Science Performance

The New York Times bestseller – with a new afterword about early specialization in youth sports – from the author of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. The debate is as old as physical competition. Are stars like Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, and Serena Williams genetic...

A Signature Performance: Tim Curry, the source of our inspiration, returns – this time, he captures the quirky enthusiasm of this goofily visionary adventure.

What does it take to go from good to great? Step up at work, in sports, and at home with this “transfixing book on how to sustain peak performance and avoid burnout” (Adam Grant). A few common principles drive performance, regardless of the field or the task at hand. Whether someone is...

For decades, modern medicine has predominantly focused on restoring health to a conventionally “normal” state for our age and medical history. But shouldn’t we aim to go beyond normal? Whether you’re twenty or eighty years old, have experienced a stroke, battle PTSD, or want to excel as an athlete or top executive, recent breakthroughs in molecular biology have granted us the means not just to repair but to enhance our physical and mental capacities.

Are you looking to improve your athletic performance and take your training to the next level? Look no further than The Science of Athletic Performance, the definitive guide to understanding the anatomy and physiology behind top-level athleticism. Written by renowned sports scientist Hadley Mannings, this book delves into the mechanisms of muscle force production, the role of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, and the energy systems at play during exercise. Mannings also explores the various types of training and the importance of periodization, as well as the role of technology in...

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...

Researchers now have a clear understanding of the key drivers that make meetings successful. In The Surprising Science of Meetings, Steven G. Rogelberg, researcher and consultant to some of the world's most successful companies, draws from extensive research, analytics and data mining, and survey interviews with over 5,000 employees across a range of industries to share the proven practices and techniques that help managers and employees enhance the quality of their meetings.  

Nobody performs better under pressure. Regardless of the task, pressure ruthlessly diminishes our judgment, decision-making, attention, dexterity, and performance in every professional and personal arena. In Performing Under Pressure, Drs. Hendrie Weisinger and J.P. Pawliw-Fry introduce us to...

Most of us will spend 90,000 plus hours of our lives at work. Will those hours be miserable or meaningful? The answer lies in leadership. In The Science of High-Performance Leadership, Dr. Sherry Yellin delivers a transformative message: being a leader worth following isn’t guesswork. It’s science.

Millions of copies sold! The bestselling modern classic that sparked a worldwide conversation about the value of concentration—and the true costs of fractured attention. “I’m handing you the answer to the overwhelm you feel, and his name is Dr. Cal Newport.” —Mel Robbins, The Mel...

If Sleep Were a Drug: The Science of Sleep Optimization-Biohack Your Brain, Body, and Performance is a comprehensive guide to improving your sleep. Written by the FBI's Sleep Expert, Dr. Leah Kaylor, a licensed clinical and prescribing psychologist specializing in sleep and trauma. This is the book first responders have been waiting for-a blueprint to tackle one of their top complaints: Sleep.

James Fadiman, an early psychedelic researcher, and co-author Jordan Gruber’s MICRODOSING FOR HEALTH, HEALING AND ENHANCED PERFORMANCE is the first comprehensive audiobook on microdosing, using new research and extensive reports from individuals to describe the possibilities of the practice...

The Complete Man's Guide To Peptides is a science-based, beginner-friendly guide designed to help men understand modern peptide strategies for fat loss, lean muscle growth, testosterone support, faster recovery, higher energy & healthy aging — without the confusing medical jargon or dangerous guesswork.

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER "In Do Hard Things, Steve Magness beautifully and persuasively reimagines our understanding of toughness. This is a must-read for parents and coaches and anyone else looking to prepare for life's biggest challenges."—Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and Talking to...

FEATURED ON THE COVER OF HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW “An outstanding book.” —NPR “A valuable guide for teams and managers seeking to improve performance.” —The Wall Street Journal “A rare read that introduces fresh ideas about how to make groups more than the sum of their parts...

Predicting a global pandemic in a hit movie was impressive. Writing a sequel that will work for today’s world might take a whole different kind of intelligence. Join Scott Z. Burns, the acclaimed screenwriter of Contagion, as he embarks on a mind-bending quest to create a worthy follow-up to his eerily prophetic film. Reuniting with director Steven Soderbergh, members of the cast and crew, and the scientific experts who advised him on the first film, Burns also turns to an unexpected collaborator: artificial intelligence.

Most of us spend a third of our waking lives at work. Work shapes our schedules, relationships, identities, and economies—but is it actually making us happy? This crucial question is explored in depth by leading Oxford researchers Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and George Ward, who provide the richest, most comprehensive picture of workplace wellbeing yet. In Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters, the authors clarify what workplace wellbeing is (and is not) and offer a framework for how businesses can approach and improve it

Available only in audio, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - Makers, Mysteries and Magic lifts the lid on the moviemaking secrets behind the latest installment in J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts series. Narrator Dan Fogler (who plays No-Maj Jacob Kowalski) will guide you through the process of creating the magical on-screen world and explore the story, themes, and characters of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

The Science Behind Success is the complete guide to delivering meaningful leadership in modern business. It is filled with eye-popping studies and practical tools that create immediate results from the frontline manager to the C-suite executive.

The Science Behind the Signal Bioactive peptides are reshaping medicine, fitness, metabolism, recovery, and longevity—but separating real science from marketing noise has never been more difficult. In The Bioactive Peptide Code, physician-scientist Harvey Jenkins, MD PhD delivers a clear, evidence-based guide to the peptides driving today’s most powerful conversations in muscle growth, GLP-1–based weight loss, tissue repair, metabolic health, and human performance. This book explains: • How growth hormone peptides (Sermorelin, Tesamorelin, CJC-1295, Ipamorelin) actually work • IGF...