The complete guide to bodyweight training / Kesh Patel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patel, Kesh, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weight training.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comprehensive practical compendium of bodyweight exercises and the theory behind them. Bodyweight training is one of the growing global trends in fitness. It's simple enough to explain - using your own body weight to improve your fitness and strength, and yoga and gymnastic practitioners have been doing this for years. But the theory behind it isn't often understood. Kesh Patel contextualises bodyweight training - where did it come from? What is Evolutionary Fitness? and looks at the theory behind it. Understand the basics of biomechanics and you can adapt and improve your bodyweight training programmes and improve your results. So find out about working with gravity, how skills acquisition works, how to develop posture and balance - all based on biomechanical principles. This book is packed with practical, clear and accessible exercise ideas, progressing from fundamental movement patterns to more advanced exercises, along with details of exercise programming - including adaptations for different skill levels, working with groups, and ideas to integrate bodyweight exercises into traditional weight training, circuit and bootcamp classes, to name but a few.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Preface

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO BODYWEIGHT TRAINING

Chapter 1 Why train with bodyweight?

INTRODUCTION

HUMAN DESIGN

MAKING THE RIGHT SHAPE = SKILFUL MOVEMENT

USING A MOTOR DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

BODYWEIGHT CULTURE

BENEFITS OF BODYWEIGHT TRAINING

PART TWO: EXERCISE CONSIDERATIONS AND PROGRAMME DESIGN

Chapter 2 Training strategies

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL PREPARATION

COMFORT ZONES

DRILLING BODY SHAPES

DYNAMIC MOBILISATION

UNILATERAL MOVEMENT

SKILL TRANSFER

GENERATING MOMENTUM

GREASING THE GROOVE

OVER-REACHING AND OVERTRAINING

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS

EQUIPMENT

Chapter 3 Training formats

GENERAL FITNESS AND CONDITIONING WORKOUTS

METABOLIC CONDITIONING WORKOUTS

BIOMOTOR SKILL-BASED WORKOUTS

MOVEMENT SKILL-BASED WORKOUTS

PLAY-/EXPLORATORY-BASED WORKOUTS

TASK-ORIENTATED WORKOUTS

Chapter 4 Warming up

FOOT/ANKLE MOBILITY

STANDING

NEUROMUSCULAR ACTIVATION

CARDIORESPIRATORY EXERCISE

Chapter 5 Cooling down

DYNAMIC MOVEMENT

BODY-ROLLING TECHNIQUES

FUNCTIONAL FLEXIBILITY

PART THREE: BODYWEIGHT SKILLS

Chapter 6 Stability skills

FLOOR-BASED SUPPORTS

DOUBLE AND SINGLE LEG STABILITY

SUSPENDED SUPPORTS

HAND BALANCING

Chapter 7 Manipulative skills

PUSHING MOVEMENTS

PULLING MOVEMENTS

Chapter 8 Locomotor skills

WALKING

RUNNING

SPRINTING

JUMPING

JUMPING PROGRESSIONS

VAULTING

QUADRUPEDAL PATTERNS

SWEEPS

TUMBLING

PART FOUR: MOVEMENT SEQUENCES AND FLOWS

Chapter 9 Transitional sequences

Chapter 10 Locomotor sequences

WALKING AND RUNNING

JUMPING AND VAULTING

QUADRUPEDAL

Appendix: Sample workouts.

References and Further Reading

Glossary

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781472903136

1472903137

9781472903143

1472903145

OCLC:

1139925566