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Big & bold : strength training for the plus-size woman / Morit Summers, foreword by Emme.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: xiii, 185 pages : color illustrations, portrait ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781718200050
  • 1718200056
Other title:
  • Big and bold
  • Strength training for the plus-size woman
Subject(s): Summary: "This book guides plus-size women toward a stronger, healthier body and mind through strength training. It details the physical and mental components of strength training, including how to adopt a positive mindset about training, movements and equipment that can be used to get stronger, and putting together a single workout and a long-term training plan, so that readers have the tools to achieve their most capable bodies"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 613.7045 S955 Available 33111010731806
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Meet your new training partner! If you are a plus-size woman and want to get stronger, but you are intimidated by the gym or don't have access to a personal trainer, Big & Bold: Strength Training for the Plus-Size Woman is for you. Unlike books that target weight loss as the ultimate goal, this book emphasizes why strength training and movement are important for women of all sizes and how progress is not tied to a number on the scale.

Big & Bold: Strength Training for the Plus-Size Woman offers clear and simple instructions on how to safely perform 83 exercises to make them more effective for larger bodies. Master the squat and hinge exercises for the lower body; push and pull exercises for the upper body; and loaded carry, rotation, and anti-rotation exercises for the core. Learn why some movements are more important than others and how to safely progress by manipulating the reps, sets, load, and rest periods.

Sample workouts--from beginner level through advanced--enable you to determine your starting point for strength training goals. Choose from a variety of training equipment for many of the exercises or follow the dumbbell- or kettlebell-only workouts if you have limited access to equipment.

You'll also find tips for clothing and equipment needs. And, because she's "been there, done that," author Morit Summers explains how to pace yourself with advice on when and how often to work out and what to do if you become overwhelmed on your journey.

Big & Bold: Strength Training for the Plus-Size Woman will inspire you to start putting one foot in front of the other to become a stronger, more capable version of yourself.

"This book guides plus-size women toward a stronger, healthier body and mind through strength training. It details the physical and mental components of strength training, including how to adopt a positive mindset about training, movements and equipment that can be used to get stronger, and putting together a single workout and a long-term training plan, so that readers have the tools to achieve their most capable bodies"-- Provided by publisher.

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