Inspired : It's Like Having Your Own Personal Trainer, Only He's the Best in the World

by James Cracknell

When it comes to sport and fitness, Bernie has been there, done it, run it, swum it, ridden it and skied it. A former Marine and a member of the elite Special Boat Squadron, he was British cross-country ski champion and an international at both biathlon and triathlon, as well as a three-time winner of TV's Survival Of The Fittest. Now he has established himself as a key fitness and performance adviser in the ultra-competitive world of Formula 1, and also trains other internationally successful sportsmen and women, including Matthew Pinsent, James Cracknell and the British Olympic rowing squad, Britain's top mountain bike rider Ollie Beckinsale, Bath Rugby Club and World Champion rally drivers Colin McRae and Carlos Saintz. time in a blueprint for total fitness which means that you can benefit from the same advice, encouragement and straight talking as the world's top professionals. Inspired is a jargon-free total conditioning manual which will tell you how to establish where you are now, plan meaningful personal fitness goals and build really effective programmes - whether you are starting a conditioning programme for the first time, coming back after a lay off or are already training hard. Bernie, with the aid of over 400 photographs, illustrations and charts, demonstrates the absolutely correct techniques which will make your training much more efficient. In Inspired dozens of myths are exploded, and the importance of the training environment and the psychology of self-motivation are not forgotten. It shows you how to train for a whole range of specific sports, from running and cycling to basketball and equestrianism, with over 100 resistance, core stability and flexibility exercises carefully photographed and thoroughly explained.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published September 3, 2004