Functional Training for Sports
by Michael Boyle
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Author: Michael BoyleEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-09
ISBN: 073604681X
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
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Book Review: A no-nonsense approach to improved sports performance
Summary: 5 Stars
As a personal trainer myself I read/scan/flick through quite a lot of exercise-related books. This one caught my eye mainly because of its use of the buzzword 'functional' in the title! I was pleasantly surprised to find that the book does exactly what it says on the cover - it focuses on improved sports performance, not improved aesthetics. There is a sound emphasis on sports-general, multiple muscle integrated movement patterns, all presented with simplicity and clarity.Mr. Boyle clearly speaks from a position of huge experience with athletes, and understands the practicalities of changing established training ideas. He points out the obvious failing of training too hard on the 'mirror muscles' (i.e. pecs/biceps etc - the ones we tend to see in the mirror), and not hard enough on the less visible ones (especially the scapular stabilisers).
The book is full of simple, implementable ideas for sports training (regardless of which sport you're training for, the majority of the ideas are useable). I found the chapters on lower leg balance/strength, torso training, and basic plyometrics particularly good.
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