What do you think?
Rate this book
Strength Training for Young Athletes
Young superstar athletes have dispelled long-standing misconceptions that strength development should start in the late teens. But much discussion has continued regarding what type of training is most beneficial.
Strength Training for Young Athletes provides all the answers as the authoritative guide to strength development for 7- to 18-year-old athletes. World-renowned strength and conditioning experts William Kraemer and Steven Fleck present the latest facts on the effects of strength training on growth, development, and performance. The authors then make recommendations relative to starting age, choice of exercises, frequency of training, rate of progression, and philosophical aspects of program design.
Learn how to individualize the age-appropriate sample training programs provided based on the athlete's physical, psychological, and emotional maturity as well as the demands of the sport. Such carefully designed programs not only improve athletic performance and prepare young athletes for higher competitive levels, but they also help to decrease the incidence of injury along the way.
Strength Training for Young Athletes is the most complete and credible resource for developing the muscular foundation for athletic success.
Strength Training for Young Athletes provides all the answers as the authoritative guide to strength development for 7- to 18-year-old athletes. World-renowned strength and conditioning experts William Kraemer and Steven Fleck present the latest facts on the effects of strength training on growth, development, and performance. The authors then make recommendations relative to starting age, choice of exercises, frequency of training, rate of progression, and philosophical aspects of program design.
Learn how to individualize the age-appropriate sample training programs provided based on the athlete's physical, psychological, and emotional maturity as well as the demands of the sport. Such carefully designed programs not only improve athletic performance and prepare young athletes for higher competitive levels, but they also help to decrease the incidence of injury along the way.
Strength Training for Young Athletes is the most complete and credible resource for developing the muscular foundation for athletic success.
296 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1992
17 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
October 30, 2010
A reference book without an index gets no stars, but that is not an option on Goodreads, so one is the lowest. A reference book with a nearly useless index gets two stars.
I got this book so I could see exercises illustrated (which are the same, old or young). I immediately turned to the section on rowing and it listed nineteen relevant exercises. I went to the index to find "Lying on floor back extension." No lying, floor, back, or extension. Table of Contents - Chapter 7 Multi-joint Upper-Body Exercises, Chapter 9, Single-joint Upper-body Exercises, Chapter 11 Single-Joint Abs, Lower Back, and Shoulder Exercises, or Chapter 12, Total Body Exercises. Out of 12 Chapters, it could be in 4 of them.
I think the back would be multi-joint, as there are thirteen or so vertibrae. Upper or lower or total body? Wrong, wrong and wrong. Chapter 11, Single-joint Abs.... Which page? Reading the first few pages of the chapter, I find a table, which should have been in the index, which cites page 211.
For almost every exercise, a similar hunt. I finally figured out finding the table for each chapter is the key, but what I would call multi-joint, the authors frequently call single-joint, so finding the relevant chapter was no easy task. I find no fault with the material and the photographs are good. But the book is a pain in the butt to use.
I got this book so I could see exercises illustrated (which are the same, old or young). I immediately turned to the section on rowing and it listed nineteen relevant exercises. I went to the index to find "Lying on floor back extension." No lying, floor, back, or extension. Table of Contents - Chapter 7 Multi-joint Upper-Body Exercises, Chapter 9, Single-joint Upper-body Exercises, Chapter 11 Single-Joint Abs, Lower Back, and Shoulder Exercises, or Chapter 12, Total Body Exercises. Out of 12 Chapters, it could be in 4 of them.
I think the back would be multi-joint, as there are thirteen or so vertibrae. Upper or lower or total body? Wrong, wrong and wrong. Chapter 11, Single-joint Abs.... Which page? Reading the first few pages of the chapter, I find a table, which should have been in the index, which cites page 211.
For almost every exercise, a similar hunt. I finally figured out finding the table for each chapter is the key, but what I would call multi-joint, the authors frequently call single-joint, so finding the relevant chapter was no easy task. I find no fault with the material and the photographs are good. But the book is a pain in the butt to use.
Displaying 1 of 1 review