The essential guide to strength and conditioning training for anyone delivering targeted exercise programmes
This comprehensive manual offers practical tips for planning, delivering and reviewing a range of strength and conditioning exercise programmes for all ages and abilities. Learn what exercises and testing methods are required to develop your client's performance in areas such as strength, speed, endurance, flexibility, movement competency and more. It includes the latest advice on:
- The fundamentals of strength and conditioning
- Client consultations
- Training methods and sample programmes
- Testing the components of fitness
- Nutrition for strength and conditioning
- Strategies for fatigue, recovery and motivation.
With access to video demonstrations of progressive exercises, this is the ultimate reference book for strength and conditioning practitioners as well as for current and prospective coaches from all sporting backgrounds (from grass roots level to elite). It's also ideal reading for anyone studying sports and health-related exercise courses in schools, colleges and universities.
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The Complete Guide to Strength and Conditioning Training
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introducing strength and conditioning
- PART ONE CLIENT CONSULTATION
- Chapter 1 Screening
- Chapter 2 Needs analysis
- Chapter 3 Goal setting
- PART TWO THE FUNDAMENTALS OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
- Chapter 4 The components and principles of fitness
- Chapter 5 Aerobic endurance
- Chapter 6 Anaerobic endurance
- Chapter 7 Stabilisation
- Chapter 8 Muscular strength and endurance
- Chapter 9 Speed
- Chapter 10 Power
- Chapter 11 Agility
- Chapter 12 Flexibility
- Chapter 13 Body composition
- PART THREE TESTING THE COMPONENTS OF FITNESS
- Chapter 14 Performance assessment
- Chapter 15 Aerobic endurance testing
- Chapter 16 Anaerobic endurance testing
- Chapter 17 Stabilisation testing
- Chapter 18 Muscular strength and endurance testing
- Chapter 19 Speed testing
- Chapter 20 Power testing
- Chapter 21 Agility testing
- Chapter 22 Flexibility testing
- Chapter 23 Body composition testing
- PART FOUR GENERAL TRAINING STRATEGIES
- Chapter 24 Manipulation of training variables
- Chapter 25 Fatigue and recovery strategies
- Chapter 26 Practitioner skills
- Chapter 27 Motivation
- Chapter 28 Legal and ethical considerations
- PART FIVE NUTRITION FOR STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
- Chapter 29 Nutrients
- Chapter 30 Nutritional deficiencies
- Chapter 31 Energy balance
- Appendices
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- eCopyright
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