Exercise for Your Muscle Type: The Smart Way to Get Fit

by Michelle Lovitt M.A., John Speraw

Overview

People are often dissatisfied with the success of their exercise programmes or activities, but they may simply have been the wrong programmes for their muscular structure. Exercise For Your Muscle Type eliminates this frustration by showing readers how they are built and by helping them put together an appropriate personalised comprehensive exercise programme. With a better understanding of ones own body, anyone can achieve his or her fitness goals more quickly.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681627168
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	01/01/2004
Pages:	306
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Lovitt is a graduate of California State University, Fresno, earned a Bachelor's degree in Sports Nutrition and a Master's degree in Exercise Physiology. She has worked as a strength and conditioning coach with Olympic athletes.

Speraw is the Head Men's Volleyball Coach at the Universityof California, Irvine.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	v
	Preface	vii
	Introduction	1
1.	Muscle Types and Your Exercise Plan	7
2.	The Six-Week Base Level Fitness Plan	19
3.	Determining Your Muscle Type	35
4.	Choosing an Exercise Plan	47
5.	Nutrition and Exercise	193
	Conclusion	239
	Appendices
A.	Exercise Instructions	243
B.	Calculating Your Body Mass Index (BMI)	280
C.	Muscle Determination Graphs	281
	Endnotes	284
	Index	286
	About the Authors	294