Time-Saving Training for Multisport Athletes

Time-Saving Training for Multisport Athletes Review

This guide provides a training system for improving performance in only five to nine hours of workouts a week. By working out for short periods at threshold level, athletes build a conditioning base that translates into faster times in swimming, cycling and running. Features in this resource include complete sample workouts for three weeks of swim, bike or run emphasis; a chapter on improving form; a section of quick tips and training drills; and a two-week crash training schedule.

The Memory Prescription: Dr. Gary Small's 14-Day Plan to Keep Your Brain and Body Young

The Memory Prescription: Dr. Gary Small's 14-Day Plan to Keep Your Brain and Body Young Review

n his bestselling book The Memory Bible, Dr. Gary Small showed us how to improve our memory by changing our diet and lifestyle and by incorporating physical and mental exercise. Now, in response to readers' requests, Dr. Small offers The Memory Prescriptio n-a simple, effective two-week program to improve memory quickly. Based on years of medical research at one of the country's leading memory loss institutions, Dr. Small focuses on 'the Big 4' : mental activity, healthy brain and body diet, stress reduction, and physical fitness, and he offers a step-by-step regimen that can be customized to each reader's specific needs.

The Running Times Guide to Breakthrough Running

The Running Times Guide to Breakthrough Running Review

At a time when participation in running events is booming, hundreds of thousands of runners are looking for their next challenge - from training longer, to racing faster, to getting back into form following a layoff or injury. "Running Times" magazine has compiled a collection of elite coaches, athletes and fitness professionals who all provide the reader with the tools to make a personal running breakthrough. This guide covers every aspect of training and racing - from clothes and shoes to endurance, speed, strength and flexibility training and from racing preparation and tactics to rest and recovery. Customized training programmes are included for various distances and all types of speed workouts, as well as injury prevention strategies and guidelines for nutrition and hydration.

Swim, Bike, Run

Swim, Bike, Run Review

This covers every facet of preparing for a triathlon in a logical, easy-to-follow progression. The book has four parts. "Getting Started" covers the basics including the physical, financial and social demands, and considers proper clothing and equipment. "Biomechanics" helps the athlete perfect his/her form, prevent injuries and reduce race times. "Training" demonstrates how to develop a schedule, and provides and overview of the changes in the body, and advises on nutrition and psychology. "Competing and More" gives the strategies necessary for a successful race day or week.

Scientifically Slim - 30 Proven Ways to Lose Weight and Keep It Off

Scientifically Slim - 30 Proven Ways to Lose Weight and Keep It Off Review

Scientifically Slim is your first step to the body and life you want.

Researchers across the globe are constantly studying new techniques to help people lose weight. Now you can forget about subscribing to medical journals to learn this professional wisdom. Scientifically Slim breaks down the jargon and teaches you industry leaders' methods to help you get fit and maintain your ideal weight. It explains the findings in easy-to-understand language and teaches you how to take the information and adopt it to your own weight-loss journey.

This book:
· Takes the lessons from each research study and helps you find the answers you need to understand your weight loss challenges and the skills needed to plan your path to better health.
·Teaches you the power to control your eating habits in a healthy way, craft an effective exercise regimen, and keep a positive outlook.
·Includes Action Points & Reflections at the end of every chapter, a detailed question and answer section.

Whether you choose to complete a section every day or every week, each time you pick up this book you will be one step closer to attaining your weight loss or maintenance goals.

Dumbbell Fitness: It's Amazing What a Dumbbell Can Do

Dumbbell Fitness: It's Amazing What a Dumbbell Can Do Review

In the world of fitness fad and fashion, the dumbbell remains a simple, low-tech and inexpensive piece of exercise equipment that can produce great results, in a very short length of time.

