A Woman's Guide to Muscle and Strength (Paperback) by Irene Lewis-McCormick

from lauranav

This book is just what I was hoping it would be. It contains descriptive information at the beginning explaining why exercise is important and how it should be part of an overall healthy lifestyle, not something that "corrects" or makes up for bad habits. Then there are chapters for each body sec...

from acook

There is a lot of information in this book, most of it very up to date. It is presented in many very dense pages of text. There are many exercises described in detail, but only two pictures per exercise are presented, and it is often difficult to imagine how you get from one to the other. There a...

from freckles1987

I was very excited to receive A Woman's Guide to Muscle and Strength. This is a well organized book with workout plans, verbal and photographic descriptions of each exercise, and a general manifesto on exercise in general as well as for women specifically. I liked how the book describes both work...

from TheDivineOomba

Full disclosure - I haven't read this book from cover to cover. But I did read different sections of it. This book seems to have a good overview of strength training for women. IT could use more diagrams and pictures, but for all exercises, there are demonstration pictures. This book includes a m...

from buriedinbooks

This is a great book. It goes into the science of strength training for women with sections on the health benefits, muscles' response to strength training, why muscles get sore, calorie burning for exercise, body composition, and keys to muscle growth and development. It addresses the myths and p...