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Recipes, workouts and life hacks to change your life in just 15 minutes.
We all live busy lives, so let Joe Wicks show you how just 15 minutes a day can make all the difference. He's taken 10 years of experience helping people to get fit, strong, healthy and happy and shared it all here.
Simple, nutritious 15-minute recipes. Awesome, mood-boosting 15-minute home workouts. Quick health hacks and 15-minute small daily wins. This is the feel-good way to bring some joy, energy and happiness into your life by doing the simple things well – all you need is 15 minutes.
This book is packed full of useful advice you'll wish you'd read sooner, including:
- Yummy recipe ideas for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks
- Tips on how to sleep better and find focus
- Workout routines to energise you
- Ideas to help you manage your time in the way that works best for you
- Gratitude and journaling prompts to help you find the joy in everyday life
Are you ready to see some change? Let’s go!
Thinner, bigger, faster, stronger... which 150 pages will you read?
Is it possible to:
Reach your genetic potential in 6 months?
Sleep 2 hours per day and perform better than on 8 hours?
Lose more fat than a marathoner by bingeing?
Indeed, and much more. This is not just another diet and fitness
book.
"The 4-Hour Body" is the result of an obsessive quest, spanning
more than a decade, to hack the human body. It contains the
collective wisdom of hundreds of elite athletes, dozens of MDs, and
thousands of hours of jaw-dropping personal experimentation. From
Olympic training centers to black-market laboratories, from Silicon
Valley to South Africa, Tim Ferriss, the #1 "New York Times"
bestselling author of "The 4-Hour Workweek, " fixated on one
life-changing question:
For all things physical, what are the tiniest changes that produce
the biggest results?
Thousands of tests later, this book contains the answers for both
men and women.
From the gym to the bedroom, it's all here, and it all works.
YOU WILL LEARN (in less than 30 minutes each):
How to lose those last 5-10 pounds (or 100+ pounds) with odd
combinations of food and safe chemical cocktails.
* How to prevent fat gain while bingeing (X-mas, holidays,
weekends)
* How to increase fat-loss 300% with a few bags of ice
* How Tim gained 34 pounds of muscle in 28 days, without steroids,
and in four hours of "total" gym time
* How to sleep 2 hours per day and feel fully rested
* How to produce 15-minute female orgasms
* How to triple testosterone and double sperm count
* How to go from running 5 kilometers to 50 kilometers in 12 weeks
* How to reverse "permanent" injuries
* How to add 150+ pounds to your lifts in 6 months
* How to pay for a beach vacation with one hospital visit
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. There are more than 50
topics covered, all with real-world experiments, many including
more than 200 test subjects.
You don't need better genetics or more discipline. You need
immediate results that compel you to continue.
That's exactly what "The 4-Hour Body" delivers.
Yoga Gym gives you the training, nutrition and motivational tools
to sculpt a strong body and build a strong mind. This effective
28-day yoga training plan will get you strong and supple, build
strength, improve mobility and burn fat. Whether you're a yoga
fanatic, regular exerciser or complete novice, Yoga Gym is a
totally new way to work out. Choose from over 150 poses and
exercises, or follow the 28-day plan. - Blends together traditional
yoga poses with dynamic bodyweight strength training techniques -
Designed for both men and women of all fitness levels - An
effective, easy to follow, do-anywhere workout - Contains guidance
on diet and information about yoga philosophy
A training manual for aquarobics exercise in the water. The
aquarobic system encompasses a wide range of activity so that it
can be used by professional physiotherapists and hydrotherapists as
a technique for the rehabilitation of injured or disabled patients.
Because of the simple nature of the movements, it can also be used
by fitness coaches in a swimming pool to get their clients fit and
keep them so, whatever their age or physical endowments.Easy to
read practical book. Over 100 exercises is fully illustrated to
show how to teach it. Every aspect of teaching aquarobics is
covered including setting up the right environment, muscis and
safety. Different population groups require different approaches
and exercises these are fully detailed within the text, eg exercise
appropriate for pregnant women, the elderly, etc.One section is
devoted to the role of aquarobics to the role of aquarobics to
promote health and fitness.
