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You get to choose the life you will live. Siri Lindley wanted to be a world champion triathlete…even though she didn’t know how to swim. She wanted to love and be loved…even though her father shunned her because she was gay. She wanted to savor every day and enjoy the life she’d made with her wife, her career, and her passion for horses…even though in November 2019 she was diagnosed with a rare—and usually fatal—form of acute myeloid leukemia. Every time Siri has faced what seemed impossible, she found a way to not only survive the situation, but to thrive within it. Today, she’s cancer free, a triathlon world champion, happily married, and one of the most popular coaches and...
In Surfacing, Siri Lindley opens up about her unique celebrity-dappled early life. When and NFL superstar notices her beautiful mother, her idyllic childhood is upended. Glitzy dinner parties and world travel pull her mother away, and Lindley grows up feeling alone and out of place. As her intense loneliness grows into anger, she lashes out against her New England life of privilege. Shy and painfully self-aware, Lindley finds solace in sports, playing field hockey, ice hockey, and lacrosse at Brown University. But when she misses the cut for the US lacrosse team after college, she is left directionless - until a friend invites her to watch a triathlon. Lindley's dream is reignited and she ne...
Written by two leading sports nutrition researchers The Performance Zone sythesizes the most up-to-date science to provide a nutrition action plan for athletes in all sports and at all levels.
An Australian training manual for triathletes - Biomechanics of swimming, cycling and running - Fuelling your body - Physiological considerations in training.
Heartwarming, inspiring story on the power of optimism when you find yourself in a dark place Audacious Optimism delivers a riveting account of Shanna Adamic's journey from a highly successful career as a corporate philanthropist and former professional cheerleader, to surviving a rare and life-threatening brain tumor, to limited mobility and a 4% chance of regaining facial function on her right side, to her complete recovery and developing an unwavering dedication to optimism. This book teaches readers how to rally from within and push through those terrifying moments in life, when you've got it all on the line, and when the odds are looking slim, to find the hope and courage needed to make...
Self-Massage for Athletes puts the power of massage into the hands of those who need it most. Well illustrated with more than one-hundred black and white photos; this handy book presents a user friendly guide to self-massage. It lays out seven simple massage strokes that form an easily learned effective massage therapy. Rub your troubles away with this excellent book.
In The Well-Built Triathlete, elite triathlon coach Matt Dixon reveals the approach he has used to turn age-group triathletes into elite professionals. Instead of focusing narrowly on training and workouts, Dixon reveals a more comprehensive approach that considers the whole athlete. Dixon details the four pillars of performance that form the foundation of his highly successful purplepatch fitness program, showing triathletes of all abilities how they can become well-built triathletes and perform better year after year. The Well-Built Triathlete gives equal weight to training and workouts, recovery and rest, daily nutrition, and functional strength. Dixon considers the demands of career and ...
Internationally recognized triathlon coach and best-selling author Joe Friel teams up with ultra-endurance guru Gordon Byrn in Going Long, the most comprehensive guide to racing long-course and Ironman-distance triathlons. Combining science with personal experience, Friel and Byrn prepare anyone, from the working age-grouper to the podium contender, for success in triathlon's ultimate endurance event. Whether you are preparing for your first long-course triathlon or your fastest, Going Long will make every hour of training count. 40 sport-specific drills to improve technique and efficiency Updates to mental training Key training sessions, workout examples, and strength-building exercises A simple approach to balancing training, work, and family obligations A new chapter on active recovery, injury prevention and treatment Going Long is the best-selling book on Ironman training. Friel and Byrn guide the novice, intermediate, and elite triathlete, making it the most comprehensive and nuanced plan for Ironman training ever written. Going Long is the best resource to break through an Ironman performance plateau to find season after season of long-course race improvements.
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This book contains everything you need to know to finish a triathlon: Swim with confidence Build your body for endurance Be mentally self-assured Fuel your body right Stay healthy Race like a veteran Gear up affordably