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Conditioning For Strength And Human Performance
Conditioning for Strength and Human Performance is an entry-level textbook for use in strength and conditioning courses. This textbook bridges the gap between science and practice, and offers step-by-step instruction on resistance training design needs analysis, data analysis, exercise selection and sequence, and program design and periodization. It focuses on the crucial content for comprehension of the subject area and for passing a certification examination. Student CD-ROM Case Examples walk students through the design and implementation of a program. They each
488 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2007
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June 10, 2024
A horrible book that was recommended when I wanted to understand "conditioning" exercises.
Let me write a review of this book in similar style to how this book explains "conditioning" or anything else.
**** Here's the review ****
This book weighs 1kg and 20 gms. In other words this weighs 2.6 lbs. It was printed in dimensions of 21.59 x 1.91 x 27.94 cm and has a total of 488 pages.
A study was performed with (only a meagre) 17 adults who were given this book. 3 groups were formed.
* Group#1 read 5 pages of this book along with exercising everyday.
* Group#2 exercised 30 mins everyday
* Group#3 exercised 45 mins everyday
After a period of 30 days it was found that group that was reading a book with a dimension of 21.59 X 27.94 cm could also hold the same book with a dimension of 21.59 X 1.91 thus suggesting that there were multiple ways to hold a book. However, the density of the said book could be a higher density than the one used for printing an normal book.
The text samples of various pages were taken and analyzed for the color of darkness in their printing. There are different types of printers and different types of inks used in each of them.
(A lot of technical details about the different types of inks, their compositions, their chemical differences, their availability in the market, their different sales strategy and their projection of sales for each year).
(End of chapter)
**** Here's the straightforward review ****
* Though technically accurate it's packed with information that isn't helpful IMO if you truly want to learn "conditioning" exercises.
* The book digresses way too much. If a chapter is about enzymes, rather than keeping it short for a relevance to help the reader understand "conditioning" or exercises - the main topic, it delves completely into biology or chemistry to such an extent that you're completely disconnected from exercising.
* It's like a lot of data was taken from completely irrelevant places and everything was stitched together.
A unfortunate, dissapointing read!
Let me write a review of this book in similar style to how this book explains "conditioning" or anything else.
**** Here's the review ****
This book weighs 1kg and 20 gms. In other words this weighs 2.6 lbs. It was printed in dimensions of 21.59 x 1.91 x 27.94 cm and has a total of 488 pages.
A study was performed with (only a meagre) 17 adults who were given this book. 3 groups were formed.
* Group#1 read 5 pages of this book along with exercising everyday.
* Group#2 exercised 30 mins everyday
* Group#3 exercised 45 mins everyday
After a period of 30 days it was found that group that was reading a book with a dimension of 21.59 X 27.94 cm could also hold the same book with a dimension of 21.59 X 1.91 thus suggesting that there were multiple ways to hold a book. However, the density of the said book could be a higher density than the one used for printing an normal book.
The text samples of various pages were taken and analyzed for the color of darkness in their printing. There are different types of printers and different types of inks used in each of them.
(A lot of technical details about the different types of inks, their compositions, their chemical differences, their availability in the market, their different sales strategy and their projection of sales for each year).
(End of chapter)
**** Here's the straightforward review ****
* Though technically accurate it's packed with information that isn't helpful IMO if you truly want to learn "conditioning" exercises.
* The book digresses way too much. If a chapter is about enzymes, rather than keeping it short for a relevance to help the reader understand "conditioning" or exercises - the main topic, it delves completely into biology or chemistry to such an extent that you're completely disconnected from exercising.
* It's like a lot of data was taken from completely irrelevant places and everything was stitched together.
A unfortunate, dissapointing read!
August 23, 2010
Great starting text. Very basic and to be taken with some of the usual grains of salt but good place to start.
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