Guía práctica de musculación: el miembro inferior

Guía práctica de musculación: el miembro inferior
Author: Antonio J. Monroy Antón
Publisher: Wanceulen S.L.
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 8498238188

Esta guía de musculación pretende ser de ayuda tanto a aquel que se inicia en estas lides, deseoso de mejorar la forma física sin contar apenas que conocimientos en la materia, como a monitores y expertos que, conocedores de las técnicas de musculación y su ejecución correcta, necesitan una recopilación de ejercicios de cierta variedad para no caer siempre en las mismas rutivas, que finalmente se convierten en entrenamientos monótonos y abrurridos para sus clientes. La obra es el fruto de más de quince años de entrenamiento tanto propio como ajeno y los efectos de los ejercicios recogidos ha sido contrastados directamente por el autor en multitud de personas. Este libro está dedicado al miembro inferior, y en él se recogen ejercicios que, para su mejor comprensión por los noveles, se han dividido en bloques denominados pierna, muslo-parte anterior, glúteos, isquiotibiales, abductores y adductores. Es cierto que algunos grupos, como los de glúteos son los más potentes abductores de la cadera del cuerpo humano. Igualmente en muchos de los ejercicios señalados para la parte anterior del muslo intervienen también los glúteos. Sin embargo, la división efectuada es quizá más comprensible para personas no expertas y ése es el motivo de la misma. ÍNDICE: Introducción Pierna Muslo parte anterior Glúteos Isquiotibiales. Abductores Adductores

Guía práctica de musculación : el miembro inferior

Guía práctica de musculación : el miembro inferior
Author: Antonio Jesús Monroy Antón
Publisher: Wanceulen S.L.
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2011-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9788498236439

Esta guia de musculacion pretende ser de ayuda tanto a aquel que se inicia en estas lides, deseoso de mejorar su forma fisica sin contar apenas con conocimientos en la materia, como a monitores y expertos que, conocedores de las tecnicas de musculacion y su ejecucion correcta, necesitan una recopilacion de ejercicios de cierta variedad para no caer siempre en las mismas rutinas, que finalmente se convierten en entrenamientos monotonos y aburridos para sus clientes. La obra es fruto de mas de quince anos de entrenamiento tanto propio como ajeno, y los efectos de los ejercicios recogidos han sido contrastados directamente por el autor en multitud de personas. Este libro esta dedicado al miembro inferior, y en el se recogen ejercicios que, para su mejor comprension por los noveles, se han dividido en bloques denominados pierna, muslo-parte anterior, gluteos, isquiotibiales, abductores y adductores. Es cierto que algunos grupos, como los de gluteos y abductores podrian ir unidos, ya que los gluteos son los mas potentes abductores de cadera del cuerpo humano. Igualmente, en muchos de los ejercicios senalados para la parte anterior del muslo intervienen tambien los gluteos. Sin embargo, la division efectuada es quiza mas comprensible para personas no expertas y ese es el motivo de la misma."

Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning

Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning
Author: NSCA -National Strength & Conditioning Association
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 1720
Release: 2021-06-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1718210876

Developed by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and now in its fourth edition, Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning is the essential text for strength and conditioning professionals and students. This comprehensive resource, created by 30 expert contributors in the field, explains the key theories, concepts, and scientific principles of strength training and conditioning as well as their direct application to athletic competition and performance. The scope and content of Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, Fourth Edition With HKPropel Access, have been updated to convey the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of a strength and conditioning professional and to address the latest information found on the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) exam. The evidence-based approach and unbeatable accuracy of the text make it the primary resource to rely on for CSCS exam preparation. The text is organized to lead readers from theory to program design and practical strategies for administration and management of strength and conditioning facilities. The fourth edition contains the most current research and applications and several new features: Online videos featuring 21 resistance training exercises demonstrate proper exercise form for classroom and practical use. Updated research—specifically in the areas of high-intensity interval training, overtraining, agility and change of direction, nutrition for health and performance, and periodization—helps readers better understand these popular trends in the industry. A new chapter with instructions and photos presents techniques for exercises using alternative modes and nontraditional implements. Ten additional tests, including those for maximum strength, power, and aerobic capacity, along with new flexibility exercises, resistance training exercises, plyometric exercises, and speed and agility drills help professionals design programs that reflect current guidelines. Key points, chapter objectives, and learning aids including key terms and self-study questions provide a structure to help students and professionals conceptualize the information and reinforce fundamental facts. Application sidebars provide practical application of scientific concepts that can be used by strength and conditioning specialists in real-world settings, making the information immediately relatable and usable. Online learning tools delivered through HKPropel provide students with 11 downloadable lab activities for practice and retention of information. Further, both students and professionals will benefit from the online videos of 21 foundational exercises that provide visual instruction and reinforce proper technique. Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, Fourth Edition, provides the most comprehensive information on organization and administration of facilities, testing and evaluation, exercise techniques, training adaptations, program design, and structure and function of body systems. Its scope, precision, and dependability make it the essential preparation text for the CSCS exam as well as a definitive reference for strength and conditioning professionals to consult in their everyday practice. Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is not included with this ebook but may be purchased separately.

