Acclaimed science journalist Christie Aschwanden takes readers on an entertaining and enlightening tour through the latest science on sports and fitness recovery. She investigates claims about sports drinks, chocolate milk, and "recovery" beer; examines the latest recovery trends; and even tests some for herself, including cryotherapy, foam rolling, and Tom Brady-endorsed infrared pajamas. Good to Go seeks an answer to the question: Do any of these things actually help the body recover and achieve peak performance?

Lose That Baby Fat! is a reality-based fitness program and practical guide for the average woman who is trying to shed unwanted pounds the first year after having a baby. Written in a comprehensive, month-by-month format, Lose That Baby Fat! will provide new moms with a series of fitness benchmarks for the entire first year postpartum. Each chapter begins with a detailed list informing Mom of what she can expect her body to look and feel like each month and also includes several 10-minute workouts, each highlighting a different body part, that even the busiest new mom can fit into her schedule. The exercises are also designed so that they can be varied in intensity and duration as Mom gains strength, flexibility, and endurance after the arrival of her little one.

The original one-hour Callanetics programme is the subject of the world-renowned CALLANETICS book. This safe, effective, no-impact exercise routine works deeply on all your muscles and has a truly dramatic effect on your figure, producing spectacular results within hours! Once you have mastered the basic callanetics programme you can move on to the more advanced exercises in SUPER CALLANETICS. These advanced exercises are twenty times as effective as the exercises in the basic routine. Now, for the first time, these two books appear together in one volume providing the complete Callanetics programme.

Osteoporosis leads to painful fractures due to loss of bone mass; yoga strengthens bones without endangering joints: it stands to reason that yoga is the perfect therapy for osteoporosis. Forty-four million Americans suffer from low bone mass, and osteoporosis is responsible for more than 1.5 million fractures annually. Drugs and surgeries can alleviate pain, but study after study has shown that exercise is the best treatment, specifically low-impact, bone-strengthening exercises hence, yoga. In this comprehensive and thoroughly illustrated guide, Loren Fishman and Ellen Saltonstall, who between them have seven decades of clinical experience, help readers understand osteoporosis and give a spectrum of exercises for beginners and experts. Classical yoga poses, as well as physiologically sound adapted poses, are presented with easy-to-follow instructions and photographs. The authors welcome readers of all ages and levels of experience into the healing and strengthening practice of yoga."

Ashtanga Yoga is a popular and athletic type of yoga developed by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, one of the great modern gurus. In this book, Kino MacGregor, one of Jois's disciples, explains Ashtanga's history and tradition; the essential connection of breath, posture, and gaze that is the core of the practice; how Ashtanga philosophy manifests in dietary and lifestyle choices; and how Ashtanga is fundamentally a path of spiritual transformation and development. MacGregor draws from her own personal experiences to illuminate this fascinating practice. She also describes and demonstrates the entire Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series in 125 halftones, which includes standing, seated, backbending, opening, and closing postures. This book is appropriate for those who are new to Ashtanga Yoga and want a solid, engaging introduction to the practice, and for more experienced practitioners who will be inspired by MacGregor and interested in her expertise and her holistic view of the practice.

Personal trainer, founder of Bumps & Burpees, and new mum Charlie Barker provides you with workouts designed specifically for you to do safely during your pregnancy. Learn how to keep your baby safe when working out and what physical changes you can expect in each trimester. Step-by-step exercises designed to develop your strength, fitness and flexibility, will help you to carry your growing baby in greater comfort, prepare you for childbirth, and recover well. Best of all, you can do it all at home, with minimal or no equipment. Inside the pages of this DK book, you'll discover: - The personal story of pre and postnatal fitness expert, Charlie Barker - Expert advice on what to expect during each trimester - 36 safe and effective pre and postnatal workouts - Step-by-step illustrated exercises for each trimester and postpartum - Q&As on the latest facts and outdated myths - Safety warnings and instructions on when to seek medical advice - Real-life stories for inspiration from other mothers Stay strong, fit, and safe throughout your pregnancy and motherhood. Charlie's holistic approach helps you prioritise your own health and wellbeing throughout pregnancy and early motherhood, for the benefit of you and your baby. Learn how to keep your baby safe when working out, what exercises you can and cannot do at each stage of pregnancy, what physical changes to expect in each trimester, and how to tackle common complaints such as morning sickness and swollen feet. This book is ideal for new mums, mums-to-be who enjoy exercise, fitness programme first-timers, and even regular exercisers planning to grow their family.

This practical guide will show you how to improve and enrich your practice of Iyengar Yoga using a chair. Beginning practitioners will learn how to do the poses with less effort and better alignment. Intermediate practitioners will learn to extend the range and duration of the poses safely Advanced practitioners will deepen and develop their practice of advanced poses Teachers will gain useful and enjoyable ideas to enrich their classes."

Use the power of life force to live your highest potential with this "landmark book" that addresses "the role of the chakras in personality and our intimate relationships" and "opens the door to the inner experience of the authentic self" (Peter Levine, author of Waking the Tiger) 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. This book makes an important contribution to the growing field of Energy Medicine, by looking at charge as the interface between mind and body, and the missing ingredient in Mind-Body healing. It brings the reader into a deep intimacy with their own life force, as well as an understanding of how charge runs their relationships, their children, their clients, and patients. It examines how we can become "overcharged" or "undercharged" and how to bring about balance through practices of charging and discharging. Each chapter gives simple exercises to put these principles into practice. World-renowned teacher, somatic therapist, best-selling author, and advanced yoga teacher, Anodea Judith, Ph.D., addresses all this and more in her groundbreaking book on mastering the life force. Taken from her decades of teaching on the subject and her doctoral work in Mind-Body medicine, this book contributes something entirely new to the literature on healing self and others.

A 30 day programme for toning specific trouble spots in only 20 minutes a day, written by the bestselling author of "Callanetics". This new shape-up programme again applies the principles of her deep muscle-toning exercises, graded into different levels of skill.

The essential handbook for every beginner, Learning to Climb Indoors is the most complete book available on indoor climbing-now revised and in its third edition! Veteran climber, performance coach, and renowned author Eric J. Hoerst gives you all the information you need to get started and have fun. From what to expect on your first visit to a climbing gym to in-depth instruction on climbing techniques, tactics, strategy, and taking your indoor climbing skills outside, this guide will take you through your first few days-and years-as a climber. Hoerst covers basic gear, fundamental safety techniques, and the importance of personal one-on-one instruction at the gym. Chapters on mental control, physical conditioning, and self assessment round out the training. And as you progress, advice on advanced techniques and tactics will help you conquer the steepest walls. This revised and fully updated edition includes a new section on youth climbing as well as more information on taking your indoor-climbing skills outside onto real rock. Full colour photos round out the package to make Learning to Climb Indoors an indispensable resource for new climbers.

Practice Pilates at home on your own to take ownership of your workout and make the most of your investment with a certified Pilates instructor. PILATES AN INTERACTIVE WORKBOOK helps you practice safely at home, and efficiently in the studio with your instructor. It presents a general outline and step-by-step photo illustrations of over one hundred Pilates exercises, including the basic matwork, intermediate matwork, magic circle matwork, standing weights series, magic circle exercises, wall series, and the reformer apparatus. Because Pilates exercises need to be continually personalized and adapted, this workbook provides a place to record notes. With the help of your certified Pilates instructor you can customize this workbook with your current modifications, helpful cue words and useful imagery. With Pilates there is no finish line, so enjoy each moment and each progression, and use PILATES AN INTERACTIVE WORKBOOK as a supplement to your training to help you along the way.

Never Before Has Losing Weight And Looking Good Been So Incredibly Easy. Give Yourself a Healthy, Enjoyable Lifestyle That Everyone Dreams Of With These Pool Exercises. One thing I can assure you that water aerobics is great at is being accessible to anyone and everyone. In order to allow you to get the most out of these water exercises, it has been designed carefully with regards to its ease of usage. You can jump right in and immediately start seeing the results that you want. Do you want to burn fat without having to sweat? Or get toned without having to lift weights? Or even just return to normal health without the need of prescription medication? If so, water aerobics is the PERFECT solution for you. Walk or jump in the pool, burn some calories, and have a whole lot of FUN. You might break a sweat, but you won't know it. You will perform resistance training and cardio training exercises, and you will ENJOY doing them. You won't quit - why? The same reason why so many people keep doing Zumba every single week: It's FUN and IT WORKS all at the same time The Ultimate In Pool Fitness, this Water Workout is the Best Way to Lose Weight and Keep It Off "Water Aerobics - How To Lose Weight And Tone Your Body In The Water" contains the following: The Benefits of Water Aerobics - how you can improve strength, endurance, flexibility, and cardiovascular health. How you can decrease pain, risk of injury, and impact on the joints. How you can improve your posture, quality of sleep, and life. Or treat Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, and Rheumatoid Arthritis & More How to Ensure Your Safety Prior to Performing Any Aqua Aerobics - For you, water aerobics is still new and that can be scary. From preparing for your first visit, to warming up and completing the exercises properly, you will get to learn exactly what you need to know, do, and expect to be ready for your first class. You don't need to feel embarrassed. Everybody has their own first time. However, you CAN prepare yourself so that you are calm and confident. The Equipment You Will Need To Perform Water Aerobics - One of the biggest fears in water aerobics comes from uncertainty. Many are not sure how to perform the exercises. The reality is that it comes down to knowing how to use the equipment. If you know how all the equipment works, you're GOLD Water Exercises That Concentrate on Toning Your Upper Body and Lower Body, And That Provide You With An Excellent Cardio Workout To Burn Off Those Calories - There are many water aerobic exercises, but some are better than others. Find out which are the best and most popular and learn how to do them. Equipped with illustrations of each exercise, "Water Aerobics - How To Lose Weight And Tone Your Body In The Water" will make sure you know: 1. How to perform the best UPPER body exercises 2. How to perform the best LOWER body exercises 3. How to perform the best CARDIO exercises, so when you get in the water, there will be NO SURPRISES How To Make a Water Aerobics Workout Plan - You get to learn all the fundamentals, then how to apply them. Find out what is needed in a GOOD water aerobics workout program. Create a plan of your own so you can work out with or without a class. By the time you're done reading "Water Aerobics - How To Lose Weight And Tone Your Body In The Water," you could even teach the class Create your very own Pool Gym. Nothing could be easier than getting started with these fantastic aqua aerobic exercises right now. Jam packed with pool exercises, "Water Aerobics - How To Lose Weight And Tone Your Body In The Water" is my pride and joy. Every inch of it oozes with the potential for helping out both aqua aerobic beginners as well as more experienced people. Take this one piece of advice even if you don't any others: "Water Aerobics - How To Lose Weight And Tone Your Body In The Water" is one of a kind and cannot even be compared to anything else.

