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The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Bowling
( SECOND EDITION )
The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Bowling is the most comprehensive
and up-to-date bowling-specific training guide in the world today. It contains
descriptions and photographs of over 80 of the most effective weight training,
flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book
features year-round bowling-specific weight-training programs guaranteed
to improve your performance and get you results.
No other bowling book to date has been so well designed, so easy to use,
and so committed to weight training. This book will have you increasing
your average by focusing on the endurance, strength, and flexibility needed
most by bowlers. By following this guide you will get more speed on your
rolls, more pin action, and overall higher scores and success on the lanes.
Both beginners and advanced athletes and weight trainers can follow this
book and utilize its programs. From recreational to professional, thousands
of athletes all over the world are already benefiting from this book and
its techniques, and now you can too!
As an added bonus, this book also contains links to free record keeping
charts which normally sell separately for $20.
Paperback: 176 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 10.5 x 7.1 x 0.3
Publisher: Sports Workout ; (September 2008)
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| About the Author |
Rob Price is a first class certified personal trainer
and a former fitness consultant at the University of Wisconsin. He is a
national weight lifting champion and state bench press record holder who
has been featured in newspapers and magazines all over the world including
the USA Today, for his sports-training expertise. Rob is a contributing
author to US Bowler Magazine, Golf Fitness Magazine, Swimmer's World Magazine,
and OnFitness magazine and is the founder and head trainer of SportsWorkout.com's
e-Training service. In addition to being an internationally recognized fitness
expert, Rob also holds a Juris Doctorate from The Ohio State University
where he was honored as one of ten Moritz Scholars.
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| Table of Contents |
| Part I — BOWLING-SPECIFIC TRANING |
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| Introduction |
9 |
| Muscular Endurance Traning |
11 |
| Explosive Power Training |
13 |
| Year-Round Program |
15 |
| Protein: How Much is Enough? |
18 |
| Post-Workout Recovery: A Must for Athletes |
20 |
| Sports Drinks and Rehydration |
22 |
| Pre-Event Fueling for Peak Performance |
24 |
| Breakfast: Is It the Most Import Meal? |
26 |
| Part II — GETTING STARTED |
33 |
| Warming Up |
35 |
| Cooling Down |
36 |
| Abs |
37 |
| Stretching |
45 |
| Proper Form |
51 |
| Proper Breathing |
52 |
| Part III — RECOMMENDED EXERCISES |
53 |
| Substituting Similar Exercises |
55 |
| Chest Exercises |
55 |
| Back (Lats) Exercises |
62 |
| Shoulders Exercises |
68 |
| Triceps Exercises |
78 |
| Biceps/Forearms Exercises |
83 |
| Legs Exercises |
89 |
| Part IV — THE NECESSITIES |
97 |
| Perfecting Your Technique |
99 |
| Estimating Your One-Rep Max |
100 |
| The Different Folks, Different Strokes
Principle |
107 |
| Overtraining and Staleness |
108 |
| The Declaration of Variation |
110 |
| Muscle Fibers |
112 |
| Training Techniques |
114 |
| When to Increase |
117 |
| Safety Reminders |
124 |
| Record Keeping |
126 |
| Test Yourself |
129 |
| Conclusion |
129 |
| Part V — SUPPLEMENTAL 4-WEEK PROGRAMS |
131 |
| Endurance/Stamina/Fat-burning Programs |
133 |
| General Fitness/Power Programs |
147 |
| Strength Programs |
161 |
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