books: athletic training ... (flexibility anniversary nutritional)

books: athletic training ...

books:

The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women: Get Off Your Butt and On with Your Training

57 reviews
Dawn Dais

Seal Press, 2007

great laugh
This book is hilarious. The author delightfully writes with sarcasm and cynasism, so even if your intentions are not to run a marathon you can read for amusement! She does provide great guidance and training regimens. Even more valuable is how she relates to the normal person and isn't afraid to voice her opinions.

Training for Speed, Agility, and Quickness: Special Book/DVD Package

14 reviews

Human Kinetics Publishers, 2005

Great Drill Book
If you're looking for drills to improve you or your athletes speed, agility, or quickness- look no further. The book starts out with a short chapter on preparing for the drills followed by another short chapter on "needs analysis" (which shows you how to evaluate the need for a speed, agility, and quickness program). The rest of the book from there is the "meat" of the book: three sections ...

Daniels' Running Formula

72 reviews
Jack Daniels

Human Kinetics Publishers, 2005

Best running bok period
I wish I would of had a book like this when I was running in high school and college. Loaded with valuable info, covering just about everything.

Run Faster from the 5K to the Marathon: How to Be Your Own Best Coach

5 reviews
Brad Hudson, Matt Fitzgerald

Broadway, 2008

One of the best
This is one of the best books ever written on running training. I'm a masters athlete racing mile, 5k and 10k and I think I've just about read them all -- Brad's is the clearest breakdown of what you need to do, and when, that I have ever read. If you've struggled with Daniels and Noakes (great though they are), this is the book for you. I predict you will finally understand what you are ...

Mind Gym : An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

23 reviews
Gary Mack, David Casstevens

McGraw-Hill, 2002

Best one for athletes!
I have read several books on the mental game in sports and this is by far the best. I work with collegiate and professional athletes and recommend this so often that Gary Mack should send me a commission!!!

The Non-Runner's Marathon Trainer

168 reviews
David A. Whitsett, Forrest A. Dolgener, ...

McGraw-Hill, 1998

Just buy it. You'll finish your marathon.
Prior to training, I had run ONE 5k race (mostly walked), and never actually ran for excercise for more than 3 miles. I began this training wanting to see how far I'd get and the next thing I know I was 15-20 pounds lighter and crossing the tape at that Dallas WhiteRock marathon in 2003 at 4:18:13. Don't get me wrong, I was in pain. It wasn't easy. But as they say, the pain is ...

Stretching, 20th Anniversary Revised Edition

102 reviews
Bob Anderson

Shelter Publications, 2000

Great Book
Great book that I was first introduced to at work. I am a Massage Therapist and this book assists me to give the best home-care for my clients. It has many different stretches for all activities, as well as isolated stretches for particular parts of the body. An inexpensive addition to a home or professional library.

The Triathlete's Training Bible (2nd Edition)

80 reviews
Joe Friel

VeloPress, 2004

Tons of information useful for all levels
I bought this book about 2 months ago while I was preparing for my first triathlon. I read a lot of the previous reviews, and I have to say that the major selling point for me wasn't the positive reviews. It was actually the negative ones who said the book was too hardcore. WOOHOO!! This was my kind of training manual. It's true that the suggested fitness programs are designed for people ...

Wooden

76 reviews
John Wooden

McGraw-Hill, 1997

A master teacher's thinking on life and work
This small book by one of the most renowned sports figures of all time has less to do with Coach Wooden's winning records as a player and coach as it does with his broader views on what defines a "winner" - in attitude, in action, and in thought. As applicable in the business world as it is for athletics, this book, reflecting the author's example, is deeply profound and profoundly modest. Highly ...

ChiRunning

92 reviews
Danny Dreyer

Fireside, 2004

A Life Changing Book
This is a book that can change your life. On the surface this book is about "harnessing chi" to improve your running, but it's more about developing proper technique and developing your run into a meditative experience. This book helps you develop proper foot strike and position, leg bend and swing, posture, lean, arm swing, breathing, focus, developing speed and distance, as well as how to focus ...

