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Book Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning

Download or read book Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning written by Thomas R. Baechle and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2008 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its third edition, Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioningis 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 Conditioningis 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 Conditioningmake 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 Conditioningalso 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.

Book Sequence of Warmups on Vertical Jump Performance

Download or read book Sequence of Warmups on Vertical Jump Performance written by Peter J. Remmes and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: The purpose of a warm up prior to competition or training is to get the athlete ready for the rigors of the session, game, or practice. This study was designed to investigate whether the sequence of a warm up would affect vertical jump performance in male division 3 collegiate athletes. A true experimental design was used. Subjects completed two different warm up protocols in the college varsity weight room separated by at least 48 hours. The first warm up protocol consisted of a static stretch warm up followed by a dynamic warm up. The second warm up protocol was a dynamic warm up followed by a static stretch warm up. The researcher performed a repeated measures t-test and found subjects who completed the static-dynamic warm up (27.974 ± 4.09) had significantly (p

Book The Effect of Unrelated Warm up Exercises on Performance of the Vertical Jump

Download or read book The Effect of Unrelated Warm up Exercises on Performance of the Vertical Jump written by Jerry D. Fields and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Effect of a Dynamic Loaded Warm up on Vertical Jump Performance

Download or read book The Effect of a Dynamic Loaded Warm up on Vertical Jump Performance written by Charles Chattong and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Effects of Warm up on Vertical Jump Performance of Male and Female Subjects

Download or read book The Effects of Warm up on Vertical Jump Performance of Male and Female Subjects written by Elizabeth Anne Berry and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book SPORTS TRAINING METHODS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Download or read book SPORTS TRAINING METHODS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION written by Dr. P. Kumaravelu and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Effect of Overload Warm up on Vertical Jump and Shot put Performance microform

Download or read book The Effect of Overload Warm up on Vertical Jump and Shot put Performance microform written by Ian Newhouse and published by National Library of Canada. This book was released on 1983 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary purpose of this study was to explore the possibility of immediate temporary power gain, as seen in the vertical jump and shot-put performance through a warm-up of jumps and puts with added resistance. Twenty-two skilled jumpers and 11 skilled shot-putters volunteered to participate in the study. The jumpers were top Edmonton area athletes active in track and field, volleyball or basketball, while the shot-putters' skill levels ranged from 9 to 14 meters for females and 12 to 16 meters for males. Half of the subjects were female, and all were between the ages of 18 and 31. Each subject was tested under 3 different warm-up conditions for both the vertical jump and shot-put experiments: 1. Control "A", 1 pre-test trial/6 warm-up trials with no overload/ 1 post-test trial; 2. Control "B", 1 pre-test trial/no warm-up but a 7 minute rest/ 1 post-test trial; 3. Experimental, 1 pre-test trial/6 warm-up trials with overload, which was a 40 to 60 kilogram weight bar on the shoulders for the jumps and a 2 to 4 pound heavier shot for the puts/1 posttest trial. The 6 possibilities of different test sequences were randomly assigned to the subjects. In a supplementary experiment, 6 of the shot-putters warmed up with the heavier shot in an actual competition. The jumping experiment made use of high speed photography, a force plate, and integrated electromyogram. In the shot-put experiment, the only parameter measured was the distance of the put. From 18 possible warm-up categories, statistical analysis found the post-test trial to be significantly better (at the 0.05 level) than the pre-test trial in the following 6 categories: Sex Group Event Male and female combined Experimental Vertica1 jump Female Experimental Vertical jump Male and female combined Experimental Shot-put Male Experimenta1 Shot-put Male and female combined Control "A" Shot-put Female Control "A" Shot-put A second post-test trial was added for 6 of the subjects in the experiment, for it was felt that the timing of the movements might be offset by the overload warm-up. This brought a further significant improvement to the experimental group as the timing was apparently regained. Although the experimental group did improve to a greater degree than either of the controls, a significant difference.could not be found in comparisons between the three groups. Despite the inconclusive findings, the results did show promise that the proper application of resistance in a warm-up could aid skilled performance in explosive power events.

Book Contemporary Advances in Sports Science

Download or read book Contemporary Advances in Sports Science written by Redha Taiar and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-11-24 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports are very important and help people increase mobility, optimize performance, and reduce their risk of disease. Sporting activities can have beneficial social, cultural, economic, and psychological effects on health, wellbeing, and the environment. As such, this book discusses a range of principles, methods, techniques, and tools to provide the reader with a clear knowledge of variables improving sports’ performance processes. Over three sections, chapters consider physical, mechanical, physiological, psychological, and biomechanical aspects of sports performance, sports science, human posture, and musculoskeletal disorders.

Book The Effect of Dynamic Warm Up with and Without the Use of the Vertimax on Athletic Performance in Collegiate Athletes

Download or read book The Effect of Dynamic Warm Up with and Without the Use of the Vertimax on Athletic Performance in Collegiate Athletes written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research suggests that moderate to high intensity dynamic warm up exercises can enhance the excitability of the fast twitch muscle fibers through Post-Activation Potentiation (PAP), and prime them to play a greater role during jumping and sprinting. The purpose of this study was to determine if VertiMax jumps executed at the end of a normal dynamic exercise warm up will signifcantly improve short term athletic performance. Twenty participants were randomly placed in one of 5 groups for the duration of the study. The subjects performed one of the following warm-ups determined by random selection: dynamic warm-up (DW) or a dynamic warm up plus VertiMax jumps (DWV). On Day 2 all the subjects participated in the opposite warm-up routine then what they performed on Day 1. Each session concluded with vertical jump and lane agility testing. No significant difference from DW to DWV for vertical jump was found [t(19) = 1.242, p > .05]. No significant difference from DWLA to DWVLA was found [t(19) = 1.082, p> .05]. The mean on the DWVVERT was 26.13 inches (sd=4.37), and the mean on the DWVERT was 25.83 inches (sd=4.55). The mean on the DWVLA was 11.03 seconds (sd = .77) and the mean on the DWLA was 11.13 seconds (sd = .65). It was concluded that a warm-up that includes a high intensity activity at the end of a dynamic warm up does not improve vertical jump or agility greater than dynamic warm up alone.

