Exercise Science

Have you ever wondered why science can appear so contradictory and confusing? Why it seems like there’s a study to “prove” or “disprove” just about any claim about diet, exercise, and lifestyle? And what it really takes to protect yourself from bad science and benefit from good science? If so, then Fitness Science Explained is for you. It’s a crash course in hearing, understanding, and applying scientific research to get fitter, healthier, and happier, and it’ll get you up to speed quickly regardless of your educational background.

Deep Fitness introduces a proven, new approach to building strength and whole-body health: Mindful Strength Training to Failure (MSTF). This science-based method reverses muscle loss and improves overall strength in just one or two 30-minute sessions a week. MSTF exercises are simple and effective, and can be done at home with resistance bands and bodyweight, or with the machines at your local gym. Using slow reps, MSTF marries mindful body awareness with proven strength-training techniques to help you become stronger at any age.

This book presents a history of spiritual exercises from Socrates to early Christianity, an account of their decline in modern philosophy, and a discussion of the different conceptions of philosophy that have accompanied the trajectory and fate of the theory and practice of spiritual exercises. Hadot's book demonstrates the extent to which philosophy has been, and still is, above all else a way of seeing and of being in the world.

The bestselling fitness book for men who want to gain 25-35 pounds of lean muscle and lose as much fat or more in just 3-5 hours per week—and without giving up delicious foods or doing grueling workouts. Is Bigger Leaner Stronger a body building book that can help you pack on brain-shrinking amounts of muscle in 30 days flat? No. Is it a fitness nutrition book full of dubious diet and exercise “hacks” and “shortcuts” for melting belly fat faster than a roided hornet? Absolutely not.

Did you know that the Mesoamerican civilization used acupuncture? Or that Da Vinci discovered the eddy currents around the aortic valve? While these may seem like mere trivia, the truth is that even in the medical field, history matters. In fact, we still use some of ancient Egypt’s assessment and treatment techniques in physiotherapy and orthopedics today. Combining the history of various exercise methodologies, including yoga, tai chi, qigong, and Pilates, with current research and clinical experience, author and physiotherapist Alex Daulat provides a unique guide that builds on the ...

Do you need an easy and effective exercise program to lose some extra pounds? Are you tired of the pains and aches that come with the excess weight? Do you want to burn calories doing nothing? We all know exercising more and eating less is the surest way to lose weight. But every exercise seems too hard. Or the only exercise you ever do is to run to the kitchen to indulge in some tasty treats. The more overweight you become, the harder it is to exercise. The less you exercise, the more weight you gain. And so, a vicious cycle continues. The trick is to find the exercises you enjoy, the ones...

Dr. Mark Cucuzzella explains the simple mechanics of how our bodies have evolved and adapted to run. Despite our natural ability and our human need to run, each year more than half of all runners suffer injuries. Pain and discouragement inevitably follow. Cucuzzella's book outlines the proven, practical techniques to avoid injury and reach the goal of personal fitness and overall health.

Annabelle Jordan and her two sisters were orphans in frilly dresses when they went to live with their sports-lawyer uncle in his world of locker rooms, bookies, and gambling. Now the girls are publicists in their uncle’s firm, the Hot Zone.

For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of ageing that kill most people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and type 2 diabetes. Too often, it intervenes with treatments too late, prolonging lifespan at the expense of quality of life. Dr Peter Attia, the world's top longevity expert who is featured on Chris Hemsworth's National Geographic documentary Limitless, believes we must replace this outdated framework with a personalised, proactive strategy for longevity.

If you need a go-to guide with numerous examples and coded programs, Python Machine Learning will be the answer. If you want to train your own models and enhance them to achieve your demand, Python Machine Learning is the exact tool. Do you want to train the machines and model to carry out complex jobs with accurate date and predictions in a more efficient way? Do you want to have a quick start in the right direction to enter into the Python world?

