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The warm-up : maximize performance and improve long-term athletic development / Ian Jeffreys.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2019Description: xix, 192 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781492571278
  • 149257127X
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RA 781 .J375 2019
Contents:
Why we warm up -- A new way of thinking about the warm-up -- The RAMP system of warming up -- The raise phase -- The activation and mobilization phase -- The potentiation phase -- Constructing effective warm-ups.
Summary: "This book guides strength and conditioning professionals, personal trainers, and coaches through the process of constructing effective RAMP-based warm-ups. The RAMP protocol (Raise; Activate and Mobilize; and Potentiate) is a systems approach that ensures each element of the warm-up contributes positively to the next, allowing the whole to be far greater than the component parts. Unlike traditional warm-ups, the RAMP protocol considers the medium and longer-term development of the athlete. The book describes the science of the warm-up and provides guidelines for the practitioner to follow to maximize the effectiveness of the warm-up"-- Provided by publisher.
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Books Books DLSU-D GRADUATE STUDIES Graduate Studies Graduate Studies RA 781 .J375 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 3CIR2019067932

Includes bibliographical references and index

Why we warm up -- A new way of thinking about the warm-up -- The RAMP system of warming up -- The raise phase -- The activation and mobilization phase -- The potentiation phase -- Constructing effective warm-ups.

"This book guides strength and conditioning professionals, personal trainers, and coaches through the process of constructing effective RAMP-based warm-ups. The RAMP protocol (Raise; Activate and Mobilize; and Potentiate) is a systems approach that ensures each element of the warm-up contributes positively to the next, allowing the whole to be far greater than the component parts. Unlike traditional warm-ups, the RAMP protocol considers the medium and longer-term development of the athlete. The book describes the science of the warm-up and provides guidelines for the practitioner to follow to maximize the effectiveness of the warm-up"-- Provided by publisher.

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