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Weight Training for Sports

The goal of weight training for sports goes beyond building strength and size. A well-designed program can boost many other fitness and skill development while also preventing sport injuries.

Using specialized exercises and regimens, you can improve the best combination of fitness components, including power, speed, agility, and balance, that are essential to success in specific sports.

In addition, improving joint stability, strength, and flexibility prevent injuries from years of repetitive sport movements

Weight training for sports means targeting athletic performance--not just building strength. A well-designed program can make the difference between winning and losing.

By combining explosive lifts with non-explosive lifting, athletes can build the right combination of fitness components and movement patterns to boost jumping, sprinting, throwing, and other general gross motor skills. Did you know that Olympic weightlifters are among the highest vertical jumpers of any athletes?

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A more athletic weight training program also targets reactions, acceleration, deceleration, rapid foot repositioning, and many sport-related qualities that accelerate sport performance. Specialized exercises can even teach basic movement patterns for sports, such as those where athletes push of the ground to execute skills.

I created Strategic Weight Training for High Performance Athletes to give aspiring athletes and coaches the many additional benefits that weight training for sports has to offer. The DVD shows how to develop a total sports training plan that includes techniques from top Olympic weightlifters using Eastern European training methods. It presents key exercises and regimens and the sciences behind why they have worked for beginners to Olympians.

Weight Training for Sports:

Strength and Conditioning Programs for Women's Sports

Explosive Lifts:

Olympic Lifting

Olympic Lifting Variations

The Split Jerk

Power Clean

Power Snatch

Sport-Specific Programs:

Basketball Weight Training

Women's Softball Weight Training

Volleyball Weight Training Program Tips

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