Fit for Motorsport: Improve Your Race Performance with Better Physical and Mental Training

Fit for Motorsport: Improve Your Race Performance with Better Physical and Mental Training Review

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Improve your performance with better physical and mental training. Peak fitness is a prerequisite for a competitive edge, and top motorsport teams routinely employ medics, psychologists, dieticians and even armed forces specialists to help drivers hone their performance. It's a different picture at national and club level, where poor preparation can blight potential. Here, however, a doctor who competes as a rally driver offers expert information on all aspects of physical and mental fitness including diet, training, safety and medical regulations. Key content:, Simple, established, safe training principles., Measurable components such as stamina, strengths, suppleness, speed, skill and spirit., Balance, agility and co-ordination., Weight loss., Motorsport-specific circuit training., Rescue procedures in an emergency., Contributions from motorsport luminaries including Professor Sid Watkins, Colin McRae, Louise Aitken-Walker and Jim Moodie.

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Oct 12, 2011 11:32:19

Better Training for Distance Runners - 2nd Edition

Better Training for Distance Runners - 2nd Edition Review

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Better Training for Distance Runners provides a prescription for success for today`s competitive distance runners and their coaches. The book combines recent research, sound training principles, and proven program strategies to improve performance in events ranging from the 800-meters to the marathon.

Runners and coaches will find it easy to apply the book`s cutting-edge information about running physiology and biomechanics. They`ll receive straightforward advice for conditioning and competing in the whole range of distance events. The book also covers many popular topics in running, including how to:

• accurately assess running fitness,

• gauge training intensity,

• adjust training loads to achieve peak readiness for competition,

• determine the most effective racing strategy for each event, and

• stay healthy throughout a running career.

Authors Dr. David Martin and Peter Coe are the perfect team for translating lab findings to the road and running track. As one of the world`s foremost researchers on running, Martin regularly tests elite runners to identify their best strategies for staying healthy and improving fitness. Peter Coe, father and coach of 800- and 1000-meter world record holder Sebastian Coe, has long been regarded as a master of devising training plans that allow athletes to reach peak fitness when it counts most. Together, Martin and Coe present the most comprehensive and useful resource on the art and science of distance running—the formula that has produced many national championship, Olympic medal, and world record performances.

Better Training for Distance Runners builds upon the success of the first edition by providing loads of new information, such as the effects of altitude training and glycerin loading, the health problems experienced by women runners who may be too thin, and the best strategies for running road races and the steeplechase. It`s an essential guide and a great read for serious distance runners and coaches who desire to excel in future seasons and events.

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Oct 01, 2011 20:58:35

The Psychological Effects of Aerobic Fitness Training: Research and Theory (Recent Research in Psychology)

The Psychological Effects of Aerobic Fitness Training: Research and Theory (Recent Research in Psychology) Review

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Numerous provocative studies on the psychological effects of aerobic fitness training are available today, and more are appearing almost on a daily basis. This book reviews and evaluates the research, and it asks and attempts to answer significant background questions: What are the various motivating factors that have contributed to the emergence of the national fitness movement? What are the public health considerations con- cerning the relationship between physical fitness and coronary heart disease? What exactly do we mean by "physical fitness," especially "aerobic" fitness? This book contains essential, in-depth data for everyone interested in the most solid and reliable information on the psychology of aerobic fitness.

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Aug 30, 2011 08:12:34

The Physiotherapist's Pocket Guide to Exercise: Assessment, Prescription and Training (Physiotherapy Pocketbooks)

The Physiotherapist's Pocket Guide to Exercise: Assessment, Prescription and Training (Physiotherapy Pocketbooks) Review

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This book is for therapists involved in exercise therapy for the prevention and treatment of disease. It covers exercise assessment, current prescription guidelines, precautions, exercise design and clinical case studies. The book also includes exercises to increase strength, power, local muscle endurance, range of movement and aerobic capacity and will be relevant to all areas of therapy practice. In addition to the general guidelines, considerations for exercise groups and exercise at home as well as exercise in special patient populations are addressed. This allows therapists who are expert in one area to become familiar with exercise prescription in another. The book underpins therapeutic exercise in general and also addresses specific considerations for particular clinical situations within current guidelines and practical considerations.

• Underpinning exercise physiology
• Physical principles of exercise design
• Guidelines for exercise training
• Clinical exercise prescription
• Limitations to exercise in common conditions
• Example case studies

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Aug 09, 2011 13:53:05

Weightshaping: Body Sculpting and Human Performance : An Instruction Manual for Weight Training, Eating Behavior and Aerobic Exercise

Weightshaping: Body Sculpting and Human Performance : An Instruction Manual for Weight Training, Eating Behavior and Aerobic Exercise Review

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Weightshaping is for the layperson and student who wants and needs information about resistance training, aerobic exercise and eating behavior.

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Jul 23, 2011 00:32:34

The Perfect Distance: Training for Long-Course Triathlon (Ultrafit Multisport Training Series)

The Perfect Distance: Training for Long-Course Triathlon (Ultrafit Multisport Training Series) Review

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Author Tom Rodgers has developed real-time software and training systems to measure the performance of astronauts aboard NASA's International Space Station. The Perfect Distance puts that expertise to use in a step-by-step program of preparation and training for triathletes. Packed with technique and drills and built on the proven Ultrafit platform, this is the first book to equip triathletes for the long course. Half-Ironman races are the fastest-growing distance in triathlon and a pivotal stepping stone toward the sport's ultimate challenge — the Ironman. The book outlines every facet of effective preparation for a long-course event. There are sport-specific chapters as well as instruction on selecting equipment, making smart nutrition decisions, strength training, and overcoming injuries — accompanied by clear charts and tables throughout. Extensive appendixes featuring workouts for swim, bike, run, key training sessions, and indoor training make The Perfect Distance an authoritative, one-stop resource for novices and more seasoned trainers.

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Jul 15, 2011 05:26:36

Benefits of Using a Stability Ball in Your Training

Benefits of Using a Stability Ball in Your Training Review

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Are you stuck in the same boring exercise routine?

Learning the six key benefits of stability ball training, and how using one can jump-start your fitness goals.

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Jul 14, 2011 04:54:05

An Exploration of Physical Exercise Including Weight Training, Calisthenics, Aerobics, and Yoga

An Exploration of Physical Exercise Including Weight Training, Calisthenics, Aerobics, and Yoga Review

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Frequent and regular physical exercise boosts the immune system, and helps prevent the "diseases of affluence" such as heart disease, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity. It also improves mental health, helps prevent depression, helps to promote or maintain positive self esteem, and can even augment an individual's sex appeal or body image, which is also found to be linked with higher levels of self esteem. This book explores the pieces of a solid workout. You will find calisthenic exercises that can be preformed without a gym. You will also find information on weight training, aerobic exercise, and yoga.

Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.

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Jul 13, 2011 01:05:03

Army Field Manual FM 21-20 (Physical Fitness Training)

Army Field Manual FM 21-20 (Physical Fitness Training) Review

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"FM 21-20 is directed at leaders who plan and conduct physical fitness training. It provides guidelines for developing programs which will improve and maintain physical fitness levels for all Army personnel. These programs will help leaders prepare their soldiers to meet the physical demands of war. This manual can also be a source book for soldiers. The benefits to be derived from a good physical fitness program are many."-From the Preface.

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