The Men's Fitness Training Bible (book)

Core Performance – Endurance (book) – THE CORE training programme continues! Following the sensational success of the books “CORE Performance” and “The CORE Programme”, the German national football team’s fitness coach has now published another title. The Core Endurance Programme helps endurance athletes to make their training more efficient and prevent injuries. For anyone who feels they can no longer improve their performance in running, swimming or cycling due to a lack of time, a lack of motivation or their age, this book is just the thing. Mark Verstegen shows how to break through a plateau and achieve new performance goals. He presents a simple, holistic training programme that enables better results to be achieved despite shorter training sessions. Among other things, he emphasises a specific warm-up routine and attaches great importance to the correct execution of movements when running, swimming and cycling. The programme is complemented by a nutrition plan developed specifically for endurance athletes. This is the English edition of the book, which comprises a total of 238 pages.

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 sports enthusiasts 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

Mein Kampf gegen den Krebs »Hatte ich bisher meine Angst halbwegs im Zaum halten können, erfasste mich nun die Panik. Was war es, das eine sofortige Einweisung ins Krankenhaus erforderlich machte? Warum diese Eile? Ohne nochmals nach Hause zu fahren und mir ein paar Sachen zu holen, machte ich mich auf den Weg in die Klinik.« Wir kennen Tim Lobinger als erfolgreichen Stabhochspringer, als strahlenden Sieger und Modellathleten mit großem Charisma. Ein rundum gesunder und vor Lebensfreude sprühender Mensch. Umso unvermittelter traf ihn im Frühjahr 2017 die niederschmetternde Diagnose: Leukämie. Seitdem hat Tim seinen Alltag in Form von Tagebucheinträgen festgehalten: Eindringlich schildert er den jähen Einbruch der Krankheit in sein Leben, die Qualen der Behandlung, die Sorge um seine junge Familie, das Hoffen und Bangen um seine Zukunft. Tims Erfahrungsbericht ist ergreifend in seiner Offenheit – und er macht Mut: Er zeigt einen Menschen, der den Kampf gegen seine Krankheit auf bewundernswerte Weise angenommen hat. Über den Autor Während seiner aktiven Zeit als Sportler war Tim Lobinger, heute 45, ein Weltklasse-Leichtathlet. Als erster deutscher Stabhochspringer knackte er die 6-Meter-Marke. Er ist 15-maliger deutscher Meister und nahm mehrmals an Olympischen Spielen teil. Im Anschluss an seine Sportlerkarriere arbeitete er als Athletiktrainer für den aufstrebenden Fußballclub RB Leipzig. Heute lebt er mit seiner Frau und dem kleinen Sohn in München, wo er ein Trainingsstudio für Leistungssportler betreibt.Zur Leseprobe