Sports & Recreation : Bodybuilding & Weight Training

You've heard that working out with weights helps you build muscle, tone your body and burn fat, but you're not sure where to start or how to do it safely and effectively. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weight Training will give you all of the answers. You'll get the skinny on putting together a weight-training workout tailored to your personal goals. Learn how to properly use freeweights and strength-training machines, set up a home gym, decide whether nutritional supplements are right for you and boost strength and stamina. more...

Price: $18.95

Aggressive, explosive, and boasting awesome athletic ability, Dan Clark rose to tremendous fame as Nitro on American Gladiators. He quickly emerged as the most popular cast member and became a reality television superstar. But a twenty-year affair with steroids led to a life of pissing blood, smuggling drugs, destroying hotel rooms, getting arrested, growing breasts, and lying bloodied in the street after a vicious fight with his best friend. This is Clark's riveting, fiercely candid account of his life, career, and steroid addiction. From an upbringing defined by tragedy and a difficult search for identity to tales of performing center stage at Madison Square Garden and bedding Playboy Bunnies and porn stars, Clark explores the price of fame, the pressure of stardom, and how the whole steroid-fueled fantasy finally imploded. more...

Price: $25.00

The Gold's Gym Guide to Getting Started In Bodybuilding provides newcomers with a sound,. systematic approach to realizing their muscular potentials through proper weight lifting. Designed. to get beginners motivated and keep them motivated while providing them with a solid foundation on which to build, it:.:.; Coaches readers in bodybuilding fundamentals, such as proper form and the best numbers of reps and sets.; Describes specialized routines for different muscle groups.; Provides step-by-step instructions and dozens of charts, graphs, and checklists. more...

Price: $18.95

Designs a program for women seeking to build strong bones and prevent osteoporosis, providing advice on using dumbbells and exercise equipment, increasing weight, and eating healthy. more...

Price: $9.99

Industrial activity around the world is performed by two-thirds of the world population over 10 years of age spending one third of their lives on work (WHO, 1995). This enormous workforce, through its contribution, generates a wealth of 21.3 trillion U.S. dollars, which sustains the socioeconomic fabric of the international society. Given the uneven distribution of population between developed and developing countries, a large majority of humanity is resorting to mechanical force application to accomplish their tasks. Additionally, in spite of the progression of technology, there are a great number of jobs in developed countries that require muscle force application (e.g., mining, forestry, agriculture, drilling and exploration, manufacturing and service sector). more...

Price: $159.95