Developing Endurance, NSCA – National Strength & Conditioning Association (Original PDF from Publisher)

With millions of participants annually, endurance sports are still becoming more and more popular. Athletes require a high degree of muscular and cardio fitness to maintain such extended activity, which can only be attained by a well-crafted training regimen built to maximize endurance performance. Your resource for creating successful endurance training regimens is Developing Endurance, Second Edition. The book, which was authored by 14 of the leading experts of the National Strength and Conditioning Association, gives a physiological review of endurance sports and describes how resistance, flexibility, and aerobic training all improve performance. For resistance training and plyometric exercises unique to endurance sports, you’ll find technique instructions and images. You can analyze and track continuous performance changes by using a variety of aerobic endurance tests. This is the ultimate edition of this reliable book, which also includes a new chapter on programming for obstacle course racing and an updated chapter on warm-up methods and approaches. Developing Endurance removes the uncertainty from designing individualized training plans that help prevent plateaus and boost performance with training plans for swimming, cycling, running, triathlons, and obstacle course competition. Get units or credits for continuing education!

There is also a continuing education exam based on this book. It can be bought alone or combined with the book and test in a package.