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FOR THE SERIOUS ATHLETE:
Recommended Books for your Library
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will find professional high quality strength training books and manuals that will provide you with the knowlwdge to become an even better athlete or strength coach.
Links for the following two books to be added soon:
Low Back Disorders by Dr. Stuart McGill
Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance by Dr. Stuart McGill
Recommended reading for the athlete and strength coach.
More will be added as I go through my personal library. Simply click on the title and you will be redirected to the books information page.
Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription-5th Edition w/Web Course
Encyclopedia of Muscle & Strength
Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning-2nd Edition
Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning-3rd Edition- Pre-order now! Available in June 2008
Explosive Lifting for Sports-Enhanced Edition
Explosive Power & Strength - Complex Training for Maximum Results
Jumping Into Plyometrics-2nd Edition
Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook-4th Edition
NSCA's Essentials of Personal Training
Optimizing Strength Training - Designing Nonlinear Periodization Workouts
Powerlifting
Principles and Practice of Resistance Training
Science and Practice of Strength Training-2nd Edition
Serious Strength Training-2nd Edition
Strength Band Training
Strength & Power for Young Athletes
Strength Training Anatomy-2nd Edition read about it here
Strength Training for Young Athletes-2nd Edition
Women's Strength Training Anatomy
Strength Training Anatomy-2nd Edition
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Frederic Delavier
Copyright 2006 ISBN: 0736063684
ISBN13: 9780736063685
Regular Price: $19.95 (U.S. dollars)
144pp Paperback Full color
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Discover for yourself the magic of Strength Training Anatomy, one of the best-selling strength training books ever published!
Get an intricate look at strength training from the inside out. Strength Training Anatomy, with over 528,000 copies already sold, brings anatomy to life with more than 400 full-color illustrations. This detailed artwork showcases the muscles used during each exercise and delineates how these muscles interact with surrounding joints and skeletal structures. Like having an X-ray for each exercise, the information gives you a multilateral view of strength training not seen in any other resource.
This updated bestseller also contains new information on common strength training injuries and preventive measures to help you exercise safely. Chapters are devoted to each major muscle group, with 115 total exercises for arms, shoulders, chest, back, legs, buttocks, and abdomen.
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Also available Strength Training Anatomy Posters. Click on the 'Enlarge' option to get a larger view of the poster's artwork. The seven posters can be ordered individually or as a full set.
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William J. Kraemer, Steven J. Fleck
Copyright 2007 ISBN: 0736060685
ISBN13: 9780736060684
256pp
Paperback
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Jim Stoppani
Copyright 2006 ISBN: 0736057714
ISBN13: 9780736057714
408pp
Paperback
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Harvey S. Newton
Copyright 2006 ISBN: 0736065768
ISBN13: 9780736065764
208pp
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Michael H. Stone, Meg Stone, William A. Sands
Copyright 2007 ISBN: 0880117060
ISBN13: 9780880117067
384pp
Hardback
This is one of my favorites!
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Phillip Page, Todd S. Ellenbecker
Copyright 2005 ISBN: 0736054936
ISBN13: 9780736054935
224pp
Paperback
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Tudor O. Bompa, Mauro Di Pasquale, Lorenzo Cornacchia
Copyright 2003 ISBN: 0736042660
ISBN13: 9780736042666
304pp
Paperback
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Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, William J. Kraemer
Copyright 2006 ISBN: 0736056289
ISBN13: 9780736056281
264pp
Hardback
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Avery D. Faigenbaum, Wayne L. Westcott
Copyright 2000 ISBN: 0736002189
ISBN13: 9780736002189
216pp
Paperback
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Barney R. Groves
Copyright 2000 ISBN: 0880119780
ISBN13: 9780880119788
160pp
Paperback
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Frederic Delavier
Copyright 2003 ISBN: 0736048138
ISBN13: 9780736048132
136pp
Paperback
Full color
Regular Price: $19.95
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William J. Kraemer, Steven J. Fleck
Copyright 2005 ISBN: 0736051031
ISBN13: 9780736051033
296pp
Paperback
Regular Price: $19.95 (U.S. dollars)
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Donald A. Chu
Copyright 1998 ISBN: 0880118466
ISBN13: 9780880118460
184pp
Paperback
Regular Price: $19.95
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Donald A. Chu
Copyright 1996 ISBN: 0873226437
ISBN13: 9780873226431
200pp
Paperback
Regular Price: $19.95
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Vivian H. Heyward
Copyright 2006 ISBN: 0736057323
ISBN13: 9780736057325
440pp
Regular Price: $74.00
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Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription, Fifth Edition, provides a well-balanced approach to the assessment of physical fitness and the design of exercise programs, addressing cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular fitness, body weight and composition, and flexibility. Two chapters are dedicated to each of these fitness components: one on assessment, followed by one on exercise prescription.
