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 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[...]

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[...]

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[...]