This book continues where Mastery of Hand Strength ends, as John focuses on functional upper-body and lower-arm strength, plus feats of the consummate grip master's repertoire, like bending steel bars, horseshoes, and nails; scrolling iron; and tearing cards and tennis balls.

It's easy to give up on an exercise when you feel tired, but that's not how you train your mind and condition your body to keep going when it counts. Go beyond your comfort zone as you learn to maintain your pace while doing a mix of practical outdoor movements, straight from the proving grounds of John Brookfield.

Heavily illustrated with a wide range of exercises that will show you how to train everything from your neck down with a set of cables (think chest expanders, not machines), John's book takes you two giant steps past the mainstream view of cable training.

Stay young, improve stamina, build strength, and exercise your core with this how-to guide to mastering exercising with kettlebells.Designed to meet the unique needs of active adults, Kettlebells for 50+ presents functional exercises carefully adapted and tested to provide a comprehensive total-body workout. Step-by-step photos and explanatory captions make it easy for anyone from fitness novice to longtime athlete to train smart and stay fit for life.

If you've reached a plateau in your workout and your training routine has become stale and boring, it's time to shake things up. The Best Thigh Exercises You've Never Heard Of is the essential workout guide for anyone looking to find new thigh exercises, get stronger and train more efficiently.You'll find some of the most unique lower body exercises ever created. Each exercise is expertly demonstrated with photographs, detailed instructions, tips and tricks on how to incor...

This book has the direct answers to the most frequently asked questions about training for and running a marathon. Author Jeff Galloway knows these questions well, he averages answering over 100 questions a day. Over a million runners have received individual coaching, attended a Galloway running school or retreat, read his books or joined one of his training programs. Answers are loaded with direct, practical information based upon the overwhelming success that Jeff has had in giving advice ...

Get a strong, sexy, sculpted kettlebell body in less than thirty minutes, four times a week.Whether you're looking to get in better shape, spice up your exercise regimen or challenge yourself with the ultimate high-intensity workout, kettlebells are the perfect tool to take you to the next level. With over 300 step-by-step photos, Kettlebells for Women presents a solid twelve-week program packed with exercises that produce unmatched results for:

Get ahead of the competition with over 100 muscle-coordinating exercises and twenty sports-specific workouts.Push your muscle development and athletic abilities to incredible new heights with Functional Training for Athletes of All Levels. Functional training conditions your body to respond to the strenuous demands of athletic competition. This method goes far beyond standard isolation movements, done sitting down, that simply increase muscular bulk. Functi...

Sculpt your arms, back, shoulders and abs with this bestselling guide to mastering one of the greatest bodyweight exercises of all time—the pull up.Follow the seven-week program in this book and you'll massively increase your strength, muscle tone and overall fitness to such an extreme that you'll be able to do fifty consecutive pull-ups!Offering several field-tested, day-by-day plans, this book has something for everyone: from beginners embarking on a new wo...

Raise your game to a higher level with this guide to a cutting-edge strength training method.Successful athletes combine great skill with explosive power. If you want to improve your skills: practice, practice, practice. If you want to improve your power: do PLYOMETRICS.With over seventy exercises specially designed to enhance your speed, power, jumping and agility, ***Plyometrics for Athletes at All Levels***gives you the winning advantage...

From customized workouts to authoritative advice, Fitness Cycling provides the most effective workouts for achieving peak physical conditioning. As a cyclist and physician for one of the sport’s leading teams, author Shannon Sovndal provides a detailed approach to cycling that will help you increase strength, speed, stamina, and overall fitness.Fitness Cycling features 56 workouts based on specific aspects of riding, such as base building, interval training, sprin...

You don't have to wonder what to do each day. This book will organize your running life, telling you how to run (with other optional exercises) throughout the year to prepare for the goal of your choice - even if you want to be a more consistent runner. With each week's workouts, you'll receive a motivational tip, with suggestions about how to increase your running enjoyment. Jeff Galloway has run in the Olympics and has coached over 150,000 people. Here, he reveals the plans used by his h...