Dewey Decimal613.711
Table Of ContentChapter 1. Adding Functionality to Your Program Chapter 2. Analyzing the Demands of Your Sport Chapter 3. Assessing Your Functional Fitness Chapter 4. Designing Your Program Chapter 5. Linear and Lateral Warm-Up Chapter 6. Lower-Body Strength and Balance Progressions Chapter 7. Hip Extensions and Healthy Hamstrings Chapter 8. Targeted Torso Training and Rotational Strength Chapter 9. Balanced Upper-Body Strength and Stability Chapter 10. Plyometric Training for Power and Injury Prevention Chapter 11. Olympic Lifting for Quickness and Power Chapter 12. Performance Enhancement Programs
SynopsisReach a higher level of athleticism with Functional Training for Sports . This book presents a complete system that focuses on training your body the way it will be used during competition. Detailed exercise progressions and training will help develop the movement skills, body positions, and explosive power essential for sports., Reach a higher level of athleticism with Functional Training for Sports ! Functional training is a complete system of athletic development that focuses on training the body the way it will be used in competition, making it the most efficient and effective form of training today. Author Mike Boyle, renowned strength and conditioning coach formerly with the Boston Bruins, addresses movement, body positions, and abilities that are essential for success in competition. Through Functional Training for Sports , you will improve your total athleticism, enhance your performance, and reduce injuries through exercise progressions that will spur your development potential for specific movement patterns you commonly use in your sport. Providing tests for you to determine where to start, the progressions focus on training for the torso, the upper body, and the lower body. The book also provides detailed programs that incorporate the exercises and methods for these progressions. As you master each progression, you will be preparing yourself to perform in any situation with notable improvements in stability and balance, reaction time, core strength, and power. This whole-body, sport-applied system makes Functional Training for Sports your key to today's most effective and efficient training!, Reach a higher level of athleticism with Functional Training for Sports Functional training is a complete system of athletic development that focuses on training the body the way it will be used in competition, making it the most efficient and effective form of training today. Author Mike Boyle, renowned strength and conditioning coach formerly with the Boston Bruins, addresses movement, body positions, and abilities that are essential for success in competition. Through Functional Training for Sports , you will improve your total athleticism, enhance your performance, and reduce injuries through exercise progressions that will spur your development potential for specific movement patterns you commonly use in your sport. Providing tests for you to determine where to start, the progressions focus on training for the torso, the upper body, and the lower body. The book also provides detailed programs that incorporate the exercises and methods for these progressions. As you master each progression, you will be preparing yourself to perform in any situation with notable improvements in stability and balance, reaction time, core strength, and power. This whole-body, sport-applied system makes Functional Training for Sports your key to today's most effective and efficient training
LC Classification NumberGV711.5.B69 2003