WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER IMPROVE YOUR PHYSIQUE, BUILD LEAN MUSCLE, AND INCREASE STRENGTH For more than twenty years, Bret “the Glute Guy” Contreras has been on a quest to improve human performance, focusing his research on the gluteus maximus, the largest muscle in the human body. What started as an effort to improve his own weak, flat backside quickly evolved when he discovered the wide range of functional movements to which the glutes contribute. Properly trained glutes not only help...
Releasedatum: 2019-09-17 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 329,00 kr
'Invaluable' - WATERSTONES BEST SPORTS BOOKS OF 2022 ' Born to Run 2 is a must read for every runner out there' Rich Roll 'Amazing, really incredibly inspiring book' Joe Wicks on Born to Run Born to Run 's Chris McDougall and long-time running coach Eric Orton show us how to join the global barefoot running movement and explore the world on our own two feet. Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training Guide teaches every runner, new or experienced, how to master humankind's first true superpower and ta...
Releasedatum: 2022-11-03 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 109,00 kr
Starting Strength has been called the best and most useful of fitness books. The second edition, Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, sold over 80,000 copies in a competitive global market for fitness education. , they form a simple, logical, and practical approach to strength training. Now, after six more years of testing and adjustment with thousands of athletes in seminars all over the country, the updated third edition expands and improves on the previous teaching methods and biomechan...
Releasedatum: 2011-11-11 89,00 kr
TRAIN EASIER TO RUN FASTER This revolutionary training method has been embraced by elite runners—with extraordinary results—and now you can do it, too. Respected running and fitness expert Matt Fitzgerald explains how the 80/20 running program—in which you do 80 percent of runs at a lower intensity and just 20 percent at a higher intensity—is the best change runners of all abilities can make to improve their performance. With a thorough examination of the science and research behind this...
Releasedatum: 2014-09-02 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 129,00 kr
Learn the secrets about performance training that will make you faster, stronger, more explosive and better conditioned than your competition. The Juggernaut Method 2.0 offers total strength and athletic development for anyone from the Elite level power lifter, strongman, football player, fighter, or anyone looking to become unstoppable. For a limited time, save $20 and receive the Juggernaut Prowler Manual, full of videos and conditioning
Releasedatum: 2012-11-01 49,00 kr
Our ancestors were physically active with strong muscles and bones. Today, most people on earth are no longer naturally active, or strong. Most of us can’t return to nature, so the next best thing is strength training that produces very similar natural muscle and bone strength. This is much easier than you think. In fact, just picking up a weight, standing and holding it, then placing it back down begins the process of getting stronger throughout the body. This simple approach, along with othe...
Releasedatum: 2020-11-11 89,00 kr
With so much focus on getting big miles into your legs it’s easy to overlook the importance of developing the strength and coordination necessary to run with good technique. This book helps beginner runners learn the basics of good technique and explains how running better will help prevent injuries as you train towards your goals. Experienced runners can use the book to evaluate their technique and develop new strategies to enhance performance and avoid injury. Finally, coaches can use the bo...
Releasedatum: 2011-04-29 45,00 kr
Are you a triathlete, runner, cyclist, swimmer, cross-country skier? Learn how to stay healthy, achieve optimal athletic potential, and be injury-free. Dr. Philip Maffetone’s approach to endurance offers a truly “individualized” outlook and unique system that emphasizes building a strong aerobic base for increased fat burning, weight loss, sustained energy, and a healthy immune system. Good nutrition and stress reduction are also key to this commonsense, big-picture approach. In addition, ...
Releasedatum: 2010-09-22 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 199,00 kr
Mental training is scarcely covered in the climbing literature, yet it is as important to performance as strength, flexibility, and technique. In his unique approach to mental training, Arno Ilgner draws essential elements from the rich "warrior" literature, as well as from sports psychology, and combines these with his extensive climbing experience to create The Warrior’s Way ®. - Here is a comprehensive program for learning how to focus your mental resources during a challenging climb. It i...
Releasedatum: 2003-06-17 49,00 kr
Learn how to run faster, unlock your potential, and reach peak performance with training advice from a former Olympic trials marathoner and coach to Olympians like Dathan Ritzenhein. Hudson is the most innovative running coach to come along in a generation. Until now, only a handful of elite athletes have been able to benefit from his methods. Now Run Faster from the 5K to the Marathon shows all runners how to coach themselves as confidently and effectively as Brad coaches his world-...
