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The Art of Being a Good Coach How to communicate with clients to get the best out of them. A personal trainer’s role is to guide people on their journey towards greater physical fitness and to bring out the best in them. However, this can only be achieved if the trainer responds to each client as an individual and supports them on a psychological and emotional level to help them reach their goals. Whilst trainers focus intensively on training methods, they have so far neglected the communicative aspect. This book bridges that gap by showing you how to successfully guide, motivate and retain clients. You will learn how to build positive relationships with your clients and gain their trust. And just as importantly, you will discover specific strategies that can be applied to a wide range of everyday training situations and client types. The result is a groundbreaking book that offers coaches the opportunity to create a culture of success, not only in sport but also beyond. Conscious Coaching is a revolution, and its time has come. About the author Brett Bartholomew is a strength and conditioning coach, author and entrepreneur. To date, he has worked with athletes from 23 different sports – from young athletes to Olympians, from professional boxers to Super Bowl winners. His clients also include members of the United States Special Forces. Brett is active around the globe as a coach, consultant and speaker.

With his book *Core Performance*, Mark Verstegen revolutionised the fitness industry and popularised functional training and the targeted strengthening of the core muscles. In his role as founder and president of the elite training centres EXOS, formerly Athletes’ Performance, Verstegen has, in recent years, prepared top athletes from football, American football and baseball, as well as elite soldiers from the US Special Operations Forces, for their missions.He has also been responsible for the fitness of the German national football team at the World Cup and European Championships for many years. Now, at last, the fitness expert and bestselling author is revealing the training programme he uses with the professionals: a demanding system that enables top athletes to reach their maximum potential and compete at the very highest level.For this book, Verstegen has translated his concept into tough yet easily implementable workouts that give the trainee speed, explosiveness and strength, whilst also making their movement patterns more efficient and reducing the risk of injury. This programme is perfect for anyone who wants to train as hard as the super-champions of elite sport or special forces personnel in elite combat units. About the authors: Mark Verstegen, born in 1969, is one of the leading experts in competitive sport. The world’s best athletes train at his Athletes’ Performance training centre in Tempe, Arizona. His revolutionary training programme, ‘Core Performance’, has set international standards. The books *Core Performance* and *Core Performance Golf*, as well as the DVDs *Core Performance Football*, *Core Performance Tennis* and *Core Performance Golf*, were published by riva Verlag. Pete Williams, born in 1969, studied at the University of Virginia. He writes for various magazines and has already published 13 books on sport and fitness, including the *Core Performance* series with Mark Verstegen.

Tools of the Titans - The tactics, routines and habits of world-class performers, icons and billionaires  ‘I created this book – my ultimate notebook full of useful tools – for myself. It has changed my life, and I hope it will help you just as much.’ TIM FERRISS “Over the past two years, I’ve interviewed nearly 200 world-class performers. My guests range from stars (Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger) and top athletes to legendary special forces commanders and even black-market biochemists. Many of my guests agreed to a two- to three-hour interview for the first time in their careers. This book contains indispensable tools, tactics and insider knowledge that cannot be found anywhere else, as well as new tips from previous guests and words of wisdom from new guests you haven’t met yet.” What makes this book so extraordinary is its relentless focus on easily actionable details: What do these titans do in the first 60 minutes of every morning? What does their exercise routine look like, and why? Which book have they most often given as a gift to others?What do they consider to be the biggest time-wasters?Which supplements do they take every day? “Everything you read on these pages is something I’ve already applied in my own life in one way or another. I’ve used dozens of the tactics described here in critical negotiations, in high-stakes situations and when closing major deals. These lessons have earned me millions of dollars and saved me years of wasted effort and frustration.” TIM FERRISS About the author Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Businesspeople” and Forbes’ “Names to Watch”. He is a tech investor and adviser (Uber, Facebook, Alibaba, etc.) and the author of three #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers, including *The 4-Hour Workweek*. The Observer and other media outlets have called him “the Oprah of audio”. His podcasts on The Tim Ferriss Show enjoy cult status and are set to break the 100 million download mark shortly.Read an extract