Includes index.

Introducing strength and conditioning -- Client consultation - Screening -- Needs analysis -- Goal setting -- The fundamentals of strength and conditioning - The components and principles of fitness -- Aerobic endurance -- Anaerobic endurance -- Stabilization -- Muscular strength and endurance -- Speed -- Power-- Agility -- Flexibility-- Body composition
-- Testing the components of fitness - Performance assessment -- Aerobic endurance testing-- Anaerobic endurance testing -- Stabilization testing-- Muscular strength and endurance testing -- Speed testing -- Power testing -- Agility testing-- Flexibility testing -- Body composition testing -- General training strategies - Manipulation of training variables -- Fatigue and recovery strategies -- Practioner skills -- Motivation -- Legal and ethical considerations -- Nutrition for strength and conditioning -Nutrients -- Nutritional deficiencies -- Energy balance.

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.