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  The Science of Climbing Training...

  Sergio Consuegra

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  When it comes to training for climbing, there is an overwhelming amount of information out there. In The Science of Climbing Training, top Spanish climbing coach Sergio Consuegra has analysed our sporting needs from the perspective of exercise and sports science to provide an evidence-based approach to training for climbing. It is designed to help us improve climbing performance, whether we're taking the next step in our training as we work towards a project, or if we're a coach looking to optimise our athletes' training. It doesn't contain any 'magic' training methods, because there are none – although you might be shocked by the science behind some popular methods.
  The first part explains what training is and how different training methods are governed by the physiological and biomechanical processes that occur in the body. The second part looks at how to improve specific needs (such as finger strength and forearm muscle endurance) and general needs (such as basic physical conditioning, pulling strength, pushing strength, strength training for injury prevention) for the different demands and types of climbing and bouldering. The third and final part suggests the best ways to fit it all together. It looks at adjusting training volume and intensity, and tapering to encourage supercompensation, all to help us achieve improved performance, whether it's a breaking into a higher grade, ticking that long-standing project or climbing a dream route.

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  The GAA and Revolution in...

  Gearoid Ó Tuathaigh

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  The decade between the labour conflict (the 'Lockout') of 1913 and the end of the Civil War in 1923 was one of seismic upheaval. How the GAA – a major sporting and national body – both influenced and was influenced by this upheaval is a rich and multifaceted story. Leading writers in the field of modern Irish history and the history of sport explore the impact on 'ordinary' life of major events. They examine the effect of the First World War, the 1916 Rising and its aftermath, the emergence of nationalist Sinn Féin and its triumph over the Irish Parliamentary Party, as well as the War of Independence (1919–21) and the bitter Civil War (1922–23). This is an original and engrossing perspective through the lens of a sporting organisation. Contributors: Eoghan Corry, Mike Cronin, Paul Darby, Páraic Duffy, Diarmaid Ferriter, Dónal McAnallen, James McConnel, Richard McElligott, Cormac Moore, Seán Moran, Ross O'Carroll, Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh, Mark Reynolds, Paul Rouse

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  A Canterbury Pilgrimage - An...

  Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Joseph...

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  Journey across Europe aboard a tandem tricycle in these two Victorian-era travelogues that take readers to England and Italy. 
   
  A peasant in peaked hat and blue shirt, with trousers rolled up high above his bare knees, crossed the road and silently examined the tricycle. “You have a good horse,” he then said; “it eats nothing.” —from An Italian Pilgrimage 
   
  The 1880s was an exhilarating time for cycling pioneers like Elizabeth and her husband Joseph. As boneshakers and high-wheelers evolved into tandem tricycles and the safety bike, cycling grew from child’s play and extreme sport into a leisurely and, importantly, literary mode of transportation. The illustrated travel memoirs of “those Pennells” were—and still are—highly entertaining. They helped usher in the new age of leisure touring, while playfully hearkening back to famous literary journeys. In this new edition, Dave Buchanan provides rich cultural contexts surrounding the Pennells’ first two adventures. These long out-of-print travel memoirs will delight avid cyclists as well as scholars of travel literature, cycling history, women’s writing, Victorian literature, and illustration. 
   
  “In the airy, self deprecating style of Robert Louis Stevenson, an American couple captured the imaginations of UK and US readers through the five illustrated cycle-travel books they created beginning in the 1880s. . . . Elizabeth and Joseph Pennell succeeded in bringing the leisure touring idea to the forefront through their jaunts aboard a tandem tricycle outfitted with luggage racks. . . . Cycling historian Dave Buchanan contributes an enlightening introduction which grounds the couple in the literary/art world of the late nineteenth century and gives a gearhead sense of bicycling history. But Elizabeth’s delightful prose steals the show.” —Foreword Reviews

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  Sports Motivation - The Ultimate...

  Peter Griffin

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  This is a book that contains 2 books, with various tips about the following topics: The distinction between a professional sports player and an ace athlete. Ways to interact with coaches, trainers, and mentors. Reaching your true potential by conditioning your brain to achieve success. Overcoming weakness and ego by embracing the entire sport and its history. Which general workouts work best and how to keep training when things get tough. What a “false champion” is and how to avoid becoming one by not having “improper” motivational thoughts. Faster running pointers. Posture and form hacks. How to avoid injuries. Much better ways to breathe while you are running. Motivation and useful ways to keep you going when running becomes difficult. The mindset you need to enhance your running experience. Practices and running drills, thoughts about yoga and plyometrics training, and more. A variety of ways to make running more fun and engaging to produce a more cheerful experience. Running programs and training exercises. Endorphin-generating routines and how running can alleviate tension and make you feel better. How to go about running when you're over 40 or when you're a man or woman. Food ideas and acceleration tricks. How to prevent falling or getting injured. Different muscle groups and the importance of calories, exercising, and stretching. General training tips everyone should know. Healthy ways to work out the right way. The best stretches, aerobics, and yoga exercises anyone can do. Imagining, attitude, and other psychological tools you need to achieve the best results. Silent voices in your head you can use to your benefit. The unseen crowd that is always cheering you on. 61 Motivational sports quote for true athletes. Specific exercises that point out how to stretch, or to increase your stamina or agility. Don’t wait and get started now to stay motivated in running and all other sports.

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  Fantasy expert

  Ron Shandler

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  An entertaining and incisive chronicle from one of the foremost authorities in fantasy baseballRon Shandler is a self-described rotoholic. In the beginning, he hoarded newspaper box scores and pored over every number at his disposal. Then came the compulsion to create his own numbers. A monthly newsletter expanded into an annual Baseball Forecaster book, which spawned a media company, websites, tournaments, and more.Part memoir, part madcap history, Fantasy Expert is a fascinating and wide-ranging look at the modern growth and development of the game that went from cottage industry to national obsession.In chronicling his own escalating journey from rotisserie baseball hobbyist to professional authority, Shandler tells parallel tales of the rise of fantasy sports, the expanding baseball information industry, the increasingly sophisticated technology employed to gain an edge, and the fellow rotoholics who make it all possible. He also delves into the impact of fantasy baseball on the sport of baseball itself.Written with humor, honesty, and a deep passion for baseball, this is a must-listen for anyone interested in the history, progression, and future of fantasy baseball.

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  Cutting more Ties That Bind -...

  Phyllis Krystal

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  This is the sequel to "Cutting the Ties That Bind" and contains advanced information that can be used to release ourselves from more complex systems that programme behaviours. These include familial and national customs - things we do without
  even thinking about them - role playing, acting out of superstition, fear of unmentioned taboos, old prejudices and fears
  that we accept blindly. This is the book that will make us "see" what we are doing; it will help us to be the kind of parents we wish we had! This very important book is a textbook for eff ective self-awareness that opens the door to a lifestyle for self-assured and happy people.

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