The Ultimate Guide To Weight Training For Soccer

by Price, Robert G.

• ISBN13: 9781932549386
• ISBN10: 1932549382
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-01
• Publisher: Price World Pub

Summary

The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Soccer is the most comprehensive and up-to-date soccer-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of over 80 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book features year-round soccer-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results.

Table of Contents

Part I SOCCER SPECIFIC TRAINING
Introduction	9	(1)
Off-season Program	10	(7)
Preseason Program	17	(2)
In-season Program	19	(14)
Part II GETTING STARTED	33	(20)
Warming Up	35	(1)
Cooling Down	36	(1)
Abs	37	(8)
Stretching	45	(6)
Proper Form	51	(1)
Proper Breathing	52	(1)
Part III RECOMMENDED EXERCISES	53	(44)
Substituting Similar Exercises	55	(1)
Chest Exercises	55	(7)
Back (Lats) Exercises	62	(6)
Shoulders Exercises	68	(10)
Triceps Exercises	78	(5)
Biceps/Forearms Exercises	83	(6)
Legs Exercises	89	(8)
Part IV THE NECESSITIES	97	(34)
Perfecting Your Technique	99	(1)
Estimating Your One-Rep Max	100	(7)
The Different Folks, Different Strokes Principle	107	(1)
Overtraining and Staleness	108	(2)
The Declaration of Variation	110	(2)
Muscle Fibers	112	(2)
Training Techniques	114	(3)
When to Increase	117	(7)
Safety Reminders	124	(2)
Record Keeping	126	(3)
Test Yourself	129	(1)
Conclusion	129	(2)
Part V SUPPLEMENTAL 4-WEEK PROGRAMS	131
Endurance/Stamina/Fat-burning Programs	133	(14)
General Fitness/Power Programs	147	(14)
Strength Programs	161