Customer Reviews

The Concise Book of Muscles

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I bought this book two years ago for a massage therapy course I was taking, and ended up using it later on in a college level anatomy class. It both cases it was quite useful, and I find myself referring back to it periodically.

Mr. Jarmey divides the muscles into 6 categories:
- muscles of the face, head, and neck
- muscles of the trunk
- muscles of the shoulder and upper arm
- muscles of the forearm and hand
- muscles of the hip and thigh
- muscles of the leg and foot

Can't get simpler than that! He also includes information on each muscle, including origin/insertion, action of the muscle, which nerve controls it, movements that use it, and excercises to strengthen it. Each muscle is clearly and individually illustrated, and shown in its relation to the skeleton. He manages to convey a LOT of information in under 160 pages. This is a great learning aid, and I'm glad I bought it.

This book is by far the most clear reference to skeletal muscles I have yet seen. It is basically aimed at the same market as the popular and established book by Stone and Stone; only this is better. It has color, the drawings are in a better context, and it has very usefull additional information about relevant sports, exercises and stretches for each muscle. The supportive information on muscle groups, leverage, planes of movement and so forth are first class. I teach anatomy to fitness instructors and physical therapists, and I unreservedly recommend this book to my students.

I was pleased with this book. It's illustrations were colorful and quite helpful. There are designated stretches and exercises for each muscle/muscle group. As a Massage Therapist, I found it to be a smart buy.

Don't get me wrong, I like this book, but I would like it better if all the muscles were listed. The graphics are great, the descriptions are clear and the strengthening exercices are useful. The book is organized around six groups of muscles, separated by colors. It could have been interesting to regroup some muscles inside each sections (like in "Muscles of the shoulder and upper arm": Movers of the shoulder, Movers of the humerus...).
The Atlas of Musculo-Skeletal Anatomy by Chris Jarmey and Amanda Williams is a good addition to this book (or a better choice?).

And for those who want to get the best out of anatomy you may want to check this book "The Anatomy of Movement" by Blandine Calais-Germain.
It is really really an awsome book to learn muscular/skeleton

Mr. Jarmey wrote also a book on shiatsu, "Shiatsu: The complete guide" that I recommend

My instructor recommended this resource for our pilates certification group. It was an invaluable resource in preparing for the anatomy exam required in the trainer certification. The illustrations are excellant. The pratical application to specific exercises and related stretching were easy to carry over to the pilates method. It was further useful in our movement analysis project. It gave easy to understand information about location and insertions of the muscles. I think it would make a great reference book for anyone who loves and seeks optimal physical fitness.

This concise book is a model of simplicity and clarity. It presents an effective way to locate and identify specific muscles along with exercises to strengthen and stretch them. It highlights muscles that are heavily used and therefore subject to injury in a variety of sports and activities. A first rate resource for athletes and massage therapists.

I bought this book to assist with my anatomy course, and its the best aid I've had ever. I highly recommend it.

This book was easy enough to read in one sitting with very clear pictures and text. I have a (rusty) scientific background but I think it was readable regardless of one's scientific knowledge.

This is a great book to start with if you are learning muscles, or if you are in the fitness industry.

In my teacher training program I have found that most people have a difficult time understanding basic human anatomy. Add in the complicated origin and insertion points of a muscle or muscle group and they tend to have a slight breakdown. Jarney's book helps students focus on the main muscles involved in yoga postures and puts them in an easily understandable way of conveying exercises to both strengthen and streth each muscle.
Tracey L. Ulshafer, author "Butterfly"