Guest guest Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 You might like to look for a book by Joyce Vedral. She makes loads of them. They all use dumbbells at home. _________________ " Whatever women must do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. " -Charlotte Whitton- exercise books Can anyone recommend a good book for me to borrow from the library about weight training exercises? I'm specifically looking for exercises I can do with dumbells because I don't belong to a gym and I don't have any machines at home. I'm looking to change my routine because I've been doing the limited exercises I can do at home from the BFL book. I don't mind doing the same exercises, but I know it has been recommended to change exercises every four weeks for maximum benefit. I have checked out some of the websites that have been mentioned on this list like exrx.net and abcbodybuilding.com, but it takes me too long to actually navigate through these sites and find what I'm looking for. I just find that I have to keep clicking on things to find what I'm looking for and I haven't been successful. I think flipping through a book would be much easier and allow me to access the information when I can't be at the computer. K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 02:42:31PM -0400, srkearns@... wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good book for me to borrow from the library about > weight training exercises? I'm specifically looking for exercises I can do with > dumbells because I don't belong to a gym and I don't have any machines at home. > I'm looking to change my routine because I've been doing the limited > exercises I can do at home from the BFL book. I don't mind doing the same exercises, > but I know it has been recommended to change exercises every four weeks for > maximum benefit. Title: Strenght Training Anatomy " Your illustrated guide to muscle at work " Author: Frederic Delavier There is a men's version and female. Don't bother with the one for women as it literally is missing categories of exercises(I think shoulders aren't even in there for example). The men's one applies to everyone. This is the first book I have. It shows you a bunch of exercises for all muscle groups and most of them are free weights if I remember correctly. The images in there are nice because they show you all muscle groups involved in specific exercises. -- -eve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 --- = Joyce Vedral has some good weight work out books at the library. She has several different books with quite a few workouts, almost all of which use no machines Riya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 I agree, Strenght training anatomy is really good. > > Can anyone recommend a good book for me to borrow from the library about > > weight training exercises? I'm specifically looking for exercises I can do with > > dumbells because I don't belong to a gym and I don't have any machines at home. > > I'm looking to change my routine because I've been doing the limited > > exercises I can do at home from the BFL book. I don't mind doing the same exercises, > > but I know it has been recommended to change exercises every four weeks for > > maximum benefit. > > > Title: Strenght Training Anatomy > " Your illustrated guide to muscle at work " > Author: Frederic Delavier > > > There is a men's version and female. Don't bother with the one for women as > it literally is missing categories of exercises(I think shoulders aren't > even in there for example). The men's one applies to everyone. > > This is the first book I have. It shows you a bunch of exercises for all > muscle groups and most of them are free weights if I remember correctly. The > images in there are nice because they show you all muscle groups involved in > specific exercises. > > -- > -eve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 I bought the Golds Gym Bodybuilding Encyclopedia from a used book store for $6 and Arnold S. Bodyshaping for Women for $ .75 on Amazon-they are both great resources. Check the library or scan Ebay and Amazon. (Arnold's is a hardcover, its so cheap because its from 1972-but its all the basics that we still use today) > Can anyone recommend a good book for me to borrow from the library about > weight training exercises? I'm specifically looking for exercises I can do with > dumbells because I don't belong to a gym and I don't have any machines at home. > I'm looking to change my routine because I've been doing the limited > exercises I can do at home from the BFL book. I don't mind doing the same exercises, > but I know it has been recommended to change exercises every four weeks for > maximum benefit. > I have checked out some of the websites that have been mentioned on this list > like exrx.net and abcbodybuilding.com, but it takes me too long to actually > navigate through these sites and find what I'm looking for. I just find that I > have to keep clicking on things to find what I'm looking for and I haven't > been successful. I think flipping through a book would be much easier and allow > me to access the information when I can't be at the computer. > > K > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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