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FACTS AND FALLACIES OF FITNESS by Dr Mel Siff

1.  INTRODUCTION       1

2.  ALL THOSE FALLACIES       4

3.  A DISSECTION GUIDE   13

4.  DISSECTING THE EXERCISES   17

5.  SOME MORE DISSECTIONS     33

6.  FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES       63

7.  CARDIOVASCULAR ISSUES        80

8.  BIOMECHANICAL ISSUES     87

9.  AEROBICS ISSUES            112

10. FLEXIBILITY ISSUES      121

11. GENERAL TRAINING ISSUES   125

12. STRENGTH AND RESISTANCE ISSUES     140

13. SAFETY ISSUES    160

14. PERSONAL TRAINING ISSUES        173

15. SPECIFIC EXERCISE ISSUES     187

16. EQUIPMENT ISSUES       204

17. PLYOMETRICS ISSUES        219

18. BRAIN AND MIND ISSUES         231

19. HEALTH ISSUES      243

20. NUTRITION AND DRUG ISSUES     251

21. EASTERN TRAINING ISSUES              271

22. CURRENT FITNESS FADS    281

23.  CONCLUSION       298

24.  SOURCES OF INFORMATION     300