This guide, written by an internationally recognized authority on the sport, is
the definitive resource for heavy weight training to build body strength and
bulk or improve performance in a wide range of other sports. Weight lifting is
among the most popular exercises among the forty-two million health club members
in the United States, but there is a serious lack of supervision and good
instruction, which is extremely dangerous to the user and a liability to gym
owners. Author Geoffrey K. Platt is the only person sanctioned by the
international Register of Exercise Professionals to design and run courses in
the weight training category. His book is