Dumbbell Fitness offers an effective and efficient means for improving muscle strength and increasing muscle size. Dumbbells offer a versatile form of resistance exercise that is adaptable to almost everyoneÂ’s time, space and financial circumstances. Dumbbell Fitness covers the principles of strength training, exercises to gain strength, and complete dumbbell training programs for beginners as well as advanced users. Also covers flexibility and endurance exercises, nutrition, and bonus natural exercises that require no equipment.

Aerobics - Discover Effective Tactics for Total Fitness

Aerobics - Discover Effective Tactics for Total Fitness Review

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Getting fit, toned and trim will help you to stay healthy. Being healthy should be important in everyone’s life. There are too many ailments that you can get rid of just by doing some kind of aerobics. The good thing about this is that is only takes a half hour out of your day to do this. You can start off with three days, then gradually work your way up to four, five and maybe even six days!

You can’t waste your time keeping that flab and extra weight on your body. Did you know that more people are overweight and obese today than ever before? That is definitely a health hazard. Even our children have succumbed to this at a very young age. Once we start getting ourselves together to get in shape, our children will follow. They follow what we do, whether it’s right or wrong. So, let them follow us by doing something right—and that’s getting in shape with aerobics. Don’t wait any longer because once you let this time pass away, you cannot get it back.

Here is what you will learn inside this guide....

>> What aerobics is about
>> What it can do for you
>> Why it’s important to have enough oxygen when doing aerobic exercises
>> The different kinds of exercises that fit under the aerobic category
>> How aerobics helps with your blood circulation
>> How long should you do it starting out
>> What you should do before starting any aerobic exercise workout
>> The best time to do aerobic exercises
>> Four benefits of doing aerobics
>> Why you should try doing your aerobics when no one else is home
>> What is step aerobics
>> Why it’s important to do step aerobics the right way
>> What kind of shoes to wear
>> Why your entire foot should be on the stepper
>> Where your knees should be placed
>> The number of risers that can be used for a stepper
>> And Much Much More!

Norms for Fitness, Performance, and Health

Norms for Fitness, Performance, and Health Review

Norms for Fitness, Performance, and Health contains a comprehensive collection of normative data for numerous fitness, performance, and health components across a range of ages, abilities, occupations, and athletic backgrounds. It lays the foundation for working with normative data by detailing the purpose and benefits of norms. It reviews relevant statistical information to assist the reader in understanding and interpreting descriptive statistics, including a limited discussion on inferential statistics.

Norms for Fitness, Performance, and Health presents data for numerous fitness components, including strength, endurance, anaerobic and aerobic capacity and power, body composition, flexibility, speed, and agility, as well as data for various health norms such as cardiovascular capacity, blood lipids, bone density, energy expenditure, and caloric values. Professionals will be able to use the information to provide a basis of comparison to others in the same category as their clients. The data also highlight various athletic populations, including athletes in football, basketball, and baseball, and features normative data that were collected from professional sport organizations, including the NFL and NHL. Coaches will use these norms to gain a greater understanding of maximizing their athletes' performance and develop optimal training programs. A unique aspect of the book is the inclusion of performance data for specific civil service populations such as police, firefighters, and military personnel.

Readers will benefit from this book by gaining knowledge on
-comparing athletic populations and rating athletes based on normative values;

-properly conducting and comparing various tests for specific fitness components through detailed test descriptions;

-the importance of testing and the reasons for establishing testing programs;

-the interpretation of normative data to allow proper understanding of test results; and

-comprehending data analysis through the easy manner in which the statistics are presented.
The book is organized into three parts, with chapters fortified with figures and tables to make it easier to use and understand. Part I discusses the importance of fitness and health assessment, outlines the development of testing protocols, and provides a basic understanding of statistical interpretation of data. Part II provides normative data for various athletic performance and fitness components. These chapters focus on the variety of tests available for each component and provide normative data for various age groups, professions, and sports in both laboratory and field tests. Gender differences are also addressed when applicable. Part III offers normative data for various health issues, including cardiovascular profiles (blood pressure, heart rates), lipid profiles (cholesterol, triglycerides), hematological profiles (hemoglobin, iron), energy expenditures, and caloric values. An appendix is also available that outlines testing methods for 24 different tests and activities.

