muscles

An overview of the human muscular system that covers its components and processes, its common malfunctions and diseases, tests and treatments, doctors and scientists who have made significant discoveries, and historic and contemporary research.

Provides training advice for developing the abdominal and back muscles for increased health and sports performance.

Contains color-coded illustrations of the main skeletal muscles central to sport, dance, and exercise, each with a definition of the Latin name; information on origin, insertion, action, nerve, basic functional movement, sports that depend on the muscle, damaging movements or injuries, and common problems; and strengthening and self-stretch exercises.

Takes a close look at the two hundred six bones in the human body and how they form a skeleton that provides the framework for the body and for over six hundred muscles.

Presents an introduction to the human muscular system, explaining what it is and how it works, looking at the parts of a muscle, and discussing healthy and unhealthy muscles.

This is a stunningly comprehensive roadmap to the human body, and a vividly compelling account of the long history of the study of anatomy and the many breakthroughs that inform our current notions of the human body, health, and disease.

Provides illustrated instructions for over two hundred excercises and fifty workout programs designed to make the most of working out to improve strength, power, and toning. Illustrations show how the exercises affect muscle recruitment, underlying structures, and ultimately your results. Includes targeted conditioning routines for optimizing performance in more than thirty different sports, including baskteball, football, soccer, track and field, and golf.

Presents over one hundred strength training exercises for the arms, shoulders, chest, back, legs, buttocks, and abdomen, providing instructions and detailed illustrations of the muscle groups used.

Discusses the structure and functions of the skeleton and muscles.

Presents a children's study of muscles, what they are and what they do and explores the workings of all the muscles of the body and how they help in movement.