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Practical Programming for Strength Training

Practical Programming offers a different approach to exercise programming than that typically found in other exercise texts. Based on a combined 60+ years of academic expertise, elite-level coaching experience, and the observation of thousands of novice trainees, the authors present a chronological analysis of the response to exercise as it varies through the training history of the athlete, one that reflects the realities of human physiology, sports psychology, and common sense. Contrary to the one-size-fits-all models of periodization offered elsewhere, Practical Programming explains the differences in response to exercise commonly observed between athletes at the novice, intermediate, and advanced levels, explains these differences in the context of the relevant exercise science, and presents new training models that actually work for athletes at all levels of experience. Complete with new, innovative graphical representations of cutting-edge concepts in exercise programming, Practical Programming is sure to become a standard reference in the field of exercise and human performance. Contributor: Glenn Pendlay

282 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

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Mark Rippetoe

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Mark Rippetoe is an American strength training coach and author. He has published a number of books and peer-reviewed articles. He has a BSc in geology with a minor in anthropology, but no degree in exercise science. He has several decades of experience as a strength coach, is a former powerlifter, and is currently a gym owner.

Rippetoe was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, where he now resides. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in petroleum geology from Midwestern State University, where he met his mentor Bill Starr in 1979. He competed in powerlifting from 1979 to 1988, winning the Greater Texas Classic in 1981. He bought Anderson's Gym in 1984, which later became the Wichita Falls Athletic Club. He collaborated with Glenn Pendlay, international-level Olympic lifting coach and Professor Lon Kilgore, who established the USA Weightlifting Regional Development Center in Wichita Falls. Over the next 30 years, he used the gym to test and refine his training program that would maximize strength gains, ultimately resulting in the Starting Strength program.

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За разлика от огромното количество други книги относно фитнеса и тренировките с тежести, тази няма на корицата си мускулести батковци, макар да е предназначена точно за такива.

Това е сериозна книга за сериозни спортисти и се занимава с програмирането на силовите тренировъчни периоди на средно напредналите атлети, след приключването на началната силова прогресия, описана в https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Докато при начинаещите силата се покачва лесно и това може да става по малко, но непрекъснато, при всяка тренировка, след няколко месеца организмът свиква с натоварването и за понататъшен прогрес е нужна по-тежка тренировка, съответно и по-дълго възстановяване след нея. Това поражда нуждата от по-сложна програма на тренировка/възстановяване, за да може покачването на силата да продължи.

В книгата, треньор Рипетоу описва няколко метода на седмично програмирани тренировки в зависимост от целите на атлета (обща силова тренировка, силов трибой, олимпийско видгане на тежести или допълнителни силови тренировки за кондиция в полза на друг спорт), вкл. доста важната заключителна фаза на методът за начинаещи Starting Strength (която може би трябваше да е част от предишната книга всъщност) и подробна разбивка на четирите фази на популярния Texas Method.
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