books about: athlete     books:     Athlete      Training Plans for Multisport Athletes: Your Essential Guide to Triathlon, Duathlon, XTERRA, Ironman, and ... Gale Bernhardt VeloPress, 2006 Triathlon Plans Excellent resource for training. I recently completed Ironman Louisville in 12:29:56 by following the 26 week plan in this book. It was awesome!             Just Too Good to Be True: A Novel E. Lynn Harris Doubleday, 2008 A Deal NOT "Just To Good to Be True." Outstanding value on a great authors' latest offering; fast shipping and product received as advertised.             Runner's World Performance Nutrition for Runners: How to Fuel Your Body for Stronger Workouts, Faster ... Matt Fitzgerald Rodale Books, 2005 Amazing Resource This is a fantastic resource for anyone who wants to learn how to best feed their body for running. As a beginning runner who's training for my first marathon, the information included in this book has been priceless. As is the case with Runner's World, the quality ...             Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook Nancy Clark Human Kinetics Publishers, 2008 absolutely wonderful I recommend this book to everyone. Although Nancy Clark calls it a Sport's Nutrition Guidebook, this is really a guide on the way everybody should eat in order to be healthy. She begins by giving general guidelines on what eating every day should be like. She explains ...             The Paleo Diet for Athletes: A Nutritional Formula for Peak Athletic Performance Loren Cordain, Joe Friel Rodale Books, 2005 Useful information for low-carb endurance athletes I have followed a low-carb diet for about 3 years now, and in the last year have gradually become an avid runner. I was looking for info on how to add carbs into my diet to support my running, and this book has specific, useful info on that topic. I do not agree ...             Mind Gym : An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence Gary Mack, David Casstevens McGraw-Hill, 2002 Best one for athletes! I have read several books on the mental game in sports and this is by far the best. I work with collegiate and professional athletes and recommend this so often that Gary Mack should send me a commission!!!             Cycling Past 50 (Ageless Athlete Series) Joe Friel Human Kinetics Publishers, 1998 Surprising I expected some discussion of problems people over 50 have keeping their weight down. There is almost no mention of weight or weight loss, except to say that losing weight slowly, as advised, consists of not eating the equivalent of a small piece of cake each day. A ...             Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes Monique Ryan VeloPress, 2007 Quality Nutrition Guidance for Endurance Athletes This is a well-written and authoritative review of many aspects of sports nutrition, with an emphasis on the specific needs of endurance athletes. Triathletes, endurance runners and cyclists will especially benefit -- there are separate spections geared just for their ...             Men with Balls: The Professional Athlete's Handbook Drew Magary Little, Brown and Company, 2008 There Will Be Balls Video Review? Oh Christ, I'm so tempted to paint mouths on my balls and let them do the the whole thing. Thankfully, I don't have the technology. Or the talking balls. This is the greatest book by a fat, gay man since the latter days of Truman Capote. In fact, if ...             The Athlete's Guide to Yoga: An Integrated Approach to Strength, Flexibility, and Focus Sage Rountree VeloPress, 2007 A Perfect Yoga Book Not only is this a perfect book for athletes, it is also perfect for non-athletes. It is an excellent introduction for those new to yoga, and would be a great new resource for yoga instructors. As a cyclist and a yoga teacher in training, I found this writing to be ...             Jim & Me (Baseball Card Adventures) Dan Gutman HarperCollins, 2008 reading hook This series of books is an addiction for my sons. They grab for these books rather than for their "electronics."             Nutrient Timing: The Future of Sports Nutrition John Ivy, Robert Portman Basic Health Publications, 2004 revolutionary I think this is one of the best books I ever read / followed. The concepts are awesome, the results so far are amazing. I wish I would have found this sooner. It's the better than ANY supplement I ever tried. A 10$ used one is the best mony ever spent! This book ...             Full Court Quest: The Girls from Fort Shaw Indian School Basketball Champions of the World Linda Peavy, Ursula Smith University of Oklahoma Press, 2008 Coming of Age off the Reservation A find of several arrowheads on our land in western NY sparked my interest in reading Full Court Quest: The Girls from Fort Shaw Indian School: Basketball Champions of the World by Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith. Once the authors introduced me to the players on the ...             The Mental Athlete Kay Porter Human Kinetics Publishers, 2003 Mental Athlete is the most beneficial book I've ever read! This is the best mental training book that I have ever found. In 1985 I was on the National Team for my sport, but I was not up to par for the other aspects of my sport. I found "The Mental Athlete" and it totally changed my athletic life. The book teaches you how ...             Diabetic Athlete's Handbook Ph.D. Sheri Colberg Human Kinetics Publishers, 2008 Colberg's book changed by life! I am waiting for a copy of this book to arrive in the mail! I look forward to the updated content and the contributions by the diabetic athletes. I have lived with diabetes almost 20 years and Colberg's book, "The Diabetic Athlete" changed my life. I was a competitive ...          products you might be interested in search for books basketball, excellence, flexibility, nutritional, performance, professional      toavi.com    web we recommend A Deal NOT "Just To Good to Be True." randomly chosen book: El Ciclo De Vida De La Mariposa/Life cycle of a butterfly (Ciclo De Vida / ...