Weight Training 3rd Ed For Dummies

INFO:
When the first edition of Weight Training For Dummies was published,
lifting weights was on the verge of becoming a mainstream phenomenon.
Women, Baby Boomers, seniors all these groups were starting to get
the message: Hoisting hunks of iron benefits everyone, not just bodybuilders
with shoulders wider than the wingspan of a DC-10.
Now, four years later, weight training has become even more popular. Some
87 percent of all health clubs now offer personal training, compared to 66
percent in 1996. In the same period, four million women have started using
weight machines. Health club memberships have more than doubled for
people over age 55. One gym in Palm Springs, California, has even stopped
playing rap music because of complaints from the gyms increasingly grayhaired
membership.
However, just because weight training has become more popular doesnt
mean it has become any less intimidating for novices. Its only natural for a
beginner to be baffled by the equipment and the lingo. You may look at a barbell
and wonder how youre going to lift the thing while remaining on good
terms with your lower back muscles. You may stare at a weight machine and
wonder which end the homemade pasta comes out of. You may wonder what
it means when a trainer says, Do three sets of eight reps on the lat pulldown
and then super set with the seated row.

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