Readers learn about the importance of resistance training, which increases strength and endurance while working on your muscles and making them larger. After studying the three main methods of resistance training, which are free weights, resistance machines, and individual body weight, readers are taught how to pick the best practice for their individual needs and goals and are given sample exercises. This book also teaches students the science behind weight lifting and explains the function of different muscles so that students are able to understand what parts of their bodies they're training.
"Provide[s] . . . readers with an introduction to living a healthy life, both physically and mentally. Students will learn how to set health goals, create fitness plans, and read about different gym machines and how to use them both safely and effectively. They will also learn about the importance of nutrition as they read about different food groups, discover how to eat right on a budget, and how to portion correctly"--Provided by publisher.
Provides answers to questions about health, covering pain, diseases, medicine, cigarette and alcohol damage, and more. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.
"This guide will help teens navigate all the difficult moments [in gym], like being picked last for a team or fielding snarky comments about lack of coordination or skills"--Amazon.com.
trigger the biological mechanisms that transform your body and extend your life
Hofmekler, Ori
"Provocatively written yet grounded in science, Unlock Your Muscle Gene argues that human fitness is a well-defined system rooted in our biology and programmed in our genes. We all possess the genes that retain and develop muscle and extend our lives, but to turn them on we need to learn how to use the right nutritional and physical triggers. Doing so unleashes innate mechanisms that literally transform pain to power, weakness to strength, and sickness to health. Fitness expert Ori Hofmekler describes the main causes of muscle degradation and aging and offers specific exercise and nutrition practices for counteracting them. He argues that the human body is programmed for hardship rather than leisure and emphasizes the primary roles of hunger and hardship in triggering the mechanisms that make our bodies thrive. Hofmekler also details how to combine food; the right meal timing and meal size; why we need to separate AM foods and PM foods; the ideal fuel to prevent "hitting the wall"; how long and how often to train; and whether we can develop a super muscle fiber hybrid that can outperform any other fiber type. Unlock Your Muscle Gene is both practical and inspiring in pointing the way to a leaner, stronger, healthier body"--.
Discusses the health benefits of running and other exercise, looks at what happens in the body when a person runs, and includes activities and a glossary.
