Product Description: Athletic contests in running, walking, jumping, and throwing are among the oldest of all sports and their roots are prehistoric. Athletics events were depicted in the Ancient Egyptian tombs in Saqqara, with illustrations of running at the Heb Sed festival and high jumping appearing in tombs from as early as of 2250 BC...read more

Product Description: Conditioning, which can be described as all forms of training apart from those specifically designed to improve strength and technique, lies at the very heart of the athlete’s training programme. Written by an acknowledged expert, Conditioning for Athletes describes and analyzes the physical elements of conditioning, their use within the training programs, and explains how each is used and applied, not only to improve general fitness, but also to enhance performance...read more

Product Description: 1993, trade paperback, Derivative Publications, Pasco, WA, 93 pages.

Chronicles the rigors of the author's serious athletic training, which took him to Dr. Kenneth Cooper's Aerobics Center and to an adult swim camp, and reflects on the idea and science of athleticism