Strength Training for Sport
Subtitle: Olympic Handbook of Sports Medicine
Contributors: Häkkinen, Keijo
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780470698204; 9781282379480
Subjects: Sport & Recreation; Health
Description: A high-quality complement to the handbooks on particular sports, the handbookon Strength Training for Sport presents both the basic concepts and theoretical background for sports-specific strength training as well as the practical consideration in designing the overall program. Separate chapters deal with periodization, gender differences, detraining, and over training. Sample programs are presented for soccer, volleyball, wrestling, endurance running, swimming, and shot put and discus.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science Strength Tkaining for Sport; Contents; List of contributors; Forewords by the IOC; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 A brief history of strength training and basic principles and concepts; 2 Training-specific characteristics of neuromuscular performance; 3 Developing a strength training workout; 4 Periodization of training; 5 Periodized training programmes for athletes; 6 Special considerations in strength training; 7 Medical aspects and administrative concerns in strength training; Index.