The practice of what is commonly known as hatha yoga is but one of eight branches of the body of knowledge that is yoga. Yoga is a sophisticated system of self-empowerment that is capable of harnessing and activating inner energies in such a way that your body and mind function at their optimal capacity. It is a means to create inner situations exactly the way you want them, turning you into the architect of your own joy. A yogi lives life in this expansive state, and in this transformative book Sadhguru tells the story of his own awakening.

"Empowered: The Science of Exercise with Type 1 Diabetes" is a comprehensive guide designed to help individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) achieve their exercise goals. Drawing on their experience in clinical research, applied sports science with professional athletes, and innovative technology start-ups, the authors address the unique challenges that T1D presents in exercise metabolism. Designed for a broad audience—including people living with T1D, their caregivers, healthcare professionals, academics, and sports coaches—this resource demystifies the science behind T1D and exercise.

Transform Your Mind and Body: The Ultimate Guide to Mental Wellness Through Exercise In a world overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, and burnout, exercise is your secret weapon—not just for physical fitness, but for unlocking mental resilience, clarity, and joy. How Exercise Transforms Mental Health isn’t about grueling workouts or unrealistic goals. It’s a science-backed, compassionate roadmap to building a sustainable relationship with movement that heals your mind as it strengthens your body. Discover how to: ✅ Rewire your brain chemistry with exercise—boost endorphins, dopamine, ...

Centered on the newest health craze, Dr. Kellyann's Bone Broth Diet is a 21-day plan to lose up to 20 pounds and see fewer wrinkles. The New York Times says it "ranks with green juice and coconut water as the next magic potion in the eternal quest for perfect health". ABC News calls it "the new juice craze". Celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and Kobe Bryant are hooked on it. It's bone broth - and it's the core of Dr. Kellyann's Bone Broth Diet.

Raised in Dublin, Ireland, in a devoutly Catholic family, Rebecca Quin constantly invented new ways to make her mother worry—roughhousing with the neighborhood kids, hosting secret parties while her parents were away, enrolling in a warehouse wrestling school, nearly breaking her neck and almost kneecapping a WWE star before her own wrestling career even began—and she was always in search of a thrilling escape from the ordinary.

What if the key to unlocking your next level of muscle growth wasn’t another set, rep, or supplement—but a few agonizing seconds spent holding your muscle under deep stretch? Stretch to Grow redefines how advanced lifters, bodybuilders, and physique athletes approach hypertrophy. This isn’t about yoga poses or passive flexibility drills. It’s about intra-set stretching—applying sustained, loaded tension at the most painful, yet most anabolic, point of a lift. Used correctly, this method drives cellular swelling, myofibrillar remodeling, and sarcomere addition in a way that ...

This book will show you how to harness the power of AI to simplify your life, skyrocket your productivity, and unlock new possibilities—stress-free! What once seemed like a tool reserved for tech gurus is now the ultimate game-changer. Whether you’re looking to save time, stay ahead in a fast-evolving world, or add a touch of fun to your daily life, AI is here to help you do it all. Even if you’ve been hesitant, intimidated by technical terms, or unsure where to begin, this book breaks everything down—clearly, simply, and without requiring any prior experience.

To know your true calling - your dharma, as the yogis say - is perhaps the greatest desire within each of us. And yet, few can say we know our purpose with absolute certainty. Fortunately, there is a time-tested guide - an ancient map - for discovering and fulfilling your unique calling. In The Great Work of Your Life, Stephen Cope walks you through each step of the journey.

The first two limbs of the eight-fold path of yoga sutras - the basic text for classical yoga - are examined in this spiritual guide to the practice of yoga. Foundational to all yogic thought, they are considered to be the guidelines to the yoga way of living that free individuals to take ownership of their lives, direct them toward the fulfillment they seek, and gain the skills to choose attitude, thought, and action.

In industrialised nations, our sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases like diabetes. A key remedy, we are told, is exercise - voluntary physical activity for the sake of health. However, most of us struggle to stay fit, and our attitudes to exercise are plagued by misconceptions, finger-pointing and anxiety. But, as Daniel Lieberman shows in Exercised, the first book of its kind by a leading scientific expert, we never evolved to exercise.