The Complete Guide to Outdoor Workouts
Author(s): Matt Lawrence
The Complete Guide series is designed for the fitness professional, coach, fitness enthusiast and student, packed with ready-made training programmes, tips and strategies. Outdoor exercise is not only a cheaper alternative to the gym, it also offers immense scope and variety in terms of the activities you can do. Within the tried and trusted Complete Guide format comes this definitive guide focusing on functional training exercises in the great outdoors. Covering physiology and core training principles as a starting point, this book includes different workouts for different environments - park, beach, back garden, and covers the use of a variety of popular equipment - from ViPRs to kettlebells. Packed with photographs, clearly illustrated exercises and the latest training programmes tailored to different outdoor pursuits, The Complete Guide to Outdoor Workouts is the ultimate how-to guide for any fitness enthusiast who wants to get out there and make the most of the outdoors!
Product Information
In the tried and trusted Complete Guide format, this book is a comprehensive reference to getting fit through outdoor pursuits and activities.
Matt Lawrence is an experienced fitness leader, personal trainer and author of The Complete Guide to Core Stability - a bestselling title in the series. He has written for Personal Trainer magazine, GQ and Zest. He is a well-known innovator in sports-specific coaching and core stability training.
Part 1 Exercise physiology and training principles Basic conditioning principles Functional conditioning principles Part 2 Warming up principles and guidelines Functions warm-ups Reactive balance and ladder drills Training guidelines, equipment and getting started Part 3 Outdoor conditioning workouts Walk and run plans Garden workout Beach workout Park workout Bootcamp workout Trim trails Buggy workouts Appendix Stretches and SMR techniques Glossary Refereces Index
General Fields
- :
- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : Bloomsbury Sport
- : 0.454
- : 30 April 2013
- : 230mm X 189mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 June 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : Matt Lawrence
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 613.7
- : 256
- : colour photographs and line drawings throughout
