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Anatomy for strength and fitness training for women / / Mark Vella ; illustrations by James Berrange
| Anatomy for strength and fitness training for women / / Mark Vella ; illustrations by James Berrange |
| Autore | Vella Mark |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] : , : New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (377 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 613.7045 |
| Soggetto topico |
Weight training for women
Physical fitness for women Weight training |
| ISBN |
9781607653738
1607653737 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Title -- Dedication -- Author's Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part 1: Anatomy and Exercise Programmes -- Building a better you -- Anatomical definitions and terminology -- Exercise analyses and principles -- Devising a programme -- Exercise programmes -- Part 2: The Exercises -- 1. Aerobic Training -- Walking -- Jogging and running -- Aerobics -- Swimming and aqua-aerobics -- Aerobic machines -- 2. Abdominals, Stabilization and Balance -- Posture basics -- Seated ball balance -- Transverse activation in four-point kneeling -- Plank pose stabilization on ball -- Shell prone ball roll-up -- Abdominal stabilization programme -- Two-stage crunch -- Reverse incline bench sit-up -- Body-weight oblique crunch - ball between legs -- Combination crunch -- Hip flexor apparatus -- Mid-back scapular stabilization on bench -- Kneeling heel touch -- 3. Chest -- Body-weight modified push-ups -- Wall push-ups on bar -- Bench press machine -- Incline dumb-bell bench press -- Barbell bench press -- Body-weight dips -- Incline pec deck machine -- Dumb-bell flat bench flyes -- Cable cross-over -- 4. Legs and Hips -- Squats with ball between legs -- Freestanding barbell plié squats -- Freestanding barbell squats -- Machine incline leg press -- Barbell reverse lunge -- Freestanding lateral lunge -- Bench step -- Modified barbell bent leg deadlift -- Double leg bridge with shoulder flexion -- Ball bridge -- Side-lying ball lift -- Hip abductor machine -- Hip adductor machine -- Supine adductor stabilization with ball -- Cable hip abductions -- Prone hip extensions -- Machine lying leg curl -- Seesaw with ball -- Yoga quad stretch with forward lean -- Freestanding calf raise -- Seated calf raise machine -- 5. Back and Shoulders -- Machine cable front lateral pull-down -- Chin-up assist machine -- Standing cable pull-over -- Standing reverse grip cable rows.
Seated low cable pulley rows -- Supported bent-over row machine -- Dumb-bell bent-over rows -- Prone back extension on ball -- Back extension apparatus -- Alternate arm and leg raises on ball -- Machine shoulder press -- Dumb-bell seated shoulder press -- Dumb-bell standing lateral raise -- Rear deltoid machine -- Seated bent-over dumb-bell raises on ball -- Rotator cuff stabilization with theraband -- 6. Arms -- Seated overhead tricep extension on ball with theraband -- Supine barbell French curl -- Tricep machine -- Cable tricep push-down -- Tricep rope pull-down -- Standing barbell curl -- Seated incline dumb-bell curl with supination -- Dumb-bell concentration curl -- 7. Stretches and Flexibility -- Neck and shoulder stretch -- Standing chest and anterior shoulder stretch -- Ball shoulder stretch -- Seated side stretch on ball -- Full-body stretch -- Supine hip flexion stretch -- Spine roll -- Side-to-side hip rolls -- Supine lying gluteus stretch -- Supine lying single leg hamstring stretch -- Seated stride into saw stretch -- Supine lying deep external rotators stretch -- Standing iliopsoas stretch -- Gastrocnemius stretch -- Plank to downward-facing dog -- Child stretch -- Glossary -- Index -- Resources -- Copyright. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910164911603321 |
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| London, [England] : , : New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd, , 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Exercise and Physical Activity During Pregnancy and Postpartum : Evidence-Based Guidelines / / edited by Rita Santos-Rocha
| Exercise and Physical Activity During Pregnancy and Postpartum : Evidence-Based Guidelines / / edited by Rita Santos-Rocha |
| Edizione | [2nd ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (489 pages) |
| Disciplina | 613.7045 |
