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03rd March 2010

Supertraining Strength Training for Sporting Excellence

The great strides made in sport during the past few decades are a major tribute to the practical application of exercise science and systematic training. In keeping with the Olympic motto, the human being today is definitely stronger and faster. Plateau...

01st March 2010

Supertraining is Based On An Integrated Model of Sports Development

Here is more information on the background of the book Supertraining; Without a doubt the greatest recent success in challenging these limits of performance was enjoyed by the former Soviet Union, whose extremely efficient system of sports development ...

01st March 2010

Supertraining s Objective and Target Audience

It is the objective of the book Supertraining to explore the phenomenon of strength and to apply to physical conditioning the discoveries arising from this quest, with a particular emphasis on the devel­opment of special fitness and preparedness for spor...

01st March 2010

Supertraining Summary Behind the Best Sports Science Textbook

Supertraining is one of best research and complete books on sports and exercise science. Its author, Dr Mel Siff is an amazing resource and has done a great job linking 'Western research' to that of the former Soviet and East German sports science laborat...

25th February 2010

Supertraining by Dr Mel Siff Objectives and Audience

It is one of the objectives of the book Supertraining is to show how a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of strength can enable one to consistently and safely develop all types of specific strength with­out resorting to drugs. Although its tit...

23rd February 2010

Dr Mel Siff Discusses Kettlebells

This is an exchange between Dr Mel Siff and a member of the Supertraining Yahoogroup. A member wrote: Dr Siff, the information on the kettlebell training was informative. Many of the studies and techniques can be found in Pavel Tsatsouline's ‘The Rus...

10th September 2009

Verkhoshansky & Siff Release New Supertraining

A new edition of the sport science classic "Supertraining" by Prof. Yuri Verkhoshansky and the late Mel Siff is set to be released on September 15, 2009. This will be the first new edition of the book since 2003. This book has been often referred to by ...

10th August 2009

Supertraining Excerpt on HIT and High Volume Training

Extract from the Supertraining book, courtesy of health.groups.yahoo.com/group/supertraining and a summary sights of Dr Mel SIff's best work at drmelsiff.com * Sometimes the impression is created that there is only one model of periodisation which emp...

10th August 2009

Supertraining Extract on Vertical Jump Testing

An extract from Dr Mel Siff's landmark textbook - Supertraining as retreived from health.groups.yahoo.com/group/supertraining - the best of which can be found at drmelsiff.com This well-known test may be applied in several different ways. Invariably i...

10th August 2009

Supertraining Control and Tempo of Training Loads

In varous articles and in Ch 6 of "Supertraining", I have stressed the value of using objective and subjective feedback (in a scheme called Cybernetic Periodisation) to control and guide the training process and optimise performance. Here are two metho...

10th August 2009

Complex and Functional Training Extract from Supertraining

A post from Mel Siff and his Yahoo Group at health.groups.yahoo.com/group/supertraining , the best of which can be found at melsiff.com Here is an extract from my book which defines "complex training" as it was formally conceived as a training approac...

10th August 2009

Optimal Hypertrophy for Sports Supertraining Extract

Mel Siff talks hypertrophy in this extract from his textbook Supertraining, as taken from health.groups.yahoo.com/group/supertraining - of which the best posts are listed at melsiff.com HYPERTROPHY & STRENGTH OPTIMUM, NOT MAXIMUM, HYPERTROPHY In...

10th August 2009

Control and Tempo of Training Loads From Supertraining

In varous articles and in Ch 6 of "Supertraining", I have stressed the value of using objective and subjective feedback (in a scheme called Cybernetic Periodisation) to control and guide the training process and optimise performance. Here are two metho...

10th August 2009

Repetitions and Resistance Training Extract from Supertraining

Dr Mel Siff discusses some resistance training fundementals, as taken from his yahoo group at health.groups.yahoo.com/group/supertraining, the best of which can be also seen at drmelsiff.com. This is an extract from his landmark textbook - Supertraining. ...

03rd August 2009

Barefoot Training vs Shoes

Mel Siff at health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Supertraining/ gives his thoughts on the trend of barefoot training vs shoes - compelling reading!In view of all the comments on the use of shoes in sport, here are someextracts from our “Supertraining&rdquo...

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