Core Performance The Revolutionary Workout Program to Transform Your Body and Your Life

by Verstegen, Mark; Williams, Pete

• ISBN13: 9781594861680
• ISBN10: 1594861684
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-06
• Publisher: Rodale Books

Summary

'This program has transformed me from a skinny college baseball player with little power into one of the best-conditioned players in Major League Baseball.'-Nomar Garciaparra, shortstop, Chicago Cubs 'This is the best decision I have ever made with regard to improving and educating myself as an athlete. I just wish I had made it sooner.'-Mia Hamm, Olympic and world-champion soccer player Core Performance, the breakthrough fitness program that has already shipped more than 50,000 copies in hardcover, is the first program that delivers strength and muscle mass, endurance and a lean body, balance and flexibility, athletic quickness and power-all in less than an hour a day. How? By giving you a personal coach who has worked with some of the most famous and successful athletes in the world today.

Author Biography

MARK VERSTEGEN is owner of Athletes' Performance in Tempe, Arizona, a training facility that hosts world-class athletes in virtually every major sport.

PETE WILLIAMS is a contributing writer to USA Today Sports Weekly and Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal and has written about fitness and performance for many publications.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Foreword	xi
Nomar Garciaparra
PART 1: WELCOME TO THE CORE
Core Inspiration	3	(8)
The Core Covenant	11	(2)
Core Beginnings	13	(6)
Core Self-Evaluation	17	(2)
The Core Challenge	19	(8)
PART 2: THE CORE WORKOUT
The Foundation: Building Your Pillar of Strength	27	(6)
Movement Prep	33	(22)
Brandon Wood on Core Performance for Young Athletes	53	(2)
Prehab	55	(18)
Physioball Routine	73	(18)
Mia Hamm on Core Performance for Women	88	(3)
Elasticity	91	(22)
Strength	113	(26)
Energy System Development	139	(8)
Regeneration	147	(22)
The Core Workout Worksheets	169	(34)
PART 3: THE CORE NUTRITION PLAN
How to Eat Better, Starting Now	203	(24)
Core Performance Foods	227	(14)
PART 4: THE CORE LIFE PLAN
The Core Challenge (Revisited)	241	(6)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)	247	(8)
Glossary of Terms	255	(4)
Additional Training Logs	259	(14)
About the Authors	273	(2)
Further Reading	275	(1)
Photo Credits	276	(1)
Index	277