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Summary: insulting and demeaning
Review: I wanted to write a quick review for this book. While the information is valuable and accurate, this type of information can easily be found in any checkout counter "beauty magazine". The reason I am taking the time to write this is bacause any woman who wants to know about her anatomy and how it works in relation to work and exercise in a gym is definately going to raise her eyebrows at the way the women in this book are posed and drawn. Albeit some nudity is necessary to demonstrate the use of certain muscles, (strip away some skin as well), but in some of the examples it is ludicrous for me to believe that the artist isn't using a slight pornographic eye. For instance,on page 69 (is that an accident?) the woman is doing adductors at a machine and she is completely nude! This is a difficult machine for alot of people to use because of the obvious position it puts you in, then the "artist" draws only this woman completely nude. You can be rest assured you will see at least one nude breast on every other page. It was very funny to look at, but as far as a book to walk around with at the gym, I will pass thank you. If a man even picked up this book at the gym he would be called a pervert! In conclusion, I want to reinforce my statement to pass on this degrading book supposedly for women to help us with our workouts. Well, I wasn't fooled. This book gets two thumbs down and line the kitty litter with its pages.
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Summary: Very good reference and teaching aid for personal trainers
Review: I'm a personal trainer and found this book to be a great learning aid for my personal trainer national certification exam. The pictures are just great. They are transparent in the way they show you the muscles. For example, when doing a lat pull, it shows you the muscles that are being contracted. Also, the pictures are quite detailed and very descriptive. In this way, not only it helped me to be a good personal trainer but it was a great reference for my national certification exam. I also used the following which cut my study time in half for my national certification fitness exam: Key Facts for Anatomy and Physiology by Patrick Leonardi
This book made anatomy and physiology much easier to understand and helped me to get passing grades. I give both books 10 stars
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Summary: Good, as far as it goes
Review: If this book included the upper body (and more back exercises--deadlifts and back extensions are at the very end as an afterthought) I'd have given it at least 4 stars, if not 5.I liked the idea of a strength training book for women that addressed our physiological differences, had great illustrations of which muscles are involved in each exercise, and showed women doing real exercises like deep squats, good mornings, etc. Unfortunately, I didn't look at the small bit of the title which tells you it addresses lower body only. Where are the chest, shoulders, arms and the rest of the back? Have to agree with the reviewer who mentioned the hip adduction illustration. Bare chest and, of course, nothing on the lower torso since the illustration is showing us the muscles involved. Given the legs wide position of the hip adduction machine, this picture seemed more sexual. Maybe the author is planning Part 2 that will include the upper body. Again, I feel the back was sorely overlooked here.
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Summary: I am impressed.
Review: Lived up to everything I thought it would be- nice for a change! Great illustrations and accurate as far as I could tell. A good source of information for anybody from housewives to competative athletes. Also liked "Treat Your Own Knees" for those of you who suffer from knee pain.
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Summary: Buy the other book
Review: Maybe it is just me, but last time I checked the anatomy of musculature between women and men is quite similar, and when it comes to strength training anatomy I do not see a reason that the different sexes need a completely different book. The book is decently illustrated with one glaring exception: WOMEN'S PECORTALUS MUCSLES DONOT LOOK LIKE BREASTS!
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Summary: A Good Reference Book
Review: The biggest benefit to this book is that Delavier shows you, with precisely drawn line illustrations, exactly which muscles are worked for each of the roughly 100 exercises that are described in this book. The book is also blissfully empty of philosophy, that is, you won't find any exhortations to eliminate carbs from your diet or aerobics from your routine. In fact, you won't find any "how to" information at all, except how to perform the exercises and an occasional comment about the efficacy of one version of an exercise over another. The big negative is that Delavier seems to have forgotten that women also have upper bodies! Women's Strength Training Analatomy is divided into 4 sections: Legs, Buttocks, Abdominals and Back. There is no mention of chest or arms, body parts that every woman I know possesses! Some people may also find it a drawback that Delavier offers no suggested routines or information about how to apply the exercises he illustrates. Overall, this is an excellent reference book that would have gotten 5 stars had it covered a woman's entire body.
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Summary: Excellent book!
Review: This book is a great help for training trouble spots. It covers training the lower body (back, abs, legs and butt). It gives many exercises for each body area (27 butt, 37 legs, 34 abs and 6 for back) each with a perfectly drawn illustration showing the muscles effected by the exercise and clear explanation on how to correctly perform the exercise. Most of the exercises can be done with minimal equiptment (free weights and bands) at home, only a few cover gym machines. This book does not give routines or diet plans. After 10 years of gym training I am now training at home. This no nonsense book has been an invaluable source of exercises and information for training (especially trouble spots) without the use of gym equiptment. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Marketing lies
Review: This book is actually a partial reprint of Delavier's complete book, "Strength Training Anatomy," which includes both upper and lower body workout illustrations. But in that book, almost all of the upper body illustrations are of men working out -- so I'm guessing they just took the second half of that book and repackaged it "for women" (though I haven't actually read this book). The complete book is a good collection of exercises. I would definitely recommend it, even with its sometimes unnecessarily sexually graphic illustrations.
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Summary: The best lower body strength training book for women!
Review: This book is the masterpiece for women's lower body strength training. The excellent diagrams allow you to see exactly what muscles you'll be working and the instructions for doing the movements are very clear and user friendly. I have learned so much about my body from this book and I have also seen great results in my workouts. My sincere hope is that Delavier quickly comes out with a companion book for women's upper body strength training. I'll be first in line to buy it!
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Summary: Where's the Rest?
Review: Yes, sorry, yet another woman dissatisfied with only abs back legs and buttocks illustrations. I am a Personal Trainer and was thrilled to see a version of "Strength Training Anatomy" for the female body...and then immediately disappointed that Mr Delavier didn't finish the book. I just can't imagine what he was thinking of! Oh well back to the male version (brilliant) and drawings unrepresentative of the muscle mass of half my clients! We wait with baited breath for your sequel Mr Delavier - Chest, Shoulders & Arms!
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