Editorial Review:

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!

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

Great book....:

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... more info

Hastily fabricated:

Although the author claims to have high credentials, he presents very lousy descriptions of exercises, with complete disregard to grace or esthetics.
As soon as you pass the well designed and colorful cover, you will be immersed in a collection of poorly sketched exercises. Each exercise is described in three or more steps, which provide no clue on the proper execution of exercise. Most of the exercise sketches are flawed and hint to the total lack of experience or exposure of the author to athletic... more info

Great instruction for creating team workouts:

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.

Teaches neuromuscluar and strength speed:

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... more info

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