Cross Training has historically been the last refuge of the injured runner, something to do to maintain a modicum of fitness until the injury has healed and running can be resumed. Cross training has gained greater respect in recent years as its value in preventing injuries and developing greater fitness than is possible with merely [...]
I have read many books on running. This is by far the worst. Elite runnersgive you their training routines. This would be OK if one were an eliterunner. Some examples are: easy day run ten miles at 6:00 minute per milepace. If I could do that, I would write my own book. This book offersnothing [...]
I picked up this book after reading Eric’s articles in Shape magazine. I just finished my first triathlon, thanks to this book! I would have never crossed that finish line without it. I can’t wait for my next race!
I wish I could give this book 5 stars, but it is just short of perfect. [...]
I bought this book for my husband, because he has loved the first book written by Mark Verstegen, Core Performance (which earns 5 stars). I had hopes that this book would pick up where the other one left off and continue with updated and new stuff. It didn’t really do that, Instead, it seemed to [...]
In the first 69 pages of this 183 page book, the author explained how important mental training could be to sports performance supported by info/statistics about Olympic/World Class sports stars, and introduced various techniques including self talk, breathing, meditation, imagery, visual rehearsal and so on. Those were the sessions with relatively higher appeal and practical [...]