Athlete Health

Competition anxiety and overthinking putting a wrench in your athlete’s chase after victory? Learn ways to help them overcome mental hurdles and embrace true potential. Struggling to find a training plan that doesn’t leave a young competitor impatient? Certain they could make it into the record books if they could just discover their edge? Wishing for a peek inside the minds of greats like LeBron James, Simone Biles, and Lionel Messi? After working with over 5,000 athletes, coach and author Andrew J Simpson has identified exactly what makes a champion tick. And now he’s here to help ...

Moses and Troy Horne here. Your mental-toughness guides! We know exactly how you feel. If you are reading this, you probably have a young athlete who struggles with in-game stress and maybe even sports performance anxiety. That is why this version was mostly written by Moses. As of the time of the writing of this book, Moses Horne is a 15-year-old elite athlete who can talk directly about the triumphs and struggles of working toward being mentally tough. This is the only book that I know of with input from an actual young athlete.

Discover the transformative New York Times bestseller—a step-by-step manual for mastering your inner mind for peak performance and living your life to the fullest. As a professional baseball player, Jim Murphy’s sense of worth revolved around results. He was focused on achievement but also...

Michael Jordan credits George Mumford with transforming his on-court leadership of the Bulls, helping Jordan lead the team to six NBA championships. Mumford also helped Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum, and Lamar Odom and countless other NBA players turn around their games. A widely respected public speaker and coach, Mumford is sharing his own story and the strategies that have made these athletes into stars in The Mindful Athlete: The Secret to Pure Performance.

The Brave Athlete solves the 13 most common mental conundrums athletes face in their everyday training and in races. You don't have one brain - you have three; your ancient Chimp brain that keeps you alive, your modern Professor brain that navigates the civilized world, and your Computer brain that accesses your memories and runs your habits (good and bad). They fight for control all the time and that's when bad things happen. What if you could stop the thoughts and feelings you don't want? You can.

A GOODREADS AND BOOK RIOT MOST ANTICIPATED ROMANCE OF 2026 A slow-burn romance about a woman with a rare neurological condition who agrees to fake-date the hot guy in her chronic pain support group—only to discover he’s an Olympic snowboarder whose career-ending injury is as infamous as his...

SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN RESULTS IN ONLY 10 MINUTES A DAY!!! Are you WORN OUT from the never-ending cycle of DISAPPOINTMENT, continuously trying different fitness programs, only to be met with the SOUL-CRUSHING FRUSTATION of minimal results? Or pouring COUNTLESS hours into the gym, lifting heavy weights, and seeing minimal results? Are you OVERWHELMED with the DEVASTATING SET-BACK of an INJURY, unable to pursue your fitness goals or achieve the BODY you desire? Discover a comprehensive ROADMAP to SCULPTING the PHYSIQUE you’ve always DREAMED of... with REAL MUSCLE GAINS FAST in ONLY 10 MINS a...

Training for the Uphill Athlete translates theory into methodology to allow you to write your own training plans and coach yourself to endurance goals. Steve House, one of the best mountaineers, and his coach Scott Johnston, an Olympic-level cross country ski coach, along with Kilian Jornet, hands down best endurance athlete at this time, present training principles for the multisport mountain athlete who regularly participates in a mix of distance running, ski mountaineering, and other endurance sports that require optimum fitness and customized strength.

Keep your brain young, healthy, and sharp with this science-driven guide to protecting your mind from decline by neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Throughout our life, we look for ways to keep our minds sharp and effortlessly productive. Now, globetrotting...

The #1 Teen Sports Book for Building Confidence, Focus, and Mental Strength — Written by Young Athletes, for Young Athletes! If your teen athlete struggles with pressure, self-doubt, or game-day anxiety, this mental toughness for young athletes book will change how they compete — and how they see themselves. “A Young Athlete’s Guide to Mental Toughness” is not just another sports psychology lecture. It’s a collection of real stories from 12 teen athletes who turned fear into focus, and pressure into performance. 💪 Inside This Powerful Sports Book, Your Athlete Will Learn: ...

