Functional Training
eBook - ePub

Functional Training

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Functional Training

About this book

Take your performance to the next level with Functional Training. Author Juan Carlos Santana brings you his revolutionary approach to training and conditioning methods sure to improve your function in any sport or activity. Functional Training covers the recent breakthroughs, the most exercises, and proven programs that you can follow or incorporate into your existing training plan.

Offering strength, endurance, power, and sport-specific exercises and programming, Functional Training is a comprehensive resource for every athlete, coach, and athletic trainer. Covering the concepts, exercises, progressions, and sequencing on which a sound functional training program is based, it addresses the needs of more than 11 sports and features 135 exercises, including body weight, bands and pulleys, dumbbells and kettlebells, medicine balls, and stability balls.

Functional Training features a three-tier approach for integrating functional movements into an existing strength program. Through assessment and analysis, you’ll identify the movements and muscles involved in your sport, then select the best exercises and programs based on desired results and performance goals. In addition to quick exercise sequences and personalized programming to address the big four sport skills, more comprehensive programs can be developed to address your athletic and performance needs and goals.

No matter what your sport, Functional Training will help you achieve optimal results.

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Information

Publisher
Human Kinetics
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781450414821
eBook ISBN
9781492585909
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Praise for Juan Carlos Santana
  3. Functional Training
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Part I: Function and Functional Training
  10. Chapter 1: Functional Training Defined
  11. Chapter 2: Foundations of Functional Training
  12. Chapter 3: The Performance Continuum
  13. Part II: Exercises
  14. Chapter 4: The Essentials
  15. Chapter 5: The Supporting Cast
  16. Part III: Programs
  17. Chapter 6: Program Design
  18. Chapter 7: Pure Functional Training
  19. Chapter 8: Hybrid Programming
  20. Chapter 9: Sport-Specific Programs
  21. About the Author
  22. Back Page Ad