It is widely recognized that out-of-pool conditioning is a vitally important part of the preparation for competitive swimming. Conditioning for Swimmers covers all aspects of land-based training and is essential reading for all those swimmers who wish to improve their performance. The book covers training in considerable detail and fully illustrates how each exercise fits into British Swimming Long Term Athlete Development [LTAD] plan. It - includes periodized training programmes for all five LTAD levels, - demonstrates dynamic warm-up sequences, - examines a pre-swim injury prevention routine, - contains exercises for medicine balls and Swiss balls, - provides resistance training exercises, a post-training flexibility plan, an individual abdominal programme and a personal training log, - discusses controversial subjects such as land training for children, gender issues and how to incorporate land training into competition tapers, - examines the crucial area of nutrition for training and - presents recommendations for effective hydration.
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