Performance Training

Famous three-time Grand Slam winner Arthur Ashe pointed out that many in sports fall victim to “paralysis by analysis”. Athletes on any level can experience the pain of overthinking and sabotaging their performance. Blame many traditional methods of teaching and training. How can we train smarter, not harder? If only our body and mind could perform in a way that’s more natural and instinctive. The best athletes have this quality, but many feel it is simply unattainable for them. I assure you it is not.

If you want to be faster, stronger, and less prone to injury, it’s critical you understand how important the body’s fascia system is to athletic performance. Modern research and imaging technologies are showing us that it’s far more significant than we have long understood. That’s why Bill Parisi—founder of the Parisi Speed School—and extreme sports writer, Johnathon Allen, set out on a nationwide quest to interview the top experts in the field so they could present this new performance science in a paradigm shifting book that’s not only packed with practical information, but ...

Writing from both the cutting edge of scientific discovery and the front-lines of elite athletic performance, National Magazine Award-winning science journalist Alex Hutchinson presents a revolutionary account of the dynamic and controversial new science of endurance.

Discover the cutting edge of strength science with Faster Reps, Bigger Lifts: Velocity-Based Training for the Modern Athlete. This high-performance guide explores Velocity-Based Training (VBT)—a revolutionary method that uses bar speed to optimize strength, power, and hypertrophy. Whether you're a competitive athlete, coach, or strength enthusiast, this book delivers a practical framework for applying real-time velocity feedback to boost results, manage fatigue, and drive continual progress. Backed by peer-reviewed research and real-world case studies, each chapter breaks down VBT ...

In The Science of Running, elite coach and exercise physiologist Steve Magness integrates the latest research with the training processes of the world's best runners, to deliver an in depth look at how to maximize your performance. It is a unique book that conquers both the scientific and practical points of running in two different sections. The first is aimed at identifying what limits running performance from a scientific standpoint. In section two, we turn to the practical application of this information and focus on the process of training to achieve your goals.

“Joe is a master in teaching Agile with meaningful real-world non-software examples.” – George Tome, Enterprise Agile Coach, John Deere “One of the best professional trainings in the world” – Fabian Delava, Partner, Bain & Company“You really rocked your roles as instructor, cheerleader, and host” – Ken Merchant, 3 Star General, USAF Retired“Joe has broken new ground using Scrum in manufacturing” -- Dr. Jeff Sutherland, Co-creator of Scrum

Competition anxiety and overthinking putting a wrench in your athlete’s chase after victory? Learn ways to help them overcome mental hurdles and embrace true potential. Struggling to find a training plan that doesn’t leave a young competitor impatient? Certain they could make it into the record books if they could just discover their edge? Wishing for a peek inside the minds of greats like LeBron James, Simone Biles, and Lionel Messi? After working with over 5,000 athletes, coach and author Andrew J Simpson has identified exactly what makes a champion tick. And now he’s here to help ...

Achieve the champion mindset for peak performance. Reach new levels of success and mental toughness with this ultimate guide. Learn the "Science of Success" and prepare to excel. In this concise and highly acclaimed training guide, Peak Performance Coach DC Gonzalez teaches a blend of unique mental training technologies, sports psychology essentials, and peak performance methods that are effective and motivational. Get ready to increase your self-belief, self-confidence, and mental toughness using this powerful guide designed to help you reach new levels of success, sports performance and personal development.

You've probably heard a lot about Heart Rate Variability (HRV) lately. It's become a buzzword in the health and fitness community. Why all the buzz? Because research indicates that by tracking HRV you can optimize your workout routine, get better sleep, and even improve your mental health. And for the first time, the tools for tracking HRV are not limited to scientists, labs, or elite athletes. Thanks to Oura Rings, Whoop Bands, and Apple, Fitbit, Garmin and a host of other devices, HRV tracking is now available to everyone. But what is HRV? And how can you harness the power of your device ...

Written by a Sports Performance Professional, Certified Mental Training Coach, AND Parent of a Division 1 Athlete. Teen athletes navigate a challenging world, balancing high expectations and pressures. Mental toughness is their secret weapon. This book explores its role beyond the playing field, addressing academic stress, social complexities, and personal development. Discover: Specialized Guide: Tailored for adolescent athletes and parents, recognizing their unique challenges. Practical Strategies: Equip young athletes with actionable techniques for real-life application. Comprehensive ...

