Performance Training

Famous three-time Grand Slam winner Arthur Ashe pointed out that many in sports fall victim to “paralysis by analysis”. Athletes on any level can experience the pain of overthinking and sabotaging their performance. Blame many traditional methods of teaching and training. How can we train smarter, not harder? If only our body and mind could perform in a way that’s more natural and instinctive. The best athletes have this quality, but many feel it is simply unattainable for them. I assure you it is not.

There is a revolution underway in employee workforce development, trending away from face-to-face to digital learning and away from event-based multiday workshops to technology-supported “learning journeys.” This shift is tremendously promising, and it is reshaping the future of learning and development (L&D). However, it represents a considerable challenge and is fraught with risk. Improving Performance Through Learning will help you navigate this revolution but stay true to the mission of impactful workplace learning. Building on Brinkerhoff and Apking’s breakthrough work on High ...

“Joe is a master in teaching Agile with meaningful real-world non-software examples.” – George Tome, Enterprise Agile Coach, John Deere “One of the best professional trainings in the world” – Fabian Delava, Partner, Bain & Company“You really rocked your roles as instructor, cheerleader, and host” – Ken Merchant, 3 Star General, USAF Retired“Joe has broken new ground using Scrum in manufacturing” -- Dr. Jeff Sutherland, Co-creator of Scrum

If you want to be faster, stronger, and less prone to injury, it’s critical you understand how important the body’s fascia system is to athletic performance. Modern research and imaging technologies are showing us that it’s far more significant than we have long understood. That’s why Bill Parisi—founder of the Parisi Speed School—and extreme sports writer, Johnathon Allen, set out on a nationwide quest to interview the top experts in the field so they could present this new performance science in a paradigm shifting book that’s not only packed with practical information, but ...

A breakthrough program for triathletes - beginner, intermediate, and advanced - showing how to balance training intensity to maximize performance - from a fitness expert and elite coach. Cutting-edge research has proven that triathletes and other endurance athletes experience their greatest performance when they do 80 percent of their training at low intensity and the remaining 20 percent at moderate to high intensity.

Writing from both the cutting edge of scientific discovery and the front-lines of elite athletic performance, National Magazine Award-winning science journalist Alex Hutchinson presents a revolutionary account of the dynamic and controversial new science of endurance.

In The Science of Running, elite coach and exercise physiologist Steve Magness integrates the latest research with the training processes of the world's best runners, to deliver an in depth look at how to maximize your performance. It is a unique book that conquers both the scientific and practical points of running in two different sections. The first is aimed at identifying what limits running performance from a scientific standpoint. In section two, we turn to the practical application of this information and focus on the process of training to achieve your goals.

Delegating work, responsibility, and authority is difficult in a company because it means letting others make decisions which involve spending the owner-manager's money. At a minimum, you should delegate enough authority to get the work done, to allow assistants to take initiative, and to keep the operation moving in your absence. This guide discusses controlling those who carry responsibility and authority and coaching them in self-improvement. It emphasizes the importance of allowing competent assistants to perform in their own style rather than insisting that things be done exactly as ...

Until now, sport training has been more witchcraft than science. Traditional coaching is based on copying recipes written in old books, with little science and more answers than questions. Traditional physiology, also marked by reductionism and the idea that the organism works like a machine, gives us incomplete and unsatisfactory answers that are inadequate when we leave the theoretical world to go to the real world. In this book, we approach the world of training from the perspective of Complex Systems, which will offer us a new vision of the world, health and organisms. In this book, you...

You've probably heard a lot about Heart Rate Variability (HRV) lately. It's become a buzzword in the health and fitness community. Why all the buzz? Because research indicates that by tracking HRV you can optimize your workout routine, get better sleep, and even improve your mental health. And for the first time, the tools for tracking HRV are not limited to scientists, labs, or elite athletes. Thanks to Oura Rings, Whoop Bands, and Apple, Fitbit, Garmin and a host of other devices, HRV tracking is now available to everyone. But what is HRV? And how can you harness the power of your device ...

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 ...

