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Building Strength & Stamina New Nautilus
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Product Description
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Stronger muscles and bones. Better health. More endurance. A more attractivephysique. No matter what your goals are or what shape youre in, BuildingStrength and Stamina helps you get the results you want in only three hoursa week.
Based on the most up-to-date exercise research, this guide provides a practical,proven program for getting fit. Its loaded with exercises and workouts to getyou in shape and accommodate your busy schedule. Plus, the exercise progressionsmake the most of todays state-of-the-art fitness equipment--Nautilus strengthmachines, stationary cycles, treadmills, skate machines, and step machines.
Leading fitness expert Wayne Westcott serves as your personal trainer,describing what to do and how to do it safely, efficiently, and effectively. Thebook also features more than 100 photos that show you how to use the equipmentand perform the exercises properly.
Youll learn all this in Building Strength and Stamina: Basic strength-training guidelines, Features of resistance exercise machines and free-weights, 36 strengthening exercises for your entire body, Step-by-step plan for attaining strength without injury, How to select exercises for cardiovascular health, How to get results using four types of endurance training machines, A six-month program for increasing muscular strength and cardiovascularendurance, Stretching exercises, How to evaluate your progress, Advanced strength and endurance training.
Experience the benefits of fitness with Building Strength and Stamina.Youll be amazed by the difference three hours a week can make.
About the Author
With more than 30 years in strength training as an athlete, coach, teacher,professor, researcher, writer, and speaker, Wayne Westcott, PhD, isrecognized as a foremost authority on fitness.
Westcott is fitness research director at the South Shore YMCA in Massachusetts,where he developed a model strength-fitness facility and training program ratedthe "Best Buy in the United States" by Fitness Magazine in1995. This model is used as a prototype for designing fitness programs.
Westcott has served as a strength training consultant for numerous organizationsand programs, including Nautilus, the Presidents Council on Physical Fitnessand Sports, the International Association of Fitness Professionals (IDEA), theAmerican Council on Exercise, the YMCA of the USA, the National Youth SportsSafety Foundation, and many others. He was awarded the IDEA Lifetime AchievementAward in 1993 and honored with a Healthy American Fitness Leader Award in 1995.
Westcott is highly sought after as a speaker and writer. He delivered thekeynote address for the annual IDEA conference in 1995, and he lecturesinternationally on his research. He has written several books on strengthtraining, including Strength Fitness: Physiological Principles and TrainingTechniques, a text physical education and exercise science majors have usedfor more than 15 years.
Since 1986 Westcott has written a weekly fitness column for one of the largestBoston area newspapers, the Patriot Ledger. The strength training advisorand fitness columnist for Prevention magazine, he also has served on theeditorial boards of Prevention, Shape, Mens Health, Fitness, ClubIndustry, American Fitness Quarterly, and Nautilus. Wescott lives in Abington, Massachusetts, with his wife, Claudia. He enjoysstrength training, running, cycling, gardening, and volunteer work.
Nautilus International
In 1970 Arthur Jones developed and sold the first Nautilus exercise machinedesigned to strengthen the torso muscles, releasing a revolution in health andfitness. This was the first strength building machine on the market to useeccentric cams to provide variable, balanced resistance against the full rangeof motion.
The design of Nautilus equipment has evolved over the past quarter century asresearchers have learned more about all of the requirements for strengthbuilding exercise equipment. These requirements, which only the Nautilusequipment line comprehensively satisfies, include rotary resistance, directresistance, variable resistance, balanced resistance, positive work, negativework, stretching, pre-stretching, resistance in the full-contracted position,and unrestricted speed of movement. In addition to strength building exercisemachines, Nautilus International manufactures a range of machines designed toincrease cardiovascular fitness. These machines include fully recumbentstationary bicycles, stairclimbers, treadmills, and the unique Nautilus SkateMachine. With the help of respected researchers like Dr. Wayne Westcott,Nautilus International continues to improve its product line.
The versatility of use and the quality of results that the Nautilus fitnesssystem produces have led to many professional sports teams including Nautilusequipment in their athletes physical strength and conditioning programs. Italso has created tremendous interest and good will among the millions ofnonathletes around the world. Nautilus equipment is available in schools,rehabilitation centers, hospitals, hotels, corporate buildings, clinics, clubs,or homes.
To get the most from your workout, it is important to use the Nautilus equipmentcorrectly. Nautilus International trains its customers to properly use andmaintain the equipment to safely maximize results. It also provides many othercomplementary information sources, seminars, textbooks, and training manuals,such as Building Strength and Stamina: New Nautilus Training for TotalFitness.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. How Fit Can You Get?
Chapter 2. Fitness and Muscle Strength
Chapter 3. Training Your Muscles
Chapter 4. Strength Training Equipment
Chapter 5. Strength Training Exercises
Chapter 6. Six-Month Strength Training Program
Chapter 7. Fitness and Cardiovascular Endurance
Chapter 8. Training Your Heart
Chapter 9. Endurance Training Equipment
Chapter 10. Endurance Training Exercises
Chapter 11. Six-Month Endurance Training Program
Chapter 12. Fitness Program Design and Evaluation
Chapter 13. Advanced Training Programs
Appendix A: Free-Weight Exercises
Appendix B: Choosing Your Fitness Facility
Appendix C: Fitness Dictionary
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