Distance Training for Masters

1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-1-84126-018-1
Verlag: Meyer & Meyer

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 209 mm, Gewicht: 306 g

One of the most significant evolutions in modern sport has been the emergence of world-class performances by master athletes. Over a wide range of sport – from golf to marathons and ironman triathlons, from swimming to football, from rowing to track & field athletes who, in the past, would have given away their activities in their thirties or younger, now carry on. No longer is anyone too old to compete and a whole new competitive area has opened up for sportspeople ranging in age up to their seventies. The key which unlocked the door to this new age is the discovery that superior levels of fitness can be achieved and maintained at any age. And the man who did most to provide the key and then turn it in the lock is New Zealand’s coaching guru, Arthur Lydiard. Lydiard perfected ground-breaking stamina-building training techniques for middle and distance running, parlayed that into the now worldwide cult of jogging for fitness and spread the message that, if you establish stamina and endurance as the foundation for your chosen activity, you can extend your competitive life indefinitely.

Zielgruppe

runners, masters

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lydiard, Arthur

Gilmour, Garth

Über Autor(innen)

The New Zealander Arthur Lydiard was the most successful trainer of middle and long distance running in the world. He coached runners from different countries such as Peter Snell (3 times gold) or Lasse Viren, who reached 4 times gold. In the 50s and 60s Arthur Lydiard not only revolutionized the middle and long distance training but parallel to this development he may be considered as one of the founders of the jogging-movement.