Running with Lydiard - Greatest Running Coach of All Time

Since the outstanding success of his New Zealand athletes Snell, Halberg, and Magee at the 1960 Rome Olympics, Arthur Lydiard's name has been synonymous with the best training methods used by the world's top middle- and long-distance runners. His training plans precipitated an athletic revolution, stressing physiological conditioning as a prerequisite to sporting effort and long-duration, even-pace running at a strong speed as the means of achieving success. Arthur Lydiard instructed runners and coaches in Finland, Mexico, Venezuela, Denmark, Japan, the United States, and New Zealand for more than 50 years and had continued to experiment and refine his methods.Running with Lydiard contains expanded information on exercise physiology, diet, injury prevention and cure, discussion of Lydiard's methods, and revised training schedules.

Info autore

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 (three times gold) or Lasse Viren (four 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.

Riassunto

Since the outstanding success of his New Zealand athletes Snell, Halberg, and Magee at the 1960 Rome Olympics, Arthur Lydiard's name has been synonymous with the best training methods used by the world's top middle- and long-distance runners.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Garth Gilmour, Arthu Lydiard, Arthur Lydiard, Arthur L. Lydiard
• Editore: Meyer & Meyer Sport
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.2017
• EAN: 9781782551188
• ISBN: 978-1-78255-118-8
• Pagine: 240
• Dimensioni: 142 mm x 15 mm x 216 mm
• Peso: 300 g
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Sport > Atletica leggera, esercizi ginnici; Guide e manuali > Sport > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie, manuali, annuari, storia; Orientieren, diet, Olympics, Training methods, training schedules, long-distance running, Haberg, injury prevention and cure, Snell, New Zealand athletes, physiological conditioning, middle-distance running, Magee