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The Abs Diet |
Whether you want to change your body to improve your
health, your looks, your athletic performance, or your sex appeal, The Abs Diet
offers a simple promise: if you follow this plan, you can accomplish your goal.
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ABSolution
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Shawn Phillips gives you everything you need to learn
to build your own absolutely fantastic abs. |
Become the Journey |
Jeremy Likness has literally rocked the weight loss
industry. This book without question is a must for everyone's personal success
library. Simply, Jeremy's material is outstanding. What he shares is such
powerful wisdom that we all need to live a healthy fulfilled life. His material
is a must for your personal success library |
Body for
Life |
Body for Life: 12 Weeks to
Mental and Physical Strength details a 12-week program designed to get
readers in shape, fast, using targeted weight training. Bill Phillips is one of
bodybuilding's best-known gurus, and in this tremendously successful book he
adapts traditional bodybuilding techniques to help ordinary people break
through their fitness barriers. The legendary trainer provides a surefire
strategy for developing the motivation and energy to rebuild your body and your
life. ANNOTATION |
Body for Life®
for Women |
Body for Life For
Women program is tailored just for women - to help them achieve
dramatic weight loss and body-changing fitness in just 12 weeks! The #1 New
York Times bestseller Body-for-Life helped millions of people the world over to
build stronger bodies and enjoy a higher quality of life. Now Pamela Peeke,
M.D., M.P.H., bestselling author of Fight Fat After Forty, adapts the unique
insights of the Body-for-Life program to the specific hormonal, metabolic, and
physiological requirements of women so they can achieve the same
life-transforming results. |
 
Body Intelligence |
Body
Intelligence - This is the intelligent way to eat well, lose weight,
and live life to the fullest. There are no rigid meal plans, no low-fat
recipes, no carb and calorie counters. Instead, Body Intelligence offers a
unique weight-control plan that goes to the root of most eating problems--the
thought patterns that affect the way people eat, the way they see themselves,
and the way they live. It's a complete, lifelong program that can open minds
and transform bodies--without dieting. |
Cooking
Thin
with Chef Kathleen |
Cooking
Thin with Chef Kathleen - You have to respect a chef who's gone from a
size 22 to a size 8 on her own spa cuisine. Kathleen Daelemans, whose Cooking
Thin show appears on the Food Network, did just that at her luxury spa
restaurant in Maui, Hawaii, and got critical raves in the process. Whether you
want to lose weight or just add some healthy recipes to your repertoire, you'll
enjoy the 200 delicious-looking recipes in her book. At the spa, Chef
Kathleen's rules were simple: No one had to weigh or measure food; the "d" word
-- diet -- was never mentioned; and every meal or snack time was an opportunity
to get in good calories. She uses the same approach in her book. |
Diet Simple |
Katherine's Tallmadge's updated best-seller is
chock-full of proven weight loss pointers backed by recent science and
research. It also offers 29 new recipes -- including desserts and party foods
-- and easy-to-follow tips for all. |
Firefighter's
Workout Book |
The Firefighter's Workout
Book covers all aspects of fitness, including aerobic, strength, and
flexibility training that can be tailored to meet individuals' varying fitness
levels. Readers are shown how to set reasonable and attainable goals to help
them stay motivated and focused.
The author, who was decorated for bravery
three times, urges readers to set goals for themselves and to make the time to
exercise. His advice is safe and inspiring, and the workout is easy to follow.
Stefano even urges readers to be wary of exercise programs that promise quick
results--yet he does promise that by following this workout readers will see a
noticeable difference in their bodies within three months. |
The Flavor Point Diet |
The research-proven new diet, based on sound medical
science, that enables you to lose weight quickly, safely, and for
life—simply by combining foods by the right flavors, at the right time!
From Dr. David Katz, director of the prestigious Yale Prevention Research
Center and medical correspondent at ABC News, comes a groundbreaking diet drawn
from cutting-edge science that maximizes eating pleasure, optimizes health, and
guarantees permanent weight loss. And it doesn't require any calorie counting
or restrictions on food groups. |
Great American
Detox Diet: |
The Great
American Detox Diet is really an "antidiet" book. It shows us that by
detoxing our diets and learning to eat whole, healthful foods we can literally
change our lives. Alex Jamieson shows us how to clean up our lives by replacing
packaged foods with whole, fresh, healthful foods that will strengthen our
systems, restore our vitality, and protect us from major illnesses and disease.
