Date: | 2006-Jan-24 |
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Author: | Mike Orr <sluggoster@gmail.com> |
By Matt Brzycki and Stuart A Meyers. (c) 2003. Publisher: Operational Tactics, Gaithersburg, Maryland. [Amazon link]
Stew Smith, whose recommendations are on the Calisthenics and Food pages, has also written some SWAT fitness books under the name Stewart Smith.
By Peretz Lavie (translated from the Hebrew). (c) 1998 (reprint). Publisher: Yale University Press. [Amazon link]
By James McBride Dabbs and Mary Godwin Dabbs. (c) 2000. Publisher: McGraw Hill. [Amazon link]
By Frederic Delavier (translated from the French). (c) 1998 (reprint). Publisher: Yale University Press. [Amazon link]
This work has pictures showing and naming the exact muscles engaged by 115 exercises, so you can see the difference between, say, a bicep machine curl, a preacher curl, a barbell curl, and a hammer curl. Each exercise also has a short description and a couple diagrams of the movement. The book covers all areas: arms, shoulders, chest, back, legs, butt, and abs. A few extra articles cover joint and injury issues.