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Books : Essentials of Strength Training and ConditioningIn association with Amazon.comfrom: Human Kinetics Publishers  List Price: $79.00 Amazon.com's Price: $60.16 You Save: $18.84 (24%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 613.71 EAN: 9780736058032 ISBN: 0736058036 Label: Human Kinetics Publishers Manufacturer: Human Kinetics Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 641 Publication Date: June 18, 2008 Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers Studio: Human Kinetics Publishers Sales Rank: 1243 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. 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.
Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning also offers new lecture preparation materials. A product specific Web site includes new student lab activities that instructors can assign to students. Students can visit this Web site to print the forms and charts for completing lab activities, or they can complete the activities electronically and email their results to the instructor. The instructor guide provides a course description and schedule, chapter objectives and outlines, chapter-specific Web sites and additional resources, definitions of primary key terms, application questions with recommended answers, and links to the lab activities. The presentation package and image bank, delivered in Microsoft PowerPoint, offers instructors a presentation package containing over 1,000 slides to help augment lectures and class discussions. In addition to outlines and key points, the resource also contains over 450 figures, tables, and photos from the textbook, which can be used as an image bank by instructors who need to customize their own presentations. Easy-to-follow instructions help guide instructors on how to reuse the images within their own PowerPoint templates. 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Fast shippingMy order was shipped immediately and the product was in fantastic condition. Please order from this person if you get a chance. Thanks. Rating: - Evidence-Based Exercise Info at its BestWhen it comes to telling people how to train, I want to know that the advice I give is based on evidence, not what on other people say, and not on what I "think" is going to work. While you could dig around on various electronic databases, such as Medline to get such information, its nice to have all the latest excercise recommendations based on sound research at your fingertips. And if you're looking for such a book, well, look no further. Readers who regularly read sports science research ... Read More Rating: - Best Standards in Atheltic fitness TrainingThe book provides some of the best applicable concepts in fitness training for the athlete and warrior. Training principles provided in the book are applicable to any type of workout (i.e., MMA, Crossfit, Hyperfit, Monkeyfit, Underground training, and traditional workouts.) Rating: - New CSCS bookThis book, is long over due. But finally it is here the data is current, and it is presented 10 times better than the past two editions!! Rating: - Great itemDid not take long to recieve on standard shipping, the book came in perfect condition and it is a great resource Browse for similar items by category:
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