Functional Training for Sports
Superior Conditioning for Today's Athlete
Published on 13. August 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-7360-4681-7 (ISBN)
Description
Reach a higher level of athleticism with "Functional Training for Sports"! Functional training is a complete system of athletic development that focuses on training the body the way it will be used in competition, making it the most efficient and effective form of training today. Author Mike Boyle, renowned strength and conditioning coach formerly with the Boston Bruins, addresses movement, body positions, and abilities that are essential for success in competition. Through "Functional Training for Sports", you will improve your total athleticism, enhance your performance, and reduce injuries through exercise progressions that will spur your development potential for specific movement patterns you commonly use in your sport. Providing tests for you to determine where to start, the progressions focus on training for the torso, the upper body, and the lower body. The book also provides detailed programs that incorporate the exercises and methods for these progressions. As you master each progression, you will be preparing yourself to perform in any situation with notable improvements in stability and balance, reaction time, core strength, and power.
This whole-body, sport-applied system makes "Functional Training for Sports" your key to today's most effective and efficient training!
This whole-body, sport-applied system makes "Functional Training for Sports" your key to today's most effective and efficient training!
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Language
English
Place of publication
Champaign
United States
Illustrations
2 black & white illustrations, 144 black & white halftones
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7360-4681-7 (9780736046817)
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Person
Michael Boyle is regarded as a leader in the field of strength and conditioning. Before his work with Athletes' Performance, Boyle was owner of Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning, which emphasized performance enhancement and injury prevention to provide athletes of all ages. Before opening his business, Boyle spent 17 years as the strength and conditioning coach at Boston University and 10 years as the strength and conditioning coach for the NHL's Boston Bruins. He was one of the first strength and conditioning coaches to prepare athletes specifically for the NFL Combine, a trend that is now industry-wide. He also was the strength and conditioning coach for the 1998 gold medal-winning U.S. women's Olympic ice hockey team. Widely known for his work with hockey players, Boyle also has trained athletes in many of the major professional sports leagues in North America, including the NHL, NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS, and WNBA.
Content
Adding functionality to your programme; analyzing the demands of your sport; assessing your functional fitness; designing your programme; linear and lateral warm-up; lower-body strength and balance progressions; hip extensions and healthy hamstrings; targeted torso training and rotational strength; balanced upper-body strength and stability; plyometric training for power and injury prevention; Olympic lifting for quickness and power; performance enhancement programmes.