Timing Resistance Training: Programming the Muscle Clock for Optimal Performance - Softcover

Ashmore, Amy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1492589993 ISBN 13: 9781492589990

Publisher: Human Kinetics, 2019

Synopsis

Since periodization training’s emergence in the 1950s, sport scientists have known that timing is one of the most critical programming variables influencing peak athletic performance. Modern research has taken the application of timing to exercise programming in a new direction, discovering the existence of time clocks inside each of the more than 600 skeletal muscles. Timing Resistance Training examines how these internal clocks use cues provided through exercise programming to regulate physiological processes for better performance.

Not just another periodization book, Timing Resistance Training teaches you how to manipulate muscle clocks to train and perform at your best every day—right down to the specific time of day that is best for your body. You will learn to view the muscles as proactive independent physiological systems that can be trained to “think” by delivering timing cues to muscles that tell them when to activate key physiological actions that influence the entire body.

Then you will learn how to cue those internal clocks with purposeful training methods like biomechanical pairing of exercises, complex training, and concurrent training. The book addresses rest as an integral training variable and explores the timing of activity–rest cycles versus recuperation only. The text also discusses the concept of undertraining, an intentional program design adjustment that uses the ability of muscle to anticipate training.

The final chapters offer tools to create your own training programs for strength, power, and flexibility. These chapters include sample single-session workouts, weekly workouts, and long-term programming routines. With Timing Resistance Training, you can become more purposeful in planning and better utilize strategic timing to get the most out of muscles clocks and achieve optimal performance.

CE exam available! For certified professionals, a companion continuing education exam can be completed after reading this book. The Timing Resistance Training Online CE Exam may be purchased separately or as part of the Timing Resistance Training With CE Exam package that includes both the book and the exam.

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About the Author

Amy Ashmore holds a PhD in kinesiology from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS in exercise science from Florida State University. She is the author of dozens of articles, blogs, and continuing education programs recognized by National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa), American Council on Exercise (ACE), and American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Amy was previously on the sports sciences faculty at Florida State University and is the former program director for sports sciences and sports management at American Military University. She is an author and continuing education provider located in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Review

"Amy Ashmore has authored a cutting-edge book that will not only help coaches and trainers set valuable programs in the gym but will also help athletes and fitness enthusiasts achieve pinnacle successes.”
—Kevin McGuire, Managing Editor of American Fitness Magazine

"I have been privileged to have a professional association with Dr. Ashmore for the past 10 years, during which time she has impressed me with her unique ability to effectively bridge the gap between the scientist and the practitioner."
—Cedric X. Bryant, PhD, President and Chief Science Officer of American Council on Exercise

"Amy has been writing and presenting for IDEA since 2002. She can get fitness professionals fully engaged in the complexities of biomechanics and physics. She is an intelligent professional, creative teacher, and superb educator."
—Sandy Todd Webster, Editor in Chief for IDEA Health & Fitness Association

Edition details

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1492589993
• ISBN 13: 9781492589990
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350