Complete Conditioning for Swimming | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dave, Ph.d. Salo, Scott, Ph.d. Riewald
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 21884
Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/DVD
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7 x 0.9
ISBN: 073607242X
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.21
EAN: 9780736072427
ASIN: 073607242X
Publication Date: June 30, 2008
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Book Description
From more powerful strokes to quicker turns, propel yourself to improved times with Complete Conditioning for Swimming. This multidimensional training program uses fitness assessments to tailor strength, endurance, and flexibility exercises to each swimmer's individual needs. Dave Salo, coach of Olympic medalists Lenny Krayzelburg, Aaron Peirsol, Amanda Beard, and Jason Lezak, and Scott A. Riewald, performance specialist for the U.S. Olympic Committee, have teamed up to create a comprehensive program that provides you with the following tools to improve your times: - Exercises and drills for each stroke
- Event-based workouts and programs
- Dryland training
- Tapering for peak performance
- Year-round conditioning plans
- Nutrition before, during, and after swim meets
In addition, the 80-minute DVD takes you to the pool and into the gym to demonstrate the drills and exercises used by the sport's elite. Complete Conditioning for Swimming is simply the best guide to preparing your body for competitive success.
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A Must Have in Swimmer's Library August 27, 2008
Not everyone of us has a chance in life to be coached under world-classes coaches that these authors are (watching the Olympics, I wondered what my swimming times would have been like have I been coached by Bob Bowman). But this book gives you a chance to get inside their minds and start doing what they do with their swimmers.
NOTE, this is not the book that will teach you anything about stroke technique. Rather, it'll teach you everything else you need to know besides that - how to exercise properly, how to properly stretch, how to warm up and cool down before races, how and when to eat, AND, what I liked the most, how to build a year round training program to help you peak in your swimming times at the right time of the year.
The book is very well written (took me just a day to read through it all), comes with a DVD that will show you all the important moves for your workouts, and overall - perhaps the greatest value for $15 you will find in any swimming product out there.
I recommended it to all my masters swimming teammates.
Gold Medal advice - Transform yourself like Michael Phelps did! August 15, 2008
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You saw how Olympian Michael Phelps transformed his body and improved his performance after conditioning became a new focus of his training after the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This book authored by Dave Salo (coach to Olympic medalists Aaron Peirsol, Jason Lezak, Lenny Krayzelburg, and Amanda Beard) will help improve your performance and times.
Great dryland book August 5, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Finally, a good book focused on dryland training for swimmers. I got a copy for my sons, both who are competitive swimmers. It's interesting to note that in recent years even swim greats such as Michael Phelps have added dryland strength workouts to their long hours in the pool. As Phelps re-breaks world records he set in previous years, those results speak for themselves. The vast majority of these exercises can be done on a pool deck with minimal gear--elastic tubing, medicine balls, stability ball. The DVD showing how to execute most of the exercises is a nice bonus.
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