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"This highly engaging landmark work, a natural history of exercise--by the author of the best seller The Story of the Human Body--seeks to answer a fundamental question: were you born to run or rest? The first three parts of Exercised roughly follow the evolutionary story of human physical activity and inactivity, even as each chapter shatters a particular myth about exercise. Because we cannot understand physical activity without understanding its...
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[2016]
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xiii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"From the A-list bodyworker, trainer, and alignment expert dubbed 'the body whisperer' by Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop comes Taller, Slimmer, Younger --a powerfully simple daily foam roller routine to help you sculpt longer, leaner muscles, stand an inch taller, look ten pounds slimmer, and renew your body and mind. Are you ready to roll?, "--Amazon.com.
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Bob Harper, superstar trainer and co-host of NBC's reality show "The Biggest Loser," distills his knowledge of nutrition, weight-loss strategy, and human nature down to twenty simple, nonnegotiable principles and offers a month's worth of menu plans and more than 90 rule-abiding recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks to keep you cooking and eating skinny.
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Exercise is health-enhancing and life-extending, yet many of us feel it is a chore. McGonigal shows how movement is intertwined with some of the most basic human joys, including self-expression, social connection, and mastery-- and why it is a powerful antidote to the modern epidemics of depression, anxiety, and loneliness. In learning why movement is integral to both our happiness and our humanity, readers will discover what they can do in their...
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"Chronic pain is the most common cause of long-term disability in the United States. Twenty percent of American adults accept back spasms, throbbing joints, arthritis aches, and other physical pain as an inevitable consequence of aging, illness, or injury. But the human body is not meant to endure chronic pain. Miranda Esmonde-White has spent decades helping professional athletes, ballet dancers, and Olympians overcome potentially career-ending injuries...
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c2008
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220 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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More than 25 million Americans, almost 10% of our population, suffer from osteoporosis. While it is often thought of as an old woman’s disease, about 20% of osteoporosis sufferers are men and a growing number of young women, especially athletes, are being diagnosed with the disease. The good news is that we can help prevent and treat osteoporosis and its precursor, osteopenia. Exercise can increase bone density, strengthen muscles, and improve balance...
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2020.
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204 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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"24 Ways to Move More challenges readers to get active in new ways. Detailing two new activities for each month of the year, author Nicole Tsong describes her own experiences trying each movement, then lays out a road map for readers to embark on a similar adventure, starting at beginner level and moving up through "Reach" and "Adventure" goals. For example, readers can choose to walk 35 to 40 minutes twice a week for the whole month, or they can...
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c2009
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210 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. + 1 videodisc (DVD : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)
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Hooping is transformational, a revolutionary program of 50 exciting moves that make you feel fit, centered, sassy, and sexy. Hooping works every muscle group, improves flexibility and coordination, boosts energy levels, and builds strength, agility and endurance. --publisher.
15) Crunchless abs
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©2007
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1 videodisc (37 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Three exercise routines for flattening and toning the abdominal muscles. The abdominal core is composed of 12 muscles that wrap around like a girdle and when properly trained, they hold the midsection flat and tight. Recent research shows that standard floor crunches train only 2 of these critically important core muscles. Thus, the crunchless workout. Workouts can be chosen individually, or with an introduction by program creator Linda LaRue, which...
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2014.
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : color, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. Demonstrates how to safely and easily use resistance bands when you're over 50 using standing and sitting exercises (no floor exercises). Muscles and bones respond well to the variation and force of resistance bands to quickly build strong muscles to help slow down bone loss and prevent falls.
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©2001
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1 videodisc (61 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter of contents sheet.
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This unintimidating video explains Pilates mat techniques in easy-to-understand language. Not only can you tone and reshape your entire body by using this video -- but you may even change your mind about exercise. With the authentic Pilates Method (developed decades ago by Joseph H. Pilates), you can reshape and tone your entire body to look longer and leaner by using these simple-yet-effective techniques.
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2023.
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1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. Filmmaker Juan-Carlos Asse travels to Cuba to where he meets the subject of the film, Ridiel Perez Gomez. Gomez is suffering from health problems and Asse offers to help him regain his health by teaching him to follow a plant-based diet combined with exercise.
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