Releasedatum: 2008-07-29 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 139,00 kr
This is a teaching book by Master Takeshi Shibata, former president of the All Nippon Kyudo Federation. He has written notes and explanations from which he teaches daily or at seminars. With the aid of many videos or photos, commentary is more precise and understandable. Master Shibata explains the following: 1. His wonderful Tenouchi 2. Precisely how to make and use the Tenouchi . 3. The import...
Releasedatum: 2022-12-20 209,00 kr
The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Cycling is the most comprehensive and up-to-date cycling-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of nearly 100 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book features year round cycling-specific weight training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results. No other cycling book to date has been so well designed, so easy t...
Releasedatum: 2011-10-20 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 55,00 kr
The Cube Method is the powerlifting training program that has taken athlete after athlete to the next level of strength. Powerlifters have been hitting PR after PR, taking their strength to levels previously not thought possible. The Cube combines and rotates Heavy Days, Rep Days, and Explosive Days in a way that has never been done before. Take the guesswork out of powerlifting training with the revolutionary Cube Method, written by Brandon Lilly, holder of the #1 RAW Powerlifting total in the ...
Releasedatum: 2012-12-11 49,00 kr
This enhanced eBook includes 3D animations of over 75 cycling-specific stretches and exercises. With this enhanced eBook you will be able to see exactly how the exercises are performed. The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Cycling is the most comprehensive and up-to-date cycling-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of nearly 100 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book fe...
Releasedatum: 2012-04-17 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 79,00 kr
'Heads up – here's how to run like a pro' – The Times 'A fascinating book' – Adharanand Finn, author of Running With the Kenyans The Lost Art of Running is an opportunity to join running technique analyst coach and movement guru Shane Benzie on his journey across five continents as he trains with and analyses the running style of some of the most gifted athletes on the planet. 'Excellent' Trail Running magazine 'Shane is the Indiana Jones of the running worl...
Releasedatum: 2020-08-20 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 109,00 kr
'A must-read for all athletes, from the professional to the weekend warrior.' - Wall Street Journal The New York Times Bestselling account of the new frontier of sports recovery science, which shows what we should and shouldn't be doing between exercising to achieve maximum performance. All athletes, from Olympians to weekend warriors, must find the balance between training and recovery to maximize the benefits of workouts and reach optimal performance. For the longest time, coaches and training...
Releasedatum: 2019-03-21 59,00 kr
Weight Training for Triathlon is the most comprehensive and up-to-date triathlon-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by top triathletes worldwide. This book features year-round triathlon-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results. No other triathlon book to date has been so well designed, so easy to use, and so committ...
Releasedatum: 2011-11-17 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 69,00 kr
Cutting-edge advice on how to achieve your personal best, for everyone from casual runners to ultramarathoners. In 80/20 Running , respected running and fitness expert Matt Fitzgerald introduced his revolutionary training program and explained why doing 80 percent of runs at a lower intensity and just 20 percent at a higher intensity is the best way for runners at all levels--as well as cyclists, triathletes, and even weight-loss seekers--to improve their performance. Now, in this eye-opening fo...
Releasedatum: 2022-03-01 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 119,00 kr
From world-renowned adventurer and bestselling author of The Art of Resilience and The World’s Fittest Book, comes the ultimate blueprint to building a bulletproof body. ‘He’s an animal’ CHRIS HEMSWORTH ‘The inner workings of a sports science genius’ EDDIE HALL, former World’s Strongest Man Ross Edgley has spent decades perfecting the principles and practice of extreme fitness to achieve the impossible. Following a career-threatening injury in 2018, Ross was forced to reassess his ...
Releasedatum: 2021-09-02 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 189,00 kr
Featured in the book Born to Run , running coach Eric Orton offers a guide for every runner... Natural running is more than barefoot running. It’s about the joy of running that we were all born with and can reawaken. With a program focused on proper form, strength development, and cardiovascular training, Orton will help beginners, competitors, and enduring veterans reach “the cool impossible”—the belief that any achievement, athletic or otherwise, is within our reach. I...