Until now, sport training has been more witchcraft than science. Traditional coaching is based on copying recipes written in old books, with little science and more answers than questions. Traditional physiology, also marked by reductionism and the idea that the organism works like a machine, gives us incomplete and unsatisfactory answers that are inadequate when we leave the theoretical world to go to the real world. In this book, we approach the world of training from the perspective of Complex Systems, which will offer us a new vision of the world, health and organisms. In this book, you...

Push Pull is the no-nonsense bodybuilding blueprint for lifters who want real results—without gimmicks, fluff, or guesswork. Built around the time-tested push-pull split, this method delivers a brutally effective framework for hypertrophy, strength, and long-term progression. Whether you're cutting fat, adding size, or training around injury, the system adapts—because it's built on movement patterns, not trends. Inside, you'll learn how to structure push and pull training for maximal efficiency, why frequency and volume must be balanced—not blindly maxed—and how to avoid the common ...

What if the only thing standing between you and total clarity was your own mind? In today’s chaotic world, discipline is rare. Focus is fragile. And most people are mentally reactive, emotionally hijacked, and stuck in loops of overthinking that destroy their momentum. The Unshakeable Mind is a powerful blueprint for building a mindset that stays calm under pressure, executes with precision, and refuses to break—no matter what life throws at it. If you’re tired of burnout, distraction, and inconsistency, this book will teach you how to train your thoughts, kill noise, and take ...

Next Level Sales Coaching offers insights to sales executives, customer-service managers, business owners, and other professional managers on strategies to overcome common challenges in building a "best in class" sales team. Sales performance can impact a company's revenue, profits, market share, and employee retention. The question is, how do you positively impact those goals? The answer is simple: Sales improve when your team is better trained, coached, and supported.

A story about the 15 keys that unlock true mental toughness.

Unlock elite speed potential by training the nervous system—not just the muscles. Speed Hacks is the definitive manual on overspeed resistance training, a groundbreaking approach used by high-performance athletes to develop explosive sprinting, vertical jump power, and total-body reactivity. This is not a motivational guide. It’s a high-precision operating manual for coaches, lifters, and athletes serious about neurological adaptation and performance optimization. Overspeed training forces the body to move faster than it could voluntarily, creating high-speed coordination under time ...

Are you lifting hard—but hurting more? Reset to Lift is your blueprint for reclaiming performance without compromising your joints, spine, or future under the bar. Whether you're a powerlifter plagued by nagging injuries, a strength coach guiding compromised athletes, or a serious gym-goer who’s tired of foam-rolling tightness that never resolves, this book delivers a smarter way forward. Rooted in neuromuscular science and tested in the trenches with lifters and athletes, Reset to Lift reveals how poor movement patterns—not weak muscles—are the hidden cause behind chronic pain and ...

In Pain Performance, Ryan Whited and Matt Fitzgerald present a radically new way for athletes to understand and manage pain that exposes the shocking lack of evidence for modern medicine’s approach to pain and injury management. Based on many years of research and a greater appreciation of the complexity of pain as a lived experience, Whited’s revolutionary “Training as Treatment” method puts you in control of your pain experience as you build mental and physical resilience.

Unlock the neural secrets behind explosive athletic performance with Opposites Explode, the definitive guide to antagonist contrast supersets—where science meets precision programming to develop strength, speed, and power like never before. This isn't another generic training manual. It's a comprehensive blueprint grounded in neuromuscular science, elite programming logic, and real-world application. Whether you're a strength coach, competitive athlete, or advanced trainee looking to push past plateaus, this book shows you how to tap into the nervous system's full potential using targeted...

Whether you’re chasing a personal best or gearing up for your very first ultra, The Ultra Marathon Plan is your go-to guide for running stronger, longer, and smarter. Packed with practical tips and cutting-edge science, this isn’t just another sports nutrition book—it’s a deep dive into the advanced fueling strategies, recovery techniques, and performance bio-hacks used by elite endurance athletes. Now, they’re yours too, whether you're a seasoned runner or just starting out. Inside, you'll learn how to: Fuel your body for long-distance endurance Enhance oxygen levels for maximum ...