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The Little Black Book of Training Wisdom: How to train to improve at any sport
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Good to Go: How to Eat, Sleep and Rest Like a Champion
by Christie Aschwanden

Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
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