Worried No More or The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Swimming

Worried No More: Help and Hope for Anxious Children

Author: Aureen Pinto Wagner

About 13% or over 6.5 million children and adolescents in the US suffer from serious anxiety, making it the most common emotional problem in youngsters. Anxious children may suffer serious problems in their school, social and family lives. Help is now available for these anxious children. Success rates with the right treatment are excellent. The sooner children are treated, the sooner they can get back to the business of growing up, learning and being happy.

In an age where children witness unspeakable horrors and violence that ignites tremendous anxiety, Dr. Aureen Wagner brings hope and effective strategies for parents, schools and health care professionals who care for children. Worried No More is packed with effective practical guidance, specific how-to steps and ready-to-use forms and tools for parents, educators and healthcare professionals to help children overcome anxiety. Worried No More focuses on helping children cope with disasters and tragedies, panic, phobias, worry, school refusal, separation anxiety, excessive shyness, obsessions and compulsions.

About the Author:
Dr. Aureen Pinto Wagner is a Clinical Child Psychologist and Director of The OCD and Anxiety Consultancy in Rochester, NY. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed books What to do when your Child has Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Strategies and Solutions and Up and Down the Worry Hill. Dr. Wagner provides training workshops and consultation for clinicians and school personnel in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for OCD and anxiety. She frequently presents seminars and leads discussion groups on anxiety for parents and families, and contributes to radio, television and newspapers as an expert on anxiety-related topics. Dr. Wagner lives in Rochester, NY with her family.

Library Journal

These two books build on each other. Written by a clinical psychologist specializing in cognitive-behavioral treatment for anxiety disorders, Help for Worried Kids introduces the topic of childhood anxiety disorders. The text opens with a discussion of the causes of childhood anxiety, its many "faces," and how to identify an anxious child. The second part is dedicated to the disorders themselves, with each chapter offering an in-depth examination that includes prevention, diagnosis, personal narratives, and advice on helping children gain control over fear and anxiety. A good selection of resources, check lists, and worksheets rounds out the text. This book is geared to concerned parents looking for help in determining whether their child's uneasiness is reason for concern. In contrast, Worried No More is geared not only to parents but also to school and healthcare professionals; it reads like a training guide for those with a daily need to understand and help children experiencing serious anxiety. Clinical child psychologist Wagner has a unique approach to making cognitive-behavioral therapy applicable to youngsters. As in the first edition, she begins by identifying normal fears and anxieties and considering when they become problematic. She then addresses the most common anxiety problems and disorders, discussing causes, therapies, and medications and what parents can do to help. Finally, she expands the strategies beyond the family to what schools can do. This book considers challenges and strategies in detail, carefully addressing how a parent can develop a systematic and goal-directed approach with the school to implement an effective action plan for the child there. Though both books are recommended for public libraries, Wagner offers far more tools, practical and well researched, for effectively helping anxious children and is recommended for academic libraries as well.-Kari Ramstrom, MLIS, Plymouth, MN Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Swimming

Author: Robert Pric

The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Swimming is a must have for any competitive swimmer looking to accelerate his or her skills. Complete with year-round workout programs-designed specifically for swimming, there is no longer a reason to follow a general fitness routine. By doing exercises that target swimming specific muscles, you will be exercising more efficiently as well as optimizing your performance in the water.

The programs can be followed by both men & women 14 years of age & over, regardless of weight training experience. With 100+ photographs of 80 different exercises, this book is the ultimate resource for weight training for swimming. Maximize Your Athletic Potential through sport-specific training and make next season your best yet!

Table of Contents:

Part I	Swimming Specific Training
	Introduction	9
	Off-season Program	10
	Preseason Program	17
	In-season Program	19
Part II	Getting Started	33
	Warming Up	35
	Cooling Down	36
	Abs	37
	Stretching	45
	Proper Form	51
	Proper Breathing	52
Part III	Recommended Exercises	53
	Substituting Similar Exercises	55
	Chest Exercises	55
	Back (Lats) Exercises	62
	Shoulders Exercises	68
	Triceps Exercises	78
	Biceps/Forearms Exercises	83
	Legs Exercises	89
Part IV	The Necessities	97
	Perfecting Your Technique	99
	Estimating Your One-Rep Max	100
	The Different Folks, Different Strokes Principle	107
	Overtraining and Staleness	108
	The Declaration of Variation	110
	Muscle Fibers	112
	Training Techniques	114
	When to Increase	117
	Safety Reminders	124
	Record Keeping	126
	Test Yourself	129
	Conclusion	129
Part V	Supplemental 4-Week Programs	131
	Endurance/Stamina/Fat-burning Programs	133
	General Fitness/Power Programs	147
	Strength Programs	161