1. Basic Considerations for Exercise / Howard G. Knuttgen and Paavo V. Komi
Pt. 2. Biological Basis for Strength and Power
2. Neuronal Control of Functional Movement / Volker Dietz
3. Motor Unit and Motoneurone Excitability during Explosive Movement / Toshio Moritani
4. Muscular Basis of Strength / R. Billeter and H. Hoppeler
5. Hormonal Mechanisms Related to the Expression of Muscular Strength and Power / William J. Kraemer and Scott A. Mazzetti
6. Exercise-Related Adaptations in Connective Tissue / Ronald F. Zernicke and Barbara Loitz-Ramage
7. Contractile Performance of Skeletal Muscle Fibres / K. A. Paul Edman
8. Skeletal Muscle and Motor Unit Architecture: Effect on Performance / Roland R. Roy, Ryan I. Monti, Alex Lai and V. Reggie Edgerton
9. Mechanical Muscle Models and Their Application to Force and Power Production / Walter Herzog and Rachid Ait-Haddou
10. Stretch-Shortening Cycle / Paavo V. Komi
11. Stretch-Shortening Cycle Fatigue and its Influence on Force and Power Production / Caroline Nicol and Paavo V. Komi
Pt. 3. Mechanisms for Adaptation in Strength and Power Training
12. Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Adaptation in Skeletal Muscle / Geoffrey Goldspink and Stephen Harridge
13. Hypertrophy and Hyperplasia / J. Duncan MacDougall
14. Acute and Chronic Muscle Metabolic Adaptations to Strength Training / Per A. Tesch and Bjorn A. Alkner
15. Neural Adaptation to Strength Training / Digby G. Sale
16. Mechanisms of Muscle and Motor Unit Adaptation to Explosive Power Training / Jacques Duchateau and Karl Hainaut
17. Proprioceptive Training: Considerations for Strength and Power Production / Albert Gollhofer
18. Connective Tissue and Bone Response to Strength Training / Michael H. Stone and Christina Karatzaferi
19. Endocrine Responses and Adaptations to Strength and Power Training / William J. Kraemer and Nicholas A. Ratamess
20. Cardiovascular Responses to Strength Training / Steven J. Fleck
Pt. 4. Special Problems in Strength and Power Training
21. Ageing and Neuromuscular Adaptation to Strength Training / Keijo Hakkinen
22. Use of Electrical Stimulation in Strength and Power Training / Gary A. Dudley and Scott W. Stevenson
Pt. 5. Strength and Power Training for Sports
23. Biomechanics of Strength and Strength Training / Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky
24. Vibration Loads: Potential for Strength and Power Development / Joachim Mester, Peter Spitzenpfeil and Zengyuan Yue
25. Training for Weightlifting / John Garhammer and Bob Takano.
