Amplify stretches and exercises for recovering from injury increasing your flexibility, and building your strength
The ultimate tool for targeting, developing and healing every major muscle group, the resistance band is one of the most inexpensive, effective, portable and easy-to-store pieces in the home exercise arsenal. Following the programs in this book, you’ll realize the full potential of this efficient tool.
The resistance band is perfect for:
With 100 safe, easy-to-do exercises and 150 step-by-step photos, the Resistance Band Workbook offers techniques to prevent and recover from common injuries of all levels, as well as sport-specific exercises and workouts that can be done on-the-go. The band is light and easy to adjust, so it’s the perfect piece of equipment to take on a trip. It adds resistance in multiple directions—something free weights and machines can’t do.
From resisted squats and hip extensions to shoulder presses and triceps push-downs, not a single area of your body is neglected by these comprehensive routines that the author, a physical rehabilitation expert, created. Whether you’re trying to transform troublesome muscles, improve athletic performance or sculpt a fit physique, the Resistance Band Workbook provides the most helpful workouts for noticeably effective results.
Dr. Karl Knopf, or Dr. Karl, as his students used to call him, has been involved in the health and fitness of older adults and the disabled for over 40 years. During this time he has worked in almost every aspect of the industry, from personal training and therapy to consultation.
While at Foothill College, Karl was the coordinator of the Adaptive Fitness Technician Program and Life Long Learning Institute. He taught disabled students and undergraduates about corrective exercise. In addition to teaching, Karl developed the “Fitness Educators of Older Adults Association” to guide trainers of older adults. Currently Karl is a director at the International Sports Science Association and is on the advisor board of PBS’s Sit and Be Fit show.
In his spare time he has spoken at conferences, authored many articles, and written numerous books on topics ranging from water workouts to fitness therapy. He was a frequent guest on both radio and print media on issues pertaining to senior fitness and the disabled.
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