Looking to develop core/abdominal strength

[Grasshopper]

Can any of you suggest a good source (book, video, journal, etc.) for core and abdominal strengthening excercises suitable for college-level track and field athletes? Thanks for the help

[tracklete16]

Re: Looking to develop core/abdominal strength

Ask your coach. Most college level or even high school level coaches have lots of books on strength training and conditioning. A coach in my area recently gave me an official book on long jump from USATF that is really hard to find if you're not a coach.

[gcheves]

Re: Looking to develop core/abdominal strength

try the peak performance web site. Here are two articles from the library. Do a search on "core fitness" once you're on the site and many articles are listed.

http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0701.htm

http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0233.htm

[bhall]

Re: Looking to develop core/abdominal strength

You might also want to look at Functional Training for Sports by Michael Boyle (Human Kinetics). It covers more than just the core/abs.