The Complete Guide to Strength and Conditioning Training

The essential guide to strength and conditioning training for anyone delivering targeted exercise programmes This comprehensive manual offers practical tips for planning, delivering and reviewing a range of strength and conditioning exercise programmes for all ages and abilities. Learn what exercises and testing methods are required to develop your client's performance in areas such as strength, speed, endurance, flexibility, movement competency and more. It includes the latest advice on: - The fundamentals of strength and conditioning - Client consultations - Training methods and sample programmes - Testing the components of fitness - Nutrition for strength and conditioning - Strategies for fatigue, recovery and motivation. With access to video demonstrations of progressive exercises, this is the ultimate reference book for strength and conditioning practitioners as well as for current and prospective coaches from all sporting backgrounds (from grass roots level to elite). It's also ideal reading for anyone studying sports and health-related exercise courses in schools, colleges and universities.

Morc Coulson teaches sport and exercise science at the University of Sunderland and is a fellow of the Higher Education academy. He is a Level 4 Specialist CPD course evaluator and the author of titles including The Fitness Instructor's Handbook and The Complete Guide to Personal Training. Matt Brown is a sports scientist and strength and conditioning coach who currently works in professional football. He has previously worked within the sports technology industry and at a national football association.

Introducing strength and conditioning Part 1: Client consultation 1. Screening 2. Needs analysis 3. Goal setting Part 2: The fundamentals of strength and conditioning 4. The components and principles of fitness 5. Aerobic endurance 6. Anaerobic endurance 7. Stabilisation 8. Muscular strength and endurance 9. Speed 10. Power 11. Agility 12. Flexibility 13. Body composition Part 3: Testing the components of fitness 14. Performance assessment 15. Aerobic endurance testing 16. Anaerobic endurance testing 17. Stabilisation testing 18. Muscular strength and endurance testing 19. Speed testing 20. Power testing 21. Agility testing 22. Flexibility testing 23. Body composition testing Part 4: General training strategies 24. Manipulation of training variables 25. Fatigue and recovery strategies 26. Practitioner skills 27. Motivation 28. Legal and ethical considerations Part 5: Nutrition for strength and conditioning 29. Nutrients 30. Nutritional deficiencies 31. Energy balance Appendices Glossary References Acknowledgements Index