The Complete Guide to Outdoor Workouts

by Matt Lawrence

Overview

The Complete Guide series is designed for the fitness professional, coach, fitness enthusiast and student, packed with ready-made training programmes, tips and strategies.

Outdoor exercise is not only a cheaper alternative to the gym but it also offers immense scope and variety in terms of the activities you can do. Within the tried and trusted Complete Guides format comes this definitive guide focusing on functional training exercises in the great outdoors.

Covering physiology and core training principles as a starting point, this book includes different workouts for different environments - park, beach, back garden, and covers the use of a variety of popular equipment - from ViPRs to kettlebells.

Packed with colour photography, clearly illustrated exercises and the latest training programmes tailored to different outdoor pursuits, The Complete Guide to Outdoor Workouts is the ultimate how-to guide for any fitness enthusiast who wants to get out there and make the most of the outdoors!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781408181492
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	07/03/2014
Series:	Complete Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	336 MB
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About the Author

Matt Lawrence is an experienced fitness leader, personal trainer and author of The Complete Guide to Core Stability - a bestselling title in the series. He has written for Personal Trainer magazine, GQ and Zest. He is a well-known innovator in sports-specific coaching and core stability training.
Matt Lawrence is an experienced fitness leader and personal trainer. He has written for Personal Trainer magazine, GQ and Zest. He is a well-known innovator in sports-specific coaching and core stability training.

Table of Contents

Preface

PART ONE: Exercise principles
Chapter 1 Basic conditioning principles
Chapter 2 Functional conditioning principles

PART TWO: Warming up principles and guidelines
Chapter 3 Functional warm-up
Chapter 4 Reactive balance and ladder drills
Chapter 5 Training guidelines, equipment and getting started

PART THREE: Outdoor conditioning workouts
Chapter 6 Walking and running
Chapter 7 Garden workout
Chapter 8 Beach workout
Chapter 9 Park workout
Chapter 10 Bootcamp drills
Chapter 11 Trim trails
Chapter 12 Buggy workouts

Appendix 1 Self-myofascial release
Appendix 2 Post-workout static stretches
Glossary
References and Further reading
Index
Acknowledgements