Teach Yourself Weight Lifting

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. New face of weight lifting. 3. How to begin. 4. Skills and techniques of weight lifting: i. Two-hand snatch. ii. Basic principle. iii. Two hands clean and press. iv. Press. v. Two hands clean and jerk. vi. One hand clean and jerk. vii. One hand snatch. 5. Useful exercises for weightlifters. 6. Rules of weight lifting.

"Weight Lifting has grown enormously in popularity over the last few years. Amateur clubs have been established all over the country, and the standard of performance at both regional and national level has increased dramatically in the last few decades.

Teach Yourself Weight Lifting is an outstanding effort by the author in the field of sports and physical education. By going through this book, any aspirant learner may definitely understand and sharp his/her Weight Lifting Skills. It includes all the essentials ingredients of Weight Lifting viz., important Weight Lifting exercises, skills and techniques and rules and regulations of Weight Lifting along with relevant illustrations.

The present book will be useful for the new aspirants learners, prospective coaches, teachers and students of sports sciences etc." (jacket)