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Bob Harper, superstar trainer and co-host of NBC's reality show "The Biggest Loser," distills his knowledge of nutrition, weight-loss strategy, and human nature down to twenty simple, nonnegotiable principles and offers a month's worth of menu plans and more than 90 rule-abiding recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks to keep you cooking and eating skinny
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In Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights? Alex Hutchinson, a physicist, award-winning journalist, and contributing editor of Popular Mechanics magazine, reveals the little-known and often surprising truths that science has uncovered about exercise. A book that ranges from cardio and weights to competition and weight loss, here are fascinating facts and practical tips for fitness buffs, competitive athletes, and popular science fans alike.
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"The book features three four-week programs, with over 90 exercises, all illustrated with step-by-step photographs, making them easy to master. Here's how it works: 4 minutes of high-energy aerobic training to raise the heart rate and metabolism ; 3 minutes of resistance training to strengthen muscles and bones ; 2 minutes of core-strengthening exercises for the abs and back ; 1 minute of stretching and deep breathing, a vital component of a well-rounded...
5) Anatomy for strength and fitness training for women: an illustrated guide to your muscles in action
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"Anatomy for strength and fitness training for women" provides magnificent visual insight into what happens to your muscles when you exercise. You'll be able to isolate specific muscle groups and design the most targeted program for maximum effectiveness
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"Explains the science of maximum effort, why the modern gym fails an obese society, and the psychic rewards of ending up on the floor feeling as though you're about to die, [tracing] CrossFit's rise from a single underground gym in Santa Cruz to its adoption as the workout of choice for elite special forces, firefighters, and cops, to its popularity as the go-to fitness routine for regular Joes and Janes"--Dust jacket flap
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Think you don't have the time-or the energy-to do what it takes to look and feel better? Now you can take control of your health and be happier and stronger-and you don't need to join a gym to do it! Move Yourself is the breakthrough program you've been waiting for. Based on cutting-edge research from the medical director of the world-renowned Cooper Clinic, this practical, easy-to-follow guide gives you the strategies and advice you need to improve...
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"Upends the last 30 years of conventional health wisdom to offer a ... path to weight loss and fitness. In more than 100 short ... directives, [the book] shows why we should drop the carbs, embrace fat, and hang up our running shoes, with the latest science to back up its claims"--Amazon.com
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"America's NASCAR standout offers a 90-day program to sculpt your body, calm your mind, and achieve your greatest goals. Everything Danica Patrick does is Pretty Intense. A top athlete in her field, not to mention a fan favorite and the first woman to rule in her male-dominated sport, Danica approaches every aspect of life with the utmost intensity. Now, she shows you how you can apply her daily principles and transform your life for the better--and...
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"The No More Excuses Diet combines short term goals with healthy habit-forming behaviors to create permanent lifestyle changes. Using a specially designed transformation calendar, readers set clear, personal goals and make an easy-to-follow plan for each day. The program uses a balanced diet of 30% carbs, 30% protein, 30% fats, and includes a 10% flexible portion that can be customized depending on your goals-- whether it's extra protein for building...
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"Yoga is a terrific way to stay fit and improve mental clarity, balance, agility, and flexibility. Written by the founding president of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, this book takes the guesswork out of starting or continuing yoga at 50 and beyond. You'll learn how to adapt stances and breathing to your changing body to reap the benefits of this ancient practice and use it to calm your mind and body--one pose at a time."--Amazon...
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[2017]
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Covers a variety of topics on physiology and fitness, including sports, body systems, the body's reaction to physical fitness, exercise activities, diseases and conditions, treatments, fitness tests, and other health-related issues.
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"This highly engaging landmark work, a natural history of exercise--by the author of the best seller The Story of the Human Body--seeks to answer a fundamental question: were you born to run or rest? The first three parts of Exercised roughly follow the evolutionary story of human physical activity and inactivity, even as each chapter shatters a particular myth about exercise. Because we cannot understand physical activity without understanding its...
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If you want to look like a world-class athlete, you have to train like one, and no athletes train harder or look better doing it than professional boxers. Fitness boxing takes the best parts of a boxer's workout and combines them with more traditional exercises like running and weightlifting to create a unique workout that will help boost your stamina, strength, and agility while throwing punches. Designed for men and women of all ages and levels...
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Draws on cutting-edge studies and traditional world practices to demonstrate how a single day of positive fitness choices can lead to a lifetime of working strategies for optimal performance, mental clarity, and overall better health
"A single day has never been so powerful. From Aubrey Marcus, founder of the human performance behemoth Onnit, comes a guide to revolutionizing your life by turning one single day of positive choices into a lifetime...
18) Get moving!
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"Simple text and photos describe USDA's MyPlate tool and healthy activity choices for children"--
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A 30-day anti-aging program for rapid results using the fundamental movements and principles of the bestselling Aging Backwards, featuring an accelerated program for turning back the clock. The field of aging research has exploded with new clinical findings. Many misconceptions about aging -- including the beliefs that disease, immobility, and pain are inevitable -- have been debunked. Today, we know that the choices we make, from what we eat to how...
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"No one understands what it means to be fit and female better than Geralyn Coopersmith. Her work has brought results to women nationwide."
-Carol Espel, MS, National Director of Group Fitness for Equinox Fitness Clubs
"Every woman should read Geralyn's book."
-Michael Boyle, author of Functional Training for Sports
"Coopersmith leads the reader to new levels of self-awareness and the ability to make educated choices. Underlying her hip, upbeat...
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