and handle the fact that results may sometimes be elusive.

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