Book recommendations (2)

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Stories From the Passenger Seat: Lessons Learned From a Lifetime of Coaching by Harry Marra

Having taken nine years in the writing of the manuscript, Coach Harry Marra presents to you a book that is REAL, HONEST, and FUN-FILLED in its words. Instead of just pontificating on a particular idea or concept, Stories From the Passenger Seat: Lessons Learned From a Lifetime of Coaching gives you real life, real live actual situations where world class athletes came to a crossroads and describes what they actually did to negotiate them successfully.

Stories From the Passenger Seat gives the reader a first-person account of being in an Olympic Stadium, sitting alongside Coach Marra, and having to make critical decisions that will dictate the outcome of the contest. Reading specific vignettes throughout the book will have you on the edge of your seat in anticipation of the outcome, much the same as a mystery novel might do.

If each reader learns and/or develops one new trait that may help them better negotiate the “road of life” by reading this book, then it will have been an effort well worth the time of jotting these stories down.
Foreword by Brianne Theisen-Eaton and Ashton Eaton.

Available on CoachesChoice.com and Amazon

Decathlon Trial by John Rap

"The star field at Oregon includes, the reigning Olympic champion, the reigning World champion and the just minted world record holder."

Decathlon Trial is the story of a man who competes in two Olympic decathlon trials that take place twenty years apart. In between those two contests he and his wife raise a special needs child.

The presentation of the story alternates from the live decathlon events to flashbacks of family life over the last twenty years.

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Van A tot Zevenkamp in woord en beeld by Bert Vreeswijk

This is the second book from Bert Vreeswijk. It’s in the Dutch language. The first one was about Decathlon training. This second one is about Women Heptathlon training. A to Z heptathlon with very nice illustrations.

Full colour, 180 pages, beautyfull pictures. National coaches, toptrainers from the Netherlands and Belgium gave advice to this work as well as  interviews’ with Olympic  top athletes are added, sharing their knowledge and experience with us whenever we are fan, multi eventer, trainer, coach or athlete. Both works “Tienkamp totaal” and  “Van A tot Zevenkamp in woord en beeld” are together making a complete work about the Olympic multi events.

To order go to the site www.tienkamptotaal.nl with detailed information and short movies of technical aspects. Release date - June 24 2016.

Des hommes complets - la formidable histoire du pentathlon et du décathlon à travers les âges by Frédéric Gousset (Complete men)

Complete men is the story of a passion which crosses time and continues today with the promises of fights to come.

The moderns Olympic Games of Stockholm in 1912 updated the “All-around men” in a European way, by replacing from now on the heavy throws by discus and javelin, unknown at that time in the US. Ten contests in two days, it’s the new size which was imposed and remained unchanged, in spite of the numerous criticisms which were accumulated, as long as this event remained confined to the Olympic terms. Too thankless, and not spectacular, nor gratifying. Decathlon was even compared with the Roman circus.

To order go to the site https://decapassion.wordpress.com

Strong, Stronger and Strongest by Dale Harder

Who are the strongest men of all time? Strength researcher Dale Harder wrote bios of 155 of the world's most amazing strong men and their feats from both the past and the present.

This book has selected bios on 155 weightlifters, powerlifters, Basque stone lifters, "World's Strongest Men", winners of the Arnold strongman, professional wrestlers (one a mixed-martial artist), arm wrestlers, great grippers, shot-putters and Scottish highland game athletes among others.

To order go to the site http://www.ssratings.org/

Strenght & Speed by Dale Harder

Fun facts book like a combination of Guinness World Records & Ripley's Believe It Or Not.

Did you know that this book has world records in all strength or speed events for every age group from 5 to 100 (from age 35+ the records are for 5 year groups like 35-39,40-44, 45-49...) Records and topics include weightlifting, powerlifting, track & field, exercise, strongman, highland games, grip strength, all-around weightlifting, acrobatics, adventure & exploring, animal feats, diving, baseball, basketball, football, golf, high diving, man vs. beast and many others. Example: the world's record in the 100 meter dash for men age 35-39 is 9.97 seconds at altitude by Linford Christie, Great Britain.

To order go to the site http://www.ssratings.org/

The Gold and the Glory by Mike Chapman

The amazing true story of Glenn Morris, 1936 Olympic decathlon champion and movie Tarzan. He came from a tiny town in Colorado to become recognized as "the world's greatest athlete." He also played in the NFL and served as a naval officer in World War II and suffered from post traumatic stress disorder.

Foreword written by Bob Mathias, 1948 and 1952 Olympic decathlon champion and four-term U. S. Congressman.

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A Basic Guide to Decathlon by F. Zarnowski

Written by Frank Zarnowski, Ph.D., the world's foremost authority on the decathlon, this book is packed with practical information, presented in Dr. Zarnowski's engaging, easy-to-understand style.

A Basic Guide To Decathlon discusses the history of decathlon, how to get started, the fundamentals of training, and how to get and keep fit.

Find out why the champion or world record holder in this sport is referred to as "World's Greatest Athlete."

Available on Amazon