Olympic Weightlifting (book)

Your Best Training – 150 tips from Germany’s most successful coach   When it comes to sporting performance, it is often small factors that ultimately determine victory or defeat, success or failure. It is not simply the athlete with the highest training volume who comes out on top, but the one who trains optimally – yet no more than necessary – who sleeps well and restfully, follows a performance-enhancing diet and is supplied with all the essential nutrients. It is not uncommon for minor adjustments to a training or nutrition plan to prevent dips in performance and compensate for physical weaknesses. Stuttgart-based professional trainer Wolfgang Unsöld is currently one of the most sought-after experts when it comes to performance-oriented strength and conditioning training. The experienced personal trainer and strength coach, who studied under legendary trainer Charles Poliquin, works with the largest number of elite athletes across Europe, including many footballers as well as UFC fighter Peter Sobotta, jiu-jitsu world champion Romy Korn and 100-metre sprinter Sven Knipphals. In this book, he brings together his best advice and strategies for maximum training success, including many innovative yet scientifically proven and tried-and-tested insider tips. In the three chapters on training, nutrition and sleep, Unsöld explains which small or large changes to daily routines, training regimens and diets can help readers maximise their sporting performance. He has compiled an indispensable collection of valuable tips for anyone who wants to achieve more from their training, from ambitious sportspeople and professional athletes to coaches. About the author Wolfgang Unsöld is the founder and Head Coach of the Your Personal Strength Institute (YPSI) in Stuttgart, which offers personal training and consultancy, as well as seminars and coaching qualifications for personal trainers and strength coaches. Over the past six years, Wolfgang has published numerous specialist articles and delivered seminars and lectures at an international level, including in England, Italy, the Dominican Republic and the USA. Thanks to outstanding ‘before and after’ results over the past nine years, Wolfgang is now known worldwide and in high demand. He has already worked with over 100 athletes across various disciplines, including Ju-Jitsu world champion Romy Korn, three-time kickboxing world champion Ibrahim Karakoc (TUR), a large number of athletes from the UFC and athletics, as well as national rugby and football teams from six different countries.Read an extract

The Ultimate Guide to the Perfect Squat The squat is the most important exercise in strength and athletic training, and when it comes to improving joint mobility in the hips and knees as well as posture. It engages numerous muscles and joints simultaneously: from the thighs, through the glutes and back, to the shoulders and arms. However, if you take a look around gyms, you’ll see many people – whether experienced or not – performing the squat with poor technique, even without weights. Former professional weightlifter Dr Aaron Horschig, who perfected the squat movement pattern as an Olympic weightlifting competitor, demonstrates how anyone can train pain-free, safely and with perfect technique – and achieve maximum performance – through small adjustments to their posture. A series of images demonstrates how to achieve the perfect squat, how to increase mobility in the knee, ankle and hip joints, how to achieve greater core stability, and how overhead movements can be performed more easily. The Squat Bible is the definitive guide to the perfect squat. About the author Dr Aaron Horschig is a sports science expert, physiotherapist, sought-after speaker, author and founder of the successful blog SquatUniversity.com. As a certified strength and conditioning coach, he trains numerous international athletes, including footballers, European basketball players, athletes from the US NFL and CFL, and Olympic weightlifters.Excerpt

High-intensity cardio-strength training – the quickest route to the perfect bodyThis is the perfect book for all men who want to build muscle and strength whilst also losing a fair bit of body fat – without having to spend several hours a day at the gym! Author Robert dos Remedios, a renowned and award-winning fitness expert, combines strength and endurance training in an unprecedented way, thereby killing two birds with one stone. His 20-minute workouts, which are as simple as they are efficient, consist of muscle-building and fat-burning exercise sequences. This high-intensity interval training has been proven to be more effective than long, monotonous cardio sessions. The accompanying nutrition plan optimally supports fat burning and muscle building, thereby enhancing the effect of every training session.About the author:Robert Dos Remedios is a certified strength and conditioning coach and head of the Speed, Strength and Conditioning Department at the College of the Canyons in Southern California. In 2006, he was named College Strength Coach of the Year by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). He also works as a writer and consultant for Men’s Health magazine.Excerpt 

Invest little, achieve a lot. The training programme for anyone who wants to enjoy life whilst staying fit  How often have you embarked on a new fitness programme or started a diet with the best of intentions, only to fall short of your own expectations all too soon? In this unusual and compelling guide, Christian Zippel proves that above-average fitness does NOT require above-average effort. Just 20 per cent effort yields 80 per cent success – if you go about it the right way. This way, you can enjoy your life AND stay fit. All it comes down to is keeping the balance of your own ‘fitness account’ in the black. All it takes is two 20-minute training sessions a week and a few tweaks to your daily routine. Whether at home, in the park or even on the playground – you can do the bodyweight exercises presented in this book anywhere. Additional exercises using gymnastic rings allow you to train at the highest level, and combining these with numerous interval training options makes 80/20 fitness perfect. If you then stick to a few simple basic rules regarding your diet, you can confidently stop counting calories and even treat yourself to a proper feast every now and then. After all, nothing works without energy.