Strength Training for Fat Loss

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Description

No fads, gimmicks, or miracle claims. Just science-based programming, sensible strategies, and the results you desire.

In Strength Training for Fat Loss, Nick Tumminello, renowned trainer and innovator in the field of human performance, explains how to use the 3 Cs of metabolic strength training—circuits, combinations, and complexes—to accelerate your metabolism, maximize fat loss, and maintain muscle.

Inside you’ll find these features:

• More than 150 exercises using barbells, dumbbells, resistance bands, machines, and body weight

• Realistic nutrition recommendations for staying healthy, maintaining muscle, and regulating your metabolism

• Step-by-step instructions, photos, and advice for performing and sequencing the most effective fat-loss circuits, combinations, and complexes

• Warm-up and cool-down exercises that include stretches and self-massage techniques to activate or restore muscles

• Home-, gym-, and body-weight-based workouts along with comprehensive programming for losing fat quickly and keeping it off

Whether you’re a beginner looking for a step-by-step guide to fat loss or a seasoned fitness professional looking for new exercises to spice up existing routines, Strength Training for Fat Loss is the safe program that produces results.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Benefits of Fat Loss

Chapter 2 Strength Training and Fat Loss

Chapter 3 Nutrition for Fat Loss

Chapter 4 Circuits

Chapter 5 Combinations

Chapter 6 Complexes

Chapter 7 Body-Weight Training

Chapter 8 Warm-Ups and Cool-Downs for Fat Loss

Chapter 9 Fat-Loss Workouts

Chapter 10 Fat-Loss Training for Life

Author

Nick Tumminello is the owner of Performance University International, which provides strength training and conditioning for athletes and educational programs for trainers and coaches all over the world.

As an educator, Tumminello has become known as the trainer of trainers. He has been named 2016 NSCA Personal Trainer of the Year by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He has presented at international fitness conferences in Norway, Iceland, China, and Canada. He has been a featured presenter at conferences held by such organizations as the IDEA Health & Fitness Association, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and DCAC Fitness Conventions, along with teaching staff trainings at fitness clubs throughout the United States. Tumminello holds workshops and mentorship programs in his hometown of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is the author of Building Muscle and Performance: A Program for Size, Strength & Speed (Human Kinetics, 2016) and Strength Training for Fat Loss (Human Kinetics, 2014), has produced more than 20 instructional DVDs, and is the coauthor of the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s Program Design Essentials and Foundations of Fitness Programming. Tumminello is also a continuing education course provider for the American Council on Exercise, the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

Tumminello has been a fitness professional since 1998 and co-owned a private training center in Baltimore, Maryland, from 2001 to 2011. He has worked with a variety of exercise enthusiasts of all ages and fitness levels, including physique and performance athletes from the amateur to the professional ranks. From 2002 to 2011, Tumminello was the strength and conditioning coach for the Ground Control MMA fight team and is a consultant and expert for clothing and equipment companies such as Sorinex, Dynamax, Hylete, and Reebok.

Tumminello’s articles have appeared in more than 50 major health and fitness magazines, including Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Oxygen, Muscle Mag, Fitness Rx, Sweat Rx, Status, Train Hard Fight Easy, Fighters Only, and Fight! Tumminello is also a featured contributor to several popular fitness training websites. He has been featured in two New York Times best-selling exercise books, on the front page of Yahoo and YouTube, and in the ACE Personal Trainer Manual. In 2015 Tumminello was inducted into the Personal Trainer Hall of Fame.

Editorial Reviews

 

“Nick Tumminello’s workouts aren’t just effective; they’re also fun to perform. Readers of Strength Training for Fat Loss are in for a real treat.”

Lou Schuler, Award-Winning Fitness Journalist, LouSchuler.com

“Nick Tumminello is one of the most innovative trainers in the business. He has a keen ability to synthesize scientific information about exercise and translate it into practical programs that optimize results; nowhere are these skills better exemplified than in his book Strength Training for Fat Loss.”

Brad Schoenfeld, MSc, CSCS, CSPS, FNSCA– Author, The M.A.X. Muscle Plan

“Nick Tumminello is one of the most innovative coaches in the field of strength and conditioning. Strength Training for Fat Loss will rev up your fat-burning arsenal and help you attain the physique you desire.”

Bret Contreras, MS, CSCS– Author, Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy, BretContreras.com

“Strength Training for Fat Loss is full of straightforward advice on maximizing your strength training routine and nutrition for fat loss.”

Kara Silva, Fitness Trainer and Nutritionist, ZenBarbell.com

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