Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 613.713 EAN: 9780880118408 ISBN: 0880118407 Label: Human Kinetics Publishers Manufacturer: Human Kinetics Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 239 Publication Date: 1999-03 Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers Sales Rank: 764725 Studio: Human Kinetics Publishers
Product DescriptionPeriodization is all about maximizing the results of training. By effectively varying the timing and intensity of workouts, athletes will achieve the greatest gains in strength, speed, power, and endurance. Periodization Training for Sports explains how to schedule and design workouts for optimal results, and it presents sport-specific programs to help athletes reach their conditioning goals. The book also provides a complete set of short- and long-term training sessions for 35 sports, tailored to the functional needs of each sport. Author Tudor Bompa—the world’s foremost expert on periodization—shows how to apply it for superior conditioning. His methods will give you the same training edge he has provided many Olympic and world champions.
Train smarter with proven, ready-to-use conditioning plans. Periodization Training for Sports eliminates the guesswork and puts you right on schedule to perform your best when it counts.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Excellent Resource!
This book is an excellent resource for anyone wishing to learn more about periodization. I found the book easy to understand and highly recommend it!
Rating: - Good Book
All in all this is a wonderful book that expands on books of basic knowledge. It gives you the knowledge to plan out a workout although it does not give you sport specific movements it does give you a handy guide of how well certain exercises hit muscles. The conditioning section is pretty helpful and I like how he even has the energy systems for each sport.
Rating: - A good resource
This book is not for beginner's but is a good resource when considering how to train and a direction to take. It describes various methods of training, gives numerous examples and clearly shows that research was done. The author informs you of advantages and drawbacks of various training regimes. I refer back to this on a regular basis and I would recommend it highly.
Rating: - Full of contradictions
I bought this book based on the fact that it was authored by Tudor Bompa as he is well known expert on periodization; however, i must say this book is a complete disapointment.
First, the book is full of contradictions. For example, in one section it refers to taking 3 minutes as a rest interval when building mass; but then under the sample programs in the same section it says to take a rest interval of 60 seconds; which one am i suppose to take --- 3 mintues or 60 seconds -- i dont ... Read More
Rating: - Great information
This book is a great source for training intensities, workouts, and theory. That is what I liked most about this book. It does not just tell you to do "so-and-so" workouts if you want to get better... but, it tells you why you want to do those workouts so you can choose which workouts you want to do. I love the theory behind it.
- Excellent Resource!
- A good resource
- Full of contradictions