| Collana | Medicine Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Sports medicine
Midwifery Medicine, Preventive Health promotion Physical therapy Sports Medicine Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Physiotherapy |
| ISBN |
9783031061370
9783031061363 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Physical Activity, Exercise and Health Promotion for the Pregnant Exerciser -- 2. Psychological, Social and Behavioural Changes during Pregnancy. Implications for Physical Activity and Exercise -- 3. Physiological Changes during Pregnancy. Main Adaptations and Discomforts and Implications for Physical Activity and Exercise -- 4. Body Composition Changes during Pregnancy and Effects of Physical Exercise -- 5. Biomechanical Adaptations of Gait in Pregnancy. Implications for Physical Activity and Exercise -- 6. Specific Musculoskeletal Adaptations in Pregnancy: pelvic floor, abdominal muscles, pelvic girdle, and lower back. Implications for physical activity and exercise -- 7. Evidence-Based and Practice-Oriented Guidelines for Exercising during Pregnancy -- 8. Exercise Testing and Prescription in pregnancy -- 9. Exercise Selection and Adaptations during Pregnancy -- 10. Exercise prescription and adaptations in early postpartum. 11.Strengthening competences of future healthcare professionals to promote physical activity during pregnancy and post-partum -- 12. Therapeutic Exercise regarding Musculoskeletal Health of the Pregnant Exerciser and Athlete -- 13. Nutritional and energy Requirements for the Pregnant Exerciser and Athlete -- 14. Diet Recommendations for the Pregnant Exerciser and Athlete -- (new chapters, not included in the first edition, are highlighted in bold). |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910624392003321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women and exercise : the body, health and consumerism / / edited by Eileen Kennedy and Pirkko Markula
| Women and exercise : the body, health and consumerism / / edited by Eileen Kennedy and Pirkko Markula |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
| Disciplina |
613.7/045
613.7045 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KennedyEileen
MarkulaPirkko <1961-> |
| Collana | Routledge research in sport, culture and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Exercise for women
Women in mass media Women - Health and hygiene |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-136-88369-X
1-283-04345-9 9786613043450 0-203-83930-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Beyond Binaries: Contemporary Approaches to Women and Exercise; Part I: The Business of Exercise: Selling and Consuming Fitness; 1 Love Your Body?: The Discursive Construction of Exercise in Women's Lifestyle and Fitness Magazines; 2 Women Developing and Branding Fitness Products on the Global Market: The Method Putkisto Case; 3 'Folding': A Feminist Intervention in Mindful Fitness; Part II: Body Trouble: Fat Women and Exercise; 4 Fit, Fat and Feminine?: The Stigmatization of Fat Women in Fitness Gyms
5 I Am (Not) Big . . . It's the Pictures that Got Small: Examining Cultural and Personal Exercise Narratives and the Fear of Fat6 Large Women's Experiences of Exercise; 7 Obesity, Body Pedagogies and Young Women's Engagement with Exercise; Part III: In the Name of Health: Women's Exercise and Public Health; 8 The Significance of Western Health Promotion Discourse for Older Women from Diverse Ethnic Backgrounds; 9 Growing Old (Dis)Gracefully?: The Gender/Aging/Exercise Nexus; 10 "Doing Something That's Good For Me": Exploring Intersections of Physical Activity and Health Part IV: Lived Body Experiences: Exercise, Embodiment and Performance11 The New 'Superwoman': Intersections of Fitness, Physical Culture and the Female Body in Romania; 12 Keep Your Clothes On!: Fit and Sexy Through Striptease Aerobics; 13 Becoming Aware of Gendered Embodiment: Female Beginners Learning Aikido; 14 Running Embodiment, Power and Vulnerability: Notes Toward a Feminist Phenomenology of Female Running; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459896003321 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women and exercise : the body, health and consumerism / / edited by Eileen Kennedy and Pirkko Markula
| Women and exercise : the body, health and consumerism / / edited by Eileen Kennedy and Pirkko Markula |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
