Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning (4th Edition)
by G. Gregory Haff and N. Travis Triplett (editors) · National Strength and Conditioning Association / Human Kinetics
The single highest-authority text in the topic: it is simultaneously the CSCS blueprint source and a genuine exercise-science textbook covering physiology, biomechanics, assessment and programme design. The NSCA's core textbook and the reference for the CSCS exam. Thirty contributors cover exercise physiology, biomechanics, bioenergetics, testing and evaluation, exercise technique, programme design, periodisation and facility organisation across twenty-four chapters.
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