Explosive Power & Strength: Complex Training for Maximum Results (Paperback)

~ (Author) "Many athletes are married to tradition in the weight room, believing that the only training that should be performed there is weight training..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

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""Don's complex training allows an athlete to maximize his strength and power without ignoring their sport skills.""
Todd Martin
Professional Tennis Player

""This book is an excellent overview of how to use complex training and integrate it into a variety of sports.""
Al Vermiel, MA, CSCS
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Chicago Bulls

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Product Description

The best in sports conditioning now combines plyometric, resistance, and sprint training. Explosive Power and Strength not only offers these three training methods in one, but also shows you how to create individualized, sports-specific programs. The book features 33 resistance and 45 plyometric exercises with 115 detailed illustrations, plus three ready-to-use workouts for each of 11 sports.

Author Donald Chu has been a conditioning consultant for the Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Lions, Chicago White Sox, and the United States Tennis Association. In Explosive Power and Strength he offers athletes, coaches, and strength and conditioning specialists the most innovative and effective training methods available!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics (February 29, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873226437
• ISBN-13: 978-0873226431
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #290,094 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Teaches neuromuscluar and strength speed, December 25, 2000

By A Customer

This book combines Weight training and plyometrics. This method is considered dangerous by many but if used correctly is extremly effective.

Two athletes in the USA were said to have improved their 100m best times by over a second, one of them improving from 12.3 down to 11.1 after a years use of this training method along side his sprint training.

If not used correctly this method of training could be the end of your athletic career. Do NOT build up too quickly. Use the preparation phase properly and ease off if you are still tired from any previous training session.

Used wisely you can pretty much abolish the idea that you have to be a born sprinter. Michael Johnson is a second quicker than most because in his training he also uses this method and has been for years.

I started my training a year ago and have improved my 400m time from 48.32 to 46.21 and I believe the complex training has had a major role to play in this.

A very good book.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great instruction for creating team workouts, August 4, 2002

By A Customer

This is an excellent book that is broken up into 3 parts delineating the nature of complex training, then the nuts and bolts of complex training, and finally how to customize a workout routine for your athlete or team.
It is my most frequently used resource on a shelf full of this type of material.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book...., January 2, 2006

By	Daniel E. Sanchez (Rhode Island, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Yes, the book doesn't have extraordinary exercise descriptions, but the essential exercises are described well... I don't think the point of the book was to describe exercises... the purpose was to explain to you "Complex training" and how it can help you achieve "Explosive power and strenght." If you want superb exercise descriptions, try his book Jumping into Plyometrics (That's the purpose of the book to describe plyometric exercises), but if you want to actually KNOW how to use complex training then this is the right book for you. If you are a beginner and know nothing of exercise I'd try another book, but if you're fairly seasoned and understand good training sense and technique then pick it up.