"Resistance Training: The Total Approach covers everything a weight trainer needs to know, whether he or she is a beginner or an advanced lifter. The author describes over one hundred exercises along with athletic conditioning, mental training, current exercise research, and more."--BOOK JACKET. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Intended to provide explanations of science and/or research relative to resistance training, this book offers short chapters focusing on anatomy, physiology, and training techniques but does not provide in-depth details. This concise approach is good for the layperson, but it does not offer those already versed in the field a significant amount of additional background. That said, the chapter on resistance-training research, with a one-paragraph summary on the 57 articles provided, covers a wide range of topics and will be a selling point for readers looking for links to more detailed information. Also useful are chapters describing how to set up a generalized program (with photos depicting the exercises). In general, Bowling does an adequate job of supplying background and suggestions for a general consumer on how to set up a resistance-training program. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers only. General Readers. Reviewed by R. L. Jensen. From: Syndetics Solutions, Inc. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Lewis Bowling teaches in the physical education departments at North Carolina Central University and Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.