Norms for Fitness, Performance, and Health is a solid reference for fitness instructors, physical educators, exercise scientists, coaches, and various civil service professionals. It is the most comprehensive compilation of normative fitness and health data in existence and provides a basic understanding of statistical analysis of those norms.

Physical Best Activity Guide: Elementary Level - 3rd Edition

Physical Best Activity Guide: Elementary Level - 3rd Edition Review

This comprehensive health-related fitness education program is back and better than ever!

Developed by top-level physical educators, this third edition will help students gain the knowledge, skills, appreciation, and confidence they need to lead active, healthy lives, regardless of physical and mental abilities or disabilities.

Physical Best Activity Guide: Elementary Level has been used with much success across the United States, and for good reason: The text contains 78 easy-to-use activities ranging from noncompetitive to competitive and less demanding to more demanding. It also includes activities that allow for maximum time on task. All the instructional activities address the national physical education standards, dance standards, or health standards.

This new edition retains the best activities from previous editions and offers new ones from outstanding teachers throughout the United States. You will learn how to adapt the activities for all children, regardless of skill level or ability. Students will also learn skills to help them set realistic goals, manage their activity levels, and remain healthy throughout their lives.

This text offers the following features:

• A new chapter, “Combined-Component Training,” combines aerobic fitness, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility into single activities.

• A CD-ROM contains a wealth of reproducibles, including charts, posters, signs, station cards, handouts, and worksheets, many of which can be adapted to meet your needs.

• A section of Internet resources helps you develop your own special events.

Body by Science: A Research Based Program to Get the Results You Want in 12 Minutes a Week

Body by Science: A Research Based Program to Get the Results You Want in 12 Minutes a Week Review

Building muscle has never been faster or easier than with this revolutionary once-a-week training program

In Body By Science, bodybuilding powerhouse John Little teams up with fitness medicine expert Dr. Doug McGuff to present a scientifically proven formula for maximizing muscle development in just 12 minutes a week. Backed by rigorous research, the authors prescribe a weekly high-intensity program for increasing strength, revving metabolism, and building muscle for a total fitness experience.

Look Great Naked: Slim Down, Shape Up and Tone Your Trouble Zones in Just 15 Minutes a Day

Look Great Naked: Slim Down, Shape Up and Tone Your Trouble Zones in Just 15 Minutes a Day Review

A renowned expert on women's fitness offers an illustrated guide to targeting women's trouble spots and staying fit for life, including the author's High Energy Fitness system and healthy recipes from some of the world's the top models. Original.

Flexibility First: A Fitness Approach For Life. The Professional Series. Volume 7.: Assisted Stretching Lower Extremity Thigh and Knee (Flexibility First: Professional Series)

Flexibility First: A Fitness Approach For Life. The Professional Series. Volume 7.: Assisted Stretching Lower Extremity Thigh and Knee (Flexibility First: Professional Series) Review

Flexibility First - A Fitness Approach for Life is designed to help professionals incorporate F.A.S.T. Therapy™ techniques into any practice; chiropractic, massage, physical therapy, athletic or personal training. It is a unique toolbox filled with the tools to achieve faster, longer lasting therapeutic results and help restore balance to the body.

In this series of manuals, Flexibility First - A Fitness Approach for Life, Marjorie Brook, internationally recognized instructor, author, personal trainer, and massage therapist presents the latest and most accessible version of stretching and strengthening yet. A long time student of movement, stretching, exercise, and massage, this series of manuals is her interpretation and adaptation of Active Isolated Stretching & Strengthening to make it more accessible to therapists, trainers, and other healthcare professionals. Richly illustrated, clearly explained and organized, this series of manuals can help anyone incorporate the Flexibility, And Strength Training (F.A.S.T.) Therapy into his or her fitness program.