World Literature, Cosmopolitanism, Globality

World Literature, Cosmopolitanism, Globality
Author: Gesine Müller
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2019-10-21
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 3110641135

From today’s vantage point it can be denied that the confidence in the abilities of globalism, mobility, and cosmopolitanism to illuminate cultural signification processes of our time has been severely shaken. In the face of this crisis, a key concept of this globalizing optimism as World Literature has been for the past twenty years necessarily is in the need of a comprehensive revision. World Literature, Cosmopolitanism, Globality: Beyond, Against, Post, Otherwise offers a wide range of contributions approaching the blind spots of the globally oriented Humanities for phenomena that in one way or another have gone beyond the discourses, aesthetics, and political positions of liberal cosmopolitanism and neoliberal globalization. Departing basically (but not exclusively) from different examples of Latin American literatures and cultures in globalized contexts, this volume provides innovative insights into critical readings of World Literature and its related conceptualizations. A timely book that embraces highly innovative perspectives, it will be a mustread for all scholars involved in the field of the global dimensions of literature.

The Objective Monitoring of Physical Activity: Contributions of Accelerometry to Epidemiology, Exercise Science and Rehabilitation

The Objective Monitoring of Physical Activity: Contributions of Accelerometry to Epidemiology, Exercise Science and Rehabilitation
Author: Roy J. Shephard
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2016-08-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319295772

This book examines the new knowledge that has been gained from the objective monitoring of habitual physical activity by means of pedometers and accelerometers. It reviews current advances in the technology of activity monitoring and details advantages of objective monitors relative to physical activity questionnaires. It points to continuing gaps in knowledge, and explores the potential for further advances in the design of objective monitoring devices. Epidemiologists have studied relationships between questionnaire assessments of habitual physical activity and various medical conditions for some seventy years. In general, they have observed positive associations between regular exercise and good health, but because of inherent limitations in the reliability and accuracy of physical activity questionnaires, optimal exercise recommendations for the prevention and treatment of disease have remained unclear. Inexpensive pedometers and accelerometers now offer the epidemiologist the potential to collect relatively precisely graded and objective information on the volume, intensity and patterns of effort that people are undertaking, to relate this data to past and future health experience, and to establish dose/response relationships between physical activity and the various components of health. Such information is important both in assessing the causal nature of the observed associations and in establishing evidence-based recommendations concerning the minimal levels of daily physical activity needed to maintain good health.

The Ocean Challenge Badge

The Ocean Challenge Badge
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2018-05-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 925107948X

The ocean covers 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, and is essential for life on our planet – even for those of us who live nowhere near the sea! It provides us all with food and other materials that we need, regulates our climate and provides half of the oxygen we breathe. The ocean also offers us various means of transport and opportunities for recreation. People have long thought that the ocean was so wide and bountiful that it would go on supplying our needs forever, but this is not the case: human activities are causing significant damage to life in the ocean. People are often unaware of the problems created by this heavy reliance, as few of us have the opportunity to look beneath the surface of the sea and see the damage that our actions have caused. This is where the Ocean Challenge Badge comes in: let it take you on a journey to discover the ocean! It is packed with activities to help you learn about how the ocean works, the creatures that live in it, and just how important it is in our everyday lives. You will also discover how YOU can play a role in protecting our ocean for future generations. We hope you will be inspired to take the challenge and celebrate our ocean. So dive in and begin your aquatic discoveries!

Epilepsy

Epilepsy
Author: Jerome Engel
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 1272
Release: 2008
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780781757775

Written and edited by world-renowned authorities, this three-volume work is, to quote a reviewer, "the definitive textbook about seizures and epilepsy". This Second Edition is thoroughly updated and gives you a complete print and multimedia package: the three-volume set plus access to an integrated content Website. More than 300 chapters cover the spectrum of biology, physiology, and clinical information, from molecular biology to public health concerns in developing countries. Included are detailed discussions of seizure types and epilepsy syndromes; relationships between physiology and clinical events; psychiatric and medical comorbidity; conditions that could be mistaken for epilepsy; and an increasing range of pharmacologic, surgical, and alternative therapies, including vagus nerve stimulation and deep brain stimulation. This edition describes many new antiepileptic drugs, major advances in surgical treatment, and state-of-the-art neuroimaging, EEG, and other technologies for diagnosis and seizure prediction. A companion Website offers instant access to the complete, fully searchable text, plus an image bank of additional figures, video footage, and annual updates to selected chapters.

High-Intensity Training the Mike Mentzer Way

High-Intensity Training the Mike Mentzer Way
Author: Mike Mentzer
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2002-12-13
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780071383301

A PAPERBACK ORIGINAL High-intensity bodybuilding advice from the first man to win a perfect score in the Mr. Universe competition This one-of-a-kind book profiles the high-intensity training (HIT) techniques pioneered by the late Mike Mentzer, the legendary bodybuilder, leading trainer, and renowned bodybuilding consultant. His highly effective, proven approach enables bodybuilders to get results--and win competitions--by doing shorter, less frequent workouts each week. Extremely time-efficient, HIT sessions require roughly 40 minutes per week of training--as compared with the lengthy workout sessions many bodybuilders would expect to put in daily. In addition to sharing Mentzer's workout and training techniques, featured here is fascinating biographical information and striking photos of the world-class bodybuilder--taken by noted professional bodybuilding photographers--that will inspire and instruct serious bodybuilders and weight lifters everywhere.

Food Science

Food Science
Author: Norman N Potter
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 752
Release: 2014-01-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9789401572637