Science and Practice of Strength Training

Vladimir Zatsiorsky

Author Vladimir Zatsiorsky, a world-renowned sport biomechanist and former strength and conditioning consultant for the Soviet Union Olympic teams, knows that strength training is more than pumping iron. In Science and Practice of Strength Training, he examines strength from a biomechanical and physiological perspective. He shows strength and conditioning professionals and coaches how to use basic scientific principles to improve muscular strength in their athletes.

Zatsiorsky begins by discussing training theory and the biomechanical and physiological factors that determine muscle strength. Next, he shows readers how to apply this information to strength training programs by using proven methods based on data gathered from the training logs of more than 1,000 elite Eastern European Olympic and world-class athletes. Readers will find more than 30 case studies and sample problems that explain these methods. Hardcover, 245 pages

Contains:

• Adaptation as a Main Law of Training
• Generalized Theories of Training
• Training Effects
• Task-Specific Strength
• Elements of Strength
• Determining Factors: Comparison Across Tasks
• Athlete-Specific Strength
• Muscle Force Potential (Peripheral) Factors
• Neural (Central) Factors
• Taxonomy of Strength
• Methods of Strength Conditioning
• Training Intensity
• Measurement Techniques
• Exercising With Different Resistance
• Training Intensity of Elite Athletes
• Timing in Strength Training
• Short-Term Planning
• Medium-Term Planning (Periodization)