Strength training for young athletes /
By: Kraemer, William J
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Contributor(s): Fleck, Steven J
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Publisher: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2005Edition: 2nd ed.Description: vii, 288 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0736051031 (soft cover); 9780736051033:; 9780736051033 (soft cover).Subject(s): Exercise for children![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-283) and index.
Strength training and your child -- Physical and psychological development -- Determining individual needs -- Creating individualized programs -- Safe training environments -- Teaching technique -- Multi-joint upper-body exercises -- Multi-joint lower-body exercises -- Single-joint upper-body exercises -- Single-joint lower-body exercises -- Single-joint abs, lower back, and shoulder exercises -- Total-body exercises -- Sport-specific regimens.
This text provides a guide to strength development for 7- to 18-year-olds athletes. The authors present the latest facts on the effects of strength training on growth, development, and performance. They make recommendations relative to starting age, choice of exercises, frequency of training and rate of progression.