Timeless Fitness Books for Your Home Library
1. Enter
the Kettlebell!
- Russian strongmen have been swinging, lifting and pressing kettle bells for over 200 years, so it’s fitting that immigrant Pavel Tsatsouline would bring the kettle bell revolution to America. In Enter the Kettlebell, he cuts through the noise of over complicated training plans, offering two simple programs that use four moves to build functional strength that benefits all athletes
2. Becoming a Supple Leopard
- Dr.
Kelly Starrett has made his name teaching Cross Fitters how to aggressively
self-treat pain and, if you believe the claims, become injury-proof (a tall
order given the sport’s recent history.)
via mobility exercises and proper movement. Supple
Leopard is an essential source for athletes with nagging
injuries and, thanks to its 32 painstakingly described and photographed common
Cross Fit movements, pure gold for Cross Fitters
3. Starting Strength: Basic
Barbell Training
- When it’s time to graduate from bells to bars, there’s no better guide for perfecting the form that you need to stay safe and properly perform essential lifts like squats, dead lifts and presses. Its extensive diagrams and unparalleled depth — the squat alone gets 50 pages — make barbell exercises foolproof.
4.The Ultimate Training Guide
- For more than two decades, Hal Higdon has been prepping runners for the sport’s classic (grueling, humbling and — against all odds — rewarding) long-distance race, the 26.2-mile marathon. The Ultimate Training Guide contains all of his accumulated tools to finish the race, including programs and nutrition and workout tips, plus reassurance that you’re not as crazy as everyone thinks.
5.Overcoming Gravity
- This exhaustive tome by former competitive gymnast and physical therapist Steven Low contains over 300 pages of reference materials — routines, diagrams and progressions — alone. But if you can wade through the technical language and use it as a reference, it’s got everything you need to build an effective, gym-free body weight routine and get that gymnast’s body you always wanted.
6.In Defense of Food: An
Eater’s Manifesto
- Pollan’s well-researched, concisely argued manifesto reminds us that even the most vitamin-packed, “healthy” processed foods are still junk compared to real, whole foods. And since you can only get out of your body what you put into it, perhaps your biggest fitness gains could be made in the kitchen.
7.The Triathlete’s Training
Bible
- In this definitive volume, multi sport guru Joe Friel captures the essence of triathlon — both the methodical, science-based training and the art of the sport — to help even the most experienced athletes improve their performance. When private coaching is out of the question, turn to the Bible for the painstaking detail necessary to craft a winning training plan.
8.The First 20 Minutes
- New York Times “Phys Ed” columnist Reynolds digs into the latest scientific research to uncover startling tips and useful insights for getting the most from your workout. Her findings — sitting is killing you, pre-workout stretching is counterproductive and the first 20 minutes of cardio are most beneficial — will make you reconsider conventional fitness wisdom.
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