Product Description

The Complete Guide series is designed for the fitness professional, coach and student, packed with ready-made training programmes, tips and strategies. A new edition of the definitive 'core stability' training handbook for fitness leaders and other fitness professionals and enthusiasts in an 'all you need to know' format. 'Core Stability' is a relatively new concept, concentrating on core abdominal muscle strength to improve posture, strength and performance. This book looks at what core stability is, the muscles that are involved, and the benefits to improving your core stability. Packed with exercises, it also deals with specific exercises for different sports, and covers the use of equipment - from medicine balls to core boards. This new edition includes colour photography, new exercises and training programmes tailored to different sports. Over 3865 copies of first edition sold since 2004.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7018 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

About the Author
Matt Lawrence is Health and Fitness Manager of the Chelsea Harbour Club and The Carlton Club in Notting Hill. He is an experienced fitness leader and personal trainer, and has written for Personal Trainer magazine, GQ and Zest. A personal trainer and Director of lifestyle consultancy 'Concept Fitness', he presents workshops internationally, and is recognised as an innovator in sports-specific coaching and abdominal (core stability) training.

Customer Reviews

A complete tour de force!
What more could you ask for? This is almost a complete reference for core stability, and it does not get too technical. The diagrams and photos are all excellent in colour and it well worth the money. Only one minor criticism; I would have liked an explanation in the excercises as to what muscle(s) you are working on. Overal an execellnt buy!!

Really good variety and detail
As an aerobics instructor, I'm always looking to add variety to the toning section of my classes, and this book certainly filled a gap. This should be fine for the keen gym goer too. Really thorough, covers all the theory but explained simply, nice clear pictures, good teaching points.

Not quite "Complete guide" but still very good...
As a fitness instructor, I agree with the previous reviews in saying that this book contains a good variety of exercises with clear diagrams. It covers a variety of exercises using stability balls/wobble boards and other unstable bases. It also covers medicine balls, kettlebells and there's a section on abdominal training in water.

Although the pictures are good, they often don't match the text regarding left and right. It's not a huge complaint but the text should match the picture. As the first reviewer pointed out, this book doesn't explain which muscles are being used for each exercise. I feel this is should have been included and it would definitely be worthy of 5 stars had this been the case.

I would still highly recommend this book as it contains a lot of useful information with clear explanations.