partner exercises in yoga lessons are often either meaningless, difficult, or too intimate. here is a beautifully illustrated and tested compilation of genuinely useful and applicable partner stretches and massage practices. they are presented in connection with the teaching of the shiatsu meridians, as well as other concepts in energetic body therapy. from his experience in over a thousand yoga classes, the author recommends making mindful touch a solid element of any yoga teaching.

More Than a Race is about the notorious Race Across America (the RAAM) known as the world's toughest bicycle race. The story tracks a four-man team of septuagenarians who proved that age is no obstacle to superlative performance. Adding to the narrative are the voices of families and crew members, whose perspectives on the racers and crew dynamics enrich the account. Leaving Oceanside CA on June 12, 2012, the team and their hard-working support crew of 15 raced to Annapolis MD in 6 days, 13 hours, 13 minutes, at an average of 19.04 mph. They not only broke the 70+ record by 27 hours, but also bested the 60+ record by more than 3 hours. Sponsored by UnitedHealthcare, the team overcame more than its share of obstacles, including 100-degree desert heat, a hospitalization, fierce Kansas winds, a bike dropped at high speed onto a highway in Illinois, and the final agony of the Appalachian Mountains. More Than a Race is a must-read for all cyclists and armchair adventurers alike.

Having a light-hearted attitude towards living is helpful in finding the truth of life" says Yanling Lee Johnson when asked how do we live a happy and healthy life?Incorporating simple qigong exercises into our daily routine can have profound effects on our health, happiness and longevity. Qigong isn't always that difficult to do, we need good information, a sincere attitude and patience to receive the wonderful results that qigong practice can reward us with. In this book, we will explore Qigong as it realates to our soul and spirit; Qigong as it is taught and practiced in modern China; and we will learn many useful Qigong exercises that we can use today to improve our health, refine our spirit, and even increase our sexual pleasures.Learn about "immortality" in terms of Qigong practiceUnderstand the relationship between Qigong, Soul and SpiritExplore recent Qigong experiments in modern ChinaLearn many practical Qigong exercises for improving your health

Walking should be one of the most natural things we do. Most of us have been walking almost all of our lives. However, many have learned walking in a haphazard way. Wearing improper shoes, modeling ourselves after others whose walking is inefficient, and wrong ideas about how our body works are all factors that take their toll on us over time. Because walking is natural, it is not hard to improve it to the point where it becomes meditation and improves our health at the same time. For Tai Chi practitioners, walking provides an excellent opportunity to augment, refine, and reinforce Tai Chi principles and bridge the gap between formal practice and everyday life. For non-practitioners, Tai Chi Walking trains us in walking concepts for improving health, balance, peace-of-mind and safety. *If you hurt after a long day on your feet, this book is for you.*Learn how to walk properly and naturally.*Discover why poor walking posture can damage your health.*Understand how proper walking can increase longevity and vitality.

In "Warrior Cardio", world-renowned fitness expert Martin Rooney delivers the solution for what most people at the gym are seeking: an easy-to-follow workout and diet plan that burns fat and builds muscle in less time. This is a comprehensive look at cardiovascular training using scientifically proven techniques, paired with a diet plan that delivers. The book features: a complete twelve-week fitness and diet program; hundreds of metabolic exercises, with full color photos for each exercise; dozens of exciting workout routines including hurricanes, complexes, bodyweight and strength circuits; advanced warm-up and pre-hab techniques to prevent injury; and, a Warrior Diet plan from nutrition expert John Berardi, Ph.D. based around the Warrior 20: a group of the 20 essential foods that will help readers lose weight and gain muscle. Surprising research on the science behind cardiovascular fitness and training techniques, ultimately, "Warrior Cardio" offers a cutting-edge fitness program and diet program made simple that will allow anyone to bring out the Warrior within. If you want to be a better athlete, or just train and look like one, "Warrior Cardio" has what you need.

Strengthen Your Core is the book for individuals who want a safe and effective core exercise program to improve posture, enhance performance, and strengthen from head to toe. Over one hour of video tutorials accompany Strengthen Your Core that explain the key concepts in core strengthening. Video content is available online at www.melioguide.com. The book covers the theory behind core strength and provides detailed descriptions of each of the Plank and Side Plank poses for all client levels-from beginners just starting to build core strength to advanced elite athletes wanting to gain that competitive edge. Core exercises are organized by level-Beginner, Active, Athletic, and Elite. Over 70 Plank and Side Plank poses are described (with photo illustrations).