Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Softball [Paperback]

Rob Price (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2006 | Series: Ultimate Guide to Weight Training: Softball

The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Softball is the most comprehensive and up-to-date softball-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 softball-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results .

No other softball book to date has been so well designed, so easy to use, and so committed to weight training . This book will have players increasing arm strength, bat speed, and overall quickness and power on the diamond, leading to an increase in batting average, on-base percentage, steals, and overall performance. You will build the strength and power needed to hit the ball out of the park and you will build the stamina and endurance needed to go strong until the final pitch.

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

I am an ACSM & ACE Certified Personal Trainer, former bodybuilder, and now a competitive runner. I purchased your Ultimate Guide for Softball to assist me in training a client who is a female softball player. I LOVE YOUR BOOK! Even though I've trained for over ten years, I learned a lot of new things. Training tips such as training the abs in a specific order and weight limitations on rotator cuff exercises are two of the many tips that I have learned. The pictures are great to refer to in case I am not familiar with a particular exercise. Your book is helping me round out a more complete training program for my softball client. It has really helped me become a better trainer. This has been just what I was looking for! Thanks again for all of your help! --Linda S

Your book is an awesome strength training guide. Many of my daughter's college softball team members follow the programs she has started! Your book is ideal for softball players because it has programs that works around their rigorous schedules. We plan using this book for a long time. This is a good investment!! --Coach C. Bailey

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 Golf Fitness Magazine, Swimmer's World Magazine, US Bowler 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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Price World Publishing (April 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 193254948X
• ISBN-13: 978-1932549485
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #224,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #23 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Softball

More 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 Golf Fitness Magazine, Swimmer's World Magazine, US Bowler 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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I needed to get in shape for softball, April 26, 2006

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Marc B. Walker "Marc Walker" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Softball (Paperback)

Let's face it, I'm a soft lump right now and 10 weeks away I start my 3rd season of softball (co-ed work league). Last year I was fat, slow, had a mediocre to poor season AND pulled a hammy during play offs. Since then I gained 10 lbs.
So I looked around the net for some tips to get in back shape for my July season. Found this great book and am loving it.
It has the much needed off season and pre season programs as well as in-season. The part I like the most is it gives substitution exercises in case you can't do what they recommend (like dips for me).
Has all the good tips for proper technique, chaging things up and how to train best specificaly the muscles for playing softball. I see this book being great for people in serious leagues to beer drinking big guys like myself who are looking to get back to our 25 year old shape (10 years ago) and show some of the guys I'm not just a funny benchwarmer this year.
Very happy with this purchase.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good for general fitness but not so good for softball, July 30, 2008

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Marc Dagenais "SoftballPerformance.com" (Montreal, Qc, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Softball (Paperback)

Length:: 6:17 Mins

To all softball players, coaches and parents:

In this video review, I explained that I'm very qualified to review this product and why I strongly believe that this book is not specific enough for softball players and is better suited for the general population.

Reviewer's credentials:

- Experienced Softball Coach (over 20 years of softball coaching experience including the international and college levels)

- Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach (over 10 years of experience training and conditioning softball players)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars exactly what I was hoping for!, January 6, 2011

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sarah - See all my reviews

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this book is fantastic! it covers so many subjects and gives more than just what to. it is sturdy and longer than i thought it would be! the pictures are helpful and the book is well writen