Fitness swimming / Emmett Hines.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hines, Emmett W., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Swimming--Training.

Swimming.

Physical fitness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Champaign, Ill. : Human Kinetics, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Want more from your workout? Whether you seek to improve your technique, trim your times, swim greater distances, or simply improve your fitness level, Fitness Swimming will help you achieve your goals, all in full-color. Expert swim coach Emmett Hines has created 60 new workouts and 16 sample programs, each arranged into suggested training zones to correspond to your fitness level and performance goals. Over a dozen cutting-edge technique drills help you progressively build an effective freestyle stroke. The text covers stretching, warm-up and cool-down methods, heart rate zone targets, expanded instruction for stroke efficacy, progressive drills, conditioning tips, and fitness assessments. Fitness Swimming has all the information you need to chart progress and maintain peak performance.

Contents:

pt. 1. Preparing to swim

pt. 2. Swimming the right way

pt. 3. Swimming workouts

pt. 4. Training over the long haul.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4925-3819-1

1-4504-8789-0

1-282-95806-2

9786612958069

0-7360-9752-X

1-4504-1837-6

1-4504-0290-9

OCLC:

726827392