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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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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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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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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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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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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"From the A-list bodyworker, trainer, and alignment expert dubbed 'the body whisperer' by Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop comes Taller, Slimmer, Younger --a powerfully simple daily foam roller routine to help you sculpt longer, leaner muscles, stand an inch taller, look ten pounds slimmer, and renew your body and mind. Are you ready to roll?, "--Amazon.com.
7) Foam rolling
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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
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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"If you're ready to massively increase your strength, follow the 7-week program in this book and you'll soon be able to complete 100 consecutive push-ups! You'll also transform your fitness, look great and feel even better as you sculpt every muscle from your neck down to your calves. Offering several custom-designed, day-by-day plans, this book has something for everyone: from beginners embarking on a new workout regimen to athletes looking to enhance...
10) Foam roller workbook: step-by-step guide to stretching, strengthening and rehabilitative techniques
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Ulysses Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to use your foam roller to remediate muscle strain caused by everything from sitting long hours at your desk to overdoing it at the gym. Designed to improve your posture, balance and muscle tone, each exercise is carefully explained and includes step-by-step color photos to guarantee you do it right and gain the maximum benefits, including: increase flexibility, release tension, alleviate chronic pain, rehabilitate injury, improve core strength,...
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"Now fully updated and revised throughout, Pete Egoscue's breakthrough system for eliminating chronic pain without drugs, surgery, or expensive physical therapy. Starting today, you don't have to live in pain. That is Pete Egoscue's revolutionary message. Developed through his work as a physiologist and sports injury consultant, Pain Free offers a revolutionary regimen of quick stretches and strength-building exercises that will cure chronic pain,...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Exercise is our modern obsession, and we have the fancy workout gear and fads from HIIT to spin classes to hot yoga to prove it. Exercise-a form of physical activity distinct from sports, play, or athletics-was an ancient obsession, too, but as a chapter in human history, it's been largely overlooked. In Sweat, Bill Hayes runs, jogs, swims, spins, walks, bikes, boxes, lifts, sweats, and downward-dogs his way through the origins of different forms...
13) Foam rolling
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Whether you're a serious athlete, a fitness enthusiast challenging yourself, or someone dealing with chronic pain, foam rolling will help your body. Written by a sports medicine expert, this full-color guide offers simple instructions with informational photos to show you exactly how to use more than 50 foam roller techniques. Learn specific body rolling sequences for various sports and injuries, benefit from fitness tips and wellness advice, and...
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Publisher
Human Kinetics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This book covers the use of the TRX suspension device in resistance training programs. It demonstrates proper use of the TRX device to build strength and flexibility as a fitness program alone or to complement other training programs. The text also includes sample work out routines and programs"--
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English
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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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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Aging, despite its dismal reputation, is actually one of the great mysteries of the universe. Why don't we just reproduce, then exit fast, like salmon? Could aging just be one big evolutionary accident? Is senescence, the gradual falling apart of our bodies, at least partially avoidable? Can we extend the healthy lifespan and reduce the lingering, debilitating effects of senescence?
18) The exercise cure: a doctor's all-natural, no-pill prescription for better health and longer life
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Rodale
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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English
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Crowley, the memorable patient and coauthor of "Younger Next Year, " partners with Sacheck, a nutritionist and exercise physiologist, and in lively, alternating chapters they spell out a weight-loss plan that will have readers lose up to 25 pounds in the first six monthsNand keep it off for life.
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