Book The Influence of a Resistance Training Apparatus on Vertical Jump and 40 yard Sprint Performance

Download or read book The Influence of a Resistance Training Apparatus on Vertical Jump and 40 yard Sprint Performance written by Michael Rebold and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose & Hypothesis: This research study was designed to examine the influence of an eight week, two sessions per week, training program incorporating use of the resistance training apparatus compared with a complex training program only on power. It was hypothesized that training with the resistance training apparatus would lead to greater improvements in the vertical jump compared with complex training. Participants: Twenty one, male and female participants, between the ages of 18-25, participated in a ten week study. Participants were eligible if they had no contraindications to exercise, were injury free, and within the past six months participated in regular plyometric and resistance training. Participants were instructed to continue their normal daily activities outside of the study. It was also advised that all participants maintain their current diet and that they refrain from using any performance enhancing supplements. All participants were informed about the experiment procedures and about the potential risks and benefits associated with the study, and signed an informed consent form, Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (Par-Q), and a Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire (Godin, 1997) before participation. Participants were randomly assigned to a control group that did not participate in any exercises, an apparatus + exercise group, or an exercise group that performed the same exercises without the resistance training apparatus. Program Design:The design was an eight week plyometric and resistance training program. Pre- and Post-testing were completed during week one and ten, respectively. Total body power was measured by using the vertical jump test with countermovement arm swing. Velocity was also measured by using the 40-yard sprint. Weeks two through nine consisted of two workouts per week with both the apparatus + exercise and exercise groups intermixed. Sessions were divided into two groups, a morning and an evening Tuesday-Thursday group. Each group had approximately 48 hours in between workout sessions. Overall workout length was approximately 50 minutes, including a five minute warm-up, 40 minute plyometric and resistance training workout, and a five minute cool down. The warm-up consisted of two laps around a 200-meter track and static stretching of all the major muscle groups. Plyometric workouts consisted of four plyometric exercises including: depth jumps, box jumps, squat jumps, and calf jumps. The format for the sets being performed for the plyometric exercises were two weeks of each 12, 10, 8, and 6 repetitions. Resistance training workouts consisted of the parallel squat, hamstring curls, quadriceps extensions, and forward lunges. The format for the sets being performed for the resistance training exercises were two weeks of each 10, 8, 6 and 4 repetitions. The exercise group performed sets at 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, and 85% in successive weeks (weeks 2-8). The apparatus + exercise group performed sets at 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70% and 75% in successive weeks. The cool down followed the same protocol as the warm-up. Content of the workouts varied from week-to-week by using a variety of intensities and recovery times. Results: Statistical analysis was performed using a Repeated Measures ANOVA, assessing differences within groups and between groups over time. Results showed no significant difference from pre- to post-test in vertical jump (p = .03) and 40-yard sprint (p = .09). In the vertical jump from pre- to post-test the control group decreased by 3 inches, the apparatus + exercise group increased by 5 inches, and the exercise group increased by 1 inch. In the 40-yard sprint from pre- to post-test the control group decreased by 0.32 seconds, the apparatus + exercise group decreased by 0.09 seconds. And the exercise group decreased by 0.67 seconds. Summary: Duration may have not been long enough, flaws in the adjustment protocol, and the participants were already physically active prior to the start of the study. These aspects may have contributed to none of the results being significant from pre- to post-testing. Future research should focus on increasing the duration of the training period, examining the effect of variety of exercises to determine if different types of exercises may elicit different results, establishing an adjustment protocol, and replication of the study to observe training effects on males vs. females, trained athletes, and untrained individuals.

Book The Effects of Warm Up on Vertical Jump and Sprint Performance

Download or read book The Effects of Warm Up on Vertical Jump and Sprint Performance written by Taylor Miller and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Science and Physiology of Flexibility and Stretching

Download or read book The Science and Physiology of Flexibility and Stretching written by David Behm and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stretching is a fundamentally important part of sport and exercise, playing a role in improving performance, and preventing injury and rehabilitation, but its scientific underpinnings have, to this point, been overlooked in book publishing. The Science and Physiology of Flexibility and Stretching is the most up-to-date and comprehensive book to cover the underlying physiology and psychology of stretching, critically assessing why, when, and how we should stretch, as well as offering a highly illustrated, practical guide to stretching exercises. Placing stretching in the context of both health and performance, the first section of the book sets out the science behind stretching, critically assessing the benefits, disadvantages, and roles of different types of stretching, exploring the mechanisms behind increasing range-of-movement through stretching and other methods, and offering evidence-based guidance on building stretching into warm-ups. In its second section, the book provides a step-by-step guide to static, dynamic, and PRF stretching exercises for beginners, through recreational athletes, to elite performers. Richly illustrated, and including an online resource, The Science and Physiology of Flexibility and Stretching provides an important scientific enquiry into stretching, and an invaluable reference for any strength and conditioning coach or student, personal trainer, sports coach, or exercise scientist.