The Gold's Gym Book of Strength Training for Athletes

by Ken Sprague

Book Overview

Now readers everywhere can gain the winning edge of the Gold's Gym way. Here is a guide to the revolutionary miracle machines like the Nautilus and Universal Gym--complete with a program scientifically developed to strengthen performance in the sport or activity of the reader's choice.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425105717
• ISBN13: 9780425105719
• Release Date: May 1987
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.1" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

The Golds Gym Book of Strength Training for Athletes

Gold's Gym is America's #1 strength training center for men and women seeking to excel in every activity from jogging to tennis, from basketball to Kung Fu. The results they achieve are dramatic. Now you too, can gain the winning edge the Gold's Gym way. Here is your guide to the revolutionary new "miracle machines" like the Nautilus and Universal Gym. Here is a vast range of exercises with free weights and isomentrics you can do at home. Here is a complete program scientifically developed to strengthen your performance in the sport or activity of your choice - the modern fast, effective way! --- from book's back cover.

Written from the perspective of an athlete

This is a classic book in the field, rather unique because it discusses strength training from the perspective of an athlete as opposed to a bodybuilder only. Ken Sprague is the owner and operator of the first Gold's Gym, the original strength training center. The book includes pictorials of various exercises and a discussion of lifting strategy. It stresses the importance of weight lifting movements that mirror athletic motions.