Capoeira Conditioning: How to Build Strength, Agility, and Cardiovascular Fitness Using Capoeira Movements

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North Atlantic Books, 30 okt 2012 - 144 pagina's

A whole-body training program using exercises from the Brazilian martial art of capoeira—perfect for staying in shape and improving your cardiovascular fitness, strength, and agility

The popularity of capoeira continues to rise as more people discover how useful—and fun—it can be for increasing agility and flexibility, as well as strength and endurance. Capoeira Conditioning is an illustrated guide to whole-body training based on this increasingly popular Brazilian martial art. Designed for all ages and all levels of experience, the book is a step-by-step training manual with photographs that guide users through every movement and sequence. Accompanying text gives special pointers and describes the fitness benefits of each individual technique.

Capoeira Conditioning offers no-frills advice about nutrition, regularity of training, capoeira in relation to other sports, and capoeira conditioning for children, along with a simple Q&A section.

 

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Inhoudsopgave

Chapter
1
The FatBurning Power of HighIntensity
8
Chapter
19
The Next Stage
26
Chapter
33
Bridge Walking
78
Aſ Normal cartwheel
84
Aſ Pistols
90
Chapter
119
About the Author
125
Copyright

Overige edities - Alles bekijken

Capoeira Conditioning: How to Build Strength, Agility, and Cardiovascular ...
Gerard Taylor
Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2005
Capoeira Conditioning: How to Build Strength, Agility, and Cardiovascular ...
Gerard Taylor
Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2005
Capoeira Conditioning: How to Build Strength, Agility, and Cardiovascular ...
Gerard Taylor
Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2005

Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen

15 minutes aerobic Agility ankles arms back bridge balance bananeira push-up basic beginning bend blood body Breathing Breathing Breathe freely build capoeira conditioning Cardio chest close cocorinha squats combination Coordination core movements deep breaths deeply difficult direction drop effective example exercise exhale fascia Fat Burner feel feet Fitness Benefits flat flexibility Flexibility-stretch floor foot forward front ginga give ground hands handstand head Health and Fitness heart heels hips hold increase inhale Keep kick knees lateral looking lower lungs means minutes move movement muscles nasal breathing normal nose Once oxygen Pointers position push raise range reach relax Repeat repetitions rest rotate running session shape shoulders side slowly spine sport Stand static step straight strength stretch toes twist waist walk wall warm-up week weight whole workout wrists

Over de auteur (2012)

A graduate of the London School of Capoeira, Gerard Taylor co-founded the Oslo Capoeira Klubb in Norway in 1996. Since then, he has taught classes and workshops to thousands of people of all ages and nationalities. Taylor is also the author of the popular Capoeira Conditioning.

Anders Kjaergaard is a professional photographer living and working in London. In addition to shooting all the photographs in Capoeira 100, he illustrated Taylor's two previous books. Kjaergaard is a graduate of the Royal College of Art where he studied photography in the MA program. He continues to show his own work internationally as well as collaborating on projects such as this one.

Bibliografische gegevens

TitelCapoeira Conditioning: How to Build Strength, Agility, and Cardiovascular Fitness Using Capoeira Movements
AuteurGerard Taylor
foto's doorAnders Kjaergaard
UitgeverNorth Atlantic Books, 2012
ISBN1583946411, 9781583946411
Lengte144 pagina's
  
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