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"Tracy Reifkind has a message for exercise-phobes and fitness trendsetters alike: The kettlebell swing is the ultimate equalizer! Men and women, athletes and couch potatoes, the physically fit and the overweight--anyone can pick up a kettlebell, and in as few as four sessions, it will begin to transform lives. That's what she did, and it catapulted her to a healthy new life and a radically different relationship to fitness. Now Reifkind is bringing...

Describes the history of the sport of weight lifting, as well as the training, equipment, rules, and techniques involved.

Presents a weight lifting regimen for intermediate athletes in middle-age that balance total-body strength, endurance, mobility, and coordination, and provides pain-free workouts with suggested diet modifications for older athletes.

"A revised edition of the first The New Rules of Lifting, which will appeal to both novices as well readers who loved the original but are ready for version 2.0"--