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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 797.21 EAN: 9780736072427 Edition: Pap/DVD ISBN: 073607242X Label: Human Kinetics Publishers Manufacturer: Human Kinetics Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: June 30, 2008 Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers Studio: Human Kinetics Publishers Editorial Review: Product Description: From more powerful strokes to quicker turns, propel yourself to improved times with Complete Conditioning for Swimming. This multidimensional training program uses fitness assessments to tailor strength, endurance, and flexibility exercises to each swimmer's individual needs. Dave Salo, coach of Olympic medalists Lenny Krayzelburg, Aaron Peirsol, Amanda Beard, and Jason Lezak, and Scott A. Riewald, performance specialist for the U.S. Olympic Committee, have teamed up to create a comprehensive program that provides you with the following tools to improve your times:
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 Rating: - A fantastic bookI coach high school swimming and we've been building our dryland program for a few years. This book has really focused our work and I'm looking forward for some big results this winter. Rating: - Excelent guide I'm a masters swimmer inspired by Dara Torres. This book provides a smart and thorough approach to swim conditioning. It helps you to identify weak areas and includes great exercises (for in and out of the pool). Rating:  - Good reference guideGood reference for serious swimmers that are looking for comprehensive information on every aspect of the sport. Easy to read and well orgainzed. Highly recommended. Inclusions of more examples of how the author trains the elite athletes and illustrations of his methods in specific programs will make the book even better. Rating: - If you want to try using strength training to get faster this is the bookI am really enjoying this book. Very clear explanations and the included DVD shows many exercises performed so nothing is ambiguous. I like that they included exercises in different categories including warm ups, core strengthening, stroke specific and stretches. He explains about the different energy systems and amazingly I can understand it!! It is a pleasure to read and I know that I will be referring to it for many years to come. Some of the exercises I knew of and have been doing ... Read More Rating: - A Must Have in Swimmer's LibraryNot everyone of us has a chance in life to be coached under world-classes coaches that these authors are (watching the Olympics, I wondered what my swimming times would have been like have I been coached by Bob Bowman). But this book gives you a chance to get inside their minds and start doing what they do with their swimmers. NOTE, this is not the book that will teach you anything about stroke technique. Rather, it'll teach you everything else you need to know besides that - how to exercise ... Read More |
