Main 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.

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 for athletes. 6 Special considerations in strength training. 7 Medical aspects and administrative concerns in strength training. Index