Special Features:

-Photographs designed to meet the needs of both the novice and the advanced practitioner.
-Simple explanations of how to apply the technique.
-Explicit physical, visual and verbal cues to help you achieve optimum results with your client.
-Body mechanics are given in detail for both the practitioner and the client.
-Protocols are provided to assist the practitioner in creating an individualized treatment plan.

Leslie Sansone - Walk Away the Pounds - Walk Strong

Leslie Sansone - Walk Away the Pounds - Walk Strong Review

Put some muscle in your walking workout with interval strength training. This 30-minute walking workout is tops. Her's a formula they didn't teach you in class: strong muscles = serious fat burning.

Essentials of Creatine in Sports and Health

Essentials of Creatine in Sports and Health Review

With all of the misinformation regarding the effects of creatine supplementation on health and sports performance, this book brings together the information on how creatine affects body composition, exercise performance, and health. Supported by the International Society of Sports Nutrition, this volume is timely and vital for all professionals in the field of sports nutrition.

Exercise and the Heart in Health and Disease (Fundamental and Clinical Cardiology)

Exercise and the Heart in Health and Disease (Fundamental and Clinical Cardiology) Review

This new edition of Exercise and the Heart in Health and Disease greatly advances the details of the first edition, expanding the amount of data on how to maximize cardiovascular health through exercise. A marriage of clinical cardiology and exercise physiology, this unique study improves assessment and prescription options for cardiologists, sports physicians, and other health professionals. Presenting the up-to-date work of 23 world-renowned experts, Exercise and the Heart in Health and Disease, Second Edition now contains new chapters and the latest findings on · cardiovascular effects of exercise on women, emphasizing access to treatment · the emerging issue of overtraining and the potential danger of hypertrophy of the myocardium in athletes · the links between sudden cardiac death and exercise · prescribing practices that focus on a more moderate active living approach · exercise as a means of ameliorating vascular stress and hypertension · tailoring exercise to different age groups and for high-risk patients with cardiovascular disorders · the effects of exercise on conditions such as silent ischemia, angina, myocardial infarction, and congestive heart failure · the role of exercise in rehabilitation from coronary bypass surgery, angioplasty, and cardiac transplantation · and much more! Clarifies the various prescription options, matching type, frequency, duration, and intensity of exercise with the individualized needs of patients! Prodigiously referenced with almost 2000 literature citations-700 more than the previous edition-and featuring over 100 highly instructive tables, graphs, and drawings, Exercise and the Heart in Health and Disease, Second Edition is indispensable for cardiologists and cardiac rehabilitation specialists, nurses, physiotherapists, exercise physiologists, sports medicine physicians, internists, family practitioners, and medical school and graduate students in these disciplines.

Youth Football: A Complete Handbook

Youth Football: A Complete Handbook Review

Coaching Youth Football: A Complete Handbook is the most comprensive guide available on coaching youth football. This book is part of the Coaching Youth Sports Series written by members of the Youth Sports Institute of Michigan State University.

In Fitness And In Health

In Fitness And In Health Review

In the new 5th edition of “In Fitness and In Health,” Dr. Phil Maffetone describes how to self-manage your own personal health-care program. For more than three decades, Dr. Maffetone has been treating and advising patients, coaching athletes, lecturing worldwide, and writing books about the importance of self-health care. This edition contains new information about organic foods, sunshine, gut health, and more. With this valuable book, you'll learn the real truth about optimizing your diet for physical and mental performance and making healthy dietary choices, obtaining the best nutrition from real food, avoiding disease, learning to listen to your body, the dangers of common dietary supplements, fat-burning exercise for weight loss and health, recognizing and eliminating sources of stress, increasing energy levels for all aspects of life, using music to improve brain function and awareness, controlling inflammation and hormonal imbalance and much more.