Releasedatum: 2013-05-07 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 79,00 kr
Do you want to know about the physiology of exercise and training but are daunted by the science? This book provides you with facts and advice explained in a simple way. Ever wondered how EPO works? How to improve your running economy? Why we get fatigued? How aerobic training affects muscles? This latest book by Jens Bangsbo answers these questions, and many more. Especially relevant for coaches and fitness trainers, but useful for students and anyone with an interest in exercise and training, ...
Releasedatum: 2012-01-19 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 189,00 kr
It’s time to re-invent your body, health and athletic performance. We’ve been brainwashed into believing that endurance athletes need carbohydrates in order to perform optimally, but nothing could be further from the truth. In this book you’ll find out why you don’t need as many carbohydrates as you think, and what you can do about it. Contents include: - Why Choose Low Carbohydrate? - Answering Objections to a Low Carb Diet - Diet Explanation & Overview - Easy-To-U...
Releasedatum: 2012-05-22 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 89,00 kr
Webster's Dictionary defines a 'team' as a group of people working together for common purpose. A team working together, using teamwork, should be exerting a force greater than the sum of all individual players. If the force exerted is not greater than the sum of all players, then it is not a team; it is a group of disorganized individuals. This group of individuals will be decimated by a properly trained and organized paintball team, acting in unison with one common goal; eliminate the oppositi...
Releasedatum: 2011-12-25 9,00 kr
I’ve been helping people personalize their health and fitness needs for more than four decades. This eBook takes you through the key features of MAF — why and how it works and the way food, exercise and stress are able to significantly help us. By the end you’ll be ready to start. MAF is an open system that can be used by itself, or be integrated into any approach you may be currently using, or help you start all over again. That’s because MAF provides assessment tools that help take the...
Releasedatum: 2020-05-12 89,00 kr
Discover the hard science that will help you run faster, endure for longer, and avoid injury. Analyse your running style and learn how to enhance your gait for optimum efficiency and safety. Transform your performance with exercises targeting strength, flexibility, and recovery - each exercise annotated to reveal the muscle mechanics so you know you're getting it right. Understand the science behind your body's energy systems and how to train to maximise energy storage and conversion. Follow tra...
Releasedatum: 2020-02-06 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 75,00 kr
The sport of running is ever changing, be it the shoes we wear or the goals we set, the training methods we use or the role models we emulate. But there is one constant: For 40 years, Runner's World magazine has been recognized worldwide as the leading authority on running. Now the collective wisdom of the most savvy running writers, coaches, and editors can be found in the Runner's World Complete Book of Running . Whether you are a beginner or veteran runner, here is advice--both timeless...
Releasedatum: 2009-12-22 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 59,00 kr
Mental Toughness & Sports Psychology teaches the reader how to access states of peak performance through proven brain training strategies that are used by professional athletes. The author, Diane Ulicsni, is a personal development coach and board-certified clinical hypnosis and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) trainer.
Releasedatum: 2012-10-12 35,00 kr
This “How To Fight Muay Thai” guide will give you all the history, traditions, customs, and basic techniques you need to know to begin Muay Thai. If you’ve always wanted to start Muay Thai, but weren’t sure what the techniques are and how to perform them, “How To Fight Muay Thai” will illustrate and explain basic techniques that you can learn quickly. You can then build on those basic techniques. This step by step guide will help you begin your Muay Thai journey the right way. Whethe...
Releasedatum: 2012-03-30 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 99,00 kr
This enhanced eBook includes 3D animations of over 75 triathlon-specific stretches and exercises. With this enhanced eBook you will be able to see exactly how the exercises are performed. The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Triathlon is the most comprehensive and up-to-date triathlon-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of nearly 100 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This b...
Releasedatum: 2012-05-15 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 79,00 kr
Designed by nationally renowned author, exercise physiologist, sports nutritionist, and triathlon coach, Ben Greenfield, this comprehensive daily nutrition plan for Ironman triathletes goes far beyond simple "meal suggestions". Instead, you’ll receive an exact weekly plan for base training, building to a race, carb loading, race day fueling, and even off-season and recovery weeks. With the life of a busy Ironman triathlete in mind, the meal plan includes minimal meal preparation times and food...
