Optimizing Strength Training or Food Combining for Health

Optimizing Strength Training: Designing Nonlinear Periodization Workouts

Author: William J Kraemer

The strength training strategy of linear periodization has long been recognized as an efficient system of resistance training. But-until now-no one had researched and explored the potential benefits of a nonlinear periodization training program.

Authors William Kraemer and Steven Fleck delve into nonlinear, or undulating, periodization to examine how it can result in long-term fitness and performance gains by adding more variety to workouts and optimizing each training session. In doing so, Dr. Kraemer and Dr. Fleck pioneer this newest periodization training technique and have become the leading proponents of this unique training method. Their innovative approach to strength training is shown to facilitate the training process and enhance performance, a fact Dr. Kraemer has demonstrated in several ongoing studies with basketball teams at the University of Connecticut.

Optimizing Strength Training: Designing Nonlinear Periodization Workouts explains how nonlinear periodization works and then demonstrates how to create nonlinear periodization training programs, including programs for special populations. Readers will learn that by creating different workouts for each day, they can emphasize exclusive training styles in every workout to maximize adaptation as well as ensure adequate recovery from the rigors of training. Fitness professionals and coaches will discover that this unique training style reduces the boredom encountered when using similar workout protocols for two to four weeks at a time and therefore lends itself to creating a more satisfied client base.

Using practical and user-friendly terms, the authors provide the knowledge required forunderstanding nonlinear periodization and training principles, selecting acute program variables, and discerning the practical considerations of nonlinear periodization before undertaking training. They also provide sample workouts using nonlinear periodization methods and discuss critical assessment techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of a program and determining training readiness. Fifty case studies at the end of the text serve as an exceptional feature for grasping a realistic approach of how nonlinear periodization meets physiological and scheduling demands while achieving optimal training goals.

No other book on the market teaches how to design, implement, and assess a nonlinear workout program. With knowledge gained through Optimizing Strength Training: Designing Nonlinear Periodization Workouts, professionals, coaches, fitness enthusiasts, and students will find themselves on the cutting edge of resistance training, able to employ this unique method of training that leads to superior performance.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Periodization of Resistance Training
Eastern European Influence on Periodization Training
Classic Strength and Power Periodization
Efficacy of Classic Strength and Power Periodization
Nonlinear Periodization
Efficacy of Nonlinear Periodization
Efficacy of Session by Session Variation
Impetus for the Flexible Nonlinear Approach to Periodization
Summary

Chapter 2. Training Principles
Specificity
Progressive Overload
Training Frequency
Summary

Chapter 3. Acute Program Variables
Exercise Choice
Exercise Order
Number of Sets
Training Intensity
Length of Rest Periods
Summary

Chapter 4. Practical Considerations
Comparison of Periodization Models
Physiology of Nonlinear Periodization Workouts
Optimal Program Sequencing
Master Schedules
Individualization
Readiness to Train
Summary

Chapter 5. Workout Design
Base Program Phase
Exercise Stimuli
Standard Workouts
Active and Total Rest Days
Summary

Chapter 6. Assessment
Preexercise Assessments
Alternative Workouts
Evaluating Training Progress
Summary

Chapter 7. Training Tips and Tools
Training Logs
Choice of Exercise
Muscles Exercised
Muscle Soreness, Tissue Damage and Recovery
Aging Considerations
Youth Considerations
Sex Considerations
Summary

Chapter 8. Case Studies

References
Index
About the Authors

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Food Combining for Health: Get Fit with Foods That Don't Fight

Author: Doris Grant

Over 50 years ago, Dr. William Hay concluded that the body uses acids to digest proteins and alkalis to digest starches, and that mixing the two might lead to painful indigestion and more serious problems such as ulcers, allergies, and obesity. Though criticized at the time, the Hay System has been vindicated by modern research, and provides essentially the healthy, whole-food diet of mostly alkali-forming foods such as fruits, green vegetables, and salads advocated by many leading nutritionists today.

Food Combining for Health shows how to separate incompatible foods.

Explains how the Hay System can alleviate the symptoms of chronic diseases such as arthritis and diabetes, while increasing energy and well-being in those without specific health problems.

Includes recipes and seasonal menu suggestions.

Whole Foods

Compatible food combinations are nature's way of maintaining the body's correct chemical balance. The authors offer practical suggestions and recipes for putting the principles of food combining into practice.