From humble roots in the garage of fitness guru Greg Glassman to more than 3,000 rough-and-tumble gym spaces today, CrossFit is a gritty, grassroots fitness phenomenon. Veteran CrossFitter Murphy goes inside the box to shed light on the extraordinary community of CrossFit.
The sport of running is founded upon unchallenged beliefs about how to train. Unbreakable Runner tears down these traditions to reveal the new rules for fast, powerful running. The creator of CrossFit Endurance, Brian MacKenzie, dispels the tenets of run training like high mileage and high-carb diets to show how high-intensity training can make runners strong for races from 5K to ultra marathon.
FRIGHTLANDS By: T. J. Murphy Race, along with his pals Spec and Vid, checks out a new amusement park ride. The fact that they are the only riders doesn't faze them. But once the doors to this golden train slam shut, they are whisked off to the first of three terrifying lands. In Zombieland, they must outwit walking cadavers and survive long enough for the train to return and carry them to the next world. Skeletonland greets them with human and animal skeletons - alive! The kids are captured and taken to a cave where they become the intended main course. They devise a unique plan to escape from this horror, only to arrive in yet another terrible place. Two evil cousins who compete in everything rule Witchland. They use the kids as bait in a contest, with the winner getting to decide how their victims will meet their end. Will the trio survive this final world and return to the park aboard the golden train?
Having reached the age of twelve summers, Dal--a Cro-Magnon boy, looks forward to his manhood initiation. But his father informs him that Dal is being passed over because he isn't ready. Making matters worse, Dal's eleven-year-old friend Cog is accepted into the initiation. Ashamed, Dal flees the cave, falls in a raging river, and embarks upon an adventure that leads him into the Land of the North Caves, where he is injured in a fall. Rescued by a Neanderthal boy, Dal is taken to the boy's cave. Dal is distrusted because he is different, and is accused of stealing. He is then sent on a quest to battle a mighty cave lion to gain acceptance. Mar, the boy who rescued him, joins him on this futile quest. Dal knows that he can't clear his name without facing this awesome beast. And he can never return home without first clearing his name among the Neanderthals. Together, Dal and Mar encounter the wicked lion. Will they be successful in their quest, or be brutally savaged and eaten by the wicked beast? And what other problems do they uncover on their journey?
Former SWAT officer, retired U.S. Army Captain, and founding CrossFit athlete
and coach, Greg Amundson, shares Firebreather Fitness, his program to help you
get into the best shape of your life, mentally and physically.
Wie CrossFit® das Training revolutionierte und mir einen völlig neuen Körper verlieh
Als der Journalist T.J. Murphy zum ersten Mal eine CrossFit®-Box betrat, tat
er dies nicht, um anschließend darüber zu schreiben. Nach vielen Jahren
exzessiven Lauftrainings konnte sich der 47-Jährige nur noch humpelnd
fortbewegen. Verzweifelt versuchte er, seine frühere Fitness zurückzuerlangen,
und als in seiner Nachbarschaft eine CrossFit-Filiale eröffnet wurde, gab er
diesem neuen Fitnesstrend eine Chance.
Ein Ausdauersportler kann noch so motiviert sein – wenn er vom Verletzungspech verfolgt ist, verliert er zwangsläufig viel von seiner mühsam antrainierten Fitness. Das Buch „The Unbreakable Athlete“ setzt hier an und gibt Ausdauersportlern aller Leistungsstufen mithilfe von leichten Übungen und den richtigen Techniken das nötige Rüstzeug mit, um Verletzungen schon lange vor ihrem Auftreten vorzubeugen. „The Unbreakable Athlete“ ist dabei mehr als ein Buch zur reinen Verletzungsvermeidung. Es soll mit anschaulichen Beispielen, motivierenden Erzählungen und praktischer Hilfe allen Sporteinsteigern und auch schon erfahreneren, ratsuchenden Sportlern aufzeigen, wie sie Verletzungen und Übertraining vermeiden und somit sorgenfrei und mit vollem Einsatz und Spaß ihren sportlichen Zielen nachgehen können.