Train To Win: 11 Principles of Athletic Success

Train To Win: 11 Principles of Athletic Success, is a sports training text for any athlete or coach.

The ultimate goal of any training program is to allow an athlete to fulfill her or her potential. This is the true measure of athletic success. Before an athlete or coach can select a training program, he or she must make sure that program follows specific principles. Principles are unchanging. They are the compasses that guide an athlete or coach along the correct path to success. When an athlete or coach chooses to ignore or disregard the principles contained in this book, decreased performance is sure to follow. Train To Win outlines these principles of training as well as the specific characteristics all successful athletes must possess.

The information presented contains over 20 years of athletic insight, observations, specific exercises and enlightening stories of success. This text is a must read for any athlete or coach that is seeking to take his or her gain to the next level.

Martin Rooney is a Performance Enhancement Specialist with a Master of Health Science and Bachelor of Physical Therapy from the Medical University of South Carolina. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Exercise Science from Furman University.

Martin was a member of the United States Bobsled team from 1995-1997, 2000 and a four-time All Conference, MVP performer in Track and Field at Furman.

Martin is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist under NSCA and a member of the Society of Weight Training Injury Specialists. He is also certified in Active Release Technique for the upper extremity and certified in the lower extremity by the Institute of Flexibility Sciences. He also currently writes for the Elite Fitness Systems Website and is a columnist for Brazil's Gracie Magazine.

Martin has lectured for the American College of Sports Medicine and has been commissioned by Nike to run speed testing camps at a number of major universities. He has also coauthored two other books on the forty yard dash and the vertical jump. He has traveled as far as the Middle East to train in the United Arab emirates as well as to help prepare fighters in Japan.

Currently, Martin is the director of the Parisi Speed School in Fair Lawn, NJ. Martin has been a speed consultant to the New York Giants as well as other athletes from the NFL, MLB, NBA, WNBA and numerous top Division I colleges across the country. He has also trained Olympians including one gold, and one silver medalist. In addition to this, Martin also trains some of the top mixed martial artists in the world.

Over the last few years Martin has helped to develop one of the top NFL combine training programs in the country producing the fastest athlete at the 2001 NFL Combine and first place finishers at eight different positions, including three all-time records.

Martin is married to his wife, Amanda. They currently live in North Carolina with their 4 daughters.