Essentials of Weightlifting

and Strength Training

  

Mohamed F. El-Hewie, MD 

Shaymaa Publishing Corporation

P.O. Box 501, Lodi,

New Jersey 07644-0501, U.S.A.

Copyright © 2003 by Mohamed F. El-Hewie, MD

 

World rights reserved. No part of this publication may be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or reproduced in any way, including but not limited to photocopy, photograph, magnetic, optic, or other record, without the prior agreement and written permission from the publisher.

 

Library of Congress Control Number: 2003090921

 

ISBN 0-9719581-0-6

 

1. Weightlifting-- Textbook.
2. Strength Training—Manual.

 

First edition trade paperback printing May 2003

Printed in the United States of America

 

Includes descriptive and graphical analysis of physical exercises with drawings, photographs, charts, tables, and numerical presentation. The book bridges the gap between health, medical, and physical sciences in an effort to present the sport of Weightlifting in an academic form.

Disclaimer

The author presents his personal experience in Weightlifting and Strength Training in an educational and entertaining manner. The technical and medical analysis presented in this book represents the author’s own views on the subject and does not represent peer review or institutional research work. The author, a physician and engineer, has relied solely on his own academic preparation to apply medical knowledge to physical exercise activity and its consequences on health and fitness. The author has utilized public information as well as professional academic information in his effort to advance his views. The author does not claim that the views presented in this book are flawless, since the entire domain of health and fitness is still evolving as our knowledge grows and expands.

Though the author is urging all people to contemplate strength training as an essential activity of modern living, the author spared no effort in explaining the limitation of human beings, in health and disease conditions. The author makes no warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, with respect to usefulness or safety of exercise or physical activity in conditions prohibited by medical advice. The author also does not intend to diagnose, treat, or prescribe medication with this publication.