The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
By: Matt Fitzgerald
4.04
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A good comeback makes a great story. In The Comeback Quotient , sports journalist Matt Fitzgerald s…
Want to Read $ 12.99"I’m scared shitless."-Matt Fitzgerald, The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
"I’m scared shitless."-Matt Fitzgerald, The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
"This pain and suffering. This was my trophy ceremony."-Matt Fitzgerald, The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
"This pain and suffering. This was my trophy ceremony."-Matt Fitzgerald, The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
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1. The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
By: David Epstein
4.20
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
Now a New York Times Bestseller! With a new chapter added to the paperback. In high school, I wonde… read more
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"The idea that athleticism was suddenly inversely proportional to intellect was never a cause of bigotry, but rather a result of it."-David Epstein, The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
"One of the issues with our field is when we've looked at activity, and what controls activity, we've forgotten that we know very clearly there are biological mechanisms that actually influence people…"-David Epstein, The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
"If you want to know if your kid is going to be fast, the best genetic test right now is a stopwatch. Take him to the playground and have him face the other kids.' Foster's point is that, despite the …"-David Epstein, The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
2. Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?: Fitness Myths, Training Truths, and Other Surprising Discoveries from the Science of Exercise
By: Alex Hutchinson
4.03
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
In Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights? Alex Hutchinson, a physicist, award-winning journalist, an… read more
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3. Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success
By: Brad Stulberg , Steve Magness
4.18
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A few common principles drive performance, regardless of the field or the task at hand. Whether som… read more
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"Even seemingly trivial decisions deplete us."-Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success
"It isn't experience that sets top performers apart but the amount of deliberate practice they put in."-Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success
"More than half of white collar workers believe they have reached a breaking point. They simply can't handle any more information, and they report feeling demoralized as a result."-Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success
"In every field that's been studied from wine tasting to financial investing, when it came to differentiating between top performers, experience was not the critical variable....experience and experti…"-Brad Stulberg, Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success
4. Anatomy for Runners: Unlocking Your Athletic Potential for Health, Speed, and Injury Prevention
By: Jay Dicharry
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Running has become more and more popular in recent years, with thousands of people entering maratho… read more
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5. Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons
By: Bryon Powell , Eric Grossman
4.20
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
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6. Running with the Buffaloes: A Season Inside with Mark Wetmore, Adam Goucher, and the University of Colorado Men's Cross-Country Team
By: Chris Lear
3.87
Format: 288 pages,
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7. The Science of Running: How to find your limit and train to maximize your performance
By: Steve Magness
3.99
Format: 273 pages,
If you are looking for how to finish your first 5k, this book isn't for you. The Science of Running… read more
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8. Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
By: Adharanand Finn
2.62
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"A dusty road stretches into the distance like a pencil line across the arid landscape. Lions, rhin… read more
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9. My Year of Running Dangerously: A Dad, a Daughter, and a Ridiculous Plan
By: Tom Foreman
4.15
Format: 384 pages,
CNN correspondent Tom Foreman's remarkable journey from half-hearted couch potato to ultra-marathon… read more
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10. The Ultra Mindset: An Endurance Champion's 8 Core Principles for Success in Business, Sports, and Life
By: John Hanc , None
3.76
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Travis Macy summited glacial peaks in the French Alps, rappelled into vast limestone caves in China… read more
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11. Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
By: Alex Hutchinson
4.13
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
From the National Magazine Award-winning Runner’s World columnist, frequent New Yorker online contr… read more
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12. A Runner's High: My Life in Motion
By: Dean Karnazes
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
“A Runner’s High wakes up the appetite to run long distances. Dean takes us on a lifelong journey o… read more
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13. Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception
By: Matt Hart
4.14
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Game of Shadows meets Shoe Dog in this explosive behind-the-scenes look that reveals for the first … read more
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14. 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career
By: Meb Keflezighi
4.19
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Four-time Olympian Meb Keflezighi shares lessons learned from each of the 26 marathons he's run in … read more
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"To my classmates, teammates, teachers, coaches, and friends, and the people in the medical field who encouraged and challenged me to be my best in every aspect of life."-Meb Keflezighi, 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career
"Un mod prin care maratonul se deosebește de alte curse îl reprezintă faptul că lecțiile lui au deseori paralele cu restul vieții tale. Răbdarea necesară ca să stăpânești maratonul este o abilitate tr…"-Meb Keflezighi, 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career
15. Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
By: Steve Magness
3.85
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From beloved performance expert, executive coach, and coauthor of Peak Performance Steve Magness co… read more
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16. The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance
By: Nate Zinsser
4.26
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Believe and be unshakable. The Director of West Point’s Performance Psychology Program shares th… read more
