Health & Fitness : Exercise

Ready to save money and get fit? Jorge Cruise’s Body at Home is a two-in-one book for women and men that guarantees results in just two weeks with no fancy equipment, gym membership, or serious time commitment. Fitness expert Cruise has designed a series of exercises that rev up your metabolism–without running up your credit card bill–no matter what your age. more...

Price: $26.99

Celebrity-fitness guru Michael George reveals his revolutionary fitness program that will help you lose weight and get in shape in record time.Do you want to melt off the extra pounds before showing up at your high school reunion? Walking down the aisle? Hitting the beach? We all have reasons for wanting to lose weight, but no one wants to spend a lot of time exercising or waiting to see results. That's why so many celebrities know to call on Michael when they need to drop a dress size for a special event or get fit for an upcoming role. Now, with Body Express Makeover, Michael brings you the same program he uses in Hollywood: a series of 2-in-1 Total Body Workouts, which blend the best of Pilates, yoga, martial arts, strength training, aerobics, and interval training. * Jump-start your fitness strategy! In less than thirty minutes a day, you'll * start to see changes in your body -- in as little as two weeks. * Follow a sensible fat-blasting nutritional program that will never leave you hungry. * Achieve maximum fitness results with personalized exercises -- all fully * photographed with easy-to-follow instructions -- right in your very own home.Body Express Makeover offers something for everyone regardless of age, gender, fitness level, and time commitment. Start today! more...

Price: $17.95

How many times have you gone on a diet and lost a few pounds, only to hit, once again, that dreaded plateau? Many people manage to lose the first 10, 15, or 20 pounds of the weight they want to shed. Then, no matter how hard they work, they can't seem to nudge the number on the scale farther down, and often they end up gaining back the weight they lost. Finally, there is a healthy, permanent weight-loss solution that will get you off the frustrating yo-yo that often accompanies most fad diets. Dr. George L. Blackburn is the associate director of the Division of Nutrition at Harvard Medical School and directs the Center for the Study of Nutrition Medicine, which investigates complex issues in nutrition and health. Based on three decades of his research and clinical practice, Break Through Your Set Point offers an exciting and effective program that will give you specific tools to help you get out of your rut and prevent those extra pounds from coming back. Your set point, or typical body weight, is determined by your genes and your environment. Many modern lifestyle habits—including getting too little sleep and eating on the run—have conspired to raise many people's set points to unhealthily high levels. According to Dr. Blackburn's theory, if you set a reasonable goal to lose about 10 percent of your initial body weight, then hold steady at your new weight without regaining any pounds for at least six months, you can reset your body's set point. And once you've reset your set point, you can repeat the cycle to lose even more weight. The body's innate tendency to protect itself against starvation explains why the body resists losing weight after a certain point. Dr. Blackburn explains the science behind the set-point theory and helps you devise a plan that works for you. With his unique, multi-faceted approach, Dr. Blackburn shows that hitting your set point is not a dead end but the first step in losing weight the right way. This more...

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Breathing Space is a story of the healing power of yoga in one woman’s life and an inspirational book for any woman not living the life she wants to live. Katrina was lost. She woke up one morning to find herself in a well-paying career she didn’t love and a relationship about which she had major doubts. Then she met Yoga Master Alan Finger…and the meeting changed her life. Like Katrina, most women today have periodically suffered from fear of failure, excessive self-criticism, body image distortion, and a need to balance their desire to be materially successful with the need to be creative. The 12 breathing exercises that end each chapter—unlocking the heart, core breathing, release, equalizing, balancing, and more—accompany Katrina’s year-long journey of self-discovery, as she incorporates the breathing techniques into her life, and thus begins to overcome her personal obstacles and discover the path to joy, peace, and serenity. more...

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"Bushi-Jutsu – The Science of the Warrior" attempts to bridge the gap between the kata of old Okinawa, following the influence of the feudal Japanese militia and that which is taught in today’s dojo as ‘effective’ self-defence. The distressing reality, for most kata bunkai students, is that there is very little ‘real’ application in the world today, outside Japan. That which is taught as ‘bunkai’ tends to be Monkey See – Monkey Do – very few really understand the highly technical and effective nature of this ‘secret’ part of karate. This book by Andy Paskin and Darren Westwood doesn’t just uncover the brutal nature of karate kata application – it literally rips the shroud of secrecy from around it and cleaves the mystery from it. The book takes a pragmatic, sometimes controversial and always brutally honest look at modern karate as it is and as it was meant to be. more...

Price: $24.99