Going Long: Training for Ironman-Distance Triathlons (Ultrafit Multisport Training Series)

19 reviews
Joe Friel, Gordon Byrn

VeloPress, 2003

Great Book !!
The problem when you start training for a long endurance event like the Ironman is that every second athlete has his or her own opinion and way of training. This confused me a lot. I decided to seek some professional help and use this book to train for my first Ironman and I can honestly say this book is remarkable. The level of detail is intense, so you have to be patient and read some ...

Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes

31 reviews
Monique Ryan

VeloPress, 2007

Quality Nutrition Guidance for Endurance Athletes
This is a well-written and authoritative review of many aspects of sports nutrition, with an emphasis on the specific needs of endurance athletes. Triathletes, endurance runners and cyclists will especially benefit -- there are separate spections geared just for their needs. Provides insight into not only meeting nutritional needs before, during, and after training and racing, this book offers ...

Tri Power: The Ultimate Strength Training, Core Conditioning, Endurance, and Flexibility Program for ...

6 reviews
Paul Frediani, William Smith

Hatherleigh Press, 2007

target audience
This book is RICH with information and covers quite a spectrum. I don't usually leave comments but this book is worth the time.. I was able to meet the authors too and they are no joke. (no wonder this is on a best-seller list. wow)

Youth Basketball Drills

4 reviews
Burrall Paye, Patrick Paye

Human Kinetics Publishers, 2000

An Excellent Pick
This book is an excellent resourse for any coach. There is a chapter for each fundamental of the game. Each chaper has a nice progression of drills and a purpose behind each. Each individual drill has a referenced prerequisite section, a detailed break-down and diagram of the drill, and crucial teaching points as a ruberic. It also has a section to help you plan your practices for the entire ...

Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff

16 reviews
Jim Johnson

Dog Ear Publishing, LLC, 2007

Well, it worked
I hurt my rotator cuffs doing some bag work. I waited a long time (I'm a guy) to go into an ortho. He gave me the advice to work on my posture, lose weight and a photocopy of some exercises to do. Told me that how I injured myself didn't matter, fixing it was what counted. Well, posture and losing weight solved that problem. Had a completely different feeling problem. Went back after ...

Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Running, Second Edition, (Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Running)

6 reviews
Robert G. Price

Sportsworkout.com, 2005

Very useful
After i finished reading this book, i put it in the front of my collection of running books. This is the most functional and practical book i have ever seen on strength training for runners. the tips on how to weight train for muscular endurance are priceless as i'm beginning to see with my longer distances and lower times. this book has earned my recommendation.

Lore of Running

36 reviews
Timothy D. Noakes

Human Kinetics Publishers, 2002

Substance, Facts, Form and all, simply awsome!
This book not only contains all you need to know about running but also goes into great medical and scientific details. Dr. Tim Noakes is a true schollar of sports science and had managed to blend the experience of many elite athletes together with medical research and scientific fact into a compact journal - the true Runners Bible!

The Paleo Diet for Athletes: A Nutritional Formula for Peak Athletic Performance

22 reviews
Loren Cordain, Joe Friel

Rodale Books, 2005

Useful information for low-carb endurance athletes
I have followed a low-carb diet for about 3 years now, and in the last year have gradually become an avid runner. I was looking for info on how to add carbs into my diet to support my running, and this book has specific, useful info on that topic. I do not agree with all of his dietary advice in general (for general info on low-carb diets I would recommend that you read a variety of books to ...

Brain Training For Runners: A Revolutionary New Training System to Improve Endurance, Speed, Health, ...

8 reviews
Matt Fitzgerald

NAL Trade, 2007

Excellent - Best Running Book I've Read
I read a lot of running books but for me, this is the best. It's an easy read with a lot of useful training tips. His exercises have really helped me. I've been suffering for 2 years with groin/hip pain and have spent a small fortune on doctors to no avail. The exercises and training plans in this book have got me back running, pain-free. I run by myself so having a good training plan and ...

Women's Strength Training Anatomy

44 reviews
Frederic Delavier

Human Kinetics Publishers, 2003

A BRILLIANT BOOK for WOMEN who use WEIGHTS
I LOVE this book!! Hiss Boo Sucks to all those who whine about it not including the woman's upper body. When I discovered this, after having already been totally impressed by the quality and thoroughness of the medical knowledge, anatomical detail, terminology and artwork in this book, I immediately ordered Delavier's STRENGTH TRAINING ANATOMY, the original volume, which does include both men and ...