Sport - Fitness

In No-Fuss Fitness, TV fitness guru Lee-Anne Wann shows you how easy it can be to include fitness in everyday activities so you see results. With a realistic, achievable approach, Lee-Anne offers solutions for sustainable health benefits. And for those who have tried and failed in the past to achieve health and weight-loss goals, Lee-Anne also demonstrates how important it is to understand your own body before you can reach your goals. Also included are quick tips to see instant changes that will help you stay on track for li... read more

New larger format, easier to read and follow edition of this Yoga classic. Includes a brand new foreword by the author.

Feel strong, toned and terrific with the latest moves in strength training. Whether you're a beginner, who doesn't know a barbell from a chocolate bar, a fitness junkie, looking to expand your knowledge on weight training, or you're recovering from an injury and need to rebuild strength, this book is for you. Find out how to use exercise machines and weights at the gym and design a workout to do at home. Know your way around a gym; learn all the weight lifting lingo, equipment and etiquette Help control your weight raise you... read more

Optimize training, enhance recovery, and improve performance with "Performance Nutrition: Applying the Science of Nutrient Timing." Based on the most current research in nutrient timing, Performance Nutrition blends theory with applied content and real-life examples to help nutritionists, athletes, and coaches design nutrition plans based on each athlete's individual needs and the specific demands of the sport. While other texts may provide a brief discussion of nutrient timing as a tool for improving sport performance, "Performanc... read more

Have you stopped experiencing increases in strength and mass? Do you equate the bench press with shoulder pain? If so, your body may not be functioning at 100 percent. "Optimal Muscle Training" is a unique book and DVD package that will show you how to achieve the highest level of function.The book provides information on how your body develops imbalances, how testing can pinpoint problems, and how specific training to correct imbalances will optimize muscle function. The DVD enhances the information presented in the book with over... read more

Improve flexibility, balance, and strength in three steps! Only the "Full-Body Flexibility" system blends the best stretching methods from yoga, Pilates, martial arts, and sports training into stretching sequences for your every need. In this updated edition, you'll find 175 stretches and 23 routines that will help you take these steps: "Strengthen" muscles to support your body and maximize your entire range of motion. "Enhance" flexibility by challenging your muscles with multiple techniques. "Balance" muscles in opposing muscle... read more

If you suffer from back and neck pain, you want answers. You want relief. Now there is one book that brings you both: "End Back & Neck Pain." In "End Back & Neck Pain," the leading names in back health join together to provide the latest research, professional insights, and proven programs to prevent and relieve pain and discomfort. You'll get straight answers to questions such as these: -Why does my back or neck hurt? -What can I do now to alleviate my discomfort? -How do I prevent my pain from returning? -Could I have a ser... read more

Celebrates BKS Iyengar's 90th birthday in January 2008. This book describes BKS Iyengar's life and teachings.

This is a complete illustrated guide to yoga by leading teachers from the world-renowned Sivananda Yoga Vedanta School. Achieve a strong, flexible body, mental alertness and inner serenity through the practice of yoga with the Sivanada Yoga Vedenta School. You'll learn classic yoga poses for all levels following clear step-by-step photographs and easy-to-follow instructions and pick up invaluable tips on what not-to-do. Find well-rounded yoga programmes of 20, 40 and 60 minutes aimed at beginners, intermediate and advanced students... read more

The best-selling anatomy guide for yoga is now updated, expanded, and better than ever! With more asanas, vinyasas, full-color anatomical illustrations, and in-depth information, the second edition of "Yoga" "Anatomy" provides you with a deeper understanding of the structures and principles underlying each movement and of yoga itself. From breathing to inversions to standing poses, see how specific muscles respond to the movements of the joints; how alterations of a pose can enhance or reduce effectiveness; and how the spine, br... read more

Get an inside view of the muscles in action during every stretch you perform! "Delavier's Stretching Anatomy" is your guide for increasing flexibility, improving range of motion, toning muscles, and relieving pain and discomfort. The very best stretches for shoulders, chest, arms, torso, back, hips, and legs are all here, and all in the stunning detail that only Frederic Delavier can provide. With over 550 full-color photos and illustrations, you'll go inside more than 130 exercises to see how muscles interact with surrounding j... read more

Triathlons are exploding in popularity. People who have never entered a race are attracted to the triathlon's mix of running, swimming and biking.Whether readers are considering their first race or looking for ways to take their training up a notch, this guide is all they need.Triathletes-in-training will learn how to: find the right shoes, bike and swimwear; train for sprint and Olympic-distant triathlons; improve running form, cycling efficiency, and freestyle stroke; and train alone or in a group.Complete with information on nut... read more

The ideal resource for forty-plus athletes who seek faster times and fewer injuries More than half a million Americans, and millions more worldwide, attempt a marathon every year. Around half are forty years old or older athletes whose passion increasingly turns to frustration as they mature: slower finishing times and more injuries. And yet, until now, there has been no book specifically for this audience. In "Mastering the Marathon, " champion forty-plus endurance athlete and trainer Don Fink sets forth programs for anyone over f... read more

Since the success of his New Zealand athletes Snell, Halberg and Magee at the 1960 Rome Olympics, Arthur Lydiard's name has been synonymous with the best training methods used by the world's top middle and long-distance runners. Instructing runners in Finland, Mexico, Venezuela, Denmark, Japan, the USA and New Zealand, Lydiard has continued to refine his methods, and this manual contains information on exercise physiology, diet, injury prevention and cure, discussion of Lydiard's methods and revised training schedules.

This title includes Pilates as you've never seen it before! With detailed descriptions, step-by-step instruction and stunning full-colour anatomical illustrations, "Pilates Anatomy" takes you inside the exercises and programmes that will tone the body, stabilise the core, improve balance and increase flexibility. Using the original mat work of Joseph Pilates, you'll see how key muscles are used, how variations and minor adjustments can influence effectiveness and how breathing, alignment, posture and movement are all fundamentally linked.

Chi Kung, as well as being an effective means of stress management and healing, is a useful technique for developing the general fitness of the mind and body. This book explores Chi Kung principles and philosophy, explains the potential benefits and goes through a series of exercises.

Aimed at vegetarian athletes, fitness enthusiasts, coaches and nutritionists, this work enables the reader to maximise nutritional benefits to boost performance, through eating strategies, recipes and plans. It is the ideal guide if the reader is interested in trying vegetarian dishes or wants to know how to put together a comprehensive vegetarian eating plan. If the reader is already a vegetarian, they can find out how to improve diet, add variety to meals and match intake to activity level. It includes sample meal plans for befor... read more