Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weight Training written by Deidre Johnson-Cane and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text aims to be useful to those looking for an approachable, beginner's guide to lifting weights. The book is issued in the illustrated format, where photographs and line illustrations are given as much attention as the easy-to-read text. The guide includes multiple exercises for all the major muscle groups, photographs depicting the beginning, midpoint and ending positions for each exercise and photographs depicting the most common mistakes in executing various exercises, allowing readers to learn from others' mistakes.