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Designing Resistance Training Programs
This text enables readers to: design scientifically sound resistance training programmes; modify and adapt programmes to meet the needs of special populations; and understand how exercise prescription design works in the real world.
Medical Aspects of Boxing
Medical Aspects of Boxing is a comprehensive text that serves as an excellent general reference for all healthcare providers involved with boxing. The major focus of the book is geared toward the neurological aspects of boxing. An entire section of the volume is devoted to such topics as acute and chronic brain injury, neuroradiology, neuropsychology, electrophysiology, and epidemiology of brain injury. General concepts of boxing, including the role of the ringside physician, differences between amateur and professional boxing, socio-medical aspects of boxing, and non-neurological medical aspects of boxing are also discussed.
Strength Training for Young Athletes
The former president of the National Strength and Conditioning Association offers an authoritative guide to designing safe, effective training programs for 24 of the most popular youth sports. 250 photos.
Exercise Physiology
Enhanced by new online video clips and animations, Kraemer's Exercise Physiology, combines research and theory with practical discussions of nutrition and training to help students understand how the human body works and responds to exercise. Through the authors' engaging, evidence-based, and practical approach, students not only gain a solid foundation in exercise physiology concepts, but also learn how those concepts can be used in everyday life to optimize athletic performance and wellness. Throughout the book, the authors demonstrate the vital health benefits of exercise and physical activity for individuals at all ages, including special populations. In addition, real-life sports examples, interesting cases, and Ask the Expert boxes that bring the voices of industry leaders to the text engage students and prepare them to address common challenges in exercise and athletic training. In addition to new videos and animations, the Second Edition includes a fresh new design and greatly enhanced teaching and learning resources to save you time and help your students succeed.
Strength Coaching in America
Shortlisted for the North American Society for Sports History 2020 Monograph Prize It’s hard to imagine, but as late as the 1950s, athletes could get kicked off a team if they were caught lifting weights. Coaches had long believed that strength training would slow down a player. Muscle was perceived as a bulky burden; training emphasized speed and strategy, not “brute” strength. Fast forward to today: the highest-paid strength and conditioning coaches can now earn $700,000 a year. Strength Coaching in America delivers the fascinating history behind this revolutionary shift. College football represents a key turning point in this story, and the authors provide vivid details of strength ...
Isokinetics in Human Performance
Table of Contents Contributors vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Credits xii Part I Foundations 1 Chapter 1 Test Interpretation 3 Chapter 2 Specificity of Training Modes 25 Chapter 3 Correlations With Athletic Performance 42 Part II Limitations 75 Chapter 4 Assessing Human Performance 77 Chapter 5 Load Range 97 Chapter 6 Three-Dimensional Mapping 122 Part III Functional Applications 147 Chapter 7 Testing and Training the Upper Extremity 149 Chapter 8 Testing and Training the Lower Extremity 171 Chapter 9 Multiple-Joint Performance Over a Velocity Spectrum 196 Chapter 10 Control of Voluntary Contraction Force 209 Chapter 11 Isokinetic Eccentric Muscle Actions 229 Chapter 12 Functional Lift Ca...
Optimizing Strength Training
Periodization of resistance training -- Training principles -- Acute program variables -- Practical considerations -- Workout design -- Assessment -- Training tips and tools -- Case studies.
Successful Long-term Weight Training
More than 100 fully illustrated exercises, a comprehensive reference for your long-term physical change and muscle development.
