Gymnastics category: 160 books

Elise is a talented gymnast who enters the U.S. Gymnastics Open with just one goal: gold. Accustomed to winning, the confident athlete believes that four clean performances are the only obstacles in the way of a victory. Yet, what happens when Elise delivers perfect routines but doesn’t win? Can...

From the Peabody Award-winning ESPN journalists, the definitive, devastating account of the largest sex abuse scandal in American sports history. For decades, osteopathic physician Larry Nassar built a sterling reputation as the go-to doctor for America's Olympians while treating countless...

Alexandra Orlando is an Olympic athlete who dedicated seventeen years of her life to the sport of rhythmic gymnastics, winning almost two hundred medals. Despite injury, she competed at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, and retired from the sport at the age of twenty-one as one of the top ten gymnasts...

Danish sport has been associated with Europe and the World; not least through I.P. Muller and Niels Bukh and the Danish Gymnastics revolution with its emphasis on male aesthetics and hygiene in the first half of the twentieth century. At the same time, Denmark has stood apart from Europe in the early...

At just 14 years old, gymnast Gabby Douglas left behind her close-knit family in Virginia Beach, Virginia, to train under Liang Chow, famed coach of Olympic legend Shawn Johnson. The move to Iowa was not an easy decision for the focused teenager. For many months, she suffered serious bouts of homesickness....

Vous êtes débutant,vous ne savez pas comment creer votre progamme de musculation?Vous avez peur de ne pas pouvoir atteindre vos objectifs (perte de poids ou prise de masse)?Alors je vais vous éxpliquer comment j'ai perdu plus de 35 kilos grace à la musculation....ou vous êtes intermediaire,vous...

Los niños más pequeños también pueden hacer gimnasia sin aburrirse, siempre y cuando los padres, los profesores, los canguros o los hermanos participen y se convierten sus monitores. Se puede empezar en casa, aunque si el tiempo invita puede hacerse al aire libre, a ser posible en un prado o la...

This book teaches the basics of partner acrobatics with children and teenagers. It shows the reader how to organize practice sessions and arrange performances. A practical section presents simple acrobatic figures that have proved to be of value in practice.

¿Cansado de interminables rutinas en el gimnasio que dan poco o ningún resultado? ¿Que tal si fuese posible ganar una gran cantidad de fuerza y musculatura solo con tres sesiones semanales?Elegir los ejercicios adecuados y trabajar con un aumento progresivo de dificultad es la clave para...

Introduction For most of the nation, the 3rd Monday in April is absolutely nothing more than the start of an extra work week. The weekend's over and it's back to the work. But for many people in Massachusetts, the grind could effortlessly spend time because of Patriots' Day, a lawful state...

In the highly acclaimed bestseller A Good Walk Spoiled, John Feinstein captures the world of professional golf as it has never been captured before. Traveling with the golfers on the PGA Tour, Feinstein gets inside the heads of the game's greatest players as well as its struggling wannabes. Meet superstars...

Author is a world-class athlete who has just completed a tour with Cirque du Soleil Totem. He played the main character (Crystal Man) in the touring show. Author has been featured on CNN's Sanjay Gupta's Human Factor. CNN will produce two to three more videos following the author as he undergoes...

A sports reporter investigates the training of girls as professional gymnasts and figure skaters, arguing that the pressure to succeed and to look beautiful results in mental and physical harm, from eating disorders to psychological trauma.

Do the saddlebags on your legs make you insane? Do you loathe wearing shorts because of saggy knees or flabby thighs? Have you avoided skinny jeans like the plague? Or do you just want to go from good shape to great shape? Well no matter what point you are starting out from, if you want to get your...