Simple Exercises for Beginners: Remarkable Secrets to Build Strength and Confidence

5 stars
Easy to use- I’m on week 4 and it’s the best book I’ve found to help me learn to lift

Agreed 💁🏽‍♀️ it’s for Beginners but…. 😬
If you’re looking to learn everything there is to know about using weights for working out, this is a great source for basic information. However, I was a little disappointed when we got to the exercise section (that demonstrates examples of exercises) because about 70% of the exercises needed some type of gym equipment (IE: weight machine with cords, bench, barbell, etc). For an absolute beginner, I would have thought MOST of the moves would have been those done with a dumbbell ESPECIALLY since that is what’s on the cover. If I knew this book had mainly gym equipment, that I didn’t own, I probably would have skipped this book (as I ordered this for the exercise examples).There is a lot of good information for beginners in text form. There is a workout plan example (just one for several weeks) and examples of different foods for protein options (in a chart form). Of course, this book goes over safety, proper form, but it’s all covered in text form and not illustrations. I found this information could be helpful for beginners who can grasp things without image examples (outside of the exercises shown). The exercise examples also do NOT point out the improper way of doing an exercise (which is common for beginners).Overall, I give this book 3-stars because I feel a lot of the information should have been explained with more illustrations/details since this is for beginners. I hope this helps 🙂

Perfect for a beginner
I bought this book for my 17 year old son who is very self conscious and has wanted to lift weights but didn’t know where to start.The book is extremely easy to follow and the photos for several moves are well done and clear. I appreciate the details paid to form as I don’t want my son to get hurt.For anyone who feels overwhelmed about where to start, this book truly is great, highly recommend.

A beginner’s guide to weight lifting
The “Beginner’s guide to weight lifting” is excellent for who it is targeted for-a complete beginner who has never handled weights before.I’m an avid exerciser and have done HIIT and Firm/Jari Love workouts for years-the former and latter workouts use weights in varying degrees to accelerate your heart rate during the aerobic portions of the workout and to create non-bulky, firming muscle in place of fat. At the most in these workouts I’ve used 12 pound weights. While I’ve done bodybuilding previously, it’s been years, so I wanted an elementary type guide to get me back into doing the type of workout at home that I want to do without aerobics. This book is excellent for that.This book by Kyle Hunt discusses reasons to lift weights and shows very basic exercises for the back, chest, shoulders, legs, biceps and triceps. The discussion of why and how to do what exercises he’s selected and how many repetitions is very straightforward. I did not like the illustrations. They are not actual photographs, which I think would have been more helpful but drawn pictures of people lifting weights. There were some exercises I’ve never heard of in this. The dumbbell goblet squat, inverted row, and the Y-W-T-isohold are all knew to me. Dumbbell pullovers, air squats, and seated cable rows to name a few are not new at all.I felt this was easy to read and very useful. The part at the end: 4 weeks of weight lifting routines is very useful, and gives lots of routines to start with at home or at the gym. Please note that unless you have a full gym with cables and benches, you might not be able to do some of the exercises in this book. The glossary, references and index is also very helpful. I think this is an excellent reference for a beginner.

I like this book. It’s straight and to the point. Very helpful tool of you’re a beginner. I really appreciate the visual descriptions.

Good but a bit basic. A nice encouragable read for beginners.