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Strength coaching in America : a history of the innovation that transformed sports /
"It's hard to imagine, but as late as the 1950's, athletes could get kicked off a team if they were caught lifting weights. Coaches had long believed that strength training would slow down a player. Muscle was perceived as a bulky burden; training emphasized speed and strategy, not &#...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2019.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Terry and Jan Todd series on physical culture and sports.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Before barbells : strength training, athletes, physicians, and physical educators from the first Olympic Games to the twentieth century
- Building the barbell athlete : Bob Hoffman, Joe Weider, and the promotion of strength training for sport, 1932-1969
- The science connection : Thomas DeLorme, progressive resistance exercise, and the emergence of strength-training research, 1940-1970
- Pioneers of power : strength training for college sports before 1969
- An emerging profession : Boyd Epley and the founding of the National Strength and Conditioning Association
- Bridging the gap : the National Strength and Conditioning Association and its impact
- Strength coaching in the twenty-first century : new paradigms and new associations
- Appendix. In memoriam : Dr. Terry Todd (1938-2018) : pioneering powerlifter, writer, sport promoter, and historian who changed the cultural paradigm for strength.