The ultimate guide to weight training for soccer /

The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Soccer is the most comprehensive and up-to-date soccer-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of nearly 100 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide....

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Price, Robert G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cleveland, OH : Price World Enterprises, 2005
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Sports.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Part I: Soccer13;Specific13;Training
  • Introduction
  • Off-Season Training
  • Preseason Program
  • In-season Training
  • Soccer Conditiong Program
  • Shaping Up For Soccer: The Basics
  • Part II: Getting Started
  • Warming Up
  • Cooling Down
  • Abs
  • Stretching
  • Proper Form
  • Proper Breathing
  • Part III: Recommended Exercises
  • Substituting Similar Exercises
  • Chest Exercises
  • Back (Lats) Exercises
  • Shoulders Exercises
  • Triceps Exercises
  • Biceps/Forearms Exercises
  • Legs Exercises
  • Part IV: The Necessities
  • Perfecting Your Technique
  • Estimating Your One-Rep Max
  • The Different Folks, Different Strokes Principle
  • Overtraining and Staleness
  • The Declaration of Variation
  • Muscle Fibers
  • Training Techniques
  • When to Increase
  • Safety Reminders
  • Record Keeping
  • Test Yourself
  • Conclusion
  • Part V: Supplemental 4-week programs
  • Endurance/Stamina/Fat-burning Programs
  • General Fitness/Power Programs
  • Strength Programs.