Functional Training in Sports (2Nd Edition)

Maintain high levels of performance while preventing injury risk through training. In the weight room, on the field, on the track, or on the training mat, functional training in sports can help you achieve good training results. As a sports performance coach, Mike Boyle uses concepts, methods, exercises, and protocols that optimize athletes' performance. This book contains a series of functional assessments to facilitate the design of targeted training programs for different athletes. Through self-strengthening advanced exercises, athletes can train their lower limbs, core, upper limbs and entire body to enhance their balance, proprioception, stability, strength and explosive power required in sports. The training program examples in the book facilitate individual application and ensure adequate preparation for different aspects of physical performance. Boyle also adds new research results and practical experience in foam rolling, stretching, dynamic warm-up, etc., Provides training suggestions, and adds full-color high-definition basic action pictures, annotations, and important action analysis. Functional training in sports was developed by Boyle, refining and expanding upon content he published more than a decade ago. This version provides advanced functional training knowledge to meet the needs of different sports.