She also gives us the dirt on what's really in that fast-food hamburger,
microwavable dinner, or box of cookies, and encourages us to become "food
detectives" so we can avoid the often-hidden ingredients that make processed
food so unhealthy.
For an
excerpt from The Great American Detox Diet, click here |
Healing
Pain |
Healing Pain: The
Innovative, Breakthrough Plan to Overcome Your Physical Pain and Emotional
Suffering - An estimated 70 million Americans suffer from chronic pain,
yet very few doctors know how to treat it. Ann Berger, MD, is determined to
change all that. In Healing Pain, Dr. Berger:
• helps readers better
describe their pain to their doctors-improving diagnosis and treatment
• shows how self-help efforts and spirituality can make a powerful
difference in pain control
• explains which prescription and
over-the-counter medications relieve pain and how to take them
•
reveals the important roles that complementary therapies-like imagery,
hypnosis, and acupuncture-play in managing chronic pain
• shares
stories based on hundreds of case histories of dramatic healing through
unexpected routes
For
an excerpt from Healing Pain, click here |
Heart Rate Monitor Book for Cyclists |
Two fitness experts team up to show cyclists how to
optimize training by incorporating heart rate monitoring into their workouts.
Provided are 25 workouts at three training levels; a heart rate chart showing
the five zones athletes should target; information on indoor bikes and
trainers; and a sample log book. |
Heart Rate Monitor Workbook For Cyclists |
Written by two premier fitness experts and set up in a
friendly workbook format, this book provides training rides in three fitness
categories. Each workout includes a description of the ride and its purpose, a
heart rate chart showing the five heart zones athletes should shoot for, the
total number of heart zone training points, and a profile of the workout. |
Heart Zone Training |
Designed to work for all sports and at all levels,
from beginners through high-performance athletes, this collection of
groundbreaking techniques from a top competitor in the Ironman Triathlons
includes tips on setting up an exercise program, lowering body fat, and
increasing strength and stamina. |
The High Performance Heart |
At last, scientific training methods are within reach
of the average athlete. You can break with the fallacy of 'No pain, No gain.'
Equally useful for competitive athletes, coaches and those whose athletic
ambitions are limited to the search for fitness and wellbeing, this book shows
how to set up specific training schedules that require less time and drudgery
while achieving much more than conventional training regimens. |
High School Healthy Hearts in the
Zone |
If you are teaching children and youth lifetime
physical and health education, this is the only heart-based curriculums on the
market. The book is a teacher and coaches’ guide. The book includes lesson
plans, workouts, fitness testing, circuit training, and how to buy and to
select monitors. |
Lean
Mom, Fit Family |
Lean Mom, Fit Family:
The Six Week Plan to a Slimmer You and a Healthier Family - Lean Mom,
Fit Family is a 6-week plan for moms who want to slim down, shape up, and bring
their families along for the fun. Readers start by taking a quiz that allows
them to track their progress throughout the 6-week program. They'll then take
simple actions to improve their scores and reshape their health. From Sena's
favorite ways to get families moving to easy meal planning, including 50
great-tasting, slim-down recipes, this motivational and easy-to-follow 6-week
plan will improve the whole family's fitness--one member at a time.
For
an excerpt from Lean Mom, Fit Family, click here |
Look
Great
at Any Age |
Look Great at Any
Age - In this generously illustrated paperback, Brad Schoenfeld, shows
women how to look youthful and buff in just 60 minutes a week. In Look Great at
Any Age, he adapts his High-Energy Fitness program to the specific health and
fitness needs of maturing women. Schoenfeld emphasizes the importance of
strength training for all women because of his belief that toning muscle
through weight training is the most efficient way to enhance bone strength and
accelerate fat burning. More than 100 photographs help readers to coach
themselves through these invigorating workouts. |
Look Great Naked |
Look Great Naked
- Hate looking in the mirror at those pesky trouble zones? Now with just 15
minutes of exercise a day, your abs, buttocks, and thighs can be slimmer,
firmer, and shapelier, allowing you to walk by that mirror with pride.
