Restorative Yoga: Relax. Restore. Re-Energize by Caren Baginski

$30.00 NZD

Category: Fitness

Are you new to yoga and seek a calming introduction to the practice? Or an experienced practitioner who seeks a gentler style that will help heal your body while calming your soul? Unlike more strenuous forms of yoga, restorative yoga emphasises long, gentle stretches, with multiple props to aid and sup port the movements. It's the perfect style for those who seek calm and comfort or for those who are just beginning their yoga journey and desire a friendlier approach. Restorative Yoga is the perfect step-by-step guide for creating your personal restorative journey, with beautiful photography, 35 restorative poses, and 15 healing sequences for a variety of conditions including anxiety, insomnia, exhaustion, neck and shoulder pain, hip and back pain, and more. Also included is practical information on the benefits of restorative yoga, integrating props into your routines, performing basic starting and finishing poses, creating a peaceful space for your practice, breathing techniques, balancing your energy centers, and more. ...Show more

Yoga Relaxation, Postures, Daily Routines (PB) by Charmaine Yabsley; Martin Clark (Foreword by); David Smith

$14.99 NZD

Category: Fitness | Series: Health and Wellbeing Ser.

Yoga is a popular physical, mental, and spiritual discipline that originated in ancient India. Various traditions of yoga can be found in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, and in recent years Western culture has embraced yoga's power of simplicity, stillness and mental poise. This accessible new book focuses on a series of exercises, body motions and self-disciplines that offer the benefits of yoga to everyone. Featuring specially commissioned practical photography, step-by-step instruction, and an introduction to the entire scope of the system of yoga. ...Show more

Pilates Core Strength, Exercises, Daily Routines by Charmaine Yabsley; Katy Evans (Foreword by)

$14.99 NZD

Category: Fitness | Series: Health and Wellbeing Ser.

Pilates is an exercise system that focuses on stretching and strengthening the whole body to improve balance, muscle-strength, flexibility and posture. It was created in the early 1900s and incorporates elements of yoga, martial arts and Western forms of exercise. Initially adopted by professional dance rs in the US as an effective form of recovery after injury, pilates has steadily grown in popularity around the world, and includes celebrity fans such as Madonna and Jennifer Aniston. This accessible new book focuses on a series of exercises, body motions and self-disciplines that offer the benefits of pilates to everyone. Featuring specially commissioned practical photography, step-by-step instruction, and an introduction to the entire scope of the system of pilates. ...Show more

Sports Training: The Complete Guide by John Shepherd (University of New South Wales Australia)

$24.99 NZD

Category: Fitness

Valuable information on training for athletes and coaches at all levels of competition. Outside of professional sports, the quality of athletic training is dangerously inconsistent. Most athletes who compete on school teams, in community sports programs or just on their own do not receive the training n eeded to improve their performance and prevent serious game-ending injuries. Sports Training: The Complete Guide is the definitive, practical resource and guidebook for competitors, coaches and trainers. It provides the building blocks for athletic training that will maximize speed, endurance and power. John Shepherd demystifies sports science for readers by starting with the basics and progressing to a specific training plan that every athlete needs. Training theory is explained in simple, easy-to-understand terms before modern training methods and techniques are tackled. Sports Training: The Complete Guide offers specific information for: Designing and implementing training plans Training for individual and team sports Understanding sports psychology Training both younger and older athletes. Sports Training: The Complete Guide contains a wealth of sports-science knowledge on training for coaches, trainers and athletes and delivers practical results at all levels of competition. ...Show more

Building Muscle & Performance by Nick Tumminello

$33.99 NZD

Category: Fitness

By combining the most effective approaches and exercises, expert trainer Nick Tumminello has developed a high-octane, high-efficiency system for building muscle and boosting performance. Step by step he presents the best exercises for increasing speed, explosiveness, athleticism and endurance. Readers w ill learn to push themselves to the limits with strength and power lifts and progressions, power training drills and cardio conditioning workouts. Building Muscle and Performance includes more than 250 exercises and 75 ready-to-use programmes, with detailed photo sequences that depict every movement as well as variations to increase or decrease difficulty. ...Show more

Yoga Basics by Vimla Lalvani

$9.99 NZD

Category: Fitness | Series: Pyramid Paperbacks

Yoga is one of the best ways to achieve top-to-toe fitness. It improves muscle tone and flexibility, boosts energy levels, increases concentration and relieves stress. Yoga Basics is the perfect companion for beginners, and a great source of reference for experienced practitioners.

