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2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (64 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 |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Part I: Racquetball-Specific Training -- Introduction -- Muscular Endurance Training -- Explosive-Power Training -- Year-Round Program -- Racquetball/Squash Dynamic Warm-up -- Protein: How Much Is Enough? -- Post-Workout Recovery: A Must for Athletes -- Sports Drinks and Rehydration -- Pre-Event Fueling for Peak Performance -- Breakfast: Is It the Most Important Meal? -- 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 Racquetball and Squash is the most comprehensive and up-to-date racquetball and squash-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 racquetball and squash-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results. No other racquetball or squash book to date has been so well designed, so easy to use, and so committed to weight training. This book will have you increasing strength, quickness, agility, and endurance, which will lead to more powerful and precise backhands, forehands, and serves. Following this program will allow you to compete with all of your energy from the opening serve until the final point. 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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Weight training.
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Racquetball.
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Squash (Game)
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Bodybuilding & Weight Training.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Racquetball.
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Racquetball. (OCoLC)fst01086696
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Squash (Game) (OCoLC)fst01431513
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Weight training. (OCoLC)fst01173479
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Racquetball.
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Squash (Game)
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Weight training.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Cover Title |
Ultimate guide to weight training for racquetball and squash |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Price, Rob. Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Racquetball and Squash. Chicago : Price World Publishing, ©2014 9781932549614 |
| ISBN |
9781936910878 (electronic bk.) |
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193691087X (electronic bk.) |
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1283132729 (electronic bk.) |
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9781283132725 (electronic bk.) |
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