52-Week Football Training

Book Description
Add power, speed, and agility to your game plan! 52-Week Football Training takes the guesswork out of workouts and ensures players are in peak condition each season and game. Daily workouts are presented for each week of the year and include resistance training, total conditioning exercises, and position-specific activities. The training plan conforms well to both high school and college calendars and organizes workouts into six sequential phases:
• Postseason
• Winter
• Spring
• Early summer
• Preseason
• In-season Conditioning coach Ben Cook, who has worked with 27 players who went on to the NFL, presents a full menu of on-field and off-field drills and exercises to develop flexibility, strength, power, speed, and agility. The book includes more than 160 photos showing correct technique and nearly 200 exercises and drills. Be ready to perform at your best. 52-Week Football Training will help get any team and player ready to excel on every down.


Card catalog description
"52-Week Football Training takes the guesswork out of workouts and ensures players are in peak condition each season and game."--BOOK JACKET. "Daily workouts are presented for each week of the year and include resistance training, total conditioning exercises, and position-specific activities. The training plan conforms well to both high school and college calendars and organizes workouts into six sequential phases: postseason, winter, spring, early summer, preseason, and in-season."--BOOK JACKET. "Conditioning coach Ben Cook, who has worked with 27 players who went on to the NFL, presents a full menu of on-field and off-field drills and exercises to develop flexibility, strength, power, speed, and agility. The book includes more than 160 photos showing correct technique and nearly 200 exercises and drills."--BOOK JACKET.


From the Publisher
“Ben has compiled a complete recipe for the ambitious student athlete. The text is easily digestible and leaves the reader with only one task—to start working! The exercises are intense and challenging, even for the professional athlete. Ben helped me to prepare for the mental and physical demands of college and professional football. I believe his plan could do the same for other aspiring student athletes.” William Henderson Green Bay Packers Starting Fullback


From the Author
I feel that this book is unique in that it provides such an extensive workout plan. As I grew up and bought magazines and books on the subject of exercise and workout design. I wanted someone to lay a complete plan of success before me, in a clear and complete manner. Of course I never found that, instead I would find books that suggested exercises, and various set and rep etition schemes, but none provided a yearly step by step plan. 52-Week Foot ball Training was designed for the serious aspiring football athlete whose main concern was focusing on the sport of football. Most athletes do not have time to research in depth the science of exercise and design their own strength and conditioning plan. Instead their available time should be spent focusing on the sport itself and their own academic endeavors. For this reason I wanted to provide to the athlete a complete plan. Now all the guesswork is eliminated, and all that is left, is to succeed. I planned the workouts to parallel a collegiate academic and sports calendar, in hopes of providing the high school athlete with a taste of what is expected at the Division I level of collegiate football strength and conditioning. I truly hope that this book helps strengthen you body to it's maximum potential, and that you become the best athlete that you can be.


About the Author
From 1990 to 1994, Ben Cook was the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the University of North Carolina (UNC) football team, where his assistance helped 27 players reach the NFL. He is currently the strength coach for the Tarheel basketball team, one of the nation's top programs. Cook holds a master's degree in exercise and sport science from UNC and is certified as a strength and conditioning specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association. In addition to his coaching duties, Cook teaches strength and conditioning to students who are working toward becoming teacher-coaches themselves. Cook lives in Carrboro, North Carolina


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Ben has compiled a complete recipe for the ambitious student athlete. The text is easily digestible and leaves the reader with only one task-to start working! The exercises are intense and challenging, even for the professional athlete. Ben helped me to prepare for the mental and physical demands of college and professional football. I believe his plan could do the same for other aspiring student athletes.  — William Henderson, Green Bay Packers, Starting Fullback


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