Releasedatum: 2012-06-12 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 59,00 kr
From the authors of the bestselling Chi Running , a game-changing training guide for injury-free long distance running. In Chi Marathon , Danny Dreyer, creator of the revolutionary ChiRunning program, highly respected running coach, and accomplished distance runner, takes a whole-body approach to long-distance running—much like T’ai Chi—making ease and efficiency of movement the prime goal of one’s training. Chi Marathon is the first book to focus not on building stamina first (though th...
Releasedatum: 2012-03-13 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 169,00 kr
If you want to learn the basics about mountain biking by an everyday expert, then get this step-by-step guide. In this no-fluff, short, and straight-to-the-point step-by-step guide, you will discover the tips and tricks on how to mountain bike the right way. - How to mountain bike the right way. - Mountain biking jumping secrets revealed. - Bunny hop mountain bike tricks. - Wheelie mountain biking tips. - How to ride the mountain bike on trails. - How to ride the mountain bike on rocky terrain. ...
Releasedatum: 2011-04-10 99,00 kr
The Natural Running Revolution Has Started Learn how to use minimalist running shoes as tools for improving your running form and run injury-free for life. Understand what the latest footwear technologies offer and decide which works for your situation. Learn what's wrong with traditional running shoes and how you can prevent injuries in the future. Run Natural. Run Free.
Releasedatum: 2010-12-27 25,00 kr
You've seen athletes do it in all sports: *Members of the Olympic bobsled team just before their run, eyes closed, their bodies swaying back and forth as they visualize the run. *Professional basketball players mimicking the free throw, picturing it mentally, before actually taking the ball and shooting it. *The pro golf champion on the tee visualizing his drive. Research has shown conclusively that when you practice mentally - at the correct level of mind - you will gain almost as much benefit ...
Releasedatum: 2009-11-28 39,00 kr
Based on new research in exercise physiology, author and running expert Matt Fitzgerald introduces a first-of-its-kind training strategy that he's named "Brain Training." Runners of all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels can learn to maximize their performance by supplying the brain with the right feedback. Based on Fitzgerald's eight-point brain training system, this book will help runners: - Resist running fatigue - Use cross-training as brain training - Master the art of pacing - Learn to ru...
Releasedatum: 2007-09-04 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 85,00 kr
The Climbing Bible: Practical Exercises by Martin Mobråten and Stian Christophersen is a collection of exercises specifically designed to help you train technique and strength so that you can develop and improve as a climber. After two decades of climbing, training and coaching, the authors have built up a huge library of exercises, and they share many of them with you in this book. The first section focuses on your technique, with emphasis on footwork, grip positions, balance, direction of for...
Releasedatum: 2022-02-03 129,00 kr
LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021 LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2021 'Inspiring' The Guardian 'Excellent' Runner's World 'Fascinating' Publishers Weekly 'Brilliant' Ed Vaizey 'Through reading this book you will come to understand that the heart and soul of running are to be found in Ethiopia.' Haile Gebrselassie 'Engaging, warm and humane… A delight' TLS 'Full of wonderful insights and lessons from...
Releasedatum: 2020-11-12 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 105,00 kr
Running is America’s most popular participatory sport, yet more than half of those who identify as runners get injured every year. Falling prey to injuries from overtraining, faulty form, poor eating, and improper footwear, many runners eventually, and reluctantly, abandon the sport for a less strenuous pastime. But for the first time in the United States, Hiroaki Tanaka’s Slow Jogging demonstrates that there is an efficient, healthier, and pain-free approach to running for all ages and life...
Releasedatum: 2016-05-10 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 179,00 kr
We all know we should exercise more – but many of us just don’t have time. The current NHS guidelines advise 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week, and for people with busy lives that can feel like an impossible challenge. But what if you could get all the health and fitness benefits of that 150 minutes in far less time? Martin Gibala is one of the world's leading researchers into High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), the training protocol which has helped Joe Wicks sell 795k copies of ...
Releasedatum: 2017-02-02 189,00 kr
An intriguing blend of science and sports that explores how some of the worlds greatest athletes are utilizing the last frontier of performance-enhancing technology—the mental mapping and engineering of their own brains—for peak performance, and what it means for the future of athleticism, sports, and the rest of us. Moneyball showed how statistics were revolutionizing baseball. The Sports Gene revealed the role genetics play in sports. Now, Head in the Game examines the next evolution: how ...
