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"The definitive guide for building an all-round healthy and
high-performing body and mind." Andrew Huberman, professor of
neuroscience, Stanford University and host of the Huberman Lab
podcast "There is no body this book will not revolutionise."
Melissa Urban, cofounder of Whole30 "My dream come true - a way to
get ahead of injuries before they happen." Christopher McDougall,
bestselling author of Born to Run The sit-and-rise test that can
predict your likely lifespan The one-leg balance that indicates
your risk of being seriously injured in a fall The floor-sit and
squat moves that could reduce your chance of arthritic hip pain by
up to 90% Your body is built to move and if you're not giving it
what it needs you're not counteracting the effects of the
technology-dependence and sedentary living that come with our
modern way of life. After decades spent working with pro-athletes
and Olympians, mobility pioneers Kelly and Juliet Starrett began
thinking about the physical wellbeing of the rest of us. What makes
a durable human? How do we continue to feel great and function well
as we age? The answers lie in a simple formula for basic mobility
maintenance: 10 tests + 10 physical practices = 10 ways to make
your body work better. Organised around ten assessments and ten
physical practices that anyone can do, Built to Move is designed to
improve the way your body feels - less stiffness! fewer aches and
pains! - and boost the overall quality of your life, no matter how
you spend your time. This book is your game plan for the long game.
Aaron Alexander, host of The Align Podcast, delivers the first book to
make easy performance trend that is taking top athletes, fitness
junkies and longevity medicine practitioners by storm. The Align Method
is a way to level up your fitness while age-proofing your body, using
movement techniques inspired by yoga, martial arts, chiropractics and
more. In 30 days of mindful alignment, readers gain massive long-term
health benefits, toned muscles, a faster metabolism, reduced anxiety,
better sexual performance and increased energy.
This 30-day plan centres on 5 daily optimisations that can easily be
integrated into a workout, mindfulness practice, or just daily life:
*floor sitting * hanging * hip-hinging * spine stacking * nose breathing
These small adjustments can help reinforce messages of strength and
well-being at a cellular and a hormonal level, guaranteeing increased
physical health. Longevity medicine and exercise is a growing trend
with audiences that range from fitness enthusiasts, bio hackers and the
ageing - everyone has a way into the topic.
For runners, weight lifters, Crossfitters, triathletes, cyclists,
and any fitness enthusiast who loves an intense workout: learn
exactly how yoga will benefit your performance. You've heard yoga
can improve your fitness pursuits, but all you can find is vague
information on starting a "beginner's vinyasa practice." And who
really has the time for a 60 minute yoga class when all you want to
do is lift weights? The good news is a yoga practice really can
make you better at your sport; and specific tips, postures, and
yoga workouts do exist to help you. This book is absolutely
everything you need, and absolutely nothing you don't, to be a
better athlete. Dean Pohlman, founder of Man Flow Yoga and author
of DK's best-selling book Yoga Fitness for Men, is your no-nonsense
guide for integrating yoga with your existing resistance and
endurance training. He's a respected athlete, fitness enthusiast,
and functional yoga expert who actually knows how to speak to your
fitness discipline. In partnership with other professional athletes
in your field, Yoga For Athletes has all of the credible and
effective information you need. Choose your primary discipline:
resistance training or endurance training (or both!). Then use the
targeted assessment to identify your areas of opportunity. Armed
with this knowledge, you'll be guided to select from a variety of
10-minute yoga workouts you can easily merge with existing fitness
plans. Yoga for Athletes offers: * 30+ yoga workouts designed with
the athlete's goals in mind. Most workouts require just 10 minutes
of your time and are easily slid into your existing workout
program. * 30+ yoga postures in this detailed step-by-step guide
for improved mobility, strength, and balance. * Beat your pain
points and perfect your fitness with a systematic evaluation of
your training program. Discover how to fix muscle weaknesses,
overtraining, common injuries, stiffness, and more. "Dean has taken
what is essential to our bodies, brains, and minds, and created a
model based on the principles of a yogic practice. You can drop
this excellent book into whatever sport, practice, class, or
activity you love, and it will make you better." -Dr. Kelly
Starrett
Celebrity manual therapist and movement coach Aaron Alexander shows
readers how posture and body alignment are powerful tools for
building strength, achieving peak performance, reducing pain, and
approaching the world with a new sense of confidence. Good posture
is about more than standing up straight: It can change your mood,
alleviate pain, rid your body of stressful tension, and may be the
difference between getting that raise you've wanted and attracting
your ideal mate, or not. But in order to reap all those benefits,
the body must be properly integrated. Celebrity movement coach and
manual therapist Aaron Alexander offers a revolutionary approach to
body alignment to build strength, reduce pain, and put you on a
direct path to peak performance that is both fun and accessible.
The Align Method centres on five daily optimisations that can be
easily integrated into any workout, mindfulness practice, or daily
life activity: Floor Sitting Hanging Hip-Hinging Walking Nose
Breathing A truly aligned life isn't limited to sweating in a gym
or stretching in a yoga studio, and Alexander provides the
fundamental principles to optimise your physical and mental process
in any situation. Blending Eastern philosophy with Western
mechanics, The Align Method brilliantly outlines the necessary
tools to leverage the power of your own senses and body language to
feel more flexible and confident, and details exactly how to
reshape your environment for enhanced creativity and longevity.
This is the quintessential user's manual to feeling better than you
ever thought possible, and looking great while you're at it!
With the proper combination of motor control skills and ranges of
motion clicking into place, running will cease to be a joyless,
grinding mill for injuries that wreak havoc on your athletic life.
Revised and expanded edition! Improve your athletic performance,
extend your athletic career, treat body stiffness and achy joints,
and rehabilitate injuries - all without having to seek out a coach,
doctor, chiropractor, physical therapist or masseur. In Becoming a
Supple Leopard , Kelly Starrett - founder of MobilityWod.com -
shares his revolutionary approach to mobility and maintenance of
the human body and teaches you how to hack your own human movement,
allowing you to live a healthy, happier, more fulfilling life.
Sitting can wreak havoc on your health. Recent studies show that
too much sitting contributes to a host of diseases - from obesity
and diabetes to cancer and depression - and literally shortens your
life. In Deskbound, Dr Kelly Starrett - author of Becoming a Supple
Leopard (Victory Belt, 2015) - unveils how your sedentary lifestyle
is killing you and, more important, what you can do to change it.
Provides creative solutions to reduce the amount of time you spend
perched on your backside, as well as strategies for the workplace
that will improve your overall health.
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