Fitness Swimming
Human Kinetics Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-7360-7457-5 (ISBN)
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This new edition will provide easy-to-follow, progressive workouts for swimmers of varying fitness levels. The workouts and training programmes will be supported by valuable advice on stroke techniques. Concise yet thorough, this book will offer structure and variety to readers' workouts, while the techniques covered lead to faster, more efficient swimming. Respected swimming coach Emmett Hines shows the reader how to achieve maximum results from every workout, whether trying to enhance their overall fitness or training for an upcoming triathlon. The focus of the book is putting an end to monotonous workouts and instead swimming varied, meaningful laps that will quickly get the reader into shape.This completely updated edition includes, all-new progressive workouts, updated chapters on getting equipped, assessing fitness, freestyle technique, stretching, warm-ups and cool-downs. There is also new coverage of freestyle flip turns and more technique instruction and tips throughout. Readers can use this book to put together their own complete training programme and this will improve both swim conditioning and technique.
Emmett Hines is director and head coach of H2Ouston Swims, has been coaching adult swimming for more than 25 years. In 1993 he was selected as United States Masters Swimming's Coach of the Year. In 1995 he became a senior coach for Total Immersion Swim Camps, conducting clinics across the country. In 2002, Hines received the Masters Aquatic Coaches Association (MACA) Lifetime Achievement Award. He is one of only 13 coaches to hold the ASCA Level 5 Masters Certification. In addition to authoring the first edition of Fitness Swimming, Hines has had more than 150 articles published in swimming and triathlon publications, including frequent articles in SWIM magazine and a monthly column for Runner Triathlete News. He is often a featured speaker at the ASCA World Clinic and at the Pacific Swimming Coaches Clinic, two of the largest swim coaching clinics in the world.
Chapter 1. Swimming for Your Life; Chapter 2. Getting Equipped; Chapter 3. Assessing Your Swimming Fitness; Chapter 4. Your Relationship With the Water; Chapter 5. Posture and Balance Drills; Chapter 6. Stroke Integration Drills and Turns; Chapter 7. Warming Up, Stretching, and Cooling Down; Chapter 8. Level 1; Chapter 9. Level 2; Chapter 10. Level 3; Chapter 11. Level 4; Chapter 12. Level 5; Chapter 13. Level 6; Chapter 14. Planning Seasonal Training; Chapter 15. Sample Programs; Chapter 16. Charting Your Progress.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.7.2008 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 13 colour illustrations, 42 colour illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Champaign |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Fitness / Aerobic / Bodybuilding | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7360-7457-0 / 0736074570 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7360-7457-5 / 9780736074575 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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