Developing Swimmers: A Comprehensive Programme for Identifying, Training, and Coaching Excellence by Michael Brooks

$34.99 NZD

Category: Fitness

Talent, skill and a passion to compete, these are the characteristics that define elite-level swimmers. As the sport's best coaches know, even the most gifted of athletes won't develop these traits without a plan and one that recognises talent, develops skills and nurtures success. "Developing Swimmers" is the only book to offer a comprehensive, long-term plan beginning at an age-group level. Renowned coach Michael Brooks shares the insights, secrets and strategies that have transformed his athletes and swim teams from novice competitors to distinguished champions. ...Show more

The Way of the Samurai by Inazo Nitobe

$9.99 NZD

Category: Fitness

Justice, courage, loyalty, self control: the qualities essential to the Samurai warriors of Japan are those that we all aspire to. In this classic work, originally published as Bushido: The Soul of Japan, Inazo Nitobe explores the moral code of the Japanese warrior class, from the importance of politene ss rituals to the ultimate chilling self sacrifice: hara-kiri or suicide. Nitobe's engaging text conjures up a world of chivalric principles and brutal warfare - a fading world, but one that has resonance in modern Japanese society and around the world.This beautifully illustrated edition contains an introduction by John Baldock, and authentic Japanese images throughout. ...Show more

Anatomy Of Exercise by Pat Manocchia

$32.00 NZD

Category: Fitness | Series: The Anatomy Series

The Anatomy of series provide a comprehensive and detailed reference into the anatomy of various exercises and body parts. Discover what goes on beneath the skin and see which muscles you are exercising and stretching. A solid understanding of muscle building and stretching is the key to achieving a hea lthy back and a supple body. With full-colour photographs, clear step-by-step instructions for each movement and tips on what to look for, these books provide essential insights into your body and your exercise and stretching routines. 200,000 Anatomy of titles sold to date. Full-colour photographs of the muscles inside the body to highlight the impact of the exercise and stretch. Includes exercise and stretching routines, and a photographic index. ...Show more

15 Minute Gentle Yoga by DK

$24.00 NZD

Category: Fitness | Series: 15 Minute Fitness

Do you struggle to find time for regular yoga practice? Stress no more- these four 15-minute programmes for beginners offer the flexibility and ease of use that busy lifestyles demand. At home, with just a mat and a few household items, ease tension, increase vitality, and get the flexible body you've a lways wanted by regularly practising these 15-minute routines. Clear step-by-step photographs paired with easy-to-follow instructions explain exactly what to do in each asana, and at the end of each 15-minute programme there's an at-a-glance summary of the routine. 15 Minute Gentle Yoga will inspire you to make yoga part of your weekly routine, so you soon reap the benefits of enhanced health and wellness. ...Show more

15 Minute Pilates by DK

$24.00 NZD

Category: Fitness | Series: 15 Minute Fitness

Do you struggle to practise Pilates regularly? Stress no more- these four 15-minute programmes offer the flexibility and ease of use that busy lifestyles demand. At home, with just a mat and some weights, build these 15-minute routines into your week to get the lean, sculpted body you've always wanted. Clear step-by-step photographs paired with easy-to-follow instructions explain exactly what to do in each move, targeted "feel it here" graphics help you to understand which part of your body to focus on, and at-a-glance reminders at the end of each 15-minute programme show all the poses in sequence. 15 Minute Pilates will inspire you to make Pilates part of your weekly routine, so you soon reap the benefits of enhanced health and wellness. ...Show more

Pilates on the Ball

$6.99 NZD

Category: Fitness