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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.711
EAN num: 9780873226431
ISBN number: 0873226437
Label: Human Kinetics Publishing houses
Manufacturer: Human Kinetics Publishing houses
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 191
Printing Date: 1996-03
Publishing house: Human Kinetics Publishing houses
Sale Popularity Level: 103718
Studio: Human Kinetics Publishing houses
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The best in sports conditioning now combines plyometric, resistance, and sprint training. Explosive Power and Strength not only offers these three training methods in one, but also shows you how to create individualized, sports-specific programs. The book features 33 resistance and 45 plyometric exercises with 115 detailed illustrations, plus three ready-to-use workouts for each of 11 sports.
Author Donald Chu has been a conditioning consultant for the Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Lions, Chicago White Sox, and the United States Tennis Association. In Explosive Power and Strength he offers athletes, coaches, and strength and conditioning specialists the most innovative and effective training methods available!
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Yes, the book doesn't have extraordinary exercise descriptions, but the essential exercises are described well... I don't think the point of the book was to describe exercises... the purpose was to explain to you "Complex training" and how it can help you achieve "Explosive power and strenght." If you want superb exercise descriptions, try his book Jumping into Plyometrics (That's the purpose of the book to describe plyometric exercises), but if you want to actually KNOW how to use complex training then this is the right book for you. If you are a beginner and know nothing of exercise I'd try another book, but if you're fairly seasoned and understand good training sense and technique then pick it up.
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Although the author claims to have high credentials, he presents very lousy descriptions of exercises, with complete disregard to grace or esthetics.
As soon as you pass the well designed and colorful cover, you will be immersed in a collection of poorly sketched exercises. Each exercise is described in three or more steps, which provide no clue on the proper execution of exercise. Most of the exercise sketches are flawed and hint to the total lack of experience or exposure of the author to athletic performance.
Although the book was very first published in 1996, there were then reasonable level of technical skills and knowledge with publishing good illustrations that the author disregarded.
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This is an excellent book that is broken up into 3 parts delineating the nature of complex training, then the nuts and bolts of complex training, and finally how to customize a workout routine for your athlete or team.
It is my most frequently used resource on a shelf full of this type of material.
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This book combines Weight training and plyometrics. This method is considered dangerous by many but if used correctly is extremly effective.
Two athletes in the USA were said to have improved their 100m best times by over a second, one of them improving from 12.3 down to 11.1 after a years use of this training method along side his sprint training.
If not used correctly this method of training could be the end of your athletic career. Do NOT build up too quickly. Use the preparation phase properly and ease off if you are still tired from any previous training session.
Used wisely you can pretty much abolish the idea that you have to be a born sprinter. Michael Johnson is a second quicker than most because in his training he also uses this method and has been for years.
I started my training a year ago and have improved my 400m time from 48.32 to 46.21 and I believe the complex training has had a major role to play in this.
A very good book.
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I found this book lacking in information except in the area of how to perform basic exercises.
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