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Weight Training Safely: The F.I.T.S. Way (Free of Injury & Target-Specific) : A Reference Guide and Injury Prevention Program
by Bruce Comstock
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Warwick Publishing (2004-10)
ISBN: 1894622340
EAN: 9781894622349
Dewey Decimal #: 796
Paperback: 278 pages
SKU: 080701334
Condition: Fine
Comments: 1894622340 New, never read, MULTIPLE COPIES, ships with 24 hours, may have minor wear on cover and edges from being on a retail shelf. New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
No pain, no gain. That’s the phrase in the heads of most people who actively lift weights, but it is extremely misleading. While there are sensations of pain that indicate the activity in question is beneficial, the vast majority of aches and pains—severe pain in many cases—associated with weight training are indicators of the improper use of technique that result in tissue damage. Weight Training Safely shows readers steps they can take to dramatically increase the benefits of their training and, equally importantly, dramatically decrease their potential for injury.
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Customer Reviews
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Lift weights safely - A must-read for the weight lifter
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-08-09
I like this book. It helped me to develop workouts especially for my own unique needs and even my age and injury level. I've not read any book that can do that for you.
The book is well written and gives clear photographs of the exercises and descriptions of how to do them correctly. It even talks about mythes of bodybuilding and explains why they are not true. I found some of them real eye openers.
A minor annoyance is worth reporting, however. I found the book a bit clumsy as far as finding the exercises and the necessary information about each one. I thought the author could have done a better job of presenting this important material. It's there. It's just not presented all that well. So putting your workout together takes some time. It's worth it, however. So my complaint is a minor one.
The fact that you can lift weights all your life and do it safely is exciting. It's also important. Most people do not lift correctly. And injury inevitably follows. I recommend this book to anyone who lifts weights or intends to lift weights --- regardless of how experienced or inexperienced you are.
Highly recommended.
- Susanna K. Hutcheson
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A refreshing approach
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-12-08
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Finally, here's a book that provides a detailed examination of weight training from the standpoint of injury prevention! Anyone whose past injuries have kept them from exercising specific areas will find the benefit/risk evaluations for each and every weight training exercise especially valuable. My neck and shoulders were damaged as a result of a couple of ski crashes in my 20's, and I had all but given up on training my upper body because of recurring pain and limited range of motion. The F.I.T.S. approach has let me safely resume exercising this neglected area with confidence. Highly recommended.
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