What makes a champion? Olympic champion Bob Richards says it's the will to win no matter what the odds. In The Heart of a Champion, he shares the incredible stories of athletes who have overcome hardship, disability, racism, sexism, and more to become the best the world has ever seen. A celebration of hard work and the indomitable human spirit, this book captures Richards's contagious enthusiasm for individual greatness as well as the beauty of working as a team.These insp...

World War II ends - the Cold War begins. Incredibly, Bermuda's geopolitical importance increases. Marauding Nazi U-boats are replaced by Soviet nuclear submarines whose missiles threaten the US East Coast. Bermuda becomes the most important and secret early warning post in the world, using a new technology called SOFAR - Sound Fixing and Ranging.The Russians will do anything to find out what the Americans are up to in Bermuda, including sending their assassins to "persuade" wayward...

A regional pioneer of photojournalism, Jack Richard photographed in the Yellowstone area from the 1940s to the 1980s, where his crisp, superbly composed images captured the Western way of life. This book presents more than 150 black and white photographs, from stunning landscapes to tender portraits, and chronicles the American West from the end of the frontier era to the age of tourism, industry, and large-scale ranch operations.YellowstoneCountry breaks down Richard’s work into n...

The Complete Guide to Circuit Training is the second edition of the definitive guide to planning and teaching a circuit class. It is the established reference title on the subject for all group exercise instructors, from trainees to the vastly experienced.Circuit training is one of the original forms of group exercise and is still the most popular. From fitness club classes, through sport-specific routines to the use in medical rehabilitation it has a very...

Fitness Professionals: Advanced Circuit Training is the advanced companion to the definitive Fitness Professionals: Circuit Training.There are around 60,000 qualified gym instructors and personal trainers in the UK alone, with several thousand more qualifying each year. The Register of Exercise Professionals' (REPs) Level 3 qualification is seen as the principal goal for all instructors, and a key part of this is advanced circuit ...

This is not your run-of-the-mill fitness book. Developed by world-renowned gluteal expert Bret Contreras, Strong Curves offers an extensive fitness and nutrition guide for women seeking to improve their physique, function, strength, and mobility.Contreras spent the last eighteen years researching and field-testing the best methods for building better butts and shapelier bodies. In Strong Curves, he offers the programs that have proven effective time and time again with his clients, allowing y...

GET FIT SAFELY USING THE VERSATILE RESISTANCE BANDFirst used in physical therapy to introduce low-intensity strength training for rehabilitating patients, today bands come in all levels of resistance and are perfect for targeting and working every major muscle group. Using this simple device, you can:• Increase Strength• Improve Balance• Reduce Lower Back Pain• Rehabilitate InjuriesResistance Band Workbook

In the seven years since the publication of his first book, Functional Training for Sports, new understanding of functional anatomy created a shift in strength coaching. With this new material, Coach Boyle presents the continued evolution of functional training as seen by a leader in the strength and conditioning field.

In If You Like Exercise… Chances Are You’re Doing It Wrong, author Gary Bannister tells us that “the power-to-be have all but destroyed the value of muscle isolation, discredited the use of machines in general, ignored everything related to the work of Arthur Jones and replaced it with a ten-cent solution.” He claims that until the field of exercise defines what is true and what is not, it will never have the impact that it could.Muscle strength, the only factor that can p...

This definitive guide is for men and women of all ages. And it's for you if you are a beginner or even if you have years of training experience. Follow its proven instruction, transform your body, improve your health. You will learn: how to train - a step-by-step program of just two or three workouts a week; how to master exercise technique - the most complete descriptions on the market; how to avoid new injuries, and heal old injuries - a new approach; how to build a stronger heart from just...

A state-of-the-science resource for runners--with the latest information on training, nutrition, injury prevention, and gear and gadgets that improve performance.The science and technology of running have evolved dramatically in the past 20 years. This all-inclusive resource--based on the author's own high-level running and coaching experience and his interviews with dozens of other top runners and coaches--is an indispensable tool for runners who hope to perform at the very best o...

Dr. Jordan Metzl's Workout Prescription is a compressed workout guide designed for busy professionals in today's world who have little time for fitness and want to maximize results. In this book, Dr. Jordan Metzl explains the science of the compressed, high-intensity workout and provides a series of progressive workouts ranging from 10 to 30 minutes that can be done anytime, anywhere, using minimal equipment.This book also guides you through topics like motivation, goals, ...