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TRAINING

4HE FOLLOWING TRAINING DISCIPLINES ARE AIMED AT THOSE WITH A

FAIRLY GOOD LEVEL OF lTNESS 4HE WEIGHT TRAINING POWER LIFTING SECTION
FOR EXAMPLE REQUIRES WORKING WITH AN /LYMPIC BAR WHICH WEIGHS
KILOGRAMS UNLOADED 3OME OF THE PLYOMETRIC DRILLS SHOULD NOT

BE ATTEMPTED BY ANYBODY WITH A HISTORY OF OR CURRENT KNEE OR
BACK PROBLEMS 4HESE DRILLS ARE A SYSTEM TO IMPROVE lTNESS FOR THE
ALREADY QUITE lT PERSON IT IS HIGHLY INADVISABLE FOR UNlT INDIVIDUALS

TO ATTEMPT THEM )F IN ANY DOUBT SPEAK TO A QUALIlED lTNESS
PROFESSIONAL BEFORE COMMENCING A PROGRAMME INVOLVING ADVANCED
TRAINING OF ANY NATURE

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4HE EARLIER CHAPTER ON WEIGHT TRAINING IS HOPEFULLY ADEQUATE
TO PROVIDE FOR THE STRENGTH NEEDS OF THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE BUT IN
FAIRNESS TO THOSE WHO NEED SERIOUS STRENGTH GAINS ) HAVE ADDED

THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINES MAINLY DERIVED FROM POWER LIFTING A SPORT
IN ITS OWN RIGHT "OXING REQUIRES ALL ROUND BODY STRENGTH THE CHEST
AND BACK MUSCLES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THROWING AND RETRACTION

OF PUNCHES THE LEGS PROVIDE PUSH OFF POWER AND STABILITY FOR BOTH
OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE ACTIONS 4HE FOLLOWING MAY PROVE USEFUL FOR
ANYBODY WHOSE STRENGTH GAINS HAVE REACHED A PLATEAU OR THOSE
SEEKING TO EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE POWER 4HESE EXERCISES

MAY REQUIRE PROFESSIONAL TUTELAGE AND AS ) HAVE ALREADY SUGGESTED
SEEK THE ADVICE OF A QUALIlED INSTRUCTOR WHICH WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY