Push: A Guide to Living an All Out Life: The Story of Orangetheory Fitness


Ellen Latham - 2015
    And how do you do that? By learning to Push in the Orangetheory Fitness workout. By doing so, you also learn to do the same in your life - to take on new challenges, to pursue your biggest goals, and to become the best version of you.What makes Orangetheory different from every workout you’ve tried? Why is it one of the fastest-growing fitness franchises today? And how can it change your life? In Push, you’ll learn the amazing story behind Orangetheory, the journey Ellen Latham took to create it, and how to apply the elements of Base, Push, and All Out from the workout studio to your own life.

Hormones, Health, and Happiness: A Natural Medical Formula for Rediscovering Youth


Steven F. Hotze - 2005
    Unlike the prevailing medical approach of treating individual symptoms with the familiar 'anti' drugs - such as antibiotics, antihistamines, and antidepressants - Dr Hotze addresses the underlying causes of poor health. Built around a regimen of biologically identical hormones and other natural treatments, Dr Hotze's model will help you obtain and maintain health and wellness naturally so that you can enjoy a better quality of life. In this book you are shown how to reach and maintain optimal cell, tissue, and organ functioning so that you will feel at your peak physically, mentally, and emotionally. After your twenties, your hormone levels have already peaked and begun a slow, inexorable decline that may cause you to lose energy and gain weight. You may experience mood problems or have difficulty with thinking, concentration, and short-term memory. Your immune system is likely to become less efficient, leaving you vulnerable to infectious diseases. Dr Hotze reveals how you can restore hormones to their optimal levels using natural, biologically identical hormones in a safe, effective way that preserves vitality as you mature. In his eight-point treatment program, Dr Hotze addresses the entirety of your wellness: airborne allergies, food allergies, yeast overgrowth, low thyroid function, natural hormone replacement, treatment of adrenal fatigue, nutritionally balanced eating, and vitamin and mineral supplementation. He reveals how most illnesses are due to poor dietary habits and nutrition, lack of exercise, allergic disorders that weaken the immune system and make it more prone to infection, yeast overgrowth due to overuse of antibiotics, an imbalance and decline in the body's production of thyroid and sex hormones, and stressed adrenal glands. All of these factors can be addressed safely, effectively, and naturally without drugs.

Men's Health Muscle Chow: More Than 150 Meals to Feed Your Muscles and Fuel Your Workouts


Gregg Avedon - 2007
    This book provides the nutritional component of that muscle-bulding equation, offering the Men’s Health take on food for fitness. Men’s Health Muscle Chow gives you more than 150 simple recipes for delicious meals ranging from workout protein shakes to healthy dinners the whole family will enjoy.Inside, you’ll find:Eight easy-to-remember dietary strategies to keep your eating habits in lineFilling breakfasts like Banana Protein Pancakes; energizing entrées including Muscle-Bound Chili and Mahi Fish Wraps; hunger-killing snacks such as Malted Almond Bombs; even desserts like Key Lime Pie—all designed to help burn fat and build muscleA shopping list that makes it easy to stock up on essential ingredients and kitchen toolsA troubleshooting guide for guys with more experience at the gym than in the kitchenInsider strategies, tips, tricks of the tradeAnd Men’s Health Muscle Chow is much more than just a cookbook. It offers a solid foundation for understanding meal timing and the effects nutrients have on your body. Author Gregg Avedon also outlines his program of 2-month diet cycles that help you set and reach your fitness goals.

The Cube Method


Brandon Lilly - 2012
    Sadly, many programs focus on one or the other, and others leave raw lifters broken down, and for that matter some geared lifters as well. Too many programs emphasize the “PR” in the gym. While PR’s are extremely important, there is nowhere more important than on the platform.The Most Fun You Will Have Training For PowerliftingThe Cube Method is the powerlifting training program that has taken athlete after athlete to the next level of strength. Powerlifters have been hitting PR after PR taking their strength to levels previously not thought possible. The Cube Method is not just another powerlifting program. It combines and rotates Heavy Days, Rep Days, and Explosive Days in a way that has never been done before.Time to take the guesswork out of powerlifting training. In the revolutionary Cube E-book you will learn….The Journey to the Cube-How the Cube method was formed-Why it became the training method of Elite Level Powerlifter Brandon Lilly, and numerous other powerlifters .The Method Behind the Cube-Explanation of the program and the secret to the unique rotation of training modes.-Get set up on your own Cube rotation to maximize strength, and preparedness.Gym Training-Learn how to rethink what strength is. It’s not just 1 Rep PR’s that matter. We find ways to set PR’s for weight, reps, time, and speed.-How to rotate the training waves of each of the main lifts-Proper weight, rep and set schemes needed in order to make you the very best powerlifting you can be.Assistance Work-Assistance work takes a huge role on the Cube Method. We set up assistance to absolutely maximize future barbell lifts-Find out how to maximize certain assistance exercises in order toget the most benefit from them.Warm Ups-How to warm up properly in order to prevent injury and prime your body for training.Conditioning-Use the sled and Prowler to build strength, size and a powerful physique that reflects your strengthThe Cube Method is a comprehensive program that will help you take out all of the uncertainty in your training and finally give you a definitive program to help you to achieve your goals!THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF A 10 YEAR CAREER IN POWERLIFTINGThe Cube Method has given me the greatest Multi-Ply, and Raw Totals in my career.Here is a short list of my powerlifting career:-Member of the 1000 lbs. Squat, 800lbs. Bench, and 800 lbs. Deadlift Club-Trained at both Westside Barbell, Lexen Xtreme Barbell alongside some of the greatest lifters in the world.-Competed for 9 years in all specialties from Raw, Single Ply, and Multi-Ply-Totaled Elite in 5 weight classes (220,242,275,308, and SHW)-Totaled 2,204 lbs. raw ranking 16th All-Time regardless of weight. One of 19 men ever to total over 2,200 lbs. raw.-Totaled 2,530 lbs. Multi-PlyWhat does that mean? All of that knowledge and training experience has come together in The Cube Method. I wish I had a program like this when I coming up in powerlifting. I would have avoided injury, and burnout. This is the best advice I have to offer based on all the lessons I have learned, in one place, for you.The Cube Method has allowed my training to make me the strongest, most conditioned and explosive I have ever been! Not to mention all of the Cube lifters who are continuously smashing PR’s!

Men's Health Huge in a Hurry: Get Bigger, Stronger, and Leaner in Record Time with the New Science of Strength Training


Chad Waterbury - 2008
    Author Chad Waterbury offers the most current neuromuscular science to debunk the fitness myths and conventional wisdom that may be wreaking havoc on your workouts and inhibiting your gains. Forget lifting moderate weights slowly for lots and lots of sets and reps. The best way to get huge in a hurry is to use heavy weights and lift them quickly for fewer repetitions. Waterbury's groundbreaking programs will enable you to: -Add Mass and size. Gain as much as 16 pounds of muscle in 16 weeks--and add 1 full inch of upper arm circumference in half that time!-Get stronger...fast! Even seasoned lifters can realize a 5 percent increase in strength in the first few weeks. And in 12 weeks, you can boost your overall strength by up to 38 percent.-Build power and stamina. Increase your one-rep max in your core lifts by as much as 30 percent.-Shed fat fast. Burn off up to 10 pounds of body fat, losing up to 2 pounds of fat per week.With Men's Health Huge in a Hurry, you'll not only get bigger faster, you'll do it with less time wasted in the gym and with less post workout pain and a much lower injury risk.

Yoga Basics for Men: An Intro to Man Flow Yoga: All of the physical benefits, and none of the frills. Improve your physical fitness, reduce your risk of injury, and feel better overall.


Dean Pohlman - 2014
    This is THE yoga guide for men who want an effective, full-body workout that improves overall endurance, core strength, body control, and flexibility, who aren’t interested in changing their lifestyle, listening to an instructor telling them to open their mind, or connecting with the universe while they work out. This eBook will help you accomplish your physical fitness goals, whether that’s playing at the competitive level of sports, working out on a recreational level, or simply going throughout your day without physical pain. Improve your physical fitness, reduce your risk of injury, and feel better. Here are some specific benefits that you can expect to experience by incorporating Yoga Basics for Men, by Man Flow™ Yoga, into your workout routine: 1) Endurance - make it through your whole workout with fewer breaks, play harder in the last few minutes of the fourth quarter, and have more overall energy. 2) Body control - become aware of every muscle in your body, facilitate a better connection between the muscular and skeletal systems and the brain that controls them, and make your body as efficient as possible. 3) Balance - develop balance by learning to actively engage your muscles and improve your ability to respond to perturbations or unbalanced situations. 4) Core strength - learn to properly engage your core and strengthen the main source of power and stability in your body, while improving your posture and taking pressure off of your lower back to improve spinal health. 5) Flexibility - reduced risk of injury, reduced recovery time, and more range of motion to increase your overall strength and power. 
 Some other benefits: - Increase blood flow - Alleviate anxiety and depression - Boost metabolism Many people are also turning to yoga as a form of physical therapy or physical fitness to prevent or reduce injuries. Here is a list of common physical ailments whose side effects can be reduced or altogether eliminated by Yoga Basics for Men, by Man Flow™ Yoga: - Lower back pain - Shoulder/neck pain/tightness
 - Rotator cuff/shoulder issues
 - Muscle cramps
 - Weak ankles (reduce the risk of ankle sprains)
 - Unstable knees (help MCL, ACL, or subluxation of the knee) - Tendonitis - Carpal tunnel syndrome
 - Sciatica
 - Disc herniation
 - SI instability
 - And many more... This eBook includes: 1) Physical Benefits - explains the physical benefits that you can expect to experience through incorporating Yoga Basics for Men, by Man Flow™ Yoga, into your workout routine. 2) Key Concepts - Learn the key concepts necessary to safely and effectively do yoga. 3) Exercise Guide - Learn the proper technique for 32 hand-selected exercises (poses) which will help you reap the physical benefits of yoga. This section also includes the target area, practical benefits, and tips for each exercise.4 4) Sequencing - learn how to put exercises together to make an effective and safe yoga workout. The eBook also provides several sample sequences to help you learn the basics of sequencing before making your own.

Restore and Rebalance: Yoga for Deep Relaxation


Judith Hanson Lasater - 2017
    Restorative yoga, says Judith Lasater, is active relaxation. It makes use of props to create positions of ease and comfort that facilitate relaxation and health. In this companion volume to her seminal book Relax and Renew, Judith Lasater, a well-known and respected yoga teacher, offers a fresh set of restorative practices--with accompanying photos--to help balance and reset the body when you feel weak, fatigued, or stressed from your daily activities. They are especially beneficial for the times before, during, and after major life events, or when you are recovering from illness or injury. Lasater points out that restorative yoga is a wonderfully adaptive practice that can be tailored to people of all ages, all levels of yoga experience, and in all states of health. Yoga practitioners and teachers will appreciate this new collection of practices and sequences that build on concepts from the first volume.

Fitness Over 50: How I Transformed from a Super Blob to a Super Fit Woman in 120 Days


Kathryn Williams - 2014
    Fifty-somethings just need an extra dose of inspiration to get us going! My book provides a landslide of inspiration to kickstart your very own fitness transformation, as well as my entire step-by-step journey - told with all the humor and down-to-earth honesty of an old gal on a mission! Packed with advice on how to get started, log your calorie intake and schedule your workouts, this book proves that you can accomplish any goal at any age once you have a plan.

