Product Description: With its 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, and 26.2-mile run, the Ironman-distance triathlon is a unique beast that requires a unique approach to training. Going Long provides triathletes with a clear blueprint for building endurance and improving their skills. Along with a training overview that describes how to plan a season month -by -month and day -by -day, the book offers sport-specific chapters that outline each discipline’s stages of development and drills to improve form and efficiency.

Going Long: Training for Ironman-Distance Triathlons (Ultrafit Multisport Training Series) (Paperback)

Product Description: Improve your lower-body flexibility using the 13 stretches featured on this poster for the hips, hamstrings, quadriceps, calves and lower back. All stretches are clearly explained with step-by-step instructions and descriptive photos. Laminated chart; 24” x 36”.

• Paperback: 1 pages
• Publisher: Productive Fitness Products Inc. (August 1, 2005)
• ISBN-10: 0973941189
• ISBN-13: 978-0973941180
• Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 1.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #528,584 in Books

Stretching-Lower Body Laminated (Poster) (Paperback)

Product Description: BalleCore is unique in that it combines three tried-and-true disciplines into one optimal workout. Pilates strengthens and stretches the major muscles, activates your core (the band of muscles below your chest), and energizes your body. Hatha yoga helps quiet the mind through breath, fortifies the nervous system, builds stamina, and produces mental equilibrium. Ballet increases blood flow, develops poise, promotes good posture, and improves balance.

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (March 1, 2005)
• ISBN: 0345471903
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds.
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #75,972 in Books

The BalleCore® Workout : Integrating Pilates, Hatha Yoga, and Ballet in an Innovative Exercise Routinefor All Fitness Levels

Product Description: In this book, Bob Smith explains the vital importance of flexibility in preparing for sport or within a general fitness program. He explores the factors affecting natural suppleness, and shows how everybody can improve their flexibility. A whole range of general and sport specific stretches are demonstrated, and sample programs are also included to show how all athletes can incorporate flexibility training into their daily practice.

Flexibility for Sport: The Skills of the Game (Paperback)

Product Description: Stretching is the safest way to keep your whole body in balance. Not only is it a great way to warm up, cool down, and prevent injuries, but it can also be used for non-impact toning and strengthening routines. Stretching can be done anywhere, anytime, and can serve as both a stress reliever and therapy for dozens of physical conditions, from strains to sports injuries. This invaluable guide includes:
—Simple step-by-step instructions
—Dozens of dedicated stretch routines designed to alleviate specific conditions, such as back pain and TMJ
—Hundreds of easy-to-follow illustrations
—Useful for serious athletes and fitness professionals as well as novices

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Stretching Illustrated (Complete Idiot's Guide to) (Paperback)