Start your run where the pavement ends. Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running is the authoritative and accessible guide for this rapidly growing sport. Whether you are an experienced runner on roads or an outdoor enthusiast who wants to explore a new way of appreciating nature, this colour resource covers training, competition, injury prevention, strategy and more.
The American College of Sports Medicine is proud to publish the fourth edition of ACSM’s Exercise Management for Persons With Chronic Diseases and Disabilities. Informally known as CDD4, this edition is a substantial revision that forges the role of exercise in tomorrow’s health care systems.
Hal Higdon’s name is synonymous with running. As a contributing editor for Runner’s World and best-selling author, he has helped countless runners achieve their goals. Hal Higdon’s Half Marathon Training features everything runners need to know about tackling the half marathon. With 15 customisable programmes ranging from novice to advanced, it guides, encourages and paces readers to reach their goals. With advice for all levels of runners, it teaches readers how to get started with training, as well as showing where to focus attention, when to progress and how to keep it simple. Normal Price: £15.99 | €24.30 HK Rewards: £12.79 | €19.44 Find out more
A new study led by researchers and senior author Dr. Helen Lavretsky at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) has found that yoga and meditation may reduce the risk of mild cognitive impairment. These findings have since been published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Ultra runner Susie Chan has set a new 12-hour treadmill world record with the support of sport science and exercise experts from Kingston University in London.
Human Kinetics has an exciting opportunity for a Sales Manager to join our team in Leeds, England. The successful applicant will join us on a full time, permanent basis and will receive a competitive salary. Human Kinetics is the world’s biggest independent publisher of sport, health, dance, PE and recreation resources. But it’s not just books and e-books; we make courses, videos, journals, apps and so much more. All created in collaboration with the world’s foremost experts. We’ve got strong plans to build our sales across Europe and we’re looking for a Sales Manager who is up for a challenge. Based in Leeds in our recently renovated European office, but with some travel to key regions in Europe, you will be responsible for driving international academic sales. You’ll manage key relationships with resellers, librarians and academics. You’ll be a confident and intelligent presenter, hungry to drive sales to these regions forward. You’ll understand the complex needs of Higher Education Academics and Associations in the growing fields of sport and exercise science. So if you love …
The book features sample training plans for all the most popular marital arts, and teaches readers to achieve both physical and mental dominance.
Clinical Guide to Positional Release Therapy is an invaluable resource written specifically for professionals in the sports medicine and therapy fields, wanting to learn and perfect the art of Positional Release Therapy (PRT). This highly visual guide takes an organised approach that gifts readers with the foundations for application, procedure, and theory of PRT. The text uses contemporary science and evidence-based practice to provide health care practitioners and students with a manual of PRT techniques and skills that enable successful diagnosis. Normal Price: £57.49|€87.34 HK Rewards Price: £45.99|€69.87 Find out more
