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Product Description
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Are you struggling to develop an exercise program? Having trouble stickingwith your current program? Dissatisfied with the results youre seeing-or notseeing? Your Personal Trainer gives you customized, expert trainingadvice that will help you get the results you want. And it does so at a fractionof the cost of hiring your own trainer!
Douglas Brooks-one of the top personal trainers in the United States-shares hisno-nonsense, results-oriented approach to training. He offers no quick fixes,but what he does offer are proven effective exercise programs and techniquessimilar to those he prescribes to his clients every day.
Your Personal Trainer provides individually tailored programs, structuredworkouts, and planned training cycles, all featuring the latest exerciseinformation available to help you achieve your fitness goals. Heres just asampling of the many features youll find: Guidelines for scheduling your workouts, Recommended stretches and strength exercises, Interval training models, Warm-up and cool-down techniques, Advice on cross-training, Nutrition tips, Hints for building in rest and recovery, Self-tests for tracking your progress.
Through it all, Brooks will keep you motivated and make your exercise programfun, not drudgery. Regardless of your fitness level, the time-tested techniquesin Your Personal Trainer will give you a training advantage and empoweryou to take control of your fitness and health.
If youre a personal trainer, you too can use Your Personal Trainer tobetter serve your clients. Youll find state-of-the-art advice on how to builda training regimen around your clients specific needs, limitations, andgoals. Plus, youll learn Brooks techniques for motivating clients.
About the Author
Known as the "trainers trainer," Douglas Brooks is one ofthe premier personal trainers in the United States. Hes widely recognizedthrough his numerous appearances on home shopping networks, infomercials, theCable Health Club Network, and fitness videos. An ACE-certified personal trainersince 1983, Brooks is also the fitness training director at Snowcreek Resort andAthletic Club and the co-owner of Moves International, a provider of educationalresources, continuing education, and live workshops for fitness professionals.
Brooks has also authored Going Solo: The Art of Personal Training -alandmark publication written during personal trainings infancy-and Program Design for Personal Trainers: Bridging Theory Into Application, as well asnumerous educational manuals. He is active in many professional organizations,including IDEA-The Health and Fitness Source, the International Sports TrainersAssociation, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the National Strengthand Conditioning Association. He also conducts lectures and workshops throughoutthe United States and internationally on the topics of personal training,strength training, kinesiology, and exercise physiology.
Brooks enjoys fitness activities of all kinds. He is a competitive tennisplayer, marathoner, Ironman triathlete, alpine and nordic skier, in-line skater,rock climber, and mountaineer. He holds a masters degree in exercisephysiology from Central Michigan University. Brooks, his wife, Candice, andtheir two sons live in Mammoth Lakes, California.
Table of Contents
Part I: Your Training Essentials
Chapter 1. Self-Test Your Fitness Level
Chapter 2. Set a Planned Course of Action
Chapter 3. Target the Right Equipment
Part II: Your Training Components
Chapter 4. Optimize Your Flexibility
Chapter 5. Strengthen Your Heart
Chapter 6. Push Your Anaerobic Limits
Chapter 7. Lift for Strength and Muscle Definition
Chapter 8. Cross-Train for Variety (and Results!)
Chapter 9. Build in Rest and Recovery
Chapter 10. Fuel Your Workouts
Part III: Your Training Programs
Chapter 11. Muscle Endurance and Maximum Strength
Chapter 12. High-Intensity Strength Training
Chapter 13. Peak to Compete
Chapter 14. Design Your Own Program
Part IV: Your Training Targets
Chapter 15. Track Your Progress
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