The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Badminton is the most comprehensive and uptodate badmintonspecific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of nearly 100 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book features yearround badmintonspecific weighttraining programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results. No other badminton book to date has been so well designed, so easy to use, and so committed to weight training. This book provides you with the exercises needed to improve your putaways and increase racquet speed. It will have you hitting the birdie like never before. By following the programs in this book, you will increase your speed, power, and agility, enhancing your drop, flick, and drive shots until the end of the match.Both beginners and advanced athletes and weight trainers can follow this book and utilize its programs. From recreational to professional, thousands of athletes all over the world are already benefiting from this book and its techniques, and now you can too!Rob Price is a first class certified personal trainer and a former fitness consultant at the University of Wisconsin. He is a national weight lifting champion and state bench press record holder who has been featured in newspapers and magazines all over the world, including the USA Today, for his sportstraining expertise. Rob is a contributing author to Golf Fitness Magazine, Swimmer's World Magazine, US Bowler Magazine, and OnFitness magazine and is the founder and head trainer of SportsWorkout.com's eTraining service. In addition to being an internationally recognized fitness expert, Rob also holds a Juris Doctorate from The Ohio State University where he was honored as one of ten Moritz Scholars.

"Mastering Badminton: A Comprehensive Guide to Excellence on the Court" is the ultimate companion for badminton enthusiasts seeking to elevate their game to new heights. Written by seasoned players and coaches, this book covers every facet of the sport, from fundamental techniques to advanced strategies. Whether you're a beginner looking to grasp the basics or a seasoned competitor aiming for championship glory, this comprehensive guide has something for everyone. Dive into chapters that explore stroke mastery, strategic play, mental toughness, fitness conditioning, and much more. With practical tips, expert advice, and insightful strategies, "Mastering Badminton" is your roadmap to success on the court. Whether you're playing for fun or aiming for the top, this book will help you unlock your full potential and become a force to be reckoned with in the world of badminton.

This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date sport-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of over 80 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes world-wide. This book features 54 sport-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results. No other sports book to date has been so well designed, so easy to use, and so committed to weight training. This book takes athletes from the off-season to the in-season, and is loaded with dozens of tips and pointers to help you maximise your training and improve your performance. Both beginners and advanced athletes and weight trainers can follow this book and utilise its programs. From recreational to professional, thousands of athletes all over the world are already benefiting from this book and its techniques, and now you can too!

The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Weight Training Illustrated, Fourth Edition, is for both novice and intermediate gym workouts. Multiple exercises are explained with step-by-step instructions using well over 300 illustrations in this large-trim, easy-to-read training guide. Every muscle group is worked and every piece of equipment one is likely to find in gyms is fully explained and illustrated.

This text aims to be useful to those looking for an approachable, beginner's guide to lifting weights. The book is issued in the illustrated format, where photographs and line illustrations are given as much attention as the easy-to-read text. The guide includes multiple exercises for all the major muscle groups, photographs depicting the beginning, midpoint and ending positions for each exercise and photographs depicting the most common mistakes in executing various exercises, allowing readers to learn from others' mistakes.

What are the best fuel foods for soccer players? What training regimen will best prepare young soccer players and improve their resistance to injuries? This comprehensive guide to health and fitness for soccer players offers expert advice for soccer teams at all levels. With decades of combined experience treating and training elite soccer players, exercise physiologist Donald Kirkendall and orthopedic specialist William E. Garrett Jr. present complex issues in an easy-to-understand format. The book addresses the physical and mental demands of the game, including the differences between boys' and girls' games and the differences in the levels of play in youth, college, and professional leagues; nutrition fundamentals, including food, drink, and vitamin supplements; physiology and training methods, with an emphasis on the basic elements of flexibility, speed, strength, and conditioning; and injury treatment and prevention. For players looking to step up their game, for parents who want to keep their kids healthy, and for coaches seeking the advice of the pros, this guide is an indispensable reference to keep handy on the sidelines.

National Service (NS) is a defining part of the Singapore identity and it has been the rite of passage for every Singaporean son since 1967. Boys to Men: The Complete Guide for National Servicemen, put together by a team of professionals that includes doctors, exercise specialists, sports scientists, physiotherapists and military personnel, offers pragmatic advice for young men making the transition from civilian to National Serviceman. The invaluable information for physical and psychological well-being in this authoritative book will not just motivate readers, it promises to guide every enlistee through this major life event. What you will find in this book:• Illustrated exercises to improve strength and flexibility • Drills to improve running performance • Dietary tips and guidelines • Training techniques to ace the IPPT • A pre-enlistment conditioning programme

The Badminton Handbook is a compact, groundbreaking training manual that gives the reader an overall insight into the world of badminton. It is divided into two parts. The first part deals with training theory while the second contains background information about the sport and its stars, thus giving the reader an overall insight into the world of badminton. The Badminton Handbook is groundbreaking in many ways. It combines training theory and information about badminton stars by reinforcing basic explanations on badminton technique with tips from the pros. It not only relates the excitement of this sport with Asian origins, but tells you all you need to know about badminton from A to Z. It is a reliable reference book that readers will want to turn to again and again.