Periodization Training for Sports

Name: Periodization Training for Sports
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ISBN: 9780736055598

ISBN-10: 0736055592

ISBN-13: 9780736055598

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Tudor Bompa, Michael Carrera

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Sports conditioning has advanced tremendously since the era when a "no pain, no gain" philosophy guided the training regimens of athletes. Dr. Tudor Bompa pioneered most of these breakthroughs, proving long ago that it's not only how much and how hard an athlete works but also when and what work is done that determines the athlete's conditioning level.In Periodization Training for Sports, Bompa demonstrates how to use periodized workouts in order to peak at optimal times by manipulating six different training phases: anatomical adaptation, hypertrophy, maximum strength, conversion to power, maintenance, and transition. Coaches and athletes in 32 sports have at their fingertips a proven…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Publication date: 4/6/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English




Foundations of Strength Training



Strength, Muscular Endurance, and Power in Sports



How Muscles Respond to Strength Training



Strength and the Energy Systems



Principles of Strength Training for Sports



Program Design



Manipulation Volume, Intensity, and Speed



Planning for the Short Term: Microcycles and Macrocycles



The Yearly Training Plan: Periodization of Strength



Periodized Training



Phase 1: Anatomical Adaptation



Phase 2: Hypertrophy



Phase 3: Maximum Strength



Phase 4: Conversion



Phases 5 and 6: Maintenance and Transition



Fatigue, Muscle Soreness, and Recovery