Body Bar or Guide to the Human Body

Body Bar: 133 Moves for Full-Body Fitness

Author: Gregg Cook

Simple and inexpensive, yet amazingly effective, body bars are the newest wave of fitness equipment sweeping the country. The rubber-sheathed steel bars come in multiple lengths and weights to enable anyone to get a perfectly tailored workout, especially when used with expert fitness routines like the ones provided here. Designed to deliver a powerful workout in a short time, these easy-to-follow routines range from brisk ten-minute stress-busters to muscle-building 40-minute hardcore full-body blasts. From the fundamentals through progressively more challenging techniques, the exercises utilize body bars in both strength training and polymetric routines that emphasize quickness and agility. Upper and lower body workouts are provided for beginners, intermediates and experts, all demonstrated in color photographs.

Table of Contents:

Foreword     5
Introduction     7
The Breakdown     19
The Workouts     103
The Home Stretch     147
Resources     153
Index     155

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Guide to the Human Body

Author: Richard Walker

A fully illustrated guide to anatomy, physiology and medicine.

More and more people are conscious about understanding and improving their health. An essential part of this process is learning the basic anatomy and physiology of the human body, but technical medical texts are impenetrable to most readers.

Guide to the Human Body is an ideal reference -- a fully illustrated, simple-to-grasp guide to human anatomy and physiology. This colorful handbook clearly explains biological processes and systems such as:

• Skeletal and muscular systems


• Nervous system


• Glands and hormones


• Cardiovascular system, tissues and organs


• Immune system


• Respiratory system


• Digestive and urinary system


• Reproductive system

There is also a concise A-Z medical encyclopedia that describes and explains over 600 medical conditions and terms. With 250 color diagrams, Guide to the Human Body is an outstanding pocket-sized reference book.

Elaine Wick - Children's Literature

This small, dense book provides a guide to the human body, as well as an A-Z medical encyclopedia describing the most common medical conditions and elements of human biology. Beginning with the biological composition of the body and proceeding through body systems, a lot of ground is covered in 111 pages of small print. While ardent students of biology may find Richard Walker's complex book valuable as a resource, other students may have a problem finding some of this text comprehensible. In many cases, it is the colorful, clear illustrations and sidebars that clarify what is discussed. For example, in explaining the hip bones, "posteriorly, each ilium articulates with the sacrum at the sacroiliac joint through which the weight of the upper body is transmitted from the backbone to the pelvic girdle," gave this reviewer, who has interest in hip structure, pause. In this example, the illustrations were of marginal help understanding the description. There also appear to be several confusing statements, such as, "The head houses the brain and major sense organs. It is supported and protected by the brain, which also forms the framework of the face." That said, this A-Z encyclopedia is a very useful resource; although some may wonder about the choices, for instance, why scabies but not sinusitis? Nonetheless, the book has a place on the reference shelf. The diagrams of cells, the body and so forth will be of interest. Supplement this with a more basic presentation of the body to merge the biological aspects with the physical. A table of contents and an index are included. An author biography is not included, except to say Walker is an award-winning author on human biology. 2004, FireflyBooks, Ages 12 up.

Rayna Patton - VOYA

The books in the Firefly Guide series are characterized by their small size, small but clear typeface, splendid color illustrations, and densely informative text. They are generally written by distinguished authorities in the field. Their low cost and the high quality of the information and of the books themselves make them well worth considering for high school libraries. Guide to the Human Body is divided into twelve major body systems, with many beautifully clear and well-chosen illustrations. What follows is a seventy-page medical encyclopedia, almost a glossary, with short entries for a wide range of topics such as abortion, blood poisoning, and even prions, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE/mad cow disease), and its human counterpart, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD). In addition, the book has several well-illustrated pages describing the way that cells work and the overall organization of the body. Despite the indisputable merits of this up-to-date little book, most school libraries might already have a great deal of the same information in the health section. The series also includes guides to the human body, global hazards, gems, fossils, flags of the world, and space. (Firefly Guides).. VOYA Codes 5Q 3P S A/YA (Hard to imagine it being any better written; Will appeal with pushing; Senior High, defined as grades 10 to 12; Adult-marketed book recommended for Young Adults). 2003, Firefly, 192p.; Index. Illus. Photos., Trade pb. Ages 15 to Adult.

School Library Journal

Adult/High School-Concise but thorough, these resources provide a wealth of information. Logically organized by subject, they are then subdivided many times so that a section will not overwhelm students. Outstanding color photographs, computer graphics, diagrams, and charts further clarify the texts by showing formation, movement, or cross-sections. The texts are readable and gradually move to more academic information within each section. Factual details are presented in easy-to-read charts. The first title includes hazards not always easily found in resources: droughts, landslides, avalanches, extinctions, and diseases, to name a few. Various aspects of pollution are included so that students may see what humans are doing to the environment. The second book opens with extensive introductory material including history, various properties, and lore. Then, each gem is presented with text and charts of specific chemical properties. While most gems are discussed on a single page, some that are well known have longer articles. Students will have to use the index to locate specific stones as they are organized by chemical composition. Each chemical group is identified by a different color stripe at the top of the page to unify the section. The last title opens with introductory material on cells, tissue, and organs before moving on to each body system. The final third is devoted to a glossary defining specific body parts, diseases, and medical procedures. These titles will be heavily used.-Claudia Moore, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.