It is widely recognized that out-of-pool conditioning is a vitally important part of the preparation for competitive swimming. This invaluable book covers all aspects of land-based training and is essential reading for all those swimmers who wish to improve their performance. Written by an acknowledged expert, Conditioning for Swimmers is aimed at novices right through to elite competitors, as well as at coaches, coach educators, lecturers, PE teachers, sports students and parents. Covers training in considerable detail and fully illustrates how each exercise fits into British Swimming"s Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) plan. Includes periodized training programmes for all five LTAD levels. Demonstrates dynamic warm-up sequences. Examines a pre-swim injury prevention routine. Contains exercises for medicine balls and Swiss balls. Provides resistance training exercises, a post-training...