Exercise Nutrition

We’ve been sold a lie: The world tells us that pain is inevitable, that our bodies must break down as we age, and that there’s nothing we can do about it. Here’s the shocking truth: The vast majority of the pain that plagues our aging bodies is self-inflicted. It’s caused by the way we use our bodies every day - the way we sit, the way we stand, the way we walk and run. But with simple exercises, anybody can learn to heal their chronic musculoskeletal pain, and prevent future pain, injury, and joint problems from developing.

Well, you are not alone! Up to 35 percent of top athletes will suffer from mental health issues at some stage in their careers. Some of the greatest athletes of our time have admitted to facing mental health challenges at one point or another. The thing is, champions somehow find a way, so can you!

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!

Farrah Foley runs the way she runs her love life - too cautiously. She slows down just when it's time to fly. Getting dumped with no explanation by the love of her life, she's determined never to find herself in that position again. When Jude Farnesworth comes along, Farrah is intrigued but fears she can't compete with the kind of high-society women he meets in his town of Greenwich, Connecticut. Raised in Queens, she lives in the Bronx, where she runs with the Van Cortlandt Track Club.

Exercise researcher and author Ellington Darden has studied exercise and fat loss for more than 40 years. His most recent program combines his previous findings on fat loss and muscle gain with new research on the principles of thermodynamics and heat transfer for a six or 12-week plan that will eliminate belly bloat, destroy flab, and stoke metabolism. Integrating his many years of research, the program has had more than 1,137 participants who shed an average of 29.5 pounds of fat and lost six inches off their waist or belly.

Do you ever feel exhausted and never seem to have the energy to do the things you know you should do? Do you need more energy? What if you could gain strength and energy, feel better, and "win your battle against Diabetes?" In this book, learn several “common sense” ways to help! You will learn critical insights to practice easily, like increasing your energy producers (mitochondria) in each cell by moving more (work up to 10,000 steps a day, speeding up your pace for part of them), standing up at least 32 times a day (use squats), losing weight by moving more every thirty minutes, and ...

A 30-day anti-aging program for rapid results using the fundamental movements and principles of the best-selling Aging Backwards, featuring an accelerated program for turning back the clock. The field of aging research has exploded with new clinical findings. Many misconceptions about aging - including the beliefs that disease, immobility, and pain are inevitable - have been debunked. Today, we know that the choices we make, from what we eat to how much and how we move, play a critical role in healthy aging.

Since the first whiff of information came from Japan that there might still be traditional Japanese Reiki practitioners in Japan, we became intrigued with the system of Reiki's Japanese past. We travelled to Japan (with our two year old in tow) to see if we could find out anything else about it. In Japan we met with teachers who taught a mixture of both traditional styles of Reiki and its more modern versions.

Ed believes life is half fate and half what you do with it. The Three Muscleteers amplifies the importance of taking risks, creating the perfect team, and never giving up—inspiring bodybuilders, wrestlers, athletes, actors, architects, CEOs, and anyone willing to take a chance to flex their own muscles.

Rediscover a life of strength, mobility, and freedom from the challenges of aging with "Core Centered Chair Yoga for Seniors." The core is the power center of the body. Discover how to dramatically improve posture, core strength, mobility, and balance, plus the bonus of weight loss through intelligent nutrition for aging. Have you suffered an injury or returning to exercise after recuperating from surgery? Have you lost muscle mass from lack of exercise & aging? Take control of your health and regain your strength and agility with this comprehensive 21-day guide. Say goodbye to the ...

We all know what it's like to have a "charge" about something. It's a feeling of excitement, fear, sexual arousal, or irritation. But what we don't currently know is how to use charge for the behaviors we want to create. Charge is a word for the basic life force running through us. This force is crucial if we are to meet the challenges of difficult situations, heal past wounds and traumas, and manage the stress of modern life. Even more, it is essential for understanding how to master your own life force and become all you can be.

With his expert teachings, philosophical insights, and pragmatic imagery, world-class yoga instructor Tias Little turns the anatomy of the physical body into a tool for navigating the subtle body. If you spend considerable time doing yoga, you begin to see that it is about much more than just the body - the practice of yoga in fact reveals that the body is in no way separate from the pyschospiritual forces that animate it. Tias Little here provides a way to understand these forces as they relate to an integrated yoga of body, mind, and spirit.

In January 1996, a van speeding through a red light ended the life Kara Swanson had known. She suddenly joined the two million Americans who suffer brain injury each year. It was like being thrust into a foreign country with no map, no way to speak the language, no directions home. Written with laugh-out-loud humor, candor, and technical input from medical and legal professionals, I'll Carry the Fork! offers inspiration and practical help to anyone dealing with the aftermath of brain injury. Because, as Kara says, "Sometimes when your life ends, you don't actually die."

The Luminous Self shares teachings and practices that can help us connect with our true Self and reclaim our inherent power and wisdom—essential for living with purpose and grace in our turbulent world. In this book, Tracee Stanley shares teachings and practices in each chapter—including meditation, yoga nidra, breath work, dreaming rituals, community care practices, journaling, and more—that can help us remember and honor our deepest Self. The book is a journey of inner exploration for anyone who desires to know themselves more deeply

Who doesn’t want to be fitter! We all do, and we want instant results. Most of us struggle to make place for fitness into our lifestyle due to lack of time, motivation and the right direction. So many of us start enthusiastically, but give up somewhere along the way. If you have tried to keep pace with fitness and faced obstacles in sticking to it, this book is a step-by-step guide for you to win the game and make it a part of your day-to-day life. Fitness Habits is a compilation of a wealth of research and studies that challenge the most common notions about fitness.

Being a personal trainer is a full-time job, and it is because of this; a personal trainer should be, among other things, well-grounded in his work. The person should know his onions, and a professional body should attest to that. In this case, it is the national association of sports medicine where the NASM comes in. The National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer Exam prepares would-be personal trainers to get the required certification to do their work effectively.

This modern and practical guide is designed for both beginners and advanced practitioners, offering an in-depth exploration of the ancient teachings of the Yoga Sutras. The Daily Guide to the Yoga Sutras is unique in that it offers an interactive experience through external resources that link the listener to meditations and physical practices that bring each sutra to life. This book is filled with insights that encourage introspection, self-discovery, and personal growth.

I was diagnosed with high blood pressure, borderline diabetes, obesity, and being overweight. I lived a busy life, and I didn't have a lot of money. Taking the time to follow a strict diet and exercise routine or paying out a lot of money for a gym membership or personal training was out of the question. That was 12 years ago. Fast forward to the present, I now am an experienced long-distance hiker. I have traveled and hiked in over 17 countries. I no longer have diabetes or high blood pressure.

The Power Source shows how and why our pelvic floor is so important from a variety of different perspectives, ranging from purely physical body mechanics to how it impacts our nervous system to how it is the seat of all life force energy. Roxburgh demonstrates how it relates to the other areas of our body (or, as she calls them, "containers"), both physically and energetically. And, most importantly, she shares a program for how readers can align their bodies and their lives by adopting an entirely new and more powerful definition of "strength".

Both instructive and inspiring, Kriya Yoga: Spiritual Awakening for the New Age can be the spark showing the aspiring devotee both how and why to take up the lifelong practice of Kriya Yoga. Learn the pitfalls to look out for along the way, and how to reach ultimate success on your journey to self-realization.