Designing Resistance Training Programs

Fleck, Steven J., Kraemer, William J.

ISBN 10: 0873221133 / ISBN 13: 9780873221139

Published by Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 1979

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Designing Resistance Training Programs
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
• Publication Date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0873221133
• ISBN 13: 9780873221139
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This book is designed for strength training coaches, serious athletes who design their own resistance training programmes, and all scientists interested in learning how strength is developed. Debunking old weight training myths along the way, the authors translate research and theory into practical training guidelines.

About the Author

Steven J. Fleck is chair of the sport science department at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. He earned a PhD in exercise physiology from Ohio State University in 1978. He has headed the physical conditioning program of the U.S. Olympic Committee; served as strength coach for the German Volleyball Association; and coached high school track, basketball, and football. Dr. Fleck is a former vice president of basic and applied research for the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). He was honored in 1991 as the NSCA Sport Scientist of the Year. William J. Kraemer is director of research in the dean's office of the Neag School of Education and a full professor in the department of kinesiology working in the Human Performance Laboratory at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. He also is a full professor in the department of physiology and neurobiology and a professor of medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center. He earned a PhD in physiology from the University of Wyoming in 1984. He held multiple appointments at Pennsylvania State University, where he was professor of applied physiology, director of research in the Center for Sports Medicine, associate director of the Center for Cell Research, and faculty member in the kinesiology department and the Noll Physiological Research Center. He is also editor in chief of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.