The text is reflective of updates made in the seventh edition of ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, and it is expanded to include new or updated information on the following areas:
*Maximal and submaximal graded exercise testing in healthy populations, including treadmill and cycle ergometer ramp protocols
*Muscular fitness testing protocols and norms for children and adults
*Field tests and norms for evaluating the cardiorespiratory fitness, functional strength, and flexibility of older adults
*Guidelines for developing periodized resistance training programs for novice, intermediate, and advanced lifters
*Physical activity and exercise recommendations for health benefits, weight loss, and weight maintenance
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NSCA -National Strength & Conditioning Association
Copyright 2000 ISBN: 0736000895
ISBN13: 9780736000895
672pp
Hardback
Full color
Regular Price: $75.00
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In this revised and expanded second edition of Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, now with over 300 color photographs, leading exercise science professionals explore the scientific principles, concepts, and theories of strength training and conditioning as well as their practical applications to athletic performance.
Each of the book’s 26 chapters provides an overview of an important aspect of strength and conditioning and includes chapter objectives, application boxes, key points, key terms, study questions, and questions requiring practical application of key concepts.
In Section 1 of Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, Second Edition, experts in exercise physiology, biochemistry, anatomy, biomechanics, endocrinology, sports nutrition, and sport psychology discuss the principles of their respective areas of expertise and how they apply in designing safe, effective strength and conditioning programs.
Section 2 discusses the selection, administration, scoring, and the interpretation of testing results. Section 3 provides information regarding the correction and execution of stretching, warm-up, and resistance training exercises.
Section 4 applies information from the first three sections to the design of effective strength training and conditioning programs, both aerobic and anaerobic. The three parts of Section 4 address anaerobic exercise prescription, aerobic endurance exercise prescription, and periodization and rehabilitation. The anaerobic prescription section provides guidelines for resistance and plyometric training as well as for speed, agility, and speed endurance programs. Step-by-step guidelines are given for designing strength and conditioning programs, and application boxes illustrate how each variable applies to athletes with different training goals. A unique feature of this edition is the use of scenarios to illustrate how the guidelines presented for each of the program design variables are applied to attain the different training scores.
Section 5 addresses facility design, scheduling, policies and procedures, maintenance, and risk management concerns.
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NSCA -National Strength & Conditioning Association
Pre-order now! Available in June 2008! ISBN: 0736058036
ISBN13: 9780736058032
Hardback
Full color
Regular Price: $79.00
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Now in its third edition, Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning is the most comprehensive reference available for strength and conditioning professionals. In this text, 30 expert contributors explore the scientific principles, concepts, and theories of strength training and conditioning as well as their applications to athletic performance.
Developed by the NSCA Certification Commission, the certifying body of the National Strength and Conditioning Association, Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning is the most-preferred preparation text for the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) exam. The research-based approach, extensive exercise technique section, and unbeatable accuracy of Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning make it the text readers have come to rely on for CSCS exam preparation.
The third edition presents the most current strength training and conditioning research and applications in a logical format designed for increased retention of key concepts. The text is organized into five sections. The first three sections provide a theoretical framework for application in section 4, the program design portion of the book. The final section offers practical strategies for administration and management of strength and conditioning facilities.
• Section 1 (chapters 1 through 10) presents key topics and current research in exercise physiology, biochemistry, anatomy, biomechanics, endocrinology, sport nutrition, and sport psychology and discusses applications for the design of safe and effective strength and conditioning programs.
• Section 2 (chapters 11 and 12) discusses testing and evaluation, including the principles of test selection and administration as well as the scoring and interpretation of results.
• Section 3 (chapters 13 and 14) provides techniques for warm-up, stretching, and resistance training exercises. For each exercise, accompanying photos and instructions guide readers in the correct execution and teaching of stretching and resistance training exercises. This section also includes a set of eight new dynamic stretching exercises.
• Section 4 examines the design of strength training and conditioning programs. The information is divided into three parts: anaerobic exercise prescription (chapters 15 through 17), aerobic endurance exercise prescription (chapter 18), and periodization and rehabilitation (chapters 19 and 20). Step-by-step guidelines for designing resistance, plyometric, speed, agility, and aerobic endurance training programs are shared. Section 4 also includes detailed descriptions of how principles of program design and periodization can be applied to athletes of various sports and experience levels. Within the text, special sidebars illustrate how program design variables can be applied to help athletes attain specific training goals.
