Workouts With Weights: Simple Routines You Can Do at Home [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Stephanie Karony (Author), Anthony Rankin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 1993

"...spells out, in a very straightforward way, why you should work out with weights, the types of dumbbells available, and seventeen exercise programs, each designed to firm up a specific body part...."--Vogue. 160 pages, 200 b/w illus., 8 x 10.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Sterling; 1 edition (June 30, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806903252
• ISBN-13: 978-0806903255
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,081,784 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great little book!, August 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Workouts With Weights: Simple Routines You Can Do at Home (Paperback)

I have been using this book as my training guide for several months now. It has a practical and no-nonsense approach. Since I bought this book and started using it, I have been reading other weight-lifting/strength-training books and so far have found the lessons/advice in this book to be extremely sound. If strength training (and not weight lifting) is your goal and you want to take the do-it-yourself approach, you won't go wrong with this book. You won't need a lot of equipment, either. A few free weights will do the trick.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Non-sexist presentation of both women and men., December 11, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Workouts With Weights: Simple Routines You Can Do at Home (Paperback)

I originally bought this book because I was looking for a book with the basics of using hand-held weights which depicted women and men together in a straight forward, healthy way. These are ordinary people demonstrating the moves. In other words, I'd seen enough gorgeous models staring at me from books and videos selling sex as much as practical information about exercising. Easy to use and I give it to a lot of women friends and my sisters. As an aside, this book is saving my life as it coincided with the moment in my life when I started an exercise routine and stuck with it for 3 years now. (Maybe it was the book?) I actually mainly use the warm-ups and stretches chapters as the mainstay of my routine. I have a big gym at the university and use that equipment rather than the hand weights. But I have used the weights chapters and they are easy to follow.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I needed, February 16, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Workouts With Weights: Simple Routines You Can Do at Home (Paperback)

I was looking to get in better shape for some of the sports that I do (racing sailboats being my main concern), and did not know the first thing about strength training. This book really set me on the right path, with lots of good information about how to do this safely and efficiently. I am about the farthest thing from a bodybuilder, but since I have been following their programs, I feel healthy and strong. All those little aches and pains from computer work have disappeared, and my knees don't click so much when I do stairs or exercise bikes. I do the workouts while I watch TV in the evenings, so I don't have to go out to a health club ... and I get the entertainment value as well. Kudos to the authors for providing such a great service!