Sports Speed - 3rd Edition
by Robert D. Ward, George B. Dintiman, Bob Ward
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Author: Bob Ward, George B. Dintiman, Robert D. WardBrand: Power Systems
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-09-08
ISBN: 0736046496
Number of pages: 280
Publisher: Human Kinetics
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Book Review: Confusing with some good drills
Summary: 3 Stars
The book does have some good drills which can be helpful. Unfortunately, the text based descriptions of those drills are hard to understand, and only a few pictures are provided to support those poorly-written sentences. It's obvious that different authors wrote different portions. For example, in the early portion, we are told that an athlete who wants to gain a pound of muscle only needs around an extra five grams of protein per day, since 70% of muscle weight is water. Later on, when the Advocare (TM) system is being promoted, the number goes to the more standard .8 grams of protein per pound of lean body weight.
It covers plyometrics drills, increasing stride length, increasing stride frequency, and other essential areas. However, as others have noted, it does not give any information about how to really integrate this into the training program. As well, some of the tables are just plain confusing.
Bottom line, read through it, (and this is going to be some dry reading), copy some of the drills down, and then read other books which cover a more integrative training approach towards periodization and hitting peak cycles.
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