Crosstraining for Endurance Athletes: Building Stability, Balance, and Strength

by Raul Guisado

Book Overview

Most athletes know that strength and flexibility are critical parts of a successful training program. But endurance athletes place extraordinary demands on their bodies. In order to prevent injury and enhance performance, these athletes need to correct muscular imbalances and improve functional movement, efficiency, and force production.

Now, for the first time, Olympic coach Raul Guisado takes crosstraining beyond the basics of strength...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 097462540X
• ISBN13: 9780974625409
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Peak Sports Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Very informative

The author clearly makes the case for the need to cross train. He explains in a very concise manner how stability, balance and strength are all interrelated and they all affect your performance as an endurance athlete. The suggested exercises are all well explained. It would be nice if there were a checklist of suggested equipment for home use ("yoga mat, stability ball, resistance bands, 5 and 10 lb dumbells...") but this is a minor miss. Unfortunately the book didn't include the ambition to DO said exercises. ;-)