Research shows that short bouts of high-intensity resistance training are just as effective at spiking metabolism as standard workouts lasting an hour or longer. This book offers 300 workouts that can be completed in just 30 minutes. It allows readers to choose workouts that will help them attain specific strength & conditioning goals. ...

A comprehensive sports training manual that is suitable for dedicated strength & conditioning practitioners & athletes & coaches looking to expand their knowledge on how to develop & optimise human performance & athletic capacity. Each topic is addressed by a world renowned expert in a specific component of sports conditioning. ...

A guide to explosive power training for athletes, coaches & strength & conditioning experts. Exploring the principles of high-intensity plyometric training, power assessments & the development of both long & short-term conditioning programmes, it contains detailed photo sequences, step-by-step instruction & intensity guidelines. ...

Kicking off with the story of the original 'soccer czar', Sir Henry Norris, who bulldozed through opposition on many levels to move Woolwich Arsenal to north London & probably taught many subsequent chairman everything they knew on that score, Jon Spurling's all-encompassing history of Arsenal's time at Highbury features testimony from everyone: from the peanut sellers, turnstile operators, local publicans & fans, through to the likes of Bob Wilson, Liam Brady, George Graham & Lee Dixon. This is a warts-&-all look at the last century in the club's history, telling the story of local opposition to the club's move in 1913, through the construction of the impressive art deco East & West stands in the thirties, the assembling of the various title-winning sides & culminating in the story of local opposition to the club's move in 2004. Having written three previous titles on Arsenal's history, Jon Spurling is well placed to produce this definitive volume. ...

Verity Shore longs for a little adventure, until Rafe Bannerman arrives to carry her off to Highclough & Verity discovers that life can be a little too exciting. An estate on the edge of the wild Yorkshire Moors, Highclough is Verity's inheritance. But she soon discovers that the land is coveted, not only by her cousin, but also by Rafe. ...

John Singleton directs this tale of three students who each find a very different path through college: an athlete (Omar Epps) struggling to make the grade; a naive girl (Kristy Swanson) who discovers that men cannot always accept 'no' for an answer; and ...

Traces the history of the clans from their Celtic origins to the coming of the Romans, through the great battles of Bannockburn & Flodden, to the Clearances & the present day. This book is suitable for those interested in the history of Scotl&. ...

A documented study of Scotland's most emotive subjects. It traces the origins of the Clearances from the eighteenth century to their culmination in the crofting legislation of the 1880s, showing how the process of clearance was part of a wider European movement of rural depopulation. ...

In the terrible aftermath of the battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Offering a reconstruction of Culloden, the author recounts how the Highlanders were deserted & then betrayed into famine & poverty. While their chiefs grew rich on meat & wool, the people died of cholera & starvation. ...

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