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Why do you want to build a muscle? Many people enjoy the way muscle mass makes them look and feel. Both men and women may feel more empowered when they have visible muscles. Find out: - Benefits of building muscle mass- Requirements for muscle building- When to fuel your body- Muscle building equipments and exercises- and more...
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Dr. Ramin Manshadi has once again articulated his love of the heart, of health, and of exercise. This compact and informative volume follows his first book, The Wisdom of Heart Health, in which he expounded on the marvels of the human cardiovascular system and approaches favorable to its long-term performance. In The Wisdom of Exercise Health, he clearly communicates the benefits of exercise, its practical and safe application, and its limitations....
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Scientific research has demonstrated that sprinters and marathoners have predominantly different muscle fiber types. Sprinters will have fast-twitch muscle fibers that create greater force and bear a faster contraction or response time. Marathoners have slow-twitch muscle fibers that create force slowly and remain contracted longer.
Discover:- The Basics- Should You Sprint- Sprinting Faster- Marathon Basics- You Must Breathe Right- many other useful...
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Variar los entrenamientos es esencial para optimizar el acondicionamiento físico y lograr resultados más completos y duraderos. Este enfoque integral ofrece una serie de beneficios para la salud física, mental y emocional. El cuerpo es altamente adaptable y tiende a acostumbrarse a los patrones repetitivos de ejercicio. Variar los entrenamientos proporciona un estímulo constante, desafiando al cuerpo a adaptarse y crecer en fuerza, resistencia...
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The way you go about building muscle is very simple and once you know the formula, it's a simple matter of following it through to completion. There's no mystery to this formula either. All we're going to do that's a bit different, is adapt that bodybuilding formula and make it a little more adaptable so that you can fit it around your busy schedule.
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So, you want to get into law enforcement. What's the best way to train for the academy? How about the entry level fitness test? Do you lift weights? Do calisthenics? Long distance runs or sprints? Maybe you can't perform a single pull-up and just getting off the couch seems like a daunting task. Or maybe you're already in great shape and want to funnel your ability towards police specific fitness. Welcome to Tactical Barbell's Physical Preparation...
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For over 25 years, the author has studied a wide range of disciplines including yoga, Pilates, the Alexander Technique, callanetics, and Chinese martial arts. Focusing on exercises that integrate the best and safest elements from these disciplines, she presents a balanced exercise regimen for optimum strength, endurance, coordination, and cardiovascular fitness. Dozens of photos, illustrations and charts are included as well as a chapter for exercisers...
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This book is based on scientific principles and practices of Hatha Yoga exercises, which are designed to influence the physical and mental dimensions of the body. This is the proper implementation of yoga exercises, and carries emotional impacts as well. It also increases the level of consciousness and spiritual understanding in humans. Scientific Yoga Practices contains the latest scientific achievements in the field of training and practicing yoga....
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Matt "Kroc" Kroczaleski is a world champion, record holding powerlifter and an NPC bodybuilder known for his grueling, high intensity workouts.
Insane Training is what Kroc is famous for. His new book of the same name is full of programs that will help every gym rat take it to the next level, whether that's flipping a tractor tire 100 yards, deadlifting three times their body weight, improving athletic performance or puking in a bucket - this book...
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Get in Shape while Watching Your Favorite TV Shows! Most of us spend at least an hour per day watching TV. It's often entertaining, sometimes informative and always convenient. Now, it can also have a surprising benefit. While watching your favorite TV shows, you can become lean, toned, strong and flexible – and stay that way! This book shows you, through over 100 color photos and easy to follow text - how to tone, strengthen and stretch every major...
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A full-color photographic book with 101 different moves you can do with an exercise ball. Exercise balls are cropping up in gyms all over the world, are sold in places like Kmart and Target, and are becoming the latest fitness craze. The thing is, what the heck do you do with the ball once you've bought it? Pilates, yoga, and more! Liz Gillies, respected fitness trainer and star of several best-selling exercise videos, shows you 101 things you can...
74) A Book of Walks
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Walking can do anyone good - and Bruce Bochy knows that as well as anyone. As a Major League manager, he has one of the more stressful jobs imaginable. So what does he do to relax? He goes for long walks. Whenever possible, he takes long walks as a way to clear his head, calm his soul, and give his body a workout. In this charming little volume, he shares his thoughts on walking in terms that can inspire everyone to get out more often for a good walk,...
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Aging is like being a passenger on a runaway train. If we do nothing but sit and ride, the train will start to pick up speed, and continue to go downhill until the day we reach our final destination. With the help of his new book, "The Aging Train", Nashville songwriter and author Bob Morrison, contributes advice from his lifelong journey of fitness training and healthy nutritional choices. You will also get advice in vitamin and supplement advances...
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From top celebrity fitness trainer Gina Lombardi-deadline-focused weight-loss and fitness secrets to shape up for special occasions
Whether it's a wedding in two months or the Academy Awards 30 days away, many people feel stressed out about getting fit and looking their best for a big occasion. In Deadline Fitness, readers can find the perfect program to meet their weight-loss and fitness goals. With five individualized plans for different time frames,...
77) Ballet Beautiful: Transform Your Body and Gain the Strength, Grace, and Focus of a Ballet Dancer
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Ballet-inspired fitness for every woman! You don't have to be a professional ballerina to look like one! With Mary Helen Bowers' Ballet Beautiful, forget beating yourself up in the gym and suffering through starvation diets for some unattainable goal. You can achieve your ideal body and develop the strength, grace, and elegance of a dancer by following Mary Helen's proven program-one that's got everyone from celebrities to busy moms to executives...
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Do you want to be able to achieve consistently outstanding results for your clients and boost your industry credibility? Do you want to sky rocket your lead generation and client retention rate in your personal training business? Great news! Lifting the Bar will give you the know-how to do all that and more! Whether you are a new personal training graduate or are well-established in the fitness industry, Lifting the Bar is a practical guide to achieving...
79) Stretch
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Stretching is one of the most effective ways to enhance overall fitness. This easy-to-use tool by the author of the best-selling Yoga Deck addresses key body regions-neck, shoulders, back, legs-in a handy portable format. Use this eBook to supplement any workout or any time to promote flexibility, prevent injury, and release tension.
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When you think of abs you most likely think of magazine models with abs so tight you could grate cheese on them! Your pessimistic side may also think of bland diets and endless hours in the gym. Therefore, you assume abs are reserved only for models, bodybuilders or Hollywood celebrities. Not true! This book is going to take your average body and turn it into something you never thought possible. Finally separating the facts from the fiction, the...
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