Resistance Training

Young athletes ready to progress to resistance training, and the parents and coaches supporting them, who want a rigorous, safety-conscious, practical guide to training with bands and weights.

51 detailed content cards across 14 chapters, a numbered contents page, a Your Top Tips summary, and a closing message. Covers understanding resistance training, whether it is right for you, training with resistance bands, an introduction to weights, the key principles of lifting, lower body exercises, upper body pushing, upper body pulling, core and trunk with resistance, structuring your training, progression and overload, safety and technique, resistance training and your sport, and bringing it all together.

A young athlete who understands resistance training and their own readiness for it, can train with bands and progress to weights, applies the key principles of lifting, coaches the major movements with technique and safety first, and progresses sensibly in support of their sport.

Part of the Sports Progression Hub strength and conditioning range, building on the Introduction and Bodyweight Strength guides and leading into power and plyometrics, core strength and stability, and building your own programme. Produced in the Sports Progression Hub house style and ready to use straight away.