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Product Description
Foreword: Vern Gambetta
Plyometrics is an essential part of strength and conditioning programs for thetop athletes in nearly every sport. High-Powered Plyometrics provides themost systematic, comprehensive, and practical study of plyometrics available andcan give you performance gains you never thought possible through 77 advancedexercises for explosive sports training.
This book gives you a complete plyometric-based training program that reallyworks. No matter what your sport, the practical and effective training regimenpresented will give you the greater speed and power components you need tosucceed. Progressive training programs also allow you to adjust the level andintensity according to your needs.
The book takes you step-by-step through high-level plyometric training,beginning with an understanding of the principles of how and why plyometricsworks. The book details proper training techniques and equipment, safety andinjury prevention, and targeted training drills to develop your lower, middle,and upper body. You also get advanced tips to take you to the elite stages oftraining with discussions on periodization, long-term planning, and progressiontraining. More than 350 photos-most presented sequentially-make the concepts,descriptions, and explanations easy to understand.
These principles have worked for hundreds of elite athletes, includingintercollegiate and professional football and basketball players, world-classvolleyball players and cross-country skiers, professional and Olympic cyclists,marathon runners, and athletes of all ages. They will give you the explosivepower you need to compete at a high level in almost any sport. If you want to gobeyond basic conditioning, High-Powered Plyometrics gives you everythingyou need to surge past the competition.
About the Author
When you want reliable training techniques, you want the best information fromthe most qualified sources. In addition to coauthoring Plyometrics, ExplosivePower Training in 1985, James Radcliffe and Robert Farentinos have worked for years with countless elite athletes who have reaped hugebenefits from high-powered plyometric training.
Radcliffe is the head strength and conditioning coach at the University of Oregon and has been involved in coaching since 1978. He has been researchingplyometric training since 1980, completing a masters thesis on jump training.In addition to authoring two books and a training video on the subject, he haswritten numerous articles for the National Strength and Conditioning Association and Training & Conditioning Magazine, as well as forfootball, basketball, and volleyball coaching journals. He has presented thetopic of explosive power training at dozens of major conferences all over thecountry since 1982. Radcliffe lives in Eugene, Oregon.
Farentinos is the president of Farentinos Sports Enterprises Corporation inPortland, Oregon. He is a life-long competitive athlete in several sports and aseven-time national champion in cross-country skiing, specializing in 50K marathons. With a masters degree and PhD in biology, he has writtenextensively not only for scientific journals but for popular magazines andnewspapers as well. He was a trainer for the U.S. National Ski Team and hasworked with professional and Olympic cyclists, in addition to runners, rockclimbers, mountaineers, ultramarathoners, and weightlifters. Farentinos lives inPortland, Oregon.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The Science in Plyometrics
Chapter 2. Gearing Up for Plyometrics
Chapter 3. Plyometrics Technique
Chapter 4. Lower Body, Legs, and Hips
Chapter 5. Trunk and Upper Body
Chapter 6. Sport-Specific Training
Chapter 7. Building Power Long Term
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