• Section 5 (chapters 21 and 22) addresses organization and administration concerns of the strength training and conditioning facility manager, including facility design, scheduling, policies and procedures, maintenance, and risk management, .Chapter objectives, key points, key terms, and self-study questions provide a structure to help readers organize and conceptualize the information. Unique application sidebars demonstrate how scientific facts can be translated into principles that assist athletes in their strength training and conditioning goals.
Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning also offers new lecture preparation materials. The instructor guide includes new student lab activities that instructors can assign to students. The instructor guide also provides course syllabi and tips for planning and teaching. The PowerPoint presentation package features full-color slides of illustrations from the text and includes tables, key concepts, and a complete lecture-discussion outline for each chapter. These tools can be downloaded online and are free to instructors who adopt the text for use in their courses.
Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, Third Edition, provides the latest and most comprehensive information on the structure and function of body systems, training adaptations, testing and evaluation, exercise techniques, program design, and organization and administration of facilities. Its accuracy and reliability make it not only the leading preparation resource for the CSCS exam but also the definitive reference that strength and conditioning professionals and sports medicine specialists depend on to fine-tune their practice.
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NSCA -National Strength & Conditioning Association
Copyright 2004 ISBN: 0736000151
ISBN13: 9780736000154
688pp
Hardback
Full color
Regular Price: $77.00
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NSCA’s Essentials of Personal Training is the ideal authoritative resource for personal trainers, health and fitness instructors, exercise scientists, and other fitness professionals, as well as the primary preparation source for the NSCA-Certified Personal Trainer® examination.
Edited by Roger W. Earle and Thomas R. Baechle, editors of Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, Second Edition, the book includes more than 250 photographs and contributions from leading personal training experts who provide the scientific principles, concepts, and theories of personal training as well as practical applications for health and fitness.
Experts in anatomy, exercise physiology, and biomechanics and other exercise scientists work with respected personal trainers, physical therapists, and sport psychologists to provide in-depth coverage of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of personal trainers. Special coverage is given to exercise technique, including teaching approaches involving free-weight and machine exercises, cardiovascular activities, flexibility, and speed training. A special feature of this text is the manner in which the program designs are offered for the typically healthy client as well as for those clients presenting unique challenges to the personal trainer.
NSCA’s Essentials of Personal Training supplies comprehensive information on proper stretching, resistance training, aerobic endurance training, and plyometrics techniques. Additionally, the text covers critical information about the business aspects of personal training, including facility and equipment maintenance and legal issues that many trainers face.
The following are some of the text’s features:
- More than 250 full-color photographs that clearly illustrate and accurately explain proper stretching, resistance training, aerobic endurance training, and plyometrics techniques
- Student study tools—including chapter objectives, key points, sidebars with practical applications, chapter questions, and a comprehensive glossary—that help readers prepare for the NSCA-CPT® exam
- Targeted expert information that will give readers the expertise to deal with clients who have special exercise needs, such as pregnant women, older adults, athletes, and overweight clients
- Scientific and applied information geared toward personal training client consultation and evaluation, exercise technique, program design, and safety and legal issues
NSCA’s Essentials of Personal Training is the most comprehensive reference available for personal trainers and other fitness professionals. As an exam preparation tool, it is unmatched in its scope and relevance to the NSCA-Certified Personal Trainer® examination. It is an essential reference for anyone preparing for or already working in a career as a personal trainer.
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Nancy Clark
Copyright 2008 ISBN: 0736074155
ISBN13: 9780736074155
472pp
Paperback
Regular Price: $19.95
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Boost your energy, manage stress, build muscle, lose fat, and improve your performance with the all-time best-selling sports nutrition guide!
Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook will help you make the right food choices in grocery stores, restaurants, drive-throughs, and your own kitchen.
Whether you’re preparing for competition or simply eating on the go, let sport's leading nutritionist show you how to get maximum benefit from the foods you choose and the meals you make. You’ll learn how to eat before exercise and events as well as how to refuel afterward for optimal recovery.
Updated and on the cutting edge, the fourth edition includes the latest sports nutrition research on hydration and fluid intake, vitamins, supplements, energy drinks, organic foods, and the role of carbohydrate and protein during exercise. You’ll also learn about the new food pyramid and the American Heart Association’s latest dietary guidelines.
If you’re seeking advice on losing weight, getting energized to exercise, or improving your health and performance, Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook has the answers you can trust.
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