Look Great Naked explains and illustrates the author, Brad Schoenfeld's,
acclaimed High Energy Fitness system of training that gives every woman the
ability to improve her appearance-and overall fitness. Both informational and
inspirational, Look Great Naked provides cutting-edge advice to help a woman
reach her physical potential. |
Marathoning for Mortals |
In Marathoning
for Mortals, you'll find the courage to train, the willpower to
persevere, and the tenacity to finish one mile after another. Once considered a
feat for superhuman athletes, the marathon is now within every mortal's grasp.
Former couch potato John Bingham has joined forces with coach Jenny Hadfield to
create a winning plan that works for every mortal -- even you. John & Jenny
stick with you every step of the way, from your first insecure thoughts to your
last-minute jitters to your supreme joy at the finish line. |
Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide
Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide |
Hal Higdon has written the most successful book ever
for marathon runners. A bestseller now in its third edition, this book of
training advice not only will get you to and through your first marathon but
will also guarantee success in marathons to come. Whether your goal is to
finish, to set a personal record, or to qualify for the Boston Marathon, Higdon
will show you how. |
Micromiracles |
Micromiracles: Discover the
Healing Power of Enzymes - The only definitive resource on enzyme
therapy by the nation's leading expert, a pioneering medical doctor who has
used enzymes to treat allergies, asthma, fatigue, chronic pain, and many other
ailments-with astonishing success! The scientific evidence continues to mount,
pointing to enzyme deficiencies as the cause of a vast majority of health
problems. In this important, groundbreaking book, Dr. Ellen Cutler-who has been
prescribing enzymes to her patients, and taking them herself for more than 20
years-shows readers how to assess their bodies' unique enzyme needs and create
totally personalized enzyme regimens. |
No Sweat |
The No Sweat Exercise Plan: A
Harvard Medical School Book - A leading Harvard Medical School doctor
introduces his innovative exercise plan that helps you lose weight through your
day-to-day activities. Media coverage of health and fitness is at an all-time
high. Everyone wants to be fit and healthy but not everyone has the time,
energy, or motivation to hit the gym or do laps around the track. "Light"
exercise has been recommended by doctors for years, but no one knew how much
was enough to make a difference. The No Sweat Exercise Plan offers you a unique
point system for tracking how much exercise you are really doing, and giving
you a goal to achieve each week. |
Nutrient Timing |
Nutrient Timing: The
Future of Sports Nutrition - In Nutrient Timing, exercise physiologist
John Ivy, Ph.D., and biochemist Robert Portman, Ph.D., argue that when athletes
eat is as important as what they eat. Citing dozens of recent studies, they
make a solid case. Although Nutrient Timing is aimed primarily at an audience
of strength athletes, there is a lot of information in the book that is
valuable to endurance athletes as well. Most endurance athletes are aware that
it's beneficial to drink a carbohydrate sports drink during exercise. But
according to the authors of Nutrient Timing, there are many other beneficial
ways to use nutrition during and after exercise that most endurance athletes
don't know about. |
The Pain-Free Back |
The Pain-Free Back: 6
Simple Steps to End Pain and Reclaim Your Active Life - Whether it's
the result of injury, arthritis, or an intense game of tennis, back pain is an
all-too-common cause of serious discomfort that can debilitate even your most
dedicated effort to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle. It doesn't have to
be that way. Dr. Harris McIlwain has devoted his career to bringing relief to
those who suffer from back pain and arthritis, and in The Pain-Free Back, he
shares his clinically proven six-step program for achieving and maintaining a
healthy back. With Dr. McIlwain as your guide, you'll be able to identify
what's feeding your pain and, more important, how to eliminate it without
expensive medical procedures. Anyone who experiences back pain will find this
an essential aid to recovering a full and active life. |
Power of 10 |
A Week's Worth of Exercise in a Single Workout?
"People don't believe it. Then they try it. Then they recruit their friends."
Power-of-10, the revolutionary slow motion fitness system that will transform
your body and the way you think about exercise, rest, and nutrition forever.
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Precision Heart Rate Training |
Fine-tune your workout intensity! Precision Heart Rate
Training fully explains why and how to train with a heart rate monitor. Editor
Ed Burke introduces the basic concepts of heart rate training. Then an all-star
panel of experts explains how to design and use training programs for seven
different sports and activities. |
Ready, Set, Go!
