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2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (168 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Sports |
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Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Sports.
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| Note |
"Sportsworkout.com." |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Part I. Hockey-specific training. Introduction ; Off-season training ; Preseason training ; In-season training ; Competitive hockey speed/agility/quickness program ; Nutrition guidelines for hockey ; Post workout-recovery: a must for athletes ; Sports drinks and rehydration: what you know? -- 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. |
| Summary |
The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Hockey is the most comprehensive and up-to-date hockey-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. This book features year-round hockey-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results. No other hockey book to date has been so well designed, so easy to use, and so committed to weight training. This book will have players increasing speed, strength, power, agility, and stamina while reducing chances of injury. This book guarantees more velocity and accuracy on slap shots, more power on checks, and more endurance making it possible to give it your all until the final whistle. Both beginners and advanced athletes and weight trainers can follow this book and utilize its programs. From recreational to professional, thousands of athletes all over the world are already benefiting from this book and its techniques, and now you can too! |
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Hockey -- Training.
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Weight training.
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Physical fitness.
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Muscle strength.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Hockey.
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Hockey -- Training.
(OCoLC)fst00958564
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Muscle strength. (OCoLC)fst01029940
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Physical fitness. (OCoLC)fst01062569
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Weight training. (OCoLC)fst01173479
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Hockey -- Training.
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Muscle strength.
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Physical fitness.
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Sports -- Physiological aspects.
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Weight training.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Price, Rob. Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Hockey. Chicago : Price World Publishing, ©2014 9781932549416 |
| ISBN |
9781936910595 (electronic bk.) |
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1936910594 (electronic bk.) |
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1283132508 (electronic bk.) |
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9781283132503 (electronic bk.) |
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