Core Performance Endurance: A New Training and Nutrition Program That Revolutionizes Your Workouts » (First Edition)

MARK VERSTEGEN, founder and president of Athletes’ Performance, is a widely sought-after performance coach, consultant, and motivational speaker who resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.

PETE WILLIAMS is a veteran journalist who writes about fitness, business, and sports. He lives in Safety Harbor, Florida.

Mark Verstegen, the world-renowned performance coach who was at the forefront of the core training revolution, now applies his cutting-edge training system to the special needs of the endurance athlete.

Verstegen’s first two books—Core Performance and Core Performance Essentials—broke new ground in fitness with their intense focus on the muscles of the core: shoulders, hips, and midsection. That focus remains the key here as he not only helps endurance athletes train more effectively, but also gives them a potent regimen of core training that will help them move more efficiently, speed recovery, and stave off overuse injuries and long-term deterioration.

His plan:

-helps endurance athletes at all levels—from competitive swimmers and hard-driven triathletes to everyday joggers

-delivers the desired combination of strength and stamina, balance and flexibility, athletic quickness and power—to which the endurance athlete strives

-provides an endurance-oriented nutrition program complete with recommendations for pre- and post-race eating

Foreword Jessi Stensland v

Introduction: The Endurance Paradigm Shift xi

Part 1 The Core Endurance Mindset

1 A Call to Change 3

2 Self-Evaluation 11

Part 2 Core Endurance Movement

3 Building Your Pillar 25

4 Power Endurance 35

5 Energy System Development 43

6 Regeneration 51

Part 3 Core Endurance Nutrition

7 Eat to Perform 61

8 Timing Is Everything 85

Part 4 The Core Endurance Workout

9 The Core Endurance Workout: An Introduction 105

10 Core Movements 117

FAQs 215

Afterword 221

Acknowledgments 227

Index 229

About the Authors 237