Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training For Women

Over the past 19 years, my journey through the health sciences has been paved with brilliant teachers and students along the way. Thank you to my colleagues Sally Lee and Tanya Wyatt, two of the best health and fitness professionals I am likely to ever know, for raising the bar. This book is a creative collaboration. To artist James Berrangé, for your enthusiasm, insight and commitment to this project – without you, this book would just be a good idea. To the team at New Holland and McGraw-Hill, thank you, thank you, thank you.
A book like this requires a lot of help. Abundant thanks are due to the following:
• For his mentorship, Professor Graham Louw, Department of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town
• For her generosity, Caroline Powrie, curator of the Anatomy Museum at Groote Schuur
• For making our lives simpler, Virgin Active Gym, Long Street, Cape Town
• Our fantastic models, Lara Turk and Terri Bruning of Cape Town City Ballet
• For her reliability, Glennis Harris of the ETA
• For their expediency and kind permission, David Brewer and Christa Dickey of the ACSM, David O’Brien and Gill Watson of Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins

Proper running footwear is essential. Jogging implies a slower, more leisurely pace compared with running: in jogging the emphasis is on distance, in running the emphasis is on speed

Research in the last ten years has made it clear that a woman’s body should be exercised differently from a man’s. Additionally, due to the physiological differences and the distinct cycles of a woman’s life, her training programme should be adjusted to suit her body type and transformations as she moves through the various life stages.