XL Athlete is excited to offer its clients the Soviet Sports Review. The journals are comprised of translated articles from Soviet coaches' journals and also contain original articles from Dr. Michael Yessis and Dr. Mel Siff.
The 1992 edition includes the following articles:
The Brain and Muscle Action
Nutrition and Athletic Work Capacity
The Intricacies of Stretching
SKILL LEARNING: When is an Exercise Truly Learned?
TRAINING PRINCIPLES: Adaptation, What Determines Strength?
Injuries in Track And Field
Physical Qualities and Their Development
BOOK REVIEW: Sports First Aid
Physical Training and Cold Sensitivity
The Heel Hit
Jumping Technique Of Michael Conley and Oleg Sakirkin
Overtraining
SPORTS MEDICINE: Playing With Pain
EXERCISE: Reverse Sit-Ups
KID'S KORNER: Children and Sports
Progressive Overload?
Some Principles of Constructing the Yearly Training Cycle in Speed-Strength Sports
BASIC SKILLS: Throwing--Using Your Hips
MISCONCEPTIONS: Breathing in Exercise
INNOVATIVE EXERCISES: Hand Grip, Types of Overtraining
The Effectiveness of Training Methods in Improving Special Endurance in Soccer Players
Stability in Weight Training
Loadless Training
BOOK REVIEW: Science of Coaching Swimming
QUESTIONS FROM THE READERS
Using Products of High Biological Value in Athletes' Diets
Fatigue
The Effectiveness of the Continuous and Repetitive Methods of Training Young Athletes
Strength Training and Muscle Tension
The Principles of Biochemical Adaptation in the Sports Training Process
Music--Before Starting
Developing Strength in Young Gymnasts
Ludmila Narozhilenko Running the Hurdles
The Adaptive Mechanisms of Muscle Fibers to Exercise and Possibilities for Controlling Them
Injury Prevention
Hybrid Exercises
What's New in Pole Vault Technique
The Need for Balance
Test Your Balance
Pre-Competition Preparation for the Decathlon
Vibrational Devices
The High Throw?
A New Event
The Effect of Massage on Microcirculation in Athletes' Musculo-Skeletal Injuries
EXERCISE : Back Raises
SKILL LEARNING: Repetitions
TRAINING PRINCIPLES: The Safety Principle
MISCONCEPTIONS: Abdominal Exercises
INNOVATIVE EXERCISES: Ulna and Radial Flexion
BOOK REVIEW: Strength and Power in Sport
KIDS KORNER: Strength Training for Youngsters
BOOK REVIEW: Textbook of Science and Medicine in Sport
General Aspects of the Sports Training System
The Concept of Symmetric Training
How Hard Are You Training?
How to Harmonize a Runner's Aerobic And Anaerobic Capacities
Obstacles to Effective Training: The Copy Cat Error, The Morning Run
The Effect of Turpentine-Oil Baths on Athletes' Cardio-Respiratory System Functioning
Muscles May Not Protect
A New Way of Training
A Flat Back
Nutrition for Performance
Is Seated Exercise Safer?
Rotational Power
The Wealth of Isometrics
Oxygen Debt?
The Principles of Biochemical Adaptation in the Sports Training Process
Sugar for Energy?
Fundamentals of Throwing
Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Lumbar Vertebral Osteochondrosis in Young Cyclists
TRAINING PRINCIPLES: The Overload Principle
KID'S KORNER: When to Start Training?
BOOK REVIEW: Sport Stretch
SKILL LEARNING: The Need for Excellent Demonstrations
MISCONCEPTIONS: The Deadlift to Train the Lower Back
EXERCISE OF THE MONTH: Leg Extensions
INNOVATIVE EXERCISES: Roto Bar Curls
Book Review: Endurance in Sport
Questions from the Readers
General Aspects of the Sports Training System
Rules of Treatment
The Cardiovascular Doctrine
The Effect of Rapid Weight Loss and Enrichment of the Diet With Trace Elements in Athletes
The Ankle Joint in Running
"Hardening" Running and Vascular Reactions
Bodybuilding Anorexia?
Means and Methods of Preventing Musculo-Skeletal Injuries in Speed-Strength Sports
The Myth of Isolation
Lifting, Belts and Breathing
Safety in the Health Club
How Varying Doses of Trace Elements and Combining Them With Other Biologically Active Substances Affect Iron, Copper, and Manganese Metabolism in High Level Athletes
Pelvic Tilt?
The Aftermath of Early Sports Specialization for Highly Qualified Swimmers
High Carbohydrate Diets and Slimming
The Suggestibility of Weightlifters and Their Capacity for Goal-Oriented Autosuggestion
Is Lactic Acid a Toxin?
Foot Mechanics
Age Differences in Establishing and Maintaining Skill in Middle and Long-Distance Running
Temporary Immunodeficit Caused by Exceptionally Large Physical and Emotional Loads
How Six-Month Vitamin Supplementation Affected Six-Year-Old Pupils' Mental and Physical Work-Capacity
KIDS KORNER: Learning Technique
SKILL LEARNING: The Role of Technique
TRAINING PRINCIPLES: Progressiveness
INNOVATIVE EXERCISE: Three-Way Squat
OBSTACLES TO EFFECTIVE TRAINING : Heavy Weights
EXERCISE OF THE MONTH: Knee Curls
QUESTIONS FROM THE READERS: Methods of Training
Is There a Best Strength or Weight Training Program?
Emotion and Other Psychological Factors
Prevention and Treatment of Support-Motor Injuries in Long-Distance Runners and Racewalkers
Isokinetic and Other Training Means
Beyond Bent Leg Sit-Ups
Slim Before Breakfast
The Use of Training Machines
Three-Way Strength
Breath-Holding as a Component in Complex Coordinated Exercises
The Heart Is Not Just a Pump
Nutrition and Sports--A Doctor's Advice (Part I)
How to Build Speed
Muscle Strength and Intra-Day Changes in Muscle Tonus
Pathogenetic and Systems Principles for Correcting Extreme States
Body Types and Jumping Ability in Teenage Volleyball Players
BOOK REVIEW: Serious Training for Serious Athletes
OBSTACLE TO EFFECTIVE TRAINING: The Imbalance Error
TRAINING TIPS: Improve Your Breathing
MISCONCEPTIONS: Three Sets of Ten for Beginners
INNOVATIVE EXERCISES: T-Bench Medial Rotation
EXERCISE OF THE MONTH: Heel (Calf) Raise
TRAINING PRINCIPLE: The Volume-Intensity Principle
QUESTIONS FROM THE READERS: Transitional Period
The Chinese System of Quantal Training
Elastics, Etc.
The Cholesterol Debate Continues
Fundamentals of Throwing
Toe-Heel Doctrine in Aerobics
The Early Stages of Strength Training
Muscles and the Sprint
PNF Aqua-Exercise
Muscle Pain Caused by Unusual Physical Exercise (A Brief Survey)
Nutrition and Sports--A Doctor's Advice (Part II)
A Time of Growth and Risk
How to Build Speed (Sprinters)
Effective Workouts
Using Sinusoidal Modulated Currents to Restore Athletes' Work-Capacity
X-Rays and Your Health
Resistance Training for Different Purposes
SKILL LEARNING: The Importance of Basic Skills
BOOK REVIEW: Speed-Strength Training for Football
OBSTACLES TO EFFECTIVE TRAINING: Irregular Routine Error
TRAINING TIP: Rest
KIDS KORNER: Self-Esteem
EXERCISE OF THE MONTH: Triceps Extension
