Sports Diet

Featured in the best-selling book Born to Run, coach and performance guru Eric Orton has spent a lifetime learning and thinking about running and about the limitless possibilities of the human body and mind. In The Cool Impossible, Orton shares his wealth of knowledge in an inspiring step-by-step guide that will open up a new world of achievement for runners of all levels of ability and experience. The truth is: Athleticism is awareness. That simple phrase is at the core of The Cool Impossible.

This is an introduction to the amazing world of krav maga, a self-defense option unlike any other! In Krav Maga: Easy and Quick Guide to Self-Defense, you'll learn about this comprehensive self-defense technique. Learn about the history behind krav maga, its origins, and how it grew to be an international phenomenon. Krav maga was created for the military but has been adapted for civilians. No matter your walk of life, krav maga is an option for you!

Learn the boxing basics at home—discover how to punch, defend, and improve your footwork without the need for a boxing gym.

Are you a novice trying to learn the basic katas? Do you often struggle with advanced Kung Fu moves and forms? Is your regular Shaolin training seemingly getting you nowhere? This audiobook will solve all your martial arts dilemmas, answer all your Wushu questions, and help you become a Kung Fu master in the shortest time possible. With helpful descriptions of moves and stances, you don't have to waste time searching for walk-throughs during your training regime. It is high time you took your Kung Fu practice to the next level, and this audiobook will help you do just that.

As a personal and professional crossroads, writer, editor, and obsessive walker, Dan Rubinstein travelled throughout the US, UK, and Canada to walk with people who saw the act not only as a form of transportation and recreation, but also as a path to a better world. There are no magic-bullet solutions to modern epidemics like obesity, anxiety, alienation, and climate change. But what if there is a simple way to take a step in the right direction? Combining fascinating reportage, eye-opening research, and Rubinstein’s own discoveries, Born to Walk explores how far this ancient habit can take us.

Millions of us run every day, whether it’s to catch a bus, a relaxing fun run around a park, or a longer distance like a 10k or marathon. Only a small few take on ultramarathon running - distances that usually start at around 50 km and can be very much longer. Whether you are someone who is thinking about taking up this sport, or you are already doing it and want to add an alternative and less stressful tactic to your training regime, then this is the book you should be listening to now.

Olympic Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn wants women to stop thinking about "losing weight fast" and instead focus on loving their bodies for what they are and what they can do. Lindsey is a small-town Minnesota girl at heart turned world-champion skier, but that didn't come without hard work. In Strong Is the New Beautiful, Lindsey lays out the never-before-seen training routines and her overall philosophy that have helped her become the best female skier in the world - tailored for women of all shapes and sizes.

One of the most popular Chinese martial arts, Tai Chi Chuan, is also one of the most effective stress relievers available. In China, it is also used extensively for the prevention and treatment of illnesses, and its beneficial effects for health and fitness are now widely recognized in the West. The Complete Book of Tai Chi Chuan is a comprehensive and fascinating guide to the practical application and potential benefits of Tai Chi Chuan.

For decades, exercise training and rehabilitation have followed primarily a dogmatic approach that have very little basis in fundamental bio-mechanics, exercise physiology, nor research based protocols. The most common approaches to injury, injury prevention, and rehabilitation, as well as exercise programming, apply the same principles to different mechanical systems of the body. This approach does not address the specific needs of different mechanical systems involved in functional movement and fitness.

Without the right mindset, no one will reach their health and fitness potential, and that's exactly what James Atkinson focuses on in this book. James Atkinson knows what it takes to set a goal, and only through sustained, consistent motivation will that goal ever be met. This book is for anyone who wants to make a change in their life but doesn't know where to start, or doesn't think they have the motivation to meet their goals because after all, motivation is a shared quality in any type of fitness goal.

Have you ever wanted to lose weight and stress less just by walking? There is much research done between the benefits of slow, relaxing, and mindful walks and lowering stress. Enjoying this type of walking can be just as beneficial in weight loss. See how in just a few days each week you can start dropping weight using these key tips!

The Running Revolution provides both beginning and experienced runners with everything they need to know in order to safely and efficiently transition to and master a safer and more biomechanically efficient way of running that is guaranteed to improve performance and minimize wear and tear on the body.

Taiji (pronounced Tie-jee) is an excellent system of exercise characterized by spiraling, supple, lithe movements, but it is much more than just a mild exercise. Taiji can also be used as an effective martial art, moving meditation, a way by which blood, nerve, and lymph blockages can be reduced, as well as reducing needless tensions, thus improving health; a way to develop good balance and power, clearer thinking, smooth and more effective actions, and is even able to make one better looking.

What has your workout journey been missing up to now? Honesty with yourself in an atmosphere free of judgement? The simplicity of only 30-45 minutes a day? With this unique six-month program you can take a truthful look at why your past attempts did not work, and how to make this time work! Starting with a focus on the 30-days, you will have a guide to a wide variety of exercises, a detailed break down of the affected muscle groups, and how to properly increase or decrease the impact. The time to make a real and lasting change is now!

Vous souhaitez courir un marathon et cela vous semble insurmontable ? Pourtant, en étant bien préparé, c'est 90% du marathon qui est déjà parcouru ! Vous allez découvrir dans ce guide ultime de préparation au marathon les 8 clés indispensables qui vous feront franchir sereinement la ligne d'arrivée.

Dr. Mark Cucuzzella explains the simple mechanics of how our bodies have evolved and adapted to run. Despite our natural ability and our human need to run, each year more than half of all runners suffer injuries. Pain and discouragement inevitably follow. Cucuzzella's book outlines the proven, practical techniques to avoid injury and reach the goal of personal fitness and overall health.

Inside Hero Maker, Duffy Gaver shares the knowledge and motivational sit-downs that get his stars to take hold of their own bodies. None of these stars bought their way to their impressive physiques; they earned it with old fashioned work and dedication. He will tell you what you need to do to look super heroic, and he will show you how you too can do this if you put yourself to the task. Inside, you will also find some of his game-changing workouts to help get you there.

Is running something that you do a lot of? Are you considering doing an ultramarathon? Do you need some help to understand what it will involve? Whether you are already an ultramarathon runner or someone who is about to embark on the challenge, The Ultramarathon Guide: A Simple Approach to Running Your First Ultramarathon is an audiobook that can help you realize your dreams. In this audiobook, you will discover all you need to know about taking the first steps in this grueling challenge.

You can get in shape without the hassle of going to the gym or buying fancy machinery. In Calisthenics for Beginners, you will discover why calisthenics training is the secret you’ve been looking for to get the body you’ve always wanted, even if you’ve never succeeded in the past; how to get in shape and stay in shape for the rest of your life without ever stepping foot in another gym again; step-by-step guidance on how to perform each exercise, allowing you to perfect your form; and more.

Hell-Bent explores a fascinating, often surreal world at the extremes of American yoga. Benjamin Lorr walked into his first yoga studio on a whim, overweight and curious, and quickly found the yoga reinventing his life. He was studying Bikram Yoga (or “hot yoga”) when a run-in with a master and competitive yoga champion led him into an obsessive subculture—a group of yogis for whom eight hours of practice a day in 110- degree heat was just the beginning.