Athletics
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Injury-Free Running: Your Illustrated Guide to Biomechanics, Gait Analysis, and Injury Prevention
This no-nonsense guide shows you how an understanding of anatomy and biomechanics, coupled with the latest strengthening exercises and rehab protocols, can keep you running injury free for a long time to come.
Each time your foot hits the ground while running, an impact force averaging three times your weight travels through your body at more than 200 miles per hour, causing your bones to vibrate and tendons to stretch. When you consider the average runner strikes the ground more than 10,000 times per hour, this translates into a remarkable amount of force that needs to be absorbed, and explains why nearly 50% of recreational runners are injured each year.
The purpose of this book is to show you that impact forces are not necessarily harmful. By modifying your running form and doing specific exercises to improve tendon resiliency, not only can you effectively absorb these forces, but you can also store and return a significant percentage of them in the form of elastic recoil. Besides reducing your risk of injury, efficiently storing and returning energy can allow you to run faster with less effort.
With more than 200 illustrations and 300 references, this book reviews how to:
- Perform an at-home gait analysis to make specific changes in your running form that can reduce impact forces and improve performance.
- Decrease your risk of injury by identifying problems with strength, flexibility, and/or neuromotor coordination using specific functional tests.
- Incorporate new exercises to enhance the storage and return of energy in your tendons.
- Select the running shoe that is right for you.
- Treat 25 of the most common running-related injuries with the most up-to-date, scientifically justified treatment protocols available.
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Running For Dummies
Running For Dummies is for everyone with a desire to run. If you’re a reforming couch potato, it helps ease you into a healthier lifestyle. If you have Olympic aspirations, take a look at different ways to improve your training. This easy-to-understand guide is also for those who want to:- Lose weight
- Decrease blood pressure
- Live longer
- Relieve stress
- Boost creativity
- Find a fun way to exercise
Find dependable guidance for buying running shoes. Explore ways to maximize your training program. Discover the races you’ll enjoy running. Coauthored by the “World’s Fastest Woman” and World Record holder Florence (Flo-Jo) Griffith Joyner, Running For Dummies has world-class advice on these topics and many more:
- Nutrition and weight loss
- Hitting your stride
- Speed training
- Reaching your peak
- The day of the race
- Marathon training
- Identifying and treating injuries
- Cross-training and treadmill training
- Running for kids and seniors
Run around the block or around town. Tired of pavement? Run through the woods. Keep track of your personal progress in handy running logs in the back of the book. Improve your health, feel good about yourself, and have fun! With several million runners on the road today, you’ll find a lot of company, encouragement, and friends benefiting from this healthy and fun activity.
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Strength Training for Speed: Scientific Principles and Practical Application
In the sporting world, everyone wants to be faster. This book demonstrates how to structure an evidence-based, progressive strength training program that will accelerate you toward your speed goals with maximum power and efficiency.
Speed is integral to the successful performance of individuals and teams in most sports: knowledge of the ways in which high-performance athletes train to develop this quality is key.
Strength Training for Speed is a one-stop resource for coaches and athletes looking to enhance sprinting performance through effective strength training methods. The latest scientific research is used to underpin training solutions presented within this book, including strength programs followed by international level athletes.
The scope of applicable content will be of particular interest to coaches, athletes, and students. Boasting a comprehensive video library and a series of example periodised plans, readers will learn how to devise effective strength training programs for any athlete―from the recreational to elite performer. Learn all about:
- How to elicit key physiological adaptations necessary for improving strength, power and ultimately speed
- The biomechanics of sprinting during the acceleration and maximum velocity phases
- The associations of strength qualities with performance during different sprint phases
- How to design individual strength training sessions
- The periodisation of strength training for speed development
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Young Athletes’ Ultimate Guide to Mental Toughness Journal: Turn failure into fuel, loss into victory, and setbacks into comebacks. 5 Simple Steps to … Confidence, and Grit in…
This unstructured journal, created by former Navy SEAL and professional athlete Chad Metcalf, provides you with the flexibility to express yourself freely while also guiding you with initial prompts to get started. With a motivational quote at the top of each page, every journal entry becomes an inspiring session of self-discovery and growth.
Unlock your full potential – make journaling an integral part of your journey towards mental toughness!
Use your journal to document your thoughts, assess your progress, and reflect on your journey towards achieving mental toughness.
After diving into the ‘Young Athletes’ Ultimate Guide to Mental Toughness’ and working your way through the accompanying workbook, you’ve laid a strong foundation. Now, it’s time to bring it all together and take the next step in your journey with the ‘Young Athletes’ Ultimate Guide to Mental Toughness Journal.
Designed as a paperback with a convenient size of 6×9 and containing 118 pages, this journal is the perfect companion to carry with you as you navigate your path towards resilience and confidence.
Here’s what you can expect:
– Initial prompts to guide your reflections and kickstart your journaling journey
– Ample unstructured space to freely express your thoughts, feelings, and experiences
– Motivational quotes on each page to inspire and empower you as you write
– Instructions on how to leverage journaling effectively, as covered in the main bookThe ‘Young Athletes’ Ultimate Guide to Mental Toughness Journal’ is designed to be used upon completing or in conjunction with the workbook, serving as an ongoing tool for self-assessment, goal setting, and tracking your progress. It’s your space for reflection, to track your evolution over time, and to serve as a tangible record of your journey towards mental toughness.
Are you ready to elevate your game, unleash your full potential, and turn your setbacks into breakthroughs?
It’s time to make your mark. Add ‘Young Athletes’ Ultimate Guide to Mental Toughness Journal’ to your cart right now, and continue your journey to mental toughness.
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£11.40