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"Confidence is a sense of certainty about your ability, which allows you to bypass conscious thought and execute unconsciously."-Nate Zinsser, The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance
17. Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
By: Lauren Fleshman
4.47
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her… read more
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"It takes guts to put yourself out there when your body doesn't match the ideal, and to keep doing your best when your best isn't what you hoped for, or what others expected."-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
"She must have known what she planned to do, the risk she was going to take. 'Where did that calm come from?' I had wondered at the time. Now I knew. It was a resolve to execute the plan without attac…"-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
"…my whole life I had been engaging in the hard work of learning to run for myself, not for others. I had been learning how to return to myself, again and again, in a world full of forces that consist…"-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
"Title IX opened a door fifty years ago that can never be closed again, but equality doesn’t end at the equal right to play. True equality in sports, like any other industry, requires rebuilding the s…"-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
18. The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team
By: Kara Goucher
4.45
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In this unvarnished and affecting memoir, Olympian Kara Goucher reveals her experience of living th… read more
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19. Choosing to Run: A Memoir
By: Des Linden
4.28
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Featuring both the story of an historic, unforgettable win and insight into the life of an indelibl… read more
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20. We Share the Sun: The Incredible Journey of Kenya's Legendary Running Coach Patrick Sang and the Fastest Runners on Earth
By: Sarah Gearhart
3.76
Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition
An enlightening biography and gripping sports narrative that takes us behind the scenes into the li… read more
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21. Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You
By: Brad Stulberg
4.05
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A revelatory book on rethinking change, creating a rugged and flexible mindset … read more
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22. Beyond Impossible: From Reluctant Runner to Guinness World Record Breaker
By: Mimi Anderson
4.04
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
When Mimi first started jogging on a treadmill as an unfit 36-year-old mother-of-three, she never i… read more
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23. Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, Ditch Bad Habits, and Live Happier
By: Scott Douglas
3.76
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From a New York Times –bestselling author and lifelong runner, a groundbreaking guide to fighting d… read more
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"Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, and Live Happier"-Scott Douglas, Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, Ditch Bad Habits, and Live Happier
24. The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
By: Matt Fitzgerald
4.04
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A good comeback makes a great story. In The Comeback Quotient , sports journalist Matt Fitzgerald s… read more
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"I’m scared shitless."-Matt Fitzgerald, The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
"This pain and suffering. This was my trophy ceremony."-Matt Fitzgerald, The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
"A girl need not necessarily have the perfect start in life to fulfill such a dream."-Matt Fitzgerald, The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
"I beat cancer, I had kids, and I did this with a disability. You couldn’t knock me off that mountaintop."-Matt Fitzgerald, The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
25. Reborn on the Run: My Journey from Addiction to Ultramarathons
By: Catra Corbett
3.86
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
"This is a story you’ll love and never forget."—Christopher McDougall, author, Born to Run and Natu… read more
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26. Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds
By: Hillary Allen
3.74
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In 2017, world-class ultrarunner Hillary Allen was at the top of her sport--and it felt like she wa… read more
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"You are more than a result. You are enough, just as you are."-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds
"This determination is my bushido. It’s my “way of the warrior."-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds
"One thing that frees me from that battlefield is knowing that my strength and athletic build helped save my life."-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds
"Have you ever thought about accepting yourself as you are right here and now? That you are good enough—perfect in fact—just as you are?"-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds
27. Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery
By: Christie Aschwanden
4.00
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A New York Times Sports and Fitness Bestseller “The definitive tour through a bewildering jungle o… read more
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28. Built from Broken: A Science-Based Guide to Healing Painful Joints, Preventing Injuries, and Rebuilding Your Body
By: Scott H Hogan
4.43
Format: 614 pages, Kindle Edition
Heal painful joints, prevent injuries, and rebuild your body from the ground up.(If mainstream fitn… read more
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29. How She Did It: A High-Performance Guide for Female Distance Runners with Stories from the Women Who've Made It
By: Molly Huddle
4.00
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
An essential guide for female athletes navigating the world of competitive running, featuring 50 ca… read more
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30. Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
By: Deena Kastor
4.36
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
From an Olympic medalist runner and the record-holder in the women's marathon and half-marathon, a … read more
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"You can't show love by hurting others"-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
"What I needed in the moment was a family vacation."-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
"I saw perseverance, determination, and fearlessness."-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
"You don't run with your feet- you run with your heart."-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
31. Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training Guide
By: Christopher McDougall
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Born to Run 's Chris McDougall and long-time running coach Eric Orton show us how to join the globa… read more
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