
Serious Strength Training
Human Kinetics Publishers
2nd Edition
Published on 2. October 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-7360-4266-6 (ISBN)
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Description
This new edition aims to retain all the elements of the first edition's scientifically based method for achieving the ultimate physique, as well as building on them with the addition of new information on nutrition and new exercises. Tudor Bompa expands on his periodized approach to strength training to include periodization of nutrition. Readers can match nutrition guidelines to each of the six training phases, maximizing their strength and muscle definition. In addition, Mauro Di Pasquale, an internationally renowned physician and body-building nutrition expert, presents his revolutionary diet. His method allows readers to structure their diets to meet their individual metabolic profiles.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Champaign
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
33 black & white illustrations, 211 black & white halftones
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
885 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7360-4266-6 (9780736042666)
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Tudor O. Bompa | Mauro Di Pasquale | Lorenzo Cornacchia
Serious Strength Training
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10/2012
3rd Edition
Human Kinetics
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Tudor Bompa | Lorenzo J. Cornacchia
Serious Strength Training
Book
04/1999
Human Kinetics Publishers
€40.99
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Content
Part 1 Science of strength training: adapting to the training stimulus; training methods for the ultimate physique; designing the perfect programme; accelerating progress through muscle recovery; maximizing nutrition for muscle growth; nutritional supplements. Part 2 Maximum stimulation exercises: choosing the best exercise; lower-body exercises; upper-body exercises. Part 3 The six phases of training: anatomical adaptation (AA); hypertrophy (H); mixed training (M); maximum strength (MxS); muscle definition (MD); transition (T).