Delavier's mixed martial arts anatomy / Frédéric Delavier, Michael Gundill.

Translation of: Musculation pour le fight et les sports de combat.

Includes bibliographical references.

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 PRINCIPLES OF STRENGTH TRAINING -- Developing Your Program -- 20 Steps to Developing Your Training Program -- Role of Periodization -- Techniques For Increasing Strength And Power -- Eight Principles to Prepare the Muscles for Fighting -- Five Types of Strength Most Often Used in Fighting -- Secrets of an Effective Strike -- Breathing During Strength Training -- Adapting Strength Training to the Demands of a Fight -- Techniques For Improving Conditioning And Endurance -- Power and Conditioning: Two Very Different Muscle Qualities -- Five Rules for Minimizing Opposition of Power and Endurance -- Adjusting Circuits for Optimal Conditioning -- Techniques For Increasing Flexibility -- Flexibility and Stiffness: Two Opposite Muscle Qualities -- When to Stretch -- How to Stretch -- Techniques For Recovery And Injury Prevention -- Warm-Up -- Cool-Down -- Regenerative Massage Using a Foam Roller -- Injury-Causing Strength Imbalances --

Contents note continued: Cross-Education for Recovery From Injury -- Nutritional Approach to Recovery -- pt. 2 STRENGTH TRAINING EXERCISES FOR FIGHTING -- Neck, Trapezius, And Jaw -- Exercises for the Neck -- Neck Flexion -- Neck Extension -- Lateral Neck Flexion -- Strengthening the Jaw -- Surrounding the Neck With Massive Trapezius Muscles -- Shrug -- Abdominal Wall -- Sit-Up -- Standing Cable Crunch -- Twisting Crunch -- Leg Rotation on Pull-Up Bar -- Plank -- Punches And Elbow Strikes -- Exercises for Explosiveness -- Narrow-Grip Bench Press -- Punch and Elbow Strike With Elastic Band or Pulley -- Medicine Ball Throw -- Forearms -- Wrist Extension -- Wrist Curl -- Strengthening Your Stance -- Partial Squat -- Standing Calf Raise -- Kicks And Knee Strikes -- Paradoxes of the Psoas Muscle -- Exercises for Increasing Strength -- Standing Leg Lift -- Leg Lift on Pull-Up Bar -- Knee Strike on All Fours -- Grabs, Pulls, And Chokes -- Pull-Up -- Power Triceps Push-Down --

Contents note continued: Hang From Pull-Up Bar -- Hammer Curl -- Chokes And Countermoves -- Exercises for Endurance -- Hang From Straps -- Isometric Adduction -- Leg Press Using Full Range of Motion -- Seated Squat -- Lying Leg Curl -- Reverse Calf Raise -- Bridge -- How the Respiratory Muscles Affect Endurance -- Lying Rib Cage Expansion With Weight -- Importance of Hip Flexibility -- Hip Rotator Stretch -- Lifts And Throws -- Conventional Deadlift -- Straight-Leg Deadlift -- Dumbbell Clean -- Row -- pt. 3 TRAINING PROGRAMS -- Beginning Programs For Overall Strength -- Program for Gaining Familiarity With Strength Training -- Program for Increasing Volume of Work -- Advanced Beginner Program -- Specialized Programs -- Basic Specialized Program -- Advanced Specialized Program -- Highly Advanced Specialized Program -- Customized Programs -- Boxing Program -- Kicking Program -- Ground Fighting Program -- Hand-to-Hand Fighting Program -- Conditioning Circuits --

Contents note continued: Beginner Basic Circuit -- Intermediate Basic Circuit -- Advanced Basic Circuit -- Customized Circuits -- Boxing Circuit -- Kicking Circuit -- Ground Fighting Circuit -- Hand-to-Hand Fighting Circuit -- Specialized Circuits At Home -- Specialized Circuit for Protecting the Neck -- Specialized Circuit for Abdominal Support -- Circuits For Injury Prevention -- Preventing Shoulder Pain -- Preventing Lower Back Pain -- Preventing Neck Pain -- Preventing Hip Pain.

"More than 120 exercises and 20 training programs for the world's toughest sport"-- Cover.