BodyBuilding: Guidance For Beginners: Muscle Function & Movement

Too frequently people go to a gym with very little or no understanding about bodybuilding. They often follow the workouts suggested by friends or well-meaning strangers who seem to look knowledgeable. We tell you why this is risky.

Unfortunately, unless the person you ask for guidance is a “Certified Personal Fitness Trainer”, you have very little chance of getting the correct guidance and good results. Wrong advice can lead to serious injury, or no noticeable improvement. Eventually, as is the case with the vast majority of people who get gym memberships, you a likely to become discouraged from pursuing your workout program. This bodybuilding book is designed to give you straightforward, easy to understand guidance, so that you get results.
Also, if this books prevents you from suffering just one serious injury, then it was worth many times the price you paid.

When it comes to “Beginners Bodybuilding”, ask yourself:
• Do I know what exercise is best for each muscle?
• Do I know how to select the correct exercise machine at the gym?
• Do I know how to select the proper weight for an exercise, whether it is free weight or a machine?
• Do I understand the difference between a repetition and a set?
• Do I know how many repetitions and sets to do for an exercise?
• Do I know the proper sequence for exercising different muscle groups?
• Do I know how often to work out?
• Do I understand why I need days off between work-outs of the same muscle group?
• Do I know the proper sequence for warm-ups, stretching, and cool-downs?
• Do I understand “Spot Reducing”?
• Do I understand Wolff's Law?

FOR "STUDENTS”, THIS BODYBUILDING BOOK ALSO INCLUDES AN IN DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF MUSCLES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS.
Whether the student is in middle school or college, this book will provide them with an easy to learn scholastic tool. The student will gain an understanding of muscle function, joints involved in muscle motion, and the group of muscles that comprise a major muscle.

Our simplistic writing style is brief, non-ambiguous, extremely accurate, and easy to understand.
Students can also use this book before classroom tests as a quick reference guide.

DO YOU KNOW THE MUSCLES THAT COMPRISE THE “QUADRICEPS”, THE FRONT SECTION OF THE UPPER LEG?
ANSWER:
Rectus Femoris,
Vastus Medialis,
Vastus Intermedius,
Vastus Lateralis.
ALL THE MAJOR MUSCLES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS ARE EXPLAINED IN THIS BOOK.

EXAMPLES OF MUSCLE FUNCTION:
• Do I understand the Major Muscles that Perform an Exercise?
• Do I understand the Group of Muscles that Comprise a Major Muscle?
• Do I understand the name of the Muscle Movements and the Involved Joints?
• Do I understand Extension and Lateral Rotation at the Hip Joint?
• Do I understand Abduction at the Hip Joint?
• Do I understand Extension at the Knee Joint?
• Do I understand Flexion at the Knee Joint?
• Do I understand Plantarflexion…Extension at the Ankle Joint?
• Do I understand Dorsiflexion…Extension at the Ankle Joint?
• Do I understand Extension, Adduction, and Medial Rotation at the Shoulder Joint?

EXAMPLES OF OTHER TERMS RELATED TO MUSCLE FUNCTION:
• Muscles & How They Affect Caloric Consumption
• Muscles & How They Affect Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
• Lactic Acid (Lactate) Build-Up
• Momentary Muscle Failure
• Strength Plateau
• Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)
• Over-Use Injury
• Over-training Symptoms
• Extrinsic Factors
• Intrinsic Factors

BELOW IS A SAMPLING OF ADDITIONAL MUSCLE TERMS:
• Strength Training Equipment Explained
• Progressive Resistance
• Muscle and Strength Gains
• Muscle Endurance
• Muscle Definition
• Range of Motion…ROM
• Advanced Bodybuilding Workout
• Muscle Strength Testing & Developing Muscle Power
• Instinctive Training
• Super Slow Training…Slow Speed Training
• Circuit Strength Training
• Negative Training
• Breakdown Training
• Assisted Training
TEACHERS AND INSTRUCTORS CAN ALSO BENEFIT