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The New York Times bestseller that explains how groundbreaking scientific discoveries can help each of us achieve our personal best
Every week, Gretchen Reynolds single-handedly influences how millions of Americans work out. In her popular New York Times column, she debunks myths, spurs conversation, and stirs controversy by questioning widely held beliefs about exercise.
Here, Reynolds consults experts in a range of fields to
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Alfred A. Knopf
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2023.
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"The fitness innovators behind The Ready State and the movement bible Becoming a Supple Leopard present a new way to enhance mobility and improve day-to-day wellness for anyone and everyone"--
After decades spent working with pro-athletes, Olympians, and Navy Seals, mobility pioneers Kelly and Juliet Starrett began thinking about the physical well-being of the rest of us. What makes a durable human? How do we continue to feel great and function well...
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Just ten minutes a day of these modified stretches is guaranteed to help you improve your mobility without pain or injury. Stretching for 50+ is filled with safe, easy routines for any age. Learn warm-ups and cool-downs, use tools like a strap, therapy balls and foam rollers, and discover plenty of other fitness tips to keep you moving.
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"Every Body Yoga is a book of inspiration for beginners of all shapes and sizes: If Jessamyn could transcend these emotional and physical barriers, so can we. It's a book for readers already doing yoga, looking to refresh their practice or find new ways to stay motivated. It's a how-to book: Here are easy-to-follow directions to 50 basic yoga poses and 10 sequences to practice at home, all photographed in full color. It's a book that challenges the...
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Simon & Schuster
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©2017.
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English
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Tom Brady explains how he developed his groundbreaking approach to long-term fitness, presenting a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to his personal practice. Brady offers the principles behind pliability, which is at the heart of a new paradigm shift and movement toward a more natural, healthier way of exercising, training, and living, and one that challenges some commonly held assumptions around health and wellness. Filled with lessons learned from...
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The Plant-Based Athlete by Matt Frazier and Robert Cheeke reveals the incontrovertible proof that the human body does not need meat, eggs, or dairy to be strong. Instead, research shows that a consciously calibrated plant-based diet offers the greatest possible recovery times, cell oxidation, injury prevention, and restorative sleep, and allows athletes to train more effectively, with better results. However, committing to a plant-based diet as an...
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Real Bodywork
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2012.
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English
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Includes thirteen routines to help viewers restore proper function to the back and to ease pain. Focuses on easing upper back pain, sciatic pain, bulging disk pain, and sacroiliac joint pain, with each condition being addressed separately to ensure proper instruction.
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[Publisher not identified]
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[2015]
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English
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Tracy Anderson guides viewers through six super-efficient, effective ten-minute workouts. Some of the workouts target one specific area like arms and shoulders, legs, abs or butt. Others will help tighten and tone multiple muscle zones like the upper body and lower body. The workouts can be used individually or combined.
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HarperOne
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From a nationally recognized somatic-movement educator and manual therapist, a breakthrough self-treatment system that stimulates the body's connective tissue to combat chronic pain, and erase the effects of aging and active living--in as little as 10 minutes a day.
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BayView Entertainment
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[2013]
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English
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Designed in 5 sections to be done individually or collectively depending on your fitness level, Discover Tai Chi for Fitness guides you through: Balance, Strength, Mobility, Flexibility, and Stress-reduction. Bonus sections include a thorough Posture Review, gorgeous Four Corners, and The Art of Tai Chi. Scott Cole brings Tai Chi to life with effective, easy-to-follow workouts celebrating over 10 years at the helm of the top-selling Discover Tai Chi...
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Gaiam Americas, Inc
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[2011]
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English
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Seane Corn created Detox Flow Yoga as a way for everyone to achieve their best life. Benefits of detoxifying include: increased circulation (for better skin tone), elevated energy, lengthening and toning of the muscles, and de-stressing of the mind. The workout is perfect for all levels and includes the following sections: A Healthier You; Twist and Flow; Purify; Core Energy; and an exclusive interview with Seane Corn.
18) Foam rolling
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DK Publishing
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2016.
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Target key trigger points, achieve self-myofascial release, and reduce muscle pain in the comfort of your own home with Foam Rolling. This step-by-step guidebook features more than 60 foam roller exercises and 20 lifestyle-specific programs to relieve pain, speed recovery, and improve mobility. A sought-after method of treatment for athletes and those with injury or mobility issues, the exercises utilize a traditional six-inch foam roller and other...
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Bob Harper, superstar trainer and co-host of NBC's hit show "The Biggest Lose," distills his vast 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 delicious, rule-abiding recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks to keep you cooking and eating skinny for life.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Harley’s intelligent and innovative approach to health and fitness inspired me to get excited about working out again. I have more energy, more knowledge, and I am hands down in the best shape of my life–thanks to Harley.”—Halle Berry
Having helped shaped some of today’s hottest bodies, one of America’s most sought-after diet and fitness experts, Harley...
Having helped shaped some of today’s hottest bodies, one of America’s most sought-after diet and fitness experts, Harley...
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