Sometimes life gets in the way of your physique goals. Things like career and family black out whole sections of your calendar and before you know it, you're lamenting your soft and flabby muscles. "Strength and Physique: Training for the Busy Bodybuilder" shows you how to train for maximum muscle with minimal time in the gym. It is meant for the recreational bodybuilder who has a busy lifestyle, but wants to maintain a hard, muscular body. This book teaches you how to build and maintain the ultimate physique while living your life, pursuing other interests and attending to other responsibilities. You will still need to devote your mind and body in the gym. The training strategies in this book, however, will focus your drive and devotion so that there is no wasted effort.

Choose from 9 6-week programs designed to increase strength, power, agility, muscle mass and total body conditioning. Each program can be customized to fit your schedule, your life and your goals. Work out at home or in the gym with over 140 of the most effective strength building and body shaping exercises.

From the editors of "Muscle & Fitness" magazine, which has been excelling in the area of physique transformation for over 70 years, this book is built on the foundation that the key to a strong, healthy body is an effective muscle and strength-training program. This health provides all the guidance needed to achieve workout goals and have a muscular body.

This book provides a magnificent visual insight into what happens to your muscles when you exercise. By understanding how your body responds to each movement, you'll be able to isolate specific muscle groups and design the most targeted program possible.

Is it time to lose weight, gain muscle, and speed up your metabolism? Discover the hard science needed to perfect each exercise and build your strongest body – at home or in the gym Packed with research that supports the notion that bodyweight exercises help you reach your weight and fitness goals, this simple to follow guide also gives you valuable insight into how nutrition and exercise can improve your health. Inside the pages of this strength training book, you’ll discover: • The physiology and benefits of strength training • Workout plans for beginners, enthusiasts, and personal trainers • The hard dietary science that debunks common myths and important information to properly fuel your body • Depictions of 33 exercises: how to do them, common mistakes, and the benefits of each Work towards your strength goals In this book, Author Austin Current takes readers through the science of strength training, weight loss, nutrition, and overall health. The book looks at why many people fear strength training, why they shouldn’t, and how they can incorporate it into their daily lives. Filled with CGI artwork and science-backed information, this exercise book will help you transform your body and improve your well-being. Not only that, but this title also includes full workout plans and over 100 individual exercises. You’ll learn how your muscles engage at each stage, how to do movements properly and without injury, and it shows you different variations for home and gym. This book is also packed with nutritional information and includes dietary advice for vegans and vegetarians. Discover more in the series DK's Science of series dives into the science of various types of exercises such as weight training, running, and yoga. Each book discusses the benefits of the specific type of workout and how you can transform your outlook about health and fitness. How The Book Works The first section — human physiology — introduces you to the wonder that is skeletal muscle and the mechanisms that underpin strength training’s demands on the body. It will help you understand how muscles work and grow, and how the resistance work stimulates muscles to develop strength and size, alongside its positive impacts on bones and connective tissue. It also explains how the body powers muscular work and shows you how to calculate your own daily macronutrient requirements. Lastly, you’re given an overview of the benefits to the brain, and the crucial role it plays in attitude and mental health. The second section — strength exercises — is devoted to a comprehensive collection of strength training exercises to perform, along with many variations offered to compliment your available training equipment, personal preferences, and level of challenge — at home or in the gym. Each exercise displays the muscles being used throughout the movement with detailed instruction on how to achieve proper form and technique; common mistakes are covered, too. The third section — preventing injury — explores common injuries related to resistance training, with explanations on how to avoid them and how to return to training if you do suffer an injury. A consistent and structured routine, including a proper warm-up, prepares the body for work, and the various mobility exercises and stretches given will help you tune in to how your body is responding to the training. The final section — how to train — outlines everything you need to know about the variables of effective strength training, such as training volume and fatigue management. Whether you want to build muscle, strength, or endurance, you’ll find an easy-to-follow program to suit, as well as alternatives for those wanting to workout more often. Then programs form the base of your training and can be adjusted in the months and years to come.

Marisa Inda has over 25 years of training experience in Gymnastics, Bodybuilding and Powerlifting. As the reigning IPF World Champion and All-Time Total World Record Holder in the 52kg class, she is one of the most accomplished lifters in the world today. Not only is her strength amazing, she possesses a near stage-ready physique and has appeared on The Ellen Show performing her 'Dancing Pullups' routine, all at over 40 years old and raising 2 children. In Fuerza, Marisa shares with you from her decades of experience about her background, physique training, nutrition, cardio, calisthenics and strength training. Each topic is explained in depth and features programming samples. Fuerza also contains five 12 week programs covering Beginner Powerlifting, Physique, Intermediate Powerlifting, MomStrong (Physique, Powerlifting, Calisthenics and Cardio combined) and the exact program that Marisa used to break the All-Time World Record.