Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training - Couverture souple

Rippetoe, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0982522738 ISBN 13 : 9780982522738

Editeur : The Aasgaard Company, 2011

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Starting Strength has been called the best and most useful of fitness books. The second edition, Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, has sold over 80,000 copies in a competitive global market for fitness education. Now, after four more years of testing and adjustment with thousands of athletes in seminars all over the country, this third edition expands and improves on the previous teaching methods and biomechanical analysis. No other book on barbell training ever written provides the detailed instruction on every aspect of the basic barbell exercises found in SS:BBT3. And while the methods for implementing barbell training detailed in the book are primarily aimed at young athletes, they have been successfully applied to everyone: young and old, male and female, fit and flabby, sick and healthy, weak and already strong. Many people all over the world have used the simple biological principle of stress/recovery/adaptation on which this method is based to improve their performance, their appearance, and their quality of life. SS:BBT3 is your complete guide to developing strength the foundation of athletic performance and the key to long-term health. Why barbells are the most effective tools for strength training. The mechanical basis of barbell training, concisely and logically explained. All new photographs and improved illustrations of all the lifts, and the biomechanics behind them. Complete, easy-to-follow instructions for performing the basic barbell exercises: the squat, press, deadlift, bench press, power clean, and the power snatch. Revised instruction methods for all six lifts, proven effective in four years of seminar, military, and group instruction. How the human body adapts to stress through recovery, and why this is the foundation of the development of strength and lifetime health. How to program the basic exercises into the most effective program for long-term progress. Completely indexed. The most productive method in existence for anyone beginning a strength training program.

Biographie de l'auteur

Mark Rippetoe is an American strength training coach and author. He has published a number of books and peer-reviewed articles. Although he has no advanced degree in exercise science, he has several decades of experience as a strength coach, is a former powerlifter, and a current gym owner. He was a part of the charter group of individuals to receive the CSCS (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist) certification when it was first offered by the NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning Association) in 1985. He was formerly associated with the CrossFit community as a subject matter expert in barbell training. He authored many training articles for the CrossFit Journal and created the Basic Barbell Certification course, which he conducted from 2006 to 2009. He expanded this course into a three-day Starting Strength Seminar produced through the Aasgaard Company in 2010. He is also known for his particularly brash teaching style and humor, prompting several online compilations of his attributed quotations.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Aasgaard Company
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0982522738
• ISBN 13: 9780982522738
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Kelly Jason
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 347
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible