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"Ditch the gym! Tom Holland has a better approach to fitness: 'excessive moderation' utilizing micro-workouts that provide maximum, long-term results. They're perfect for busy people who don't have time for the gym. In this book, Holland shares the knowledge he's gained from 30 years in the fitness industry: He explains why micro-workouts succeed, and offer a motivating, manageable method for fitness well-being"--back cover.
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A provocative and surprising investigation into the ways that profit, personalities, and politics obstruct real progress in the war on cancer—and one doctor's passionate call to action As a diagnostic radiologist who has watched patients, friends, and family suffer with and die from cancer—and who was deeply affected by the enraged husband of one particular patient—Dr. Margaret I. Cuomo has been inspired to seek out new strategies for waging...
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It's time to start listening to Your Inner Skinny
Losing weight isn't just about shedding pounds. The reality is you're battling obstacles way fatter than fat, stronger than muscle, and heavier than any other part of your body. You're up against roadblocks including low energy, little time, and the roaring, disorienting noise of countless diets telling you a thousand different things.
Your inner skinny is the voice that cuts through the noise and...
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"From Grammy-Award winning music superstar and actor Tim McGraw comes a one-of-a kind lifestyle book that melds his personal fitness transformation story with practical advice to inspire healthy changes in readers' lives. Tim McGraw is as well-known for his unparalleled accomplishments in the entertainment industry as he is for his boundless energy--he is the embodiment of vitality and success. But only a decade ago, he found himself struggling with...
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A fascinating cultural history of fitness, from Greek antiquity to the era of the “big-box gym” and beyond, exploring the ways in which human exercise has changed over time—and what we can learn from our ancestors.
We humans have been conditioning our bodies for more than 2,500 years, yet it’s only recently that treadmills and weight machines have become the gold standard of fitness. For all this new technology, are
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Selected as the #1 book in diet/exercise for 2015 by USA Best Book Awards. We start out with the best intentions. We're going to exercise more and get in shape! Then five days a week at the gym turns into two ... then becomes none. We hit the snooze button and skip the morning run. We really do want to be healthy and fit, but we're over whelmed and overextended-and exercise feels like another chore to complete. Is it any wonder we don't stick with...
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"Kids know exercise is good for them. But they may not know there are different kinds of exercise ... This book presents easy-to-follow yoga poses for kids plus informational notes for adults who dare to join them in stretching for flexibility and fitness."--
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A simple way to achieve lasting overall fitness. The authors explain that because the body has an inherent tendency towards fitness, there is no good reason for anyone to be overweight or out of shape. The human body's fitness cicuitry is a remarkable, integrated piece of engineering that has the natural ability to burn fat more quickly than supplements, decrease food intake more effectively than appetite suppresants, and synthesize protein faster...
53) Staying active
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces the importance of staying active to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--$cProvided by publisher.
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Along with the many benefits of leisure-class living comes obesity and its attendant ailments. In The Warrior Diet, Ori Hofmekler looks not forward but backward for a solution-to the primal habits of early cultures such as nomads and hunter-gatherers, the Greeks, and the Romans. Based on survival science, this book proposes not ordinary dietary changes but rather a radical yet surprisingly simple lifestyle overhaul.Drawing on both scientific studies...
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Cancer and current cancer treatments wage war on the body, but Russell L. Blaylock - a respected doctor and clinical assistant professor of neurosurgery - has developed an easy-to-follow program to fight back naturally. This book shows how easy it can be to fortify nutritional status during this critical time.
57) Ballet beautiful: transform your body and gain the strength, grace, and focus of a ballet dancer
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Artistic. athletic. attainable: these three words represent the promise of Ballet Beautiful, a transformative approach to reshaping your body so that it becomes slender, long, and lean--with the strength and grace of a ballerina. Founder Mary Helen Bowers has used this method to help women lose weight, turn fat into lean muscle, and re-contour their bodies to achieve the regal posture, strength, and elegance of a ballerina. Helps you: achieve the...
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A physician who defeated cancer provides information and simple guidelines on regenerating cells to recover from and prevent life-threatening or chronic illness, rebuilding the body's strength by eliminating toxic fat, and revitalizing one's life with new hope and energy.
Zembroski, himself a cancer survivor, provides information and simple guidelines on taking control of your own health. He provides a program aimed at regenerating cells to recover...
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A 30-day anti-aging program for rapid results using the fundamental movements and principles of the bestselling 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...
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Entrepreneur and one-time rapper (under the name Jesse Jaymes) Jesse Itzler's life is bold and risky by design, which in turn has brought him plenty of rewards. Feeling that his life has begun to run on autopilot, Itzler hires a Navy SEAL to live with and train him for a month, and what ensues is both hilarious and inspirational.
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