Bibliograph

Strength coaching in America, a history of the innovation that transformed sports, Jason P. Shurley, Jan Todd, Terry Todd

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Strength coaching in America, a history of the innovation that transformed sports, Jason P. Shurley, Jan Todd, Terry Todd

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

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platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Strength coaching in America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Jason P. Shurley, Jan Todd, Terry Todd

Series statement

Terry and Jan Todd series on physical culture and sports

Sub title

a history of the innovation that transformed sports

Table Of Contents

Before barbells : strength training, athletes, physicians, and physical educators from the first Olympic Games to the twentieth century -- Building the barbell athlete : Bob Hoffman, Joe Weider, and the promotion of strength training for sport, 1932-1969 -- The science connection : Thomas Delorme, progressive resistance exercise, and the emergence of strength training research, 1940-1970 -- Pioneers of power : strength training for college sports before 1969 -- An emerging profession : Boyd Epley and the founding of the national strength and conditioning association -- Bridging the gap : the national strength and conditioning association and its impact -- Strength coaching in the twenty-first century : new paradigms and new associations -- Appendix. In memoriam : Dr. Terry Todd (1938-2018) : pioneering powerlifter, writer, sport promoter, and historian who changed the cultural paradigm for strength

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