What Is The Quickest Way To Get To The Next Level In Pickleball? Let me know if this happened to you... You go out to the courts, find some people to play, and find that most points end up in a banging match with very little skill and finesse. Lots of high balls, and lots of slams. As a result, even-though you play several times per week, you don't feel like you are getting any better. And honestly, it's not your fault... In fact, we were in your shoes when we first started out."If You Came From Another Racquet Sport (Tennis, Ping-Pong, Racquetball) Hitting Hard Is The Way To Beat Your ...

What if the only thing standing between you and total clarity was your own mind? In today’s chaotic world, discipline is rare. Focus is fragile. And most people are mentally reactive, emotionally hijacked, and stuck in loops of overthinking that destroy their momentum. The Unshakeable Mind is a powerful blueprint for building a mindset that stays calm under pressure, executes with precision, and refuses to break—no matter what life throws at it. If you’re tired of burnout, distraction, and inconsistency, this book will teach you how to train your thoughts, kill noise, and take ...

Mortality suddenly on the distant radar? Approaching middle age? Family man, but more family than man? It was either do something big or have an affair! I chose the former, and it put me in the best place. I was approaching fifty, had 2 kids, a nice house by the sea, my career was going well and I was happily married. Or was at the time of writing but that is another story and another book. I was also getting larger and working more and could feel the impact on my health both mental and physical. This is my story. I went from an arbitrary exercise regime and excuses to completing an Ironman...

Achieve the champion mindset for peak performance. Reach new levels of success and mental toughness with this ultimate guide. Learn the "Science of Success" and prepare to excel. In this concise and highly acclaimed training guide, Peak Performance Coach DC Gonzalez teaches a blend of unique mental training technologies, sports psychology essentials, and peak performance methods that are effective and motivational. Get ready to increase your self-belief, self-confidence, and mental toughness using this powerful guide designed to help you reach new levels of success, sports performance and personal development.

Unlock elite speed potential by training the nervous system—not just the muscles. Speed Hacks is the definitive manual on overspeed resistance training, a groundbreaking approach used by high-performance athletes to develop explosive sprinting, vertical jump power, and total-body reactivity. This is not a motivational guide. It’s a high-precision operating manual for coaches, lifters, and athletes serious about neurological adaptation and performance optimization. Overspeed training forces the body to move faster than it could voluntarily, creating high-speed coordination under time ...

Unlock the Hidden Weapon of Champions: Your Mind. What if the secret to peak performance, mental toughness, and rapid recovery wasn’t in your muscles—but in your mind? Meditation for Athletes is the ultimate performance-boosting guide designed for competitors, fitness enthusiasts, and sports professionals who want to gain an unshakable mental edge using the transformative power of mindfulness, focus training, and breathwork. Whether you’re chasing Olympic gold, pushing for a personal record, or rebounding from burnout, in this book, Fitness Coach and Exercise Physiologist, Atolani ...

In Pain Performance, Ryan Whited and Matt Fitzgerald present a radically new way for athletes to understand and manage pain that exposes the shocking lack of evidence for modern medicine’s approach to pain and injury management. Based on many years of research and a greater appreciation of the complexity of pain as a lived experience, Whited’s revolutionary “Training as Treatment” method puts you in control of your pain experience as you build mental and physical resilience.

Discover the cutting edge of strength science with Faster Reps, Bigger Lifts: Velocity-Based Training for the Modern Athlete. This high-performance guide explores Velocity-Based Training (VBT)—a revolutionary method that uses bar speed to optimize strength, power, and hypertrophy. Whether you're a competitive athlete, coach, or strength enthusiast, this book delivers a practical framework for applying real-time velocity feedback to boost results, manage fatigue, and drive continual progress. Backed by peer-reviewed research and real-world case studies, each chapter breaks down VBT ...

INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER OF "CLOSING IS NOT YOUR PROBLEM" SALES CPR: 101 SYMPTOMS OF SALES FAILURE AND THEIR SOLUTIONS Stepping into the competitive arena of sales, this guide arms professionals with a pioneering approach to rescuing sales that appear beyond recovery. It transforms the wisdom drawn from extensive, real-life experience into a practical toolkit for those determined to meet and exceed their sales targets. Key Insights and Strategies Include: Identifying the tell-tale signs of deals in distress and how to intervene effectively. Over 100 detailed case studies that provide a ...