Individual Sports category: 1455 books
Slobberknocker
My Life in Wrestling
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
The Wrestling Biography You’ve Been Waiting For!
There are few people who have been in the wrestling business longer than Jim Ross. And those who have made it as long as he has (half a century to be exact) probably made enemies or burned bridges. But that’s just not JR.
Slobberknocker...
by John Cosper
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2015
As the Attitude Era drew to a close in the early 2000s, the WWE already had an eye to the future. The stars who would succeed the Rock, Stone Cold, and the Undertaker were already well on their way to the big time, and Louisville, Kentucky had a front row seat to the future.
They were all here...
Chris & Nancy
The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide and Pro Wrestling's Cocktail of Death
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
The Benoit murder-suicide in 2007 was one of the most shocking stories of the year, and a seminal event in the history of wrestling. It laid bare the devastating prevalence of steroids and its effects on users.
In order to tackle the whole story, dig up the facts, and connect the dots, Irvin...
A Wrestling Life 2
More Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
When most people think of the celebrated greatness that is Coach Dan Gable, they think of an almost mythic intensity toward wrestling. Gable breathes and bleeds the sport, and faithfully applies lessons learned from both on and off the mat. Expanding upon Gable’s first collection of stories, A Wrestling...
by Martin Quinn
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Paragliding is one of the most thrilling and blood pumping adventure sports out there, but it is also a sport that holds tremendous potential for accidents and mishaps. It is absolutely vital to follow safety precautions while paragliding, and failure to do so could lead to severe consequences. Learning...
by TheSchoolRun
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
StrengthCan your body exert enough strength to meet the requirements of your event?The nature of strength is always difficult to define. The strong runner, the strong shot-putter and the strong jumper clearly have little in common, yet we consistently group strength attributes together as if...
Fast After 50
How to Race Strong for the Rest of Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2015
Fast After 50 is for every endurance athlete who wants to stay fast for years to come.
For runners, cyclists, triathletes, swimmers, and cross-country skiers, getting older doesn't have to mean getting slower. Drawing from the most current research on aging and sports performance, Joe Friel—America's...
by Ben Greenfield
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2011
Weight Training for Triathlon is the most comprehensive and up-to-date triathlon-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by top triathletes worldwide. This book features year-round...
Ultra Performance
The Psychology of Endurance Sports
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
The world's leading endurance athletes are not only some of the fittest people on the planet, they are also among the toughest mentally. To train and race at the highest level of competition over hundreds – and sometimes thousands – of miles takes preparation, dedication and the ability to push...
The Cyclist's Training Bible
The World's Most Comprehensive Training Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Joe Friel is the most trusted coach in endurance sports.
The Cyclist’s Training Bible is an anchor title for any sports section.
The best-selling and most comprehensive guide to training for cycling.
Covers all cycling events for riders of all levels: century rides, charity rides, gran fondos, gravel...
by Ben Greenfield
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2012
Resistance Training Routines for Triathletes is an easy to understand manual with complete instructions and guides to cutting-edge strength training programs for multi-sport athletes. This book contains the identical routines that triathlete, Ben Greenfield uses in his triathlon training, adapted for...
The Triathlete's Training Bible
The World’s Most Comprehensive Training Guide, 4th Ed.
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Joe Friel is the most trusted coach in endurance sports. This is the most comprehensive guide to preparing for triathlon available. This is among the top-selling titles among all endurance sports books. This all-new edition will inspire triathletes to renew their approach to the sport.
Faster, Higher, Stronger
How Sports Science Is Creating a New Generation of Superathletes--and What We Can Learn from Them
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
A New York Times bestseller
“A smart and important book.”—Gretchen Reynolds, author of The First 20 Minutes
Publications as varied as Wired, Men’s Fitness, and The New Yorker are abuzz over the New York Times bestseller Faster, Higher, Stronger. In it, veteran journalist Mark McClusky...
by J. A. Sargeant
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
This lighthearted guide to Japanese sumo is a great introduction to the sport for westerners.
Author J.A. Sargeant, sports editor for the English-language, Asahi Evening News, realized that there were many foreigners who would enjoy Sumo more if they knew more of the essential facts about it....