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The Complete Guide to Strength and Conditioning Training

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The Complete Guide to Strength and Conditioning Training

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Description

The essential guide to strength and conditioning training for anyone delivering targeted exercise programmes.

This guide offers practical tips for planning, delivering and reviewing a range of strength and conditioning exercise programmes suitable for all ages and abilities. Through the participant's development, it focuses on what is needed to improve their performance in areas such as strength, speed, endurance, mobility and movement competency.

It includes up-to-date and evidence-based advice on:
- Activity selection;
- Technique;
- Principles of training;
- Guidelines for coaching.

This is an essential reference for current and prospective coaches from all sporting backgrounds (from grass roots level to elite) as well as strength and conditioning coaches. It is also an ideal addition to all undergraduate and postgraduate sports and health-related exercise courses in schools, colleges and universities.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Training Effects, Responses and Adaptation
1. Fundamentals, Components and Principles
2. Adaptations to Aerobic, Anaerobic, Endocrine Systems and Resistance Training

Part 2: Needs Analysis
3. Performing Needs Analysis
4. Performance Assessment

Part 3: Athlete Development Planning
5. Goal Setting and Performance Targeting

Part 4: Component Development
6. Aerobic Endurance
7. Anaerobic Endurance
8. Stabilisation
9. Muscular Strength and Endurance
10. Speed
11. Agility
12. Power
13. Flexibility
14. Body Composition

Part 5: Program Delivery
15. Practitioner Skills
16. Motivation

Part 6: Training Strategies
17. Periodisation
18. Manipulation of Training Variables
19. Fatigue and Recovery Strategies

Part 7: Nutrition
20. Nutrients
21. Nutritional Deficiencies
22. Energy Balance

Appendices
Glossary
Index

Product details

Published Jan 29 2026
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 288
ISBN 9781399421348
Imprint Bloomsbury Sport
Illustrations Colour photographs throughout
Series Complete Guides
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Morc Coulson

Morc Coulson is Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exerc…

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Matt Brown

Matt Brown is a sports scientist and strength and…

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