Football Training Like the Pros: Get Bigger, Stronger, and Faster Following the Programs of Today's Top Players (Paperback)

by Chip Smith (Author)
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Go hard, get intense--and gain the competitive edge

Are you ready to go hard core? Then let top performance trainer Chip Smith break you down and build you up into the biggest, baddest player on the field. The number-one expert pros turn to when they want to get pumped and primed for the season and the first choice of aspiring players when they need to take their game to the next level, Smith coaches the best of the best at his state-of-the-art training center, Competitive Edge Sports. Now in Football Training Like the Pros, he brings his once-exclusive top training secrets to you.

With a foreword by Chicago Bear Brian Urlacher; photos straight from Smith's powerhouse camps; and the exclusive personal routines of NFL stars like Denver's Champ Bailey, Washington's Antwaan Randle El, and Atlanta's Keith Brooking, this is your complete guide to taking your game to the next level.

Inside you'll find tons of individualized, position-specific drills and training techniques guaranteed to help you:

• Gain mega-pounds of muscle and increase your power
• Get fast and shave time off your forty-yard dash
• Supercharge your endurance
• Improve your agility and flexibility
• Turn your mental toughness to steel
• And much more

About the Author

Chip Smith, founder and president of Competitive Edge Sports, is recognized as one of the foremost speed and strength experts in the United States. He is the performance coach of more than 300 current NFL players.

Product Details

• Paperback: 238 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (August 9, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071488685
• ISBN-13: 978-0071488686
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #362,875 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars good book.. but impossible for me, December 15, 2007

By	steve l - See all my reviews

this book has many good workouts, but im still in high school and the amount of equipment that is required for me to complete pretty much the MAJORITY of all the workouts is tremendous.. the only resouces that i have are the speed ladder and the weight room at school, everything in the book besides the ladder training and weight room is pretty much useless to me

waste of 25 dollars

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CES and Chip Smith, August 16, 2007

By	Longhorn Dad - See all my reviews

I can honestly say that there is no better sports performance coach on the planet than Chip Smith. Who else can say that at any given time, they train 20% of the NFL? Brian Urlacher? Champ Bailey? Keith Brookings? 23 current Pro Bowlers? Are you serious?

And then there's the other major sports. MLB (Jeff Franceour, Michael Barrett), NBA, NHL, PGA, USTA, you name it, Chip's trained it. And unlike other "Speed Coaches", CES trains sports specific, position specific with a proprietary system Chip invented himself, on proprietary equipment Chip invented himself. Take it from this Dad...if you want to provide your kids with the "Competitive Edge", this is the place to start!