Tapering and Peaking for Optimal Performance - Inigo Mujika

Tapering and Peaking for Optimal Performance offers in-depth discussion of the science, strategy, and program design of the tapering phase of training.

Serious Strength Training - Tudor Bompa, Mauro Di Pasquale and Lorenzo Cornacchia

Serious Strength Training begins by outlining the basic scientific principles of training for strength and muscle mass—what happens to the body during training and why. Then it sets detailed guidelines for program design, explaining how to calculate training volume, intensity, rest intervals, number of exercises, and loading patterns. Lead author Tudor Bompa demonstrates how to use periodized workouts to peak at optimal times by manipulating six different training phases: anatomical adaptation, hypertrophy, mixed, maximum strength, muscle definition, and transition.

Strength Training - Lee Brown and NSCA

Add muscle, get stronger, and look fit with Strength Training. This book combines valuable information and instruction for increasing metabolic rate to burn more calories, improving bone density, and increasing muscle mass while preventing injuries and ensuring proper technique so you can workout safely and effectively and see the results.

Athletic Development - The Art & Science of Functional Sports Conditioning by Vern Gambetta

Athletic Development offers a rare opportunity to learn and apply a career full of knowledge from the best. World-renowned strength and conditioning coach Vern Gambetta

Women's Strength Training Anatomy by Frederic Delavier

Full Colour, detailed anatomical drawings show exactly how women can maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of each exercise.

Bigger Faster Stronger - Greg Shepard

Bigger Faster Stronger accommodates the strength and speed needs of athletes by providing them with a complete conditioning system. This new edition builds on the success of the first with updates on the most current strength training techniques and exercise variations. This guide provides the information you need to outperform the competition.

Building Strength and Stamina - Wayne Westcott

Fitness centers and home gyms are full of frustrated exercisers seeking a lean and strong physique. Building Strength and Stamina provides the tools to get results in just 30 minutes a day! One of the nation’s leading strength experts shows the most effective way to gain strength and endurance while burning excess body fat.

Encyclopedia of Muscle and Strength - Jim Stoppani

Achieve the results you’re seeking with Encyclopedia of Muscle & Strength. With definitions and descriptions of key concepts and workouts as well as detailed evaluations and explanations of equipment, muscles, and exercises, this is a complete training guide and reference so you can learn proper technique to workout effectively.

Explosive Lifting for Sports - Enhanced Edition - Harvey Newton

The movements in competitive weightlifting—the snatch, clean, jerk, and other variations—can make you a more powerful athlete, no matter what sport you’re in. The enhanced edition of Explosive Lifting for Sports shows how to incorporate these exercises into your own sports training program.

Natural Bodybuilding - John Hansen

Get better and bigger results than you ever thought possible without using illicit or unhealthy drugs. Natural Bodybuilding provides the best training and nutrition prescription available for gaining mass and defining muscles the healthy way.

Training for Speed, Agility and Quickness - Lee Brown and Vance Ferrigno

Optimize your level of performance in any sport with Training for Speed, Agility and Quickness. Movement capabilities are more important in athletics than ever before and this book and DVD covers advanced drills and workouts for developing the skills to move with the swiftness and power you need to excel in sports.

Strength Ball Training - Lorne Goldenberg and Peter Twist

Develop strength, power, coordination, balance, and core stability using the medicine ball and stability ball exercises included in Strength Ball Training. This book and DVD provides you with the tools for building an effective workout program at home or in the gym that targets your core and trains all of your muscles for a whole-body workout.

Strength Training Anatomy by Frederic Devalier

This bestseller features incredible full-color illustrations of muscles used during specific lifts and new pages on training injuries and preventions.

Bodybuilding Anatomy - Nick Evans

Bodybuilding Anatomy provides a unique approach by illustrating muscles in action, as well as giving you step-by-step instructions that detail the perfect technique for each exercise. This book also subdivides each body region into target zones for pinpointing those hard-to-work areas. This is the ultimate guide for strength training and bodybuilding.

Functional Training for Sports - Michael Boyle

Reach a higher level of athleticism with Functional Training for Sports. This book presents a complete system that focuses on training your body the way it will be used during competition. Detailed exercise progressions and training will help develop the movement skills, body positions, and explosive power essential for sports.

Muscle Mechanics - Everett Aaberg

Obtain optimal muscle gains using superior technique! Muscle Mechanics will teach you how to train for strength, definition, and muscle size using 65 of the most effective exercises covering all the major muscle groups. By combining full-color anatomical illustrations and expert technical guidance, this book will help you better understand how to properly target specific muscles by using the most efficient alignment, positioning, and lifting technique for each exercise.

Optimizing Strength Training - William Kraemer and Steven Fleck

The strength training strategy of linear periodization has long been recognized as an efficient system of resistance training. But—until now—no one had researched and explored the potential benefits of a nonlinear periodization training program.

Powerlifting - Barney Groves

Powerlifting describes the three powerlifts—squat, bench press, and deadlift and explains how to combine them into a powerlifting program or build them into a sports training program. You’ll learn how to perform each lift, including correct hand and foot placement, body positioning, and breathing. Thirty-five photos showing the phases of each lift accompany the text and clearly illustrate proper technique, which is the key to avoiding injury. Athletes who have avoided powerlifting for fear of injury can use the book’s detailed descriptions and numerous photos to lift with confidence and enhance their training regimen.

Strength Training for Women - Lori Incledon

Ready for an individualized approach to working out that produces better results? Strength Training for Women delivers with information tailored to the way your body works and responds to training, and the specific tools you need to reach your goals.

High-Intensity Training - John Philbin

HIT a new level of intensity and get maximum results in the weight room! High-Intensity Training is the modern era’s version of one-set-to-failure strength training, producing even greater muscle mass and power in less time.