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Functional Training for Athletes at All Levels - Workouts for Agility Speed and Power - cover

Functional Training for Athletes at All Levels - Workouts for Agility Speed and Power

James C. Radcliffe

Publisher: Ulysses Press

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Get ahead of the competition with over 100 muscle-coordinating exercises and twenty sports-specific workouts. Push your muscle development and athletic abilities to incredible new heights with Functional Training for Athletes of All Levels. Functional training conditions your body to respond to the strenuous demands of athletic competition. This method goes far beyond standard isolation movements, done sitting down, that simply increase muscular bulk. Functional training coordinates your muscles to work together to produce explosive power, tightrope-walker balance, and catlike agility. With over 100 exercises—illustrated with step-by-step photos—and twenty sport-specific workouts, this book will help you acquire the athletic movement skills necessary to maximize your performance in any sport. *Develop a rock-solid core for supreme stability *Strengthen your trunk for explosive power *Sharpen fast-twitch muscles for lightning-quick responses *Coordinate your muscles for full body control *Enhance your stabilizers for quick, agile movementFunctional Training for Athletes at All Levels includes customized sport-specific workouts for: •Baseball •Basketball •Bicycling •Football •Golf •Gymnastics •Hockey •Lacrosse •Rugby •Skiing •Soccer •Softball •Swimming •Tennis •Track & Field •Volleyball •Wrestling
Available since: 01/16/2007.
Print length: 176 pages.

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