Aerobic Training

From customizable workouts to rock-solid running advice, Fitness Running provides workouts from one of America’s most respected coaches. Together with coauthor Joe Henderson, Dick Brown lays the groundwork for a detailed approach to running that will help you increase your fitness, maintain your stamina, recover from injury, and prepare you for the races ahead.

Fitness Running offers a system of great workout advice for a variety of fitness and racing goals. In addition to customized programs and a log book format that allows you to easily record your plans and track your results, you’ll get expert advice on gear and shoes and practical training tips to boost your running performance.

Brown has become an established authority on running. U.S. Olympians Suzy Favor Hamilton and Vicki Huber are just two of the top athletes he’s coached in a career spanning 40 years. As both an author and a coach, Brown offers insight that few can match and know-how that few can claim. Henderson has written 24 books and, together, these running experts give you the one book that will help you get more out of your workouts and go the distance in your personal fitness goals.

Add structure and variety to your walks with specific programs and 60 workouts to use on your path to improved fitness and health. Fitness Walking offers a full menu of walks from which you can choose the duration, distance, speed, and nature of the walk you prefer each day while staying on track to meet your overall fitness goals.

In addition to the specially designed walks, you’ll find clear-cut training advice, instructions for creating your own walking schedule, and useful tips from one of America’s foremost authorities on the topic. Fitness Walking is like having a personal trainer striding alongside you every step of the way. It’s the best way to ensure you get the physical benefits and enjoyment you deserve out of every trek you take.

Now revised, expanded and updated, Lore of Running gives you incomparable detail on physiology, training, racing, injuries, world-class athletes, and races.

Author Tim Noakes blends the expertise of a physician and research scientist with the passion of a dedicated runner to answer the most pressing questions for those who are serious about the sport:

· How your body systems respond to training, the effects of different training methods, how to detect and avoid overtraining, and genetic versus trainable potential

· How to train for the 10K up through ultramarathon with detailed programs from Noakes and several leading running experts

· How to prevent and treat injuries, increase your strength and flexibility, and use proper nutrition for weight control and maximum performance

You’ll also find a candid analysis of supplements and ergogenic effects and training aids. The book includes new interviews with 10 world-class runners who share their secrets to success and longevity in the sport. Features on legendary figures and events in running history provide fascinating insights.

And that’s just scratching the surface. Lore of Running is not only the biggest and best running publication on the planet. It’s the one book every runner should own.

A comprehensive collection of sport-specific interval runs that can help coaches of any sport take advantage of the innumerable benefits of sound interval training. Includes all target and recovery time calculations, along with a progressive plan and weekly training options. Offers an introduction to interval training, and covers administering pre-established interval training workouts, altering/designing new workouts, progressive training, and features the comprehensive interval workout catalog (including 528 pre-established interval workouts). Also includes interval venue diagrams and descriptions, percentage speed charts, recovery time charts, sample workout recording forms, and more. Large format with hundreds of clear, easy-to-read and apply charts.