“This book doesn’t just teach you to breathe, it guides you back to the wisdom of your own body.” — Lee Holden, American TV Personality & Bestselling Author of Ready, Set, Slow! Discover the truth about your breathing you didn’t know you were getting wrong... Modern breathwork is everywhere, but what if your breathing is broken? No cold plunge, no breath hold, and no spiritual awakening can fix that. Dr. David Deppeler has spent decades helping everyone from elite athletes to anxious overthinkers retrain their breath and their bodies for real, lasting change. In this smart, ...

The Resilient Young Athlete is your ultimate guide to developing mental toughness, thriving under pressure, and mastering the mindset that sets champions apart! Whether you're a young athlete, a parent, or a coach, this audiobook offers invaluable insights into building the resilience needed to excel in the competitive world of youth sports. For young athletes struggling with confidence or anxiety, you’ll learn practical steps to cultivate a growth-oriented mindset, set and achieve SMART goals, and manage game-day stress like a pro!

CrossFit trainer Ben Bergeron has helped build the world's fittest athletes, but he's not like other coaches. He believes that greatness is not for the elite few; that winning is a result, not a goal; and that character, not talent, is what makes a true champion. His powerful philosophy can help anyone excel at all aspects of life. Using the dramatic competition between the top contenders at the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games® as a background, Ben explores the step-by-step process of achieving excellence and the unique set of positive character traits necessary for leveling up to world-class. The mindset and methodology that have produced some of the greatest athletes in the world's most grueling sport can work equally well for golfers, lawyers, artists, entrepreneurs - anyone who's willing to commit totally to becoming better than the best.

You’re not declining — you’re transitioning. And the next version of you can be more capable, more resilient and more durable than you ever were in your twenties. Most men over 40 don’t slow down because of age. They slow down because they trained the wrong qualities for too long. Becoming the Hybrid Athlete gives you the blueprint to rebuild your engine with a system that blends strength, endurance, mobility, rucking, and longevity practices into a training lifestyle that actually works for the real world.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A “piercing account” (The Wall Street Journal) of surviving as a young woman in a society that rewards appearances more than anything and demands perfection at all costs—especially if you’re an Olympic figure skater. “A riveting memoir, which details her...

Un relato fascinante que no solo conquistará tu mente sino que también inspirará tu cuerpo cuando descubras que el secreto de la felicidad está a tus pies y que todos hemos nacido para correr. Repleto de personajes inolvidables, increíbles hazañas atléticas y ciencia de vanguardia, Nacidos para correr es una aventura épica que comienza con la simple pregunta: ¿por qué me duele el pie?

A change has occurred — youth sports have been professionalized and there has been a perversion of potential. It has become scholarships over development, trophies over toughness, and talent over tenacity. The professionalization has created an environment of externally driven, perfectionist, and stressed competitors. Parenting athletes also requires such a vast amount of sacrifice both emotionally and financially. Are we doing it correctly? This book will help you empower your kids to build their mental toughness. In this cutting-edge book, you’ll develop specific strategies: • Find ...

Emphasizing the fundamentals of sleep, nutrition, and stress management, this second edition features up-to-date research that has emerged to support the importance of these basic recovery strategies and includes a much-needed, careful look at new devices on the market. Whether self-coached, coached, or team-sport athletes, The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery provides listeners with an evidence-based approach to finding the right balance between stress and rest.

Are you an athlete striving for peak performance but feeling like something's missing? 'Mental Strength in Sports: Beyond Physical Training' is your essential guide to mastering the often-overlooked mental game. This book dives deep into the mental health aspects of sports, offering you a comprehensive toolkit to elevate both your performance and well-being. - Discover the mind–body connection and how it influences your athletic output. - Learn visualization techniques that top athletes use to mentally rehearse success. - Master emotional regulation to stay calm under pressure and turn ...

The legendary six-time CrossFit Games champion and Olympic athlete shares lessons from her inspiring story of leveling up her performance, embracing failure, and fiercely taking on impossible goals. “Champions are built in the mind first, and Tia Toomey understands exactly how to do that...