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Title: Explosive Running : Using the Science of Kinesiology to Improve Your Performance by Michael, Ph.D. Yessis, Michael Yessis PhD ISBN: 0-8092-9899-6 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Awesome!
Comment: This book is everything the title says it is . . .explosive. I noticed benefits in terms of my speed and endurance from the start of training. I was also gratified to read the authors endorsement of barefoot running! If you are a serious runner seeking to improve your speed, endurance and running economy. This is the book for you.
Tim
Anacortes, Washington
Rating: 5
Summary: I'm no running pro, but...
Comment: ...definitely the most informative book I have ever read on running. This book will take away the mystery and supply a healthy dose of reality. Dr. Yessis is both informed and to the point about individual running ability and its application.
Anyone seeking to understand how it should work need only buy this book. Enjoy, I know I have.
Rating: 5
Summary: Flies in the face of mainstream
Comment: I have read this book... and am preparing to read it again.
I have read a lot on running, and have even taken a few courses, and then I read this book - what an eye opener! I quickly realized how biased some people that teach running courses are, and how little actual knowledge is out there on many of the topics that are introduced in this book. A couple of examples:
The section on barefoot running. This is the part of the book that the big shoe companies don't want you reading. I think that it's largely true, though most would have trouble believing, it - I think that the author has done an exceptional job of backing up his theories on this one. As soon as the snow melts, I will be unlacing my shoes for the first time ever ;-)
The book has a great deal of information pertaining to running stride. A lot of what I have learned revolves around the theory that you were born with a certain stride, and you should just "run like you run" - don't worry about your stride. Obviously (if you have an open mind) you can see through that garbage, and get "real" with your running. Tons of pictures to back this up (someone could argue that the quality of the photos used in the book are poor, but I think that they are sufficient, given that they are for illustration purposes - not wall hangings).
Stretching. Believe that most everyone who is stretching today isn't doing it properly, or could certainly be doing it better. The author gets into active stretching, versus passive stretching. Very mind altering stuff... with a lot of facts to back up why this is the way to do it. I have not incorporated these stretches into my training yet, but will be doing shortly (takes a bit of work to alter what I have learned over the years). At a seminar that I attended, I asked a physiotherapist about active stretching, and why they still push static stretches... she says that while active stretches are better, it's too difficult to learn or do correctly. Doesn't look that tough, but I will soon see ;-)
Bottom line... for the price, I don't know that you can find a better book out there. So ends my two cents.
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Title: Daniels' Running Formula by Jack Daniels, Alberto Salazar ISBN: 0880117354 Publisher: Human Kinetics Pub Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Lore of Running by Timothy Noakes, Tim Noakes ISBN: 0873229592 Publisher: Human Kinetics (T) Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Competitive Runner's Handbook: The Bestselling Guide to Running 5Ks Through Marathons by Shelly-Lynn Florence Glover, Bob New Competitve Runner's Handbook Glover ISBN: 0140469907 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Road Racing for Serious Runners by Pete Pfitzinger, Scott Douglas, Bill Rodgers ISBN: 0880118180 Publisher: Human Kinetics (T) Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Advanced Marathoning by Pete Pfitzinger, Scott Douglas ISBN: 0736034315 Publisher: Human Kinetics (T) Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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