Dedication, passion, obsession—for serious endurance athletes, coaches, duathletes, and triathletes, the quest for improvement never ends. Knowing they can shave time from the previous performance, they seek out the latest in research and training techniques. 
In Championship Triathlon Training, renowned experts George Dallam and Steven Jonas provide you with the same advanced conditioning concepts and programming used by today's elite triathletes. 
By understanding the science behind the principles, you will incorporate physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, and injury prevention into your regimen to address your specific needs and the demands of competition. Specifically, you'll learn these techniques:
 -Use weight training, plyometrics, and core development to accelerate skill development in all phases of swimming, running, and cycling.
-Apply metabolic training to improve endurance and race speed.
-Combine sport-specific skills, such as mounting and dismounting, with metabolic training to improve transition times between phases.
-Develop more efficient movement patterns for increased performance potential and reduced injury.
-Assess health and physical status to avoid overtraining.
Complete with sample programs for each triathlon distance, technique analysis, training- and race-specific fueling strategies, and tips for motivation, focus, and goal setting, Championship Triathlon Training will optimize your training and maximize your results.

Championship Triathlon Training

Sports & Outdoors

Steven Jonas

George M. Dallam

Individual Sports

Human Kinetics

This total fitness guide is for anyone who finds it too difficult to lose weight but still wants to be healthy. North America is in the midst of a backlash against dieting, and many physicians have begun to realize that it is more important to concentrate on total health than solely on weight control. In Just the Weigh You Are, a doctor and a leading nutrition writer guide readers in finding balance in their lives by showing them the path to a healthful lifestyle, regardless of their weight.

Just as You Are: How to be Healthy Whatever You Eat

Linda Konner

Barnes&Noble Books

The sixth edition is revised and newly formatted for the 90's text market with more features and apparatus for students and teachers.

Jonas & Kovner's Healthcare Delivery in the United States

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Anthony R. Kovner

Exercise & Fitness

Springer Publishing Company

...a concise volume that encompasses all the aspects of the American health-care system...includes the latest developments...written with sophistication and clarity.

An Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System

Springer Pub. Co

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