Designing Resistance Training Programs, Fourth Edition, is a guide to developing individualized training programs for both serious athletes and fitness enthusiasts. In this updated and expanded fourth edition, two of the world’s leading experts on strength training explore how to design scientifically based resistance training programs, modify and adapt programs to meet the needs of special populations, and apply the elements of program design in the real world.
Chapter 1. Basic Principles of Resistance Training and Exercise Prescription
Chapter 2. Types of Strength Training
Chapter 3. Physiological Adaptations to Resistance Training
Chapter 4. Integrating Other Fitness Components
Chapter 5. Developing the Individualized Resistance Training Workout
Chapter 6. Resistance Training Systems and Techniques
Chapter 7. Advanced Training Strategies
Chapter 8. Detraining
Chapter 9. Women and Resistance Training
Chapter 10. Children and Resistance Training
Chapter 11. Resistance Training for Seniors
Steven J. Fleck, PhD, is an associate professor in health, exercise science, and sport management at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. He earned a PhD in exercise physiology from Ohio State University in 1978. He has headed the physical conditioning program of the U.S. Olympic Committee; served as strength coach for the German Volleyball Association; and coached high school track, basketball, and football.
William J. Kraemer, PhD, is a professor in the department of kinesiology in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. He holds joint appointments as a professor in the department of physiology and neurobiology and as a professor of medicine at the UConn Health School of Medicine Center on Aging.