This second edition of The Athlete's Guide to Recovery helps readers sort through the hype to focus on the practices and devices that really make a difference in recovery and lead to peak performance.

In the storied history of NASCAR racing, Jimmie Johnson is one of the most accomplished and decorated professional athletes of his era. One More Lap memorializes the record-breaking career of this extraordinary athlete, who began racing motocross at five years old with a laser focus on becoming a racing champion. Over the course of his career, Johnson recorded 83 wins, 232 top-five finishes, 374 top-ten finishes, and 36 pole positions en route to...

The Climbing Bible by internationally renowned climbers and coaches Martin Mobraten and Stian Christophersen is a comprehensive guide to help you train effectively to become a better climber. Based on their own extensive experience and research, this book collates the best training techniques into one book with information on how to specifically train for the technical, physical and mental performance factors in climbing - including endurance, power,...

Every summer in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Nick Baumgartner went to work pouring concrete, taking on the harsh physical conditions of the construction trade in order to support his professional snowboarding dreams come winter. And in 2022, after 17 years of failure-all the crashes, injuries, and personal setbacks-he won Olympic gold at 40 years old, becoming the oldest Olympic snowboard medalist in history. Baumgartner details his journey from a...

One of the greatest living chroniclers of sports writes about his rise to professional success and the changes that brought him back to his hometown late in life—and the girls’ high school basketball team, the Lady Potters of Morton, Illinois, that changed everything.

Reflecting on the highs and lows of her life and career for the first time, from novice climber to Columbia University graduate, adventurer, environmentalist and entrepreneur, the world champion climber emphasizes the power of perseverance, fearlessness and positivity in taking on the most challenging climbs—on and off the wall.

Guillem Balagué has had unprecedented access to Messi's inner circle including the player himself: his coaches, team-mates and family. From tracing the origins of Messi's precocious talent in Rosario, Argentina, to chronicling his peerless seventeen-season career at Barcelona, and his tumultuous Parisian adventure, Guillem takes us behind-the-scenes of Messi's World Cup triumph and his long-desired move to the MLS. This is an epic, authoritative...

Twelve-year-old Calvin is the small but speedy left wing for his hockey team, but when he takes a really hard bodycheck during first game of a tournament he starts to freeze up on the ice and worry he will be benched.

"In Unbracketed, Graham Honaker and Jerry Logan take you inside the men's college basketball programs and academic communities at Villanova, Gonzaga, Davidson, and Loyola Chicago, identifying the surprising set of principles by which these institutions have managed to pull off the biggest upset: transforming the Cinderella story into a lasting narrative of big-time college athletics done the right way. The pictures that emerge will remind you not...

"When he was just twelve years old, Cristiano Ronaldo was recruited to play professional soccer for a team in Portugal, 600 miles from his island home on Madeira. For the next twenty years, Cristiano would prove to the world that he is one of the greatest to ever play the game. Author James Buckley Jr. takes readers through each exciting moment--from his first championship with Manchester United to each of his five award-winning seasons--all the milestones...