Concurrent Aerobic and Strength Training

Divided into 6 main and over 20 sub-chapters, this book provides an extensive guide for exercise and health professionals, students, scientists, sport coaches, athletes of various sports and those with a general interest in concurrent aerobic and strength training. Following a brief historical overview of the past decades of research on concurrent training, in chapter 2 the physiological and neuromuscular differences of endurance and strength training are discussed. Thereafter, chapter 3 aims at providing an up-to-date analysis of existing explanations for the interference phenomenon, while in chapter 4 the training-methodological difficulties of combined aerobic and strength training are elucidated. In chapter 5 and 6 the theoretical considerations reviewed in chapters 1-4 are then practically applied to specific populations, ranging from children and elderly to athletes of various sports. Concurrent Aerobic and Strength Training: Scientific Basics and Practical Applications represents a novel book on one of the "hot topics" of exercise training. The Editors' highest priority is to make this book easily understandable and at the same time scientifically supported guide for the daily practice.