Complete Guide to Carb Counting: How to Take the Mystery Out of Carb Counting and Improve Your Blood Glucose Control


Hope S. Warshaw - 2004
    New chapters cover how to build a personal carb count database, carb counting for insulin pump users, a whole week of meal plans, and much more.

Zumba: Ditch the Workout, Join the Party! The Zumba Weight Loss Program


Beto Pérez - 2009
    Zumba! Created by celebrity fitness trainer Beto Perez, Zumba combines fun, easy-to-follow dance steps with hot Latin beats to help you shed pounds and inches fast. Now the DVD and classes that have hooked millions are available in book format, with a complete workout program, fat-burning diet, as well as a DVD with a 5-minute instructional demo that shows the basic moves you'll need to learn plus 60 minutes worth of music to help you Zumba your way to the perfect body. Using the principles of interval and resistance training, the simple dance and sculpting moves (inspired by the traditional cumbia, salsa, samba, and merengue) tone and shape your body. And because it burns 600 to 1,000 calories per hour, you don't have to restrict your meals to boring or bland-tasting diet foods. The Zumba diet begins with a 5-Day Express Diet to jump start weight loss (lose up to 9 lbs in 5 days) and then offers 14-day meal plans and recipes that target weight loss in the stomach and thighs. You'll find: Hot moves that make you feel like you're on the dance floor-not on the elliptical machine! Recipes for mouthwatering meals that boost your metabolism Dozens of workout combinations so you never get bored An exclusive jump-start program to get you ready for that big event next weekend An easy plan to help you keep up your progress and maintain the weight loss So start moving, grooving and losing with Zumba today!

Ashtanga Yoga - The Intermediate Series: Mythology, Anatomy, and Practice


Gregor Maehle - 2009
    An expert yogi and teacher, Maehle will guide you to your next level with an unprecedented depth of anatomical explanation and unparalleled attention to the practice’s philosophical and mythological heritage. You will learn:The background and applications of each of the three forms of yoga: Karma, Bhakti, and JnanaHow to use Indian myth and cosmology to deepen your practiceThe importance of the Sanskrit language to the yogic traditionThe mythology behind the names of the Intermediate Series posturesThe functions and limitations of body parts integral to the Intermediate Series, including the spine, the sacroiliac joint, the shoulder joint, and the hip jointHow to reap the full benefits of practicing the Intermediate SeriesMaehle meticulously explores all twenty-seven postures of the Intermediate Series through photos, anatomical line drawings, and practical, informative sidebars. He also discusses the philosophical and spiritual background of Ashtanga Yoga and places the practice within the context of Indian cultural history. With passionate erudition, Maehle will prepare you to reap physical, spiritual, and mental fulfillment from your evolving practice.

The Essentials of Sport and Exercise Nutrition


John Berardi - 2010
    

Eating in the Age of Dieting


Rujuta Diwekar - 2020
    

After Namaste: Off-the-Mat Musings of a Modern Yogini


K. Kris Loomis - 2017
    Kris Loomis offers a collection of down-to-earth personal essays that demonstrates the many ways yoga has transformed her life off the mat and why she keeps showing up every day for more. Not only has yoga improved her health and mental well-being, the study of this ancient practice has taught her to take personal responsibility for her actions and to focus on the bright side no matter what life hurls her direction.Whether you’re at the beginning of your yoga journey or if you’re already a ways down the path, you will find this book full of inspiring, encouraging, and often humorous lessons learned from someone who has walked the yoga walk, both as a teacher and dedicated practitioner, for two decades and counting.

1,001 Pearls of Yoga Wisdom: Take Your Practice Beyond the Mat


Liz Lark - 2008
    Drawing from such classical texts as the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads, as well as modern Indian and Western teachers, this treasure trove of yoga knowledge defines key terms and highlights important themes. It's also a helpful supplement to yoga classes, offering asanas, meditations, breathingexercises, mantras, and mudras for every occasion and skill level. Just the right size to pop into a yoga bag, here's a guide to the practical and philosophical aspects of yoga that complements any spiritual practice.