Strength coaching in America : a history of the innovation that transformed sports / Jason P. Shurley, Jan Todd, Terry Todd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Before barbells : strength training, athletes, physicians, and physical educators from the first Olympic Games to the twentieth century -- Building the barbell athlete : Bob Hoffman, Joe Weider, and the promotion of strength training for sport, 1932-1969 -- The science connection : Thomas Delorme, progressive resistance exercise, and the emergence of strength training research, 1940-1970 -- Pioneers of power : strength training for college sports before 1969 -- An emerging profession : Boyd Epley and the founding of the national strength and conditioning association -- Bridging the gap : the national strength and conditioning association and its impact -- Strength coaching in the twenty-first century : new paradigms and new associations -- Appendix. In memoriam : Dr. Terry Todd (1938-2018) : pioneering powerlifter, writer, sport promoter, and historian who changed the cultural paradigm for strength.