Field Sports category: 236 books
Jim Thorpe
World's Greatest Athlete
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
Born in 1888 in Oklahoma Territory, Jim Thorpe was a Sac and Fox Indian. After attending the Sac and Fox agency school and Haskell Indian Junior College in Lawrence, Kansas, he transferred to Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. At Carlisle he led the football team to victories over some of the...
by T. J. Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Here T. J. Murphy, a longtime triathlete and Editor-in-Chief of Triathlete Magazine, offers the aspiring triathlete a clear and simple pathway that will guide him or her toward experiencing the ultimate fitness lifestyle, culminating with the successful completion of a first triathlon. Beginning with...
Run for Life
The Anti-Aging, Anti-Injury, Super-Fitness Plan to Keep You Running to 100
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2009
Over 35 and want to win your age group and run injury-free for the next 50 years or even longer? Run for Life lays out a plan to help you run to 100. Traveling the running world from Kenya to Tahiti and Boston to Badwater in search of the keys to super-fit running longevity, Wallack tests new running...
Going Long
Training for Triathlon's Ultimate Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Internationally recognized triathlon coach and best-selling author Joe Friel teams up with ultra-endurance guru Gordon Byrn in Going Long, the most comprehensive guide to racing long-course and Ironman-distance triathlons. Combining science with personal experience, Friel and Byrn prepare anyone,...
100 Essential Triathlon Sessions
The Definitive Training Programme for all Serious Triathletes
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
Triathlon has seen huge changes in the past few decades; it has grown in popularity; been recognised as an Olympic sport; and witnessed a rapid increase in standards of performance at all levels. These changes have been accompanied by major developments in training principles and methods. Two of the...
by Mark Klion, Troy Jacobson
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
See what it takes to maximize multisport strength, power, speed, and endurance. Triathlon Anatomy will show you how to improve your performance by increasing muscular strength and optimizing the efficiency of every movement.
Triathlon Anatomy features 82 of the most effective multisport exercises...
by USA Triathlon
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Triathletes, rejoice! For the first time, USA Triathlon, its elite athletes, and the nation’s most respected coaches share their secrets, strategies, and advice for every stage, every event, and every aspect of the world’s most demanding sport. From training to technique, fueling to recovery,...
Correr para vivir, vivir para correr
De cómo el running puede mejorar la vida de las personas
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Este libro es el testimonio vital de un periodista que descubrió en el running una pasión que cambió su vida para siempre. Está dirigido a todos los corredores, los que saben que lo son y los que no. Para los que ya corren hace tiempo, para los que empezaron hace poco y para los que, al leer estas...
Correr mejor, vivir mejor
Intimidad,claves y secretos del running,la forma de vida que llegó para quedarse
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 1, 2014
En su segundo libro, Santiago García, el crítico de cine que un buen día
empezó a correr y ya no pudo parar, vuelve a abordar la pasión por el
running desde esa dimensión íntima que invita como ninguna a calzarse
las zapatillas y sumarse a esa aventura que tarde o temprano se
convertirá en...
Descenso a ciegas
La aventura para descubrir el lugar más profundo de la tierra
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 10, 2013
En 2004 dos grandes científicos y exploradores tratan de llegar a lo más hondo del mundo. En el sur de México, el estadounidense Bill Stone está embarcado en la exploración de la enorme cueva Cheve. En el otro extremo del globo, el ucraniano Alexander Klimchouk está explorando Krúbera, una...
52 IM
52 Ironman en 52 semanas: historia de un desafío solidario
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 4, 2014
El Ironman está considerado como una de las pruebas deportivas más arduas del planeta. Es la modalidad más exigente del triatlón y, para realizarla, uno tiene que nadar 3,8 km, después subirse una bicicleta y pedalear 180 km y, por último, calzarse las zapatillas y correr 42 km; todo en un mismo...
by Bob Carss
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Dondequiera que uno viva, la naturaleza brinda muchas oportunidades de practicar el arte del rastreo. Este libro te introducirá paso a paso en este fascinante mundo. Las dotes de observación, memoria y análisis que despliega el rastreador, no sólo son esenciales para el ejército y los cuerpos...
by Nicholas Pang
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Tools For Developing Good Form And Running Injury-Free. A Practical Guide To Understanding And Using Minimalist Running Shoes To Develop Good Running Form. Learn how to use minimalist running shoes as tools for improving your running form and run injury-free for life. Understand what the latest footwear...
Running Made Easy
Updated edition of the bestselling running book
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Running Made Easy is quite simply the friendliest, most inspiring running book ever written. Updated for 2014 with the latest fitness and nutrition advice and brand new real-life running stories, it is the must-have guide for aspiring runners. Running Made Easy takes things right back to basics with...