Introduction 1
Part I: The Training Basics 7
Chapter 1: Creating your workout plan 9
Chapter 2: Just warming up 23
Chapter 3: Giving yourself a life 35
Chapter 4: Cooling down and fueling up 45
Part II: The Weight Training Diary 55
Your training diary 57
Part III: The Part of Tens 179
Chapter 5: Ten weight room etiquette tips 181
Chapter 6: Ten top weight-lifting songs 185
Index 189
About the Author Allen St. John is the author of Bicycling For
Dummies and Skiing For Dummies and is a former senior editor at
Conde Nast Women's Sports and Fitness magazine. An avid
recreational athlete, he has written about sports and fitness for
a
wide variety of national newspapers and magazines including
Men's
Journal, MH-18, U.S. News & World Report, Maxim, and the New
York Times. He's a columnist for Skiing magazine, a regular
contributor to Tennis, and a founding contributing editor for
Bike,
and he has covered the New York Yankees for the Village Voice
for
the past eight seasons as well as contributed to the hardcover
book
and CD-ROM, The Way Baseball Works. He lives in Upper
Montclair,
New Jersey, with his wife, Sally, and two children, Ethan and Emma.
![]() |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
![]() |