Stronger Arms & Upper Body By Joseph Wuebben And Jim Stoppani

Take your upper-body workout to the next level with Stronger Arms & Upper Body. Muscle & Fitness magazine’s Joe Wuebben and Jim Stoppani, PhD, team up to provide the most effective exercises and programs for increasing strength, definition, power, and size.

Targeting the development of shoulders, arms, upper back, chest, and abdominals, Stronger Arms & Upper Body features over 100 exercises for serious lifters, including specific instructions for mastering technique and advanced exercise variations to help lifters push past plateaus.

Along with 33 programs and ready-to-use workout plans, detailed anatomical illustrations, explanations and variations for equipment needs, and the latest in advanced training methods, Stronger Arms & Upper Body provides the comprehensive, hard-core instruction you need for the results you want.


Contents

Part I Foundations of Training
Chapter 1 Upper-Body Anatomy
Chapter 2 Training Fundamentals
Chapter 3 Exercise Essentials

Part II Upper-Body Exercises
Chapter 4 Chest Exercises
Chapter 5 Back Exercises
Chapter 6 Shoulder and Trapezius Exercises
Chapter 7 Triceps Exercises
Chapter 8 Biceps and Forearm Exercises
Chapter 9 Rotator Cuff Exercises

Part III Advanced Applications
Chapter 10 Advanced Training Methods
Chapter 11 Tailor-Made Programs
Chapter 12 Ready-to-Use Workouts

Released 2008
264 Pages


About The Author

Joe Wuebben serves as senior features editor at Muscle & Fitness, the world's largest bodybuilding publication. Previously working at Muscle & Fitness as a freelance writer and then as features editor, he was promoted to his present position in 2007. He has written more than 100 articles dealing with body-part-specific workouts, periodized programs, and advanced training techniques, and he has published in Muscle & Fitness Hers, Men's Fitness, and other top publications. Wuebben has twice been cited in the Best American Sports Writing anthology (2006 and 2007) for articles in Muscle & Fitness.

Coauthor Jim Stoppani, PhD, is senior science editor at Muscle & Fitness, Muscle & Fitness Hers, and Flex magazines. One of the foremost researchers in the field of exercise science, Stoppani received his doctorate in exercise physiology from the University of Connecticut. After graduation, he served as a postdoctoral research fellow in the prestigious John B. Pierce Laboratory and department of cellular and molecular physiology at Yale University School of Medicine, where he investigated the effects of exercise and diet on gene regulation in skeletal muscle.