Extreme Sports

This expert guide to competitive ultra-distance cycling is all riders need to cycle a very long way, fast. Ultra-distance events are among some o...

In the arena of extreme sports, BASE jumping--where the adventurous leap from fixed objects such as bridges, skyscrapers, and cliffs, and freefall ...

This book can be said to be the first all-in-one guide to competition for powerlifters. Created and developed by Great Britain's head powerlifting ...

Veteran globetrotter Phoebe Smith sets out to prove that outdoor adventures are available in the UK which rival anything found elsewhere in the wor...

Andy Pollitt is as close to a Hollywood A-lister as the climbing world will ever get. He had the looks, and he starred in all the big roles in the ...

James Kingston loves to climb. Whether he's scaling a tree at his local park or ascending to the very top of a crane, looking down always brings ab...

Ian: 'You're going to run how far?', Ryan: '250 kilometres. But it's over seven days, though.' Ian: 'And the furthest you've ever run is ...?', Rya...

It's not until we push ourselves past our perceived limits, till we feel so cold and so tired that we feel we can't go on any further, that we disc...

A 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile run make up the Ironman triathlon. It's not for the faint-hearted. What possesses an overweig...