Recommended Resources

Here is a list of some of my favorite books:

Strength and Conditioning:

CEO Strength Coach by Ron McKeefery

Strength Coach: A Call To Serve by Jeff Connors

High Performance Training for Sports by Dan Lewindon and Davis Joyce
The Strongest Shall Survive: Strength Training for Football by Bill Starr

Supertraining, 6th Edition by Mel Siff

How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy! by Paul Chek

Advances in Functional Training by Michael Boyle

Men’s Health Power Training: Build Bigger, Stronger Muscles with through Performance-based Conditioning by Robert Dos Remedios

Over-speed: Skill training for hockey by Jack Blatherwick

The Black Book of Training Secrets: Enhanced Edition by Christian Thibaudeau

The Poliquin Principles: Successful Methods for Strength and Mass Development by Charles Poliquin

High-Performance Sports Conditioning by Bill Foran

Athletic Bodies in Balance Package by Gray Cook

Movement by Gray Cook

Strength, Conditioning and Injury Prevention for Hockey by Joseph Horrigan and E.J. “Doc” Kreis

Train To Win: 11 Principles of Athletic Success by Martin Rooney

Never Let Go: A Philosophy of Lifting, Living and Learning by Dan John

Starting Strength (2nd edition) by Mark Rippetoe and Lon Kilgore

Training for Speed by Charlie Francis

Enter The Kettlebell by Pavel Tsatsouline

Easy Strength e-Book by Pavel Tsatsouline and Dan John

Naked Warrior by Pavel Tsatsouline

Return of the Kettlebell by Pavel Tsatsouline

Sports Medicine/Physical Therapy:
Diagnosis and Treatment of Movement Impairment Syndromes by Shirley Sahrmann

The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, Second Edition by Clair Davies

Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for Manual and Movement Therapists by Thomas Myers
Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance by Stuart McGill

Assessment and Treatment of Muscle Imbalance:The Janda Approach by Phillip Page, Clare Frank, and Robert Lardner

Mechanical Low Back Pain: Perspectives in Functional Anatomy by James Porterfield and Carl DeRosa

Optimal Muscle Training – Paper by Ken Kinakin

Rehabilitation of the Spine: A Practitioner’s Manual by Craig Liebenson

Muscles: Testing and Function, with Posture and Pain: Includes a Bonus Primal Anatomy CD-ROM (Kendall, Muscles) by Florence Kendall

Business/Personal Development:
How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson

The Pledge: Your Master Plan for an Abundant Life (Agora Series) by Michael Masterson

Million Dollar Habits: Proven Power Practices to Double and Triple Your Income by Brian Tracy

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Rework by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

Confessions of a Public Speaker by Scott Berkun

Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk

Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life: A Kick-Butt Approach to a Better Life by Larry Winget

The Power of Positive Thinking by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael Gerber

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t by Jim Collins

The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy by Jon Gordon

Training Camp: What the Best Do Better Than Everyone Else by Jon Gordon

Leadership/Coaching:
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson

Competitive Leadership: Twelve Principles for Success by Brian Billick

The Education of a Coach by David Halberstam

Yzerman: The Making of a Champion by Doug Hunter

The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership by Bill Walsh

Do You Love Football?!: Winning with Heart, Passion, and Not Much Sleep by John Gruden and Vic Carucci

Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization by John Wooden