Training

The book discusses various aspects of physical training, how to warm up before training and competition, or implement training to increase endurance, gain more power or improve flexibility. Factors important for different qualities of athletes, and the effect training has on the body are also discussed.

The book is intended for study in high school sports programs and as a teaching material in the coaching education of the sports movement It should also be useful to students at the university level and indeed to anyone who engages in sports.

The book Training is produced in close collaboration with the Sports and Olympic Association of Iceland, and it is adorned with a number of photographs of Icelandic athletes from the ÍSÍ Photo Gallery.