Exercise Nutrition

As recently as 1966, women were forbidden to run in the marathon. Professionals - including doctors - believed it was physically impossible and dangerous for women to run more than a mile and a half. But as with many other barriers women have faced over time, we fought our way in. Today, women make up almost half of the marathoning population. Yet most marathon training manuals are written by men. And while these men are experts when it comes to how men can and should train, women need training programs tailored to our bodies....

The #1 New York Times best seller Body for Life helped hundreds of thousands of people the world over to build stronger bodies and enjoy a higher quality of life. Now Dr. Pamela Peeke, best-selling 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 rapid, life-transforming results.

Learn the boxing basics at home—discover how to punch, defend, and improve your footwork without the need for a boxing gym.

When back pain strikes, it can ruin your life. Reaching for painkillers and going the bed rest route can be ineffective and even dangerous for your health. Inspired by my experience with reversing my severe lower back pain and fueled by a vibrant enthusiasm to share these exercise routines with anyone who has back pain, I began to research how to quickly cure back pain at home. In The Essential Lower Back Pain Exercise Guide, you'll learn about my 21-day lower back pain relief program that anyone can use to eliminate lower back pain, reverse bad posture, and get better sleep.

The world-renowned fitness coach on the hit TV show The Biggest Loser presents his winning approach to lasting weight loss by showing how to get at the root of your overeating problem, followed by a nutritionally savvy diet and unique exercise plan.

Whether you're a beginner just starting out, or a seasoned walker looking to take your fitness to the next level, Walk This Way has got you covered. With easy-to-follow tips, tricks, and workouts tailored specifically to men and women of all ages, this book is the ultimate resource for anyone looking to improve their health and happiness through the power of walking.

I want to share a truth that transcends mere words: fitness is not bound by age; it is liberated by intention. Our bodies, resilient vessels that have carried us through decades, yearn for movement, purpose, and vitality. The half-century mark is not an endpoint; it's a gateway to a new chapter—one where strength, agility, and joy await. "Functionally fit"—these two words encapsulate a philosophy that defies stereotypes. It's not about chasing youth; it's about embracing wisdom. It's not about six-pack abs; it's about the ability to rise from a chair with grace and hike a mountain trail...

A new muscle-building system developed by John Paul Catanzaro, author of The Elite Trainer. Mass Explosion is a comprehensive guide to the art and science of building muscle. This book is filled with the latest, most up-to-date information available. Learn how to build massive amounts of muscle, naturally. You can obtain “drug-like” effects without the drugs with the right system! Face it, anyone can increase their size and strength after a few weeks of training, but can they keep getting results after months or years at it? Sadly, for most people, the answer is no! To build muscle over...

Every Wednesday, Gretchen Reynolds singlehandedly influences how millions of Americans work out. In her Phys Ed column for The New York Times, she debunks myths, spurs conversation, and creates arguments among her readers by questioning widely held beliefs about exercise. Expanding upon her popular columns, Reynolds tackles the questions we all have and (sometimes) ask about exercise.

WRITTEN by a certified personal trainer/nutrition counsellor/fitness and lifestyle management graduate, this instruction booklet gives the reluctant exerciser the necessary instructions to skillfully manage the BOSU.Carefully designed to ease one's way into the talent of mastering the BOSU, the directions are easy for anyone interested in pursuing this technique!

At 23, Andrew Forsthoefel headed out the back door of his home in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, with a backpack, an audio recorder, his copies of Whitman and Rilke, and a sign that read "Walking to Listen". He had just graduated from Middlebury College and was ready to begin his adult life, but he didn't know how. So he decided to take a cross-country quest for guidance, one where everyone he met would be his guide. In the year that followed, he faced an Appalachian winter and a Mojave summer. He met beasts inside: fear, loneliness, doubt.

Let Dr. Marc Bubbs be your personal trainer in this accessible guide - aimed exclusively at those in their 40s. Create a customized program that works for you - from diet to sleep, type of training and mindset, this book has all the tools you need.

With anecdotes about his clients, guided steps for adopting your new practices, and tips for integrating them into your own daily routine, Skinny Habits has everything you need to shape your body and your life!

It’s never too late to start stretching exercises for health, strength, and mobility! Do you find yourself getting stiffer and more tense with age? Do the active hobbies you used to love suddenly cause you pain or injury? Regular stretching keeps our limbs flexible, elongated, and healthy at any age. As we move from middle age into our senior years, it becomes even more important. In fact, a stretching routine will help build good posture, encourage muscle relaxation, and relieve many aches and pains. It can even improve your mental state through mindfulness and relaxation!

Innovative, accessible, and easily implemented, One Degree Revolution is acclaimed yoga educator and leadership coach Coby Kozlowski's holistic program for self-inquiry and personal transformation. Her philosophy is deeply connected to living yoga - not just doing yoga. In fact, listeners don’t need to have ever attended a yoga class to dive into this audiobook: Her thoughtful teachings are for anybody interested in learning to navigate the waves of life more skillfully and gracefully.

This is the only comprehensive and practical guide you will ever need to positively support and challenge you in making sustainable life choices through life-changing solutions. Learn to love your body, cultivate self-love, and overcome a very common hormonal disorder. Here is to feeling better every day through the help of PCOS Nutrition.

This workout provides you with an incredibly simple and relatively easy way to achieve your fitness goals (Lose Weight, Build Muscle, or Lift 300 Pounds). You must remember that your body is a mirror of your lifestyle. In other words, you are more than what you eat – you are what you LIVE! This workout is simple and trains your body to improve and reach your goals, but you also have to live the right way by the foods you eat, the activity level you maintain, and the dedication that you give to the workout described in this manual.

In Sanskrit, yoga means to “yoke.” To yoke mind and body, movement and breath, light and dark, the good and the bad. This larger idea of “yoke” is what Jessamyn Stanley calls the yoga of the everyday—a yoga that is not just about perfecting your downward dog but about applying the hard lessons learned on the mat to the even harder daily project of living. In a series of deeply honest, funny autobiographical essays, Jessamyn explores everything from imposter syndrome to cannabis to why it’s a full-time job loving yourself, all through the lens of yoke.

From celebrated fitness trainer Chris Powell, star of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition, comes this inspirational weight-loss book to help anyone conquer their weight. You've seen him change lives on television. Now, in Choose to Lose, Powell presents fast and easy workouts, diet guidance, basic recipes, and insight into finding the true transformation mindset. Following his Carb Cycle Solution, you can drop pounds safely and quickly while learning how to "listen to your body" to optimize your overall health and fitness.

Today, it feels like there are a million different apps, tools, workouts, and eating plans designed to help you lose weight. Some promise success via drastic, unlivable restrictions; others are so complex they turn losing weight into a second job. In Target 100, celebrity weight-loss coach Liz Josefsberg shows you don't have to be a slave to your weight-loss program. You don't have to count every gram of every nutrient and every calorie you eat at every meal. Believe it or not, weight loss can be simple. It can even be...fun.