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Key tips and techniques
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Includes content previously published in Strength Training
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strength
training
Key tips and techniques
to improve your physique
Includes content previously published in
Strength Training
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Contents
LONDON, NEW YORK, MUNICH,
MELBOURNE, DELHI
Senior Editor Bob Bridle
Senior Art Editor Sharon Spencer 6 Introduction
Production Editor Tony Phipps 8 Exercise gallery
Production Controller Louise Minihane
12 Anatomical chart
Jacket Designer Mark Cavanagh
Managing Editor Stephanie Farrow
Managing Art Editor Lee Griffiths
US Editor Margaret Parrish 1 The Basics
DK InDIa 16 What are your goals?
Managing Art Editor Ashita Murgai 18 Planning your training
Editorial Lead Saloni Talwar 22 Sports-specific training
Senior Art Editor Rajnish Kashyap 24 Warming up
Project Designer Pooja Pipil 26 Cooling down
Project Editor Neha Gupta
Designers Akanksha Gupta, Diya Kapur 28 Eating right
Editors Karishma Walia, Garima Sharma
DTP Manager Balwant Singh
Senior DTP Designer Harish Aggarwal 2 The Warm-up
DTP Designers Shanker Prasad, Anita Yadav,
Vishal Bhatia
Managing Director Aparna Sharma 36 Neck extension and flexion
36 Neck rotation
37 Neck side flexion
First American Edition, 2011
38 Arm circle
Published in the United States by 39 Shoulder rotation
DK Publishing
40 Wrist rotation
375 Hudson Street
41 Hip circle
New York, New York 10014
11 12 13 14 15 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 42 Torso rotation
43 Trunk flexion
001—179529—Mar/2011
44 Frankenstein walk
Includes content previously published in 45 Pike walk
Strength Training
46 Leg flexion
Copyright © 2011 Dorling Kindersley Limited 47 Leg abduction
All rights reserved. 48 Lunge
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored 49 Rotational lunge
in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by 49 Overhead lunge
any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording, or otherwise without the prior written
permission of the copyright owners. 3 Exercises
Published in Great Britain by
Dorling Kindersley Limited
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The information in this book is designed to help
52 Push-up
you make informed decisions about your health, diet, fitness,
and exercise program. It is not intended as a substitute for 53 Frame-supported push-up
professional fitness and medical advice. If you suspect that 54 Machine bench press
you have a medical problem you should seek your doctor’s 55 Machine fly
approval before you begin any exercise program. Neither
the publisher, nor the author, nor anyone else involved in the 56 Cable cross-over
preparation of this book is engaged in rendering professional 58 Barbell bench press
advice or services to the individual reader. 59 Dumbbell bench press
A catalog record for this book 60 Incline barbell bench press
is available from the Library of Congress 61 Incline dumbbell bench press
ISBN 978-0-7566-7173-0 62 Incline fly
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70 Assisted chin-up Core and Abs
71 Straight-arm pull-down 126 Abdominal crunch
72 Prone row 127 Sit-up
73 One-arm row 128 Reverse crunch
74 Bent-over row 129 90-90 crunch
76 Barbell pull-over 130 Figure-4 crunch
131 V-leg raise
Arms 132 Prone plank
78 Bench dip 133 Side plank
79 Bar dip 134 Roman chair side bend
80 Pulley curl 135 Ball crunch
81 Reverse pulley curl 136 Ball twist
82 Triceps push-down 137 Ball back extension
83 Overhead triceps 138 Ball press-up
extension 139 Ball jackknife
84 Wrist extension 140 Woodchop
85 Wrist flexion 142 Side bend
86 Barbell curl 143 Suitcase deadlift
87 Preacher curl
88 Hammer dumbbell curl
89 Incline dumbbell curl 4 The Cool-down
90 Dumbbell triceps
extension 146 Upper-back stretch
91 Barbell triceps extension 146 Shoulder stretch
92 Close-grip bench press 146 Erector stretch
94 Prone triceps extension 147 ITB stretch
95 Triceps kickback 147 Lat stretch
148 3-point quad stretch
Shoulders 149 Hamstring stretch 1
96 Front dumbbell raise 149 Hamstring stretch 2
97 Lateral dumbbell raise 149 Hamstring stretch 3
98 Military barbell press 150 Quad stretch 1
99 Dumbbell shoulder press 150 Quad stretch 2
100 Upright row 151 Adductor stretch 1
102 Rear lateral raise 151 Adductor stretch 2
152 Hamstring stretch
Legs 152 Calf stretch
104 Squat 152 Pike calf stretch
105 Forward lunge 153 Walking lunge stretch
106 45-degree leg press
107 Calf raise
108 Machine leg extension 5 Programs
109 Machine leg curl
110 Back squat 156 Introduction
111 Front barbell squat 158 Core strength program
112 Barbell deadlift 160 Muscular endurance program
114 Overhead barbell lunge 162 Body sculpting program
115 Straight-leg deadlift 164 Bodybuilding program
116 Dumbbell split squat 166 Maximal strength program
117 Overhead split squat 167 Sports-specific exercises
118 Barbell step-up 168 Sports-specific matrix
120 Bulgarian barbell split squat
121 Good morning barbell 170 Glossary
122 Power clean 172 Index
124 Power snatch 176 Acknowledgments
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6 Introduction
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out of your training?
This authoritative, comprehensive, and beautifully illustrated
guide is written by strength training experts with more than
thirty years’ experience of coaching. It contains everything
you need to know to get the very best from your regimen,
whether you want to develop your strength, build your
physique, or are training for specific gains within a chosen
sport or activity.
The first chapter, The Basics, provides you with all the basic
nuts-and-bolts information about how strength training works,
and the best ways to achieve your goals, whether you are an
experienced gym user, or a complete novice.
The main section of the book covers more than 70 exercises
in detail, working through the whole body systematically, with
separate sections on the warm-up and the cool-down.
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harder the exercise. You are guided through each movement N
with clear step-by-step artworks, which show you how to
perform the exercise with optimum technique. Finally, you are
offered a range of helpful features such as variations, or tips
for avoiding common mistakes to keep you safe and maximize
the effectiveness of your training. Also, should you know what
a particular exercise looks like but not what it’s called, you can
locate it using the Exercise Gallery on pages 8–11.
The final section offers a pragmatic, no-nonsense approach
to the subject of training programs. It includes a range
of specially commissioned
goal-based examples to suit warning
your needs, whatever your
All sports and physical activity
goals or experience, along with
involves some risk of injury. Please
useful information on the key check the safety information on
exercises for specific sports, to p.176 before embarking on any
of the exercises or programs
help you tailor your training
shown in this book.
to suit a particular activity.
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Cable cross-over Barbell bench Dumbbell bench Incline barbell
pp.56–57 press p.58 press p.59 bench press p.60
Incline dumbbell Incline fly Chin-up Back extension
bench press p.61 pp.62–63 pp.64–65 p.66
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Seated pulley row Standing pulley Lat pull-down Assisted chin-up
p.67 row p.68 p.69 p.70
Straight-arm Prone row One-arm row Bent-over row
pull-down p.71 p.72 p.73 pp.74–75
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