| Disciplina |
613.7/045
613.7045 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KennedyEileen
MarkulaPirkko <1961-> |
| Collana | Routledge research in sport, culture and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Exercise for women
Women in mass media Women - Health and hygiene |
| ISBN |
1-136-88368-1
1-136-88369-X 1-283-04345-9 9786613043450 0-203-83930-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Beyond Binaries: Contemporary Approaches to Women and Exercise; Part I: The Business of Exercise: Selling and Consuming Fitness; 1 Love Your Body?: The Discursive Construction of Exercise in Women's Lifestyle and Fitness Magazines; 2 Women Developing and Branding Fitness Products on the Global Market: The Method Putkisto Case; 3 'Folding': A Feminist Intervention in Mindful Fitness; Part II: Body Trouble: Fat Women and Exercise; 4 Fit, Fat and Feminine?: The Stigmatization of Fat Women in Fitness Gyms
5 I Am (Not) Big . . . It's the Pictures that Got Small: Examining Cultural and Personal Exercise Narratives and the Fear of Fat6 Large Women's Experiences of Exercise; 7 Obesity, Body Pedagogies and Young Women's Engagement with Exercise; Part III: In the Name of Health: Women's Exercise and Public Health; 8 The Significance of Western Health Promotion Discourse for Older Women from Diverse Ethnic Backgrounds; 9 Growing Old (Dis)Gracefully?: The Gender/Aging/Exercise Nexus; 10 "Doing Something That's Good For Me": Exploring Intersections of Physical Activity and Health Part IV: Lived Body Experiences: Exercise, Embodiment and Performance11 The New 'Superwoman': Intersections of Fitness, Physical Culture and the Female Body in Romania; 12 Keep Your Clothes On!: Fit and Sexy Through Striptease Aerobics; 13 Becoming Aware of Gendered Embodiment: Female Beginners Learning Aikido; 14 Running Embodiment, Power and Vulnerability: Notes Toward a Feminist Phenomenology of Female Running; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785568303321 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women and exercise : the body, health and consumerism / / edited by Eileen Kennedy and Pirkko Markula
| Women and exercise : the body, health and consumerism / / edited by Eileen Kennedy and Pirkko Markula |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
| Disciplina |
613.7/045
613.7045 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KennedyEileen
MarkulaPirkko <1961-> |
| Collana | Routledge research in sport, culture and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Exercise for women
Women in mass media Women - Health and hygiene |
| ISBN |
1-136-88368-1
1-136-88369-X 1-283-04345-9 9786613043450 0-203-83930-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Beyond Binaries: Contemporary Approaches to Women and Exercise; Part I: The Business of Exercise: Selling and Consuming Fitness; 1 Love Your Body?: The Discursive Construction of Exercise in Women's Lifestyle and Fitness Magazines; 2 Women Developing and Branding Fitness Products on the Global Market: The Method Putkisto Case; 3 'Folding': A Feminist Intervention in Mindful Fitness; Part II: Body Trouble: Fat Women and Exercise; 4 Fit, Fat and Feminine?: The Stigmatization of Fat Women in Fitness Gyms
5 I Am (Not) Big . . . It's the Pictures that Got Small: Examining Cultural and Personal Exercise Narratives and the Fear of Fat6 Large Women's Experiences of Exercise; 7 Obesity, Body Pedagogies and Young Women's Engagement with Exercise; Part III: In the Name of Health: Women's Exercise and Public Health; 8 The Significance of Western Health Promotion Discourse for Older Women from Diverse Ethnic Backgrounds; 9 Growing Old (Dis)Gracefully?: The Gender/Aging/Exercise Nexus; 10 "Doing Something That's Good For Me": Exploring Intersections of Physical Activity and Health Part IV: Lived Body Experiences: Exercise, Embodiment and Performance11 The New 'Superwoman': Intersections of Fitness, Physical Culture and the Female Body in Romania; 12 Keep Your Clothes On!: Fit and Sexy Through Striptease Aerobics; 13 Becoming Aware of Gendered Embodiment: Female Beginners Learning Aikido; 14 Running Embodiment, Power and Vulnerability: Notes Toward a Feminist Phenomenology of Female Running; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910799912703321 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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