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Maximize your
strength and muscle definition by applying the latest breakthroughs
in scientific research to your training. The new edition of Serious
Strength Training presents scientifically
based guidelines for periodization workouts, new
information on incorporating popular bodybuilding systems into the
periodization plan,80
exercises that cause the greatest stimulation in the muscles, a
nutrition periodization program that explains how to meet the bodys
changing dietary needs during each phase of training.
Serious Strength
Training begins by outlining the basic scientific principles of
training for strength and muscle masswhat happens to the body
during training and why. Then it sets detailed guidelines for program
design, explaining how to calculate training volume, intensity,
rest intervals, number of exercises, and loading patterns. Lead
author Tudor Bompa demonstrates how to use periodized workouts to
peak at optimal times by manipulating six different training phases:
anatomical adaptation, hypertrophy, mixed, maximum strength, muscle
definition, and transition.
This edition also
presents a revolutionary metabolically based approachcreated
by Maura Di Pasquale, an internationally renowned physicianthat
allows readers to structure their diets to meet their individual
metabolic profiles.
Serious Strength
Training includes programs for strength trainers and bodybuilders
as well as for those with special needs and interests. Scientifically
sound and research-based, its also ideal for strength and
conditioning experts and exercise scientists who want to know the
best methods for developing greater muscle power and mass.
About
the Author
Tudor O. Bompa,
PhD, revolutionized Western training methods when he introduced
his groundbreaking theory of periodization in Romania in 1963. After
adopting his training system, the Eastern Bloc countries dominated
international sports through the 1970s and 1980s. In 1988, Dr. Bompa
applied his principle of periodization to the sport of bodybuilding.
He has personally trained 11 Olympic Games medalists (including
four gold medalists) and has served as a consultant to coaches and
athletes worldwide.
Dr. Bompas
books on training methods, including Theory and Methodology of Training:
The Key to Athletic Performance and Periodization of Training for
Sports, have been translated into 17 languages and used in more
than 130 countries for training athletes and educating and certifying
coaches. Bompa has been invited to speak about training in more
than 30 countries and has been awarded certificates of honor and
appreciation from such prestigious organizations as the Argentinean
Ministry of Culture, the Australian Sports Council, the Spanish
Olympic Committee, and the International Olympic Committee.
A member of the
Canadian Olympic Association and the Romanian National Council of
Sports, Dr. Bompa is professor emeritus at York University, where
he has taught training theories for 25 years. He and his wife, Tamara,
live in Sharon, Ontario.
Mauro Di Pasquale,
MD, a physician specializing in nutrition and sports medicine, spent
10 years at the University of Toronto teaching and researching nutritional
supplements and drug use in sports. He wrote both Bodybuilding Supplement
Review and Amino Acids and Proteins for the Athlete and has written
hundreds of articles for Muscle and Fitness, Flex, Mens Fitness,
Shape, Muscle Media, and Ironman, among many others. Pasquale was
a powerlifter for over 20 years, winning the powerlifting world
championships in 1976 and the World Games in 1981.
Di Pasquale received
his medical degree from the University of Toronto and is a certified
medical review officer. Currently the president of the International
United Powerlifting Federation and the Pan American Powerlifting
Federation, he lives in Ontario, Canada.
As a former bodybuilder,
former professional wrestler for the National Wrestling Alliance
(NWA), and a kinesiologist, Lorenzo J. Cornacchia has conducted
extensive electromyography (EMG) research to identify which exercises
cause the greatest muscle stimulation and which could potentially
cause harm. The Periodized Program that developed out of his research
helped professional bodybuilder, Laura Binetti, win the Worlds
Championship in Detroit, Michigan and go on to receive her highest
ranking title ever in Ms.Olympia. Cornacchia is presently a contributing
editor and author for Ironman magazine.
Cornacchia received
his B.A in Physical Education and Health from York University. A
member of the Association of Kinesiologists of Canada, he presently
resides in Oak Ridges, Ontario.
Table of Contents
Part I. Science
of Strength Training
Chapter 1. Adapting to the Training Stimulus
Chapter 2. Understanding the Periodization System
Chapter 3. Designing the Perfect Program
Chapter 4. Accelerating Muscle Recovery
Chapter 5. Maximizing Nutrition for Muscle Growth
Chapter 6. Using Nutritional Supplements
Part II. Maximum
Stimulation Exercises
Chapter 7. Choosing the Best Exercises
Chapter 8. Lower Body Exercises
Chapter 9. Upper Body Exercises
Part III. The
Six Phases of Training
Chapter 10. Anatomical Adaptation (AA)
Chapter 11. Hypertrophy (H)
Chapter 12. Mixed Training (M)
Chapter 13. Maximum Strength (MxS)
Chapter 14. Muscle Definition (MD)
Chapter 15. Transition (T)
Appendix 1: Training
Log
Appendix 2: Maximum Lift Based on Repetitions
Appendix 3: Maximum Weight Chart
Words
of Praise
"With
science as the backbone and loaded with in-depth practical advice,
Serious Strength Training provides a carefully constructed step-by-step
approach. This is a good addition to the library of bodybuilders
of all levels.
Muscle & Fitness,
August 1998
In their book, Serious Strength Training, the authors outline
a workout routine that takes into consideration family obligations
and hectic holiday seasons. Its about time! You will find
programs for entry-level, recreational, and advanced strength trainers
and bodybuilders. This book is excellent.
MA Training, March
1999
"Serious
Strength Training gives us the ultimate advice because authors Di
Pasquale and Bompa are the worlds most recognized authorities
on nutrition and training."
Robert Kennedy
Publisher, MuscleMag International, Oxygen, and American Health
& Fitness
Serious
Strength Training brings science into the gym. Hone your workouts
with the most effective, efficient exercises and get the gains you
deserve for your sweat and effort.
Steve Holman
Editor in chief, Ironman magazine
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