Synergy Fitness |
Discover how to release your fitness hormone and tap
into the most powerful body fat cutting, muscle toning, energy creating,
anti-aging substance known in science. Your body makes it--releasing it has
been the secret--until now. |
Runner's
World Complete Book of Running |
The sport of
running is ever changing, be it the shoes we wear or the goals we set, the
training methods we use or the role models we emulate. But there is one
constant: For more than 30 years, Runner's World magazine has been recognized
worldwide as the leading authority on running. Now, the collective wisdom of
some of the most savvy running writers and editors can be found in one book.
Whether you are a beginner or veteran runner, here is advice -- both timeless
and cutting-edge -- guaranteed to maximize your performance and pleasure. |
Runner's
World Complete Book of Women's Running |
Packed with how-to
advice, tips, strategies, and more than 100 photos, the Runner's World Complete
Book of Women's Running brings the sport to life through the eyes of dozens of
women runners of all ages and abilities. They share their stories in
testimonials and personal accounts throughout the book, providing insight,
encouragement, and motivation to what the author, Dagny Scott, calls that
"special sorority on the roads." |
Runner's Yoga Book
Runner's Yoga Book |
A comprehensive approach to fitness that will improve
performance and prevent common injuries by teaching the athlete how to develop
body awareness, balance strength and flexibility, improve concentration,
increase energy, and manage stress. Over 400 photos and illustrations show
students at various levels of experience. Includes routines for 21 other
sports. "Precise, practical, and specific - an ideal home companion."--Runner's
World.. |
Smart Eating
Smart
Eating
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In this companion volume to his best-selling Smart
Exercise, America's most famous health crusader teams with Ronda Gates to show
you how to achieve and maintain your ideal weightwithout ever dieting. The
secret is choosing the right foods, and the authors tell you exactly how to
determine what your body needs. Especially useful is the unique Smart Eating
Food Target: this simple graphic, which grades foods according to their fat and
fiber content, is a handy way to remember all you need to know about the best
foods for you. Smart Eating is right for everyone - men and women, vegetarians,
people with weight problems, athletes, healthy people who just want to eat
smart. And the 200 recipes specifically keyed to the Food Target make it easy
to prepare and cook meals that are as nutritious as they are tasty. |
The Sonoma
Diet |
The
Sonoma Diet - Inspired by the sun-drenched foods and vibrant
lifestyle of California's breathtakingly beautiful wine country, The Sonoma
Diet is a surefire weight loss plan based on wholesome, satisfying, flavorful
meals. Here's the perfect answer for diet dropouts frustrated by low-carb and
low-fat diets. Instead of depriving you of the balanced nourishment you need,
The Sonoma Diet emphasizes readily available Power Foods (like whole grain
breads and sweet berries) that deliver heart-protective nutrients with a
minimum of calories. And you'll eat these foods in smart combinations that
boost their health benefits, their flavor, and your weight loss success. Your
days of struggling with those extra pounds are about to end. Welcome to The
Sonoma Diet, where eating for weight loss and pleasure is a satisfying
lifestyle. |
Sports Nutrition Guidebook |
Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition
Guidebook - Readers will be able to create winning diets. But
they won't spend hours in the kitchen, give up eating out or totally avoid fast
food. The nation's leading sports nutritionist tells you how to get the maximum
benefit from the foods you choose with customized eating plans. You'll learn
how to eat before games or tournaments and how to eat afterward for optimal
recovery. Clark covers current food, drink, and sport supplement options and
explains which are best - and why - based on individual energy expenditure. She
also gives advice on trendy diet alternatives like the Zone, Atkins,
thermogenics, and Ultra Slim-Fast. |
Strength Training
Past 50 |
As one of the out-of-former-shape, over-50 guys
targeted by this excellent workbook, I found the hard-hitting, enthusiastic,
fact-packed introduction to be very interesting, highly informative, and a
powerful motivator. |
Triple
Whammy Cure |
The Triple Whammy
Cure - Is this your life? You've been feeling just plain awful for far
too long -- depressed, exhausted, achy, stressed-out, bloated, and forgetful.
In fact, you're beginning to find it hard to remember the last time you felt
really well -- or even just okay. So you go to the doctor -- perhaps even a
series of doctors -- who tell you either that your test results are normal and
you're fine or that you have to learn to live with your symptoms. Maybe they
even prescribe medications that don't help or that knock you out with side
effects. You're fed up. You want your health back. If this sounds familiar,
read on. For an
excerpt from The Triple Whammy Cure, click here |
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