Functional Training

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Train to perform at the highest level with the lowest risk of injury. New Functional Training for Sports, Second Edition, produces the best results on the court, field, track, and mat, not just in the weight room.
Michael Boyle, one of the world’s leading sport performance coaches, presents the concepts, methods, exercises, and programs that maximize athletes’ movements in competition. A series of functional assessments help in determining the design of a specific plan for each athlete. Self-reinforcing progressions in exercises for the lower body, core, upper body, and ultimately total body give athletes the balance, proprioception, stability, strength, and power they require for excelling in their sports. Sample programs assist in the customization process and cover each aspect of preparation for physical performance.
Boyle also draws on the latest research and his wealth of experience to offer programming advice and recommendations on foam rolling, stretching, and dynamic warm-ups.
New Functional Training for Sports goes beyond traditional exercise descriptions and explanations, incorporating full-color, high-definition composites of foundational movements as well as online access to video demonstrations, commentary, and analysis of key exercises.
New Functional Training for Sports is a refined and expanded version of Boyle’s original work published more than a decade previously. This edition offers the most current functional training expertise to apply to your specific purposes.
Note: A code for accessing online videos is included with all print books.
 

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Hurdle jump and stick.

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New Functional Training for Sports

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Train to perform at the highest level with the lowest risk of injury.

New Functional Training for Sports produces the best results on the court, field, track, and mat, not just in the weight room. Michael Boyle, one of the world’s leading sport performance coaches, goes beyond traditional exercise descriptions and explanations, incorporating full-color, high-definition composites of foundational movements as well as online access to video demonstrations, commentary, and analysis of key exercises.

Exercises are Highlighted by Full-Color, Composite Images and Online Video

Medicine ball side throw

Single-leg lateral hurdle hop and stick

Single-leg clean or single-leg snatch

Standing transverse chop

“Michael Boyle is one of the best applied experts in our field.”

— Mark Verstegen, President and Founder of Exos.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1492530611
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Human Kinetics
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 16, 2016
Edition ‏ : ‎ Second
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781492530619
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1492530619
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.4 x 0.6 x 10.9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #50,231 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #44 in Weight Training (Books) #49 in Sports Training (Books)
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