Lou Schuler is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist, a certified strength and conditioning specialist, and the author or coauthor of several popular books about diet and strength training. He has worked as fitness editor at Men's Fitness and fitness director at Men's Health, and has contributed to a long list of magazines, including Men's Journal, Fit Pregnancy, and Better Homes and Gardens. He lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with his wife and their three children.

Alwyn Cosgrove is co-owner, with his wife, Rachel, of Results Fitness in Newhall, California. He is a professional member of the National Academy of Sports Medicine and the American College of Sports Medicine, among other organizations, and is a frequent contributor to a variety of magazines, including Men's Health and Men's Fitness.

A groundbreaking and comprehensive strength and conditioning plan for women, from the authors of The New Rules of Lifting for Women. By now, it's common knowledge that women can and should train the way men do. Today's women want to be strong, with lean and athletic physiques. In Strong, fitness experts Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove present a comprehensive strength and conditioning plan to help women burn fat and build muscle, by revolutionizing how they work out. Schuler and Cosgrove prove that weight training won't actually cause women to "bulk up"; instead, weight training strengthens women's muscles and increases their metabolism. Offering direct guidance and proven tools to help readers get truly fit, Strong provides women with: • A three-phase training program, including nine unique total-body workouts • More than 100 exercises, with detailed instructions and step-by-step photographs • Simple nutrition guidelines to cut through the barrage of trendy diets touted in magazines • Inspiring stories from women who have used this program to remake their physiques and reimagine their lives Schuler and Cosgrove's The New Rules of Lifting for Women has empowered thousands of women inside and outside the gym. Filled with up-to-the-minute research on aerobic vs. anaerobic exercise and the best exercises for women's bodies, Strong! will go even further. Forget the elliptical machine and the candy-colored Barbie weights. Female athletes are hungry for real fitness. They want to be Strong.