The Barbell Prescription : : Strength Training for Life After Forty

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Call Number: Adult Book / Nonfiction / Health & Fitness / Exercise / Sullivan, Jonathon M., 613.713 Su
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch

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Foreword: Learning from the tails / Nassim Nicholas Taleb -- Introduction: Resistance is [not] futile -- Part I. Why: from exercise prescription to training program / Jonathon M. Sullivan -- The sick aging phenotype -- Exercise medicine -- From prescription to program: safety and dosing -- Enduring resistance, resisting endurance: comprehensive training -- Specificity and effectiveness: your physiological 401k -- Simplicity and efficiency: from black iron to grey steel -- Part II. What: an introduction to the exercises / Jonathon M. Sullivan & Andy Baker -- Elementary iron -- A brief overview of the squat -- A brief overview of the deadlift -- A brief overview of the press -- A brief overview of the bench press -- A brief overview of the power clean and power snatch -- Assistance exercises -- Part III. How: programming for strength and conditioning / Andy Baker & Jonathon M. Sullivan -- Programming -- Adaptation -- Recovery: the forgotten training variables -- Elements of program design and execution -- Athlete-program categories: novice, intermediate, and beyond -- The novice master -- The novice over 60 and common novice variants -- The novice over 70 and remedial variants -- The intermediate master -- The Texas method -- Heavy-light-medium and split programs -- The advanced master -- Conditioning -- The female master.
This book "directly addresses the most pervasive problem faced by aging humans: the loss of physical strength and all its associated problems - the loss of muscle mass, bone mineral loss and osteoporosis, hip fractures (a terminal event for many older people), loss of balance and coordination, diabetes, heart disease related to a sedentary lifestyle, and the loss of independence. [It] maps an escape from the usual fate of older adults: a logical, programmed approach to the hard work necessary to win at the extreme sport of Aging Well. Unlike all other books on the subject of exercise for seniors, 'The Barbell Prescription' challenges the motivated Athlete of Aging with a no-nonsense training approach to strength and health -- and demonstrates that everybody can become significantly stronger using the most effective tools ever developed for the job." --Page [4] of cover.

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