Releasedatum: 2017-02-28 109,00 kr
Achieve the same gold-standard of fitness upheld by Special Ops with this unique strength and conditioning program created by a former Navy SEAL. A year-long day-by-day essential training and workout plan for the heroes of tomorrow—police officers, firefighters, soldiers, and others whose lifesaving jobs demand them to be in optimum physical condition. Over the past decade, Special Ops fitness has morphed into a new fitness genre—along with military, police, and firefighter fitness—called ...
Releasedatum: 2014-12-30 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 159,00 kr
Lessons In Wrestling and Physical Culture: Illustrated, by Martin "Farmer" Burns. This is the complete course all twelve lessons in six books. The original Farmer Burns, the best known, and most scientific wrestler that ever lived, trainer and manager of the marvelous and undefeated World's Champion Frank Gotch, will teach you at home, all the science, holds, breaks, defenses, and tricks of the wonderful art of Wrestling and Self Defense. This incredible course, divided into twelve different les...
Releasedatum: 2014-09-25 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 19,00 kr
To enter a Long or Ultra distance event or challenge the likes of 100 km is a decision and a half. The confidence that needs to be built up not only of the distance but of the whole experience cannot be underestimated. Get it right and to complete such a distance is very, very self-satisfying. Preparation is key. This guidebook explores the preparation, technical aspects and what you can expect before, during and after this arduous task. Long distance running is a test of not only endurance but ...
Releasedatum: 2014-04-10 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 39,00 kr
Northern Shaolin Eagle Claw Kung-Fu is known in Chinese as "Ying Jow Fann Tzi Moon". Eagle claw is an old traditional form of Chinese martial arts. This system was created and used by the famous military General, Ngok Fei, to train his soldiers. This set of fighting techniques is mostly composed of grabbing, striking, catching, holding, separating the tendons, dislocating the joints, striking pressure points, stopping the opponents breath, fast foot work, and high jumps and fast moves. I...
Releasedatum: 2013-03-11 15,00 kr
This enhanced eBook includes 3D animations of over 75 martial arts-specific stretches and exercises. With this enhanced eBook you will be able to see exactly how the exercises are performed. The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Martial Arts is the most comprehensive and up-to-date martial arts-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of nearly 100 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwid...
Releasedatum: 2012-07-03 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 79,00 kr
If you want to learn how to shoot a bow, then get this course now. In this step-by-step guide, you will discover archery tips, tricks, and secrets to shoot a bow better than others. - How to shoot a bow more accurately. - Instinctive archery secrets revealed. - How to have the best barebow archery stance. - Best materials to get started. - How to aim better using your instincts. - Simple exercises to help you shoot instinctive archery better than before. - How to improve your archery shooting. -...
Releasedatum: 2011-04-10 99,00 kr
The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Triathlon is the most comprehensive and up-to-date triathlon-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of nearly 100 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book features year-round triathlon-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results. No other triathlon book to date has been so well designed, s...
Releasedatum: 2011-05-01 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 69,00 kr
Phil Burt and Martin Evans have worked with the world's best cyclists, including the Great Britain Cycling Team, devising and implementing highly effective off the bike training plans. Now, in Strength and Conditioning for Cyclists you can benefit from their wealth of knowledge and experience and apply it to make you a stronger, faster and more robust cyclist. Use the self-assessment, inspired by the Functional Movement Screening used by the Great Britain Cycling Team, to identify your stren...
Releasedatum: 2018-09-20 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 169,00 kr
The bestselling author of 80/20 Running and How Bad Do You Want It? reveals his inspiring and surprising journey to see just how fast he can go. Matt Fitzgerald has been running (and writing about running) for most of his adult life. But, like many passionate amateur runners, he never felt he was quite fulfilling his potential. If he follows the training, nutrition, and lifestyle of an elite runner, just how fast could he go? In hi...
Releasedatum: 2020-05-05 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 149,00 kr
Are you a triathlete, runner, cyclist, swimmer, cross-country skier, or other athlete seeking greater endurance? The Endurance Handbook teaches athletes how to stay healthy, achieve optimal athletic potential, and be injury-free for many productive years. Dr. Philip Maffetone’s approach to endurance offers a truly “individualized” outlook and unique system that he has refined over three decades of training and treating athletes, ranging from world champions to weekend warriors. Maffetone...
Releasedatum: 2015-06-09 159,00 kr