Book Idea - Road to Gold

 

 Here's a book I would buy if it was available - "The Route To Gold".

A whatever-number point plan to gold at Olympics/ Commonwealth Games. Based on the "10,000 Hour Rule", these books would you give you an idea of the stage of development you'd have to be at if you planned to win an Olympics/ Commonwealth Gold at the next games.

   Take the example of if you wanted to be in amongst the medals at the next Olympic games in the First Heavyweight (91 to 100KG). Back in 2000, lifting 180kg in the snatch would've been enough to get Bronze. The book would work along the lines of:

August 1996: Watch the Videos of the 1996 games to learn the nuances of the winners technique.
September 1996: Join your local association.
October 1996: You should be putting X hours per week into practice.
November 1996: By this stage you should be able to lift X kg's.

   Obviously you would have to write something like this alongside a real expert in the field - but I think a book such as this could get niche sales. You could do one for each discipline in the games.