Individual Sports category: 1455 books
by Luca Franchini e Michele Posa
Language: Italian
Release Date: August 5, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: August 5, 2015
Ti ricordi di quando The Undertaker ha perso la sua straordinaria striscia vincente?
E della sfida di The Rock a John Cena?
E dei tempi pionieristici di Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior e “Macho Man” Randy Savage?
Qualunque sia la risposta c’è chi quei miti e quei match leggendari li ha sposati...
Getting Real About Running
Expert Advice on Being a Committed Athlete
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
In more than twenty years as a runner and a coach, top marathoner Gordon Bakoulis has tackled almost every problem a runner can face. Now in her accessible, inspiring new book, Bakoulis becomes your personal coach and mentor, preparing you to meet the exhilarating challenges...
Fly Girls
How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
A New York Times Bestseller * An Amazon Best Book of the Year * A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice * A Time Best Book for Summer
Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. While male pilots were lauded as heroes, the few women who...
No-Fall Snowboarding
7 Easy Steps to Safe and Fun Boarding
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Gain Without Pain. Learning to snowboard can be easy and painless—with the right instruction.
In this groundbreaking book, Danny Martin, the most sought-after snowboarding instructor today, teaches you how to snowboard in just three days—and without falling. While the American Association...
Spartan Up!
A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
**"A must read for anyone looking to take his performance to the next level, be it in athletics or in life."—Dean Karnazes, author of Ultra Marathon Man
“If there’s anyone out there who has taken extreme to a new level, its Joe De Sena—in adventure racing, in business, and...
by Greg Oliver and Steven Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2007
From the critically acclaimed authors of The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams comes the most comprehensive look ever at the colourful villains, heels, bad guys and rule breakers who give professional wrestling so much of its character. In The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels , Greg Oliver...
Every Woman's Guide to Cycling
Everything You Need to Know, From Buying Your First Bike toWinning Your First Ra ce
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
More women than ever before are jumping on their saddles to enjoy one of the fastest growing sports in the country-and to improve cardiovascular fitness, control their weight, and liven up their social lives. At the same time, cycling remains very much a "man's sport," an intimidating world that can...
The Rise & Fall of ECW
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2007
Independent wrestling promotions were once the norm all across the country. However, with the rise of World Wrestling Entertainment and the creation of World Championship Wrestling -- out of three Southern promotions -- the possibility of an independent succeeding grew fainter and fainter. As the...
Anatomía y entrenamiento del core
Guía de ejercicios para un torso perfecto
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 21, 2017
Todos los movimientos dependen del apoyo estructural de los músculos de la parte central del cuerpo (o core), encargados de estabilizar el tronco y la pelvis, mantener el equilibrio y facilitar los movimientos de brazos y piernas según sea la actividad realizada. Anatomía del entrenamiento del...
The Amateurs
The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
In “one of the best books ever written about a sport,” Halberstam chronicles the story of four amateur US rowers and their 1984 Olympic dream (Newsweek).
In 1984, rowing was a sport continually relegated to the margins, far from the spotlights attracted by other Olympic events. That year,...
by Kelly Farina
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
Mastering Paragliding is a new approach to learning to fly cross country by paragliding guide Kelly Farina. Kelly approaches pilot progression in a systematic, logical way. From understanding the basics of paraglider handling to thermalling techniques and high-level cross-country advice, he breaks...
The Brave Athlete
Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
The Brave Athlete solves the 13 most common mental conundrums athletes face in their everyday training and in races.
You don’t have one brain—you have three; your ancient Chimp brain that keeps you alive, your modern Professor brain that navigates the civilized world, and your Computer...
by Brian Germain
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
The product of a lifetime of research and reflection, Transcending Fear is Brian Germain's most important work. The book addresses the most significant challenge of human kind to date: the process of recognizing and moving beyond fear. In an age in which fear has literally brought our world to the...
The Haywire Heart
How too much exercise can kill you, and what you can do to protect your heart
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
· Lennard Zinn is a household name among serious cyclists.
· Dr. John Mandrola is a cardiac electrophysiologist and an active cyclist with an athlete’s heart condition.
· Dozens of professional cyclists and triathletes have retired prematurely in recent years because of athlete’s...