Basketball training
Subtitle: for the athlete, by the athlete
Publisher: Triumph Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9781617497674; 9781600782817
Subjects: Basketball; Training; SPORTS & RECREATION
Description: Having spent the past years recording hundreds of training sessions by some of the NBA's best athletes, the editors of STACK have built a library of grueling workouts, training secrets, and nutritional tips used by America's professional greats. This book gives an inside look at the best workouts, together with instructions and advice from some of basketball's most prolific and well-conditioned players. The pros' training methods are compiled into detailed workout programs, with step-by-step exercise descriptions, that will improve performance in the safest and most effective ways possible. Reader's will learn of actual workouts performed by numerous high-profile stars, including Dwight Howard, Steve Nash, Allen Iverson, Amar'e Stoudemire, Chris Paul, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, and more. The workouts in Basketball Training: The Pros' Guide to Becoming Bigger, Faster, Stronger provide direction on how to improve speed, strength, power, agility, flexibility, and conditioning. Readers will also be inspired by encouraging stories, motivational techniques, and training perspectives behind these athletes' rise to stardom.
Notes: At head of title: Stack presents.

"The pros' guide to becoming bigger, faster, stronger"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Chauncey Billups; title: Dwight Howard; title: Steve Nash; title: Allen Iverson; title: Amar'e Stoudemire; title: Brandon Roy; title: Chris Paul; title: Kevin Durant; title: Jermaine O'Neal; title: Carmelo Anthony.