Book Review: Football Training: Football Training: For the Athlete, By the Athlete
STACK Media. (2009). Football Training: Football Training: For the Athlete, By the Athlete. Chicago, IL: Triumph Books.
Strength and conditioning training is of utmost importance to a National Football League (NFL) player. In today’s world of professional American football, developing physical strength and conditioning is a calculated commitment by players who must maintain healthy lifestyles in order to perform at an optimal level during every NFL game. Football Training: For the athlete, By the athlete provides excellent and detailed information concerning a variety of physical workout training activities utilized by Strength and Conditioning experts and trainers who coach 10 current NFL Players. STACK has developed Football Training: For the athlete, By the athlete in order to provide individuals with information, instruction, and advice concerning football strength and conditioning training.
Chapters in Football Training: For the athlete, By the athlete are dedicated to the training activities utilized by Adrian Peterson, Peyton Manning, Dwight Freeney and many more. In addition, each chapter in this book incorporates a vivid description explaining how these elite athletes developed their respective strength and conditioning workouts prior to participating in the NFL. Each chapter also includes a customized step-by-step training guide providing a reader with additional strength and conditioning information.
Without question, readers will have an opportunity to learn about these physical workouts and begin to implement the strength and conditioning activities into an individualized training regimen. Each chapter encompasses several training activities and exhibits superb photographs which demonstrate the proper physical movements required to complete activities successfully.
Football Training: For the athlete, By the athlete is a must read for athletes of all ages who want to learn about the training regimens of elite NFL Players. As STACK indicates, Football Training: For the athlete, By the athlete will allow readers to gain an understanding of how to “Train like an NFL star.”