ABDOMINAL MUSCLE TRAINING

This manual presents the best and most effective exercises for the abdominal and back muscles in detail, and provides specific training programmes and guidance for designing individual training programmes for beginners, trained and advanced athletes. Particular emphasis is placed on nutrition for bodybuilders, to help them achieve optimal results in terms of abdominal and back muscle definition.

It is aimed at everyone regularly involved in strength training and bodybuilding, recreational exercisers, as well as coaches, fitness instructors and students of Physical Education and Sports Science departments.

Contents
FOREWORD

FOREWORD TO THE GREEK EDITION

TRAINING FOR STRONG ABS

The abdominal muscles

Effective training and nutrition

NUTRITION FOR DEFINED ABS

Watch out for carbohydrates!

Protein, water and fat – an effective diet

for sculpted abs

Summary list of preferences

for food selection

Examples of nutrition plans

THE BEST EXERCISES FOR DEFINED ABS

MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES

TRAINING PROGRAMMES

Programmes for beginners

Programmes for advanced athletes

Programmes for highly advanced athletes

EXERCISE INDEX

BIBLIOGRAPHY