Now everyone can benefit from A-list trainer Simon Waterson's unparalleled knowledge with this easy to follow and highly effective workout programme.
Name an A-list actor with incredible fitness and there’s a very good chance that former marine commando Simon Waterson has trained them. And ten weeks is typically how long he has with his clients in pre-production to get them to peak fitness for a role. It is also the perfect amount of time for anyone to reboot their fitness using Simon’s Intelligent Fitness methods, insights and motivational advice. Following on from his first book, Intelligent Fitness, which explored the theory behind some of Hollywood's most impressive transformations, Simon focuses here on a typical actor workout programme. Whatever your goal, whether it’s reducing fat or increasing muscle tissue, this book will ensure you make real progress and see results in just ten weeks.
With step-by-step photographs, and the opportunity to ramp up the reps or vary the exercises as your fitness progresses, this is a workout book for anyone with a fitness goal.
'This ten-week programme is a fantastic example of Simon's thoughtful and effective approach to fitness.' Tom Hiddleston
'With Simon, I understood that the work and preparation you have to do before starting a shoot is just as important as what happens in front of the camera. Filming a movie is like running a marathon – if you don’t arrive well prepared, you will pay for it at the end.' Diego Luna
'Simon is a no-nonsense trainer – without pretension. He has an incredible wealth of experience. What he says makes sense and his workouts just work.' Rachel Weisz
Regain your health, vitality, and independence through this age-old approach to fitness Whether you're an older adult just beginning to exercise, you're physically weak due to an illness or injury, or you haven't worked out in a while, The American Yoga Association's Easy Does ItŪ Yoga is a safe, easy-to-use guide to renewed physical and emotional wellness. For thousands of years people have turned to Yoga to enhance their quality of life. Yoga gradually builds physical flexibility and strength, improves concentration, relieves stress, increases energy, and develops the ability to relax at will. Easy Does ItŪ Yoga, a nationally recognized fitness program, adapts traditional Yoga techniques to make them safe and easy for people who may face physical limitations. But, although it is a gentler from of Yoga, it is just as effective as more strenuous fitness programs for getting and staying in shape. Alice Christensen, founder, of the American Yoga Association, guides you through the program, showing you: * The basics of Yoga exercising, breathing, and meditation with specific, easy-to-follow illustrations throughout * Specific postures such as the Gentle Full Bend, the Easy Sun Pose, and the Elbow Twist to help you target your weaker spots and increase your overall flexibility * The unique benefits of Yoga for alleviating chronic health conditions ranging from arthritis to depression * A six-week program to get you started and to help you develop a basic understanding of essential movements * Specially designed sequences to boost energy or bring calm, depending on your specific needs * Strategies to incorporate the Yoga lifestyle into your daily routine, not only with exercise, but also with tips on creating a healthy diet and ways to develop a more peaceful, positive mental attitude Regardless of your age or physical condition, The American Yoga Association's Easy Does ItŪ Yoga will inspire you to awaken your body and mind and experience the well-being and fulfillment that Yoga brings.
In this courageous and radical book, renowned yoga therapist and
mother-of-three Uma Dinsmore-Tuli explores the sexual politics of
yoga from the perspective that women's spiritual transformation is
the most potent revolutionary force. It includes: a comprehensive
history section covering women's contribution to (and exclusion
from) traditional hatha yoga a Goddess-inspired section guiding a
woman from her first period to postmenopause illuminating personal
life stories and experiences from hundreds of women specially
conceived, guided yoga nidra practices instructions for
womb-friendly asana and pranayama practices, including restorative
yoga, for every part of a woman's life and menstrual cycle Intimate
and scholarly, irreverent and inspiring, Yoni Shakti brings womb
yoga, tantra and feminism together in an astonishingly powerful
combination. This revised and updated edition includes a lengthy
new preface with previously censored material. It includes recently
uncovered information about abusive yoga teachers and
organisations, and an updated decolonising bibliography. The
chapter on Yoga Nidra and the 'Note to Men, Transgender and
Non-binary readers' have been substantially edited to reflect
developments since first publication.
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