This is a reference for strength and conditioning coaches, health and fitness professionals, and personal trainers, as well as athletes and weightlifters. Delve into nonlinear, or undulating periodization, to examine how a systematic and periodic reduction of resistance training intensity can improv[...]
In this pathbreaking volume, Ross Shepard Kraemer provides the first comprehensive look at women's religions in Greco-Roman antiquity. She vividly recreates the religious lives of early Christian, Jewish, and pagan women, with many fascinating examples: Greek women's devotion to goddesses, rites of [...]
This is a substantially expanded and completely revised edition of a book originally published in 1988 as Maenads, Martyrs, Matrons, Monastics. The book is a collection of translations of primary texts relevant to women's religion in Western antiquity, from the fourth century BCE to the fifth centur[...]
High Quality Psychotherapy Research is for all psychotherapy investigators who wish to learn state-of-the-art psychotherapy research methods. Organized developmentally, the book explains the conceptualization of the trial, discusses the pilot study and the large scale study, and concludes with instr[...]
This authoritative biography of Moses Maimonides, one of the most influential minds in all of human history, illuminates his life as a philosopher, physician, and lawgiver. A biography on a grand scale, it brilliantly explicates one man's life against the background of the social, religious, and pol[...]
Silver Medal Winner, Business and Leadership, 2012 Nautilus Book AwardsRespected former CEO, professor, and speaker examines what it takes to become a values-based leaderIn this highly-anticipated book, Harry Kraemer argues that today's business environment demands values-based leaders who, in "doin[...]
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 d[...]
In this title, experts on strength training explore how to use scientific knowledge to develop personalized training programs. This text enables readers to: design scientifically sound resistance training programs; modify and adapt programs to meet the needs of special populations; and understand ho[...]
The authoritative development guide to strength training for 7-18 year olds. Covers staring age recommendations, exercises, frequency, rate progression and more.[...]
Provides an examination of the fundamental concepts and principles practitioners need to understand in order to make decisions on what might be appropriate in the programme design for their athletes. Offering an integration of coaching theory and scientific underpinnings, this book is useful for tho[...]
Designed for undergraduate course work, this exercise physiology textbook unites research and theory with real-world application so students can easily relate to the concepts being presented. The unique applied approach fully engages you in discovering how the human body works and responds to exerci[...]