Powerlifting: Training, Techniques and Performance

by Nicola Vaughan-Ellis

Overview

Powerlifting: Training Techniques and Performance is a guide for athletes and coaches in powerlifting as well as more general reading for the lover of sport. It takes a coach-led, athlete-centred approach that is intended to empower the individual, promote excellence and facilitate personal fulfilment within the sport of powerlifting. The book is divided into three sections; Part One examines and unpicks the three powerlifting lifts of the squat, bench press and deadlift and discusses the skills and techniques required to perform each lift successfully within the context of good practice. It also discusses the Paralympics bench press as an integral part of the sport today. Part Two looks at the the role of the coach, describes the coaching pathway within a powerlifting context and provides guidelines and training programmes that will help the coach help their athlete/s achieve their desired process goals and performance targets. Part Three focuses on all aspects of competition, the role of the coach in deciding strategy and the responsibilities of the athlete, in particular in relation to drug testing. Fully illustrated with 98 colour photographs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847975751
Publisher:	Crowood Press, The
Publication date:	09/30/2013
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	43 MB
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About the Author

Nicola Vaughan-Ellis has devoted 25 years to powerlifting as a national lifter, world-class referee and world-leading coach. She has coached and led teams at four consecutive Paralympic Games - Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Bejing 2008 and London 2012 - and prepared athletes and coaches for World Championships, European and Commonwealth Games. She has coached athletes and coaches at all levels, funded and co-ordinated performance pathways for athletes from all walks of life and created inclusive powerlifting squads where world champions and participation lifters train together. Nicola has been part of the World Class programme for GB Powerlifting since 1998. She was a full-time national coach for British Weightlifting and Paralympic Powerlifting from 2008 to 2012.

Table of Contents

Dedication and Acknowledgements 4

Foreword Peter A. Hirst 5

Introduction 7

Part 1 The Lifts 8

1 The Squat 10

2 The Bench Press 26

3 The Deadlift 49

Part 2 Training and Coaching 64

4 The Role of the Coach 64

5 Coaching in Practice 79

6 Training Diaries 102

Part 3 Competition 112

7 The Pros and Cons of Competing 112

8 Coach-led Services 115

9 The Phases of a Competition 124

10 Drug Testing 132

Glossary 137

Further Information 142

Index 143