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Cardio Fitness Can Save Your Life by Forrest Blanding

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By: Forrest Blanding  |  Publisher: BASCOM Hill Publishing Group
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A readable analysis of new findings from scientific research on exercise that reveal its even larger importance to health, and how we can exercise much more efficiently for a longer and more enjoyable life.

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"Your book is excellent...There is a much needed audience for books of this type who could benefit immensely from it." Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., known as the "Father of Aerobic Exercise" "Author of Aerobics,, Founder of the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research"

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The Mind Fitness Program for Esteem and Excellence by Caron B. Goode, Joy Lehni Watson

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By: Caron B. Goode, Joy Lehni Watson  |  Publisher: Hawker Brownlow Education Pty Ltd
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Thetnesstness Program is full of guided stories for imagery in whole-brain learning. This program combines mythology, storytelling, visual thinking and self-esteem activities to create a fascinating, enjoyable program. You`ll learn about the first core

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The Walking Diet by Les Snowdon, Maggie Humphreys

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By: Les Snowdon, Maggie Humphreys  |  Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Usingrogrammegrogrammengrogrammegrogramme of walking as an efficient form of exercise, the authors provide a 30 day plan, including charts which the reader can use to record his or her progress, recipes, exercises and a reference section on the fat and fibre content of foods.

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Love Your Body by Bethany Hughes, Vince Grbic

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By: Bethany Hughes, Vince Grbic  |  Publisher: Bright Sky Press
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Founded on the philosophy that working out should be a pleasant experience, this uplifting and instructional manual teaches how to get in shape through personalised health plans that combine exercise,, simple nutritional advice, and important diet secrets. Emphasising the importance of self-love and positive self-reinforcement, this health handbook covers such topics as healthy shopping, how to debunk and decipher food labels, and how to combine foods effectively to ensure ample energy and minimum hunger throughout the day. Each exercise is explained by a certified personal trainer and designed to be adapted to almost any environment - the gym, the park, or even the home - in order to change body, attitude, and quality of life.

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Paul Mapstone`s Fitness Journal for Beginners by Paul Mapstone

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By: Paul Mapstone  |  Publisher: Lulu.com
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Hello, my name is Paul Mapstone and I`ve been weight training since the age of 15. Also, I am certified through AFTA (American Fitness Training and Athletics) and have helped many people reach their fitness goals. This Fitness Journal will teach any newcomer how to safely and effectively start a fitness routine without paying high personal training fees. It will give step by step instructions on how to utilize periodization and one rep max percentage to design an effective fitness routine. It also gives tips on technique, form and nutrition. With it, you will eliminate all the guess work you would usually encounter when trying to come up with a fitness routine and meal plan you can stick with. Take it from an AFTA certified personal trainer with 17 years of weight training experience, this is the only fitness reference you will ever need, it`s like having your own personal trainer right there with you. I hope you enjoy it and make yourself stronger and healthier than you ever though possible.

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Prime Time: Love, Health, Sex, Fitness, Friendship, Spirit by Jane Fonda

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By: Jane Fonda  |  Publisher: Random House Trade
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"Reassuring . . . upbeat . . . "Prime Time" is part autobiographical confessional, part life advice, the two intertwined, so that reading the book is often like talking to a friend.""Los Angeles Times"

"A how-to book about being happy and self-aware [that] cites research and interviews with upbeat, lively, sexually active older people to extract some all-purpose lessons about endurance.""The New York Times"

"Warm, informative, and incredibly life affirming.""Woman`s Day"

"Read this, age gracefully.""InStyle"

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The AIDS Handbook by Carl Miller

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By: Carl Miller  |  Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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This reference book explains the facts about AIDS, providing advice and information to all those concerned with and affected by the disease,, and discusses the background of the epidemic in Britain.. Carl Miller presents the official, public and grass roots versions of AIDS in Britain. The problem is put in context, aiming to dispel the myths surrounding the disease, and predictions and suggestions for the future are put forward. There is a resource chapter on where to go for information, advice and support.

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Eurofit by European Communities

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By: European Communities  |  Publisher: Council of Europe
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The outcome of several years co-ordinated European research is presented in this handbook. It is a response to the need for an effective means of accurately assessing physical fitness of children. Sport, physical education and health cross national boundaries; they use common tools, instruments and language. Physical fitness therefore lends itself to being assessed in the same way across Europe. The tests are simple and practical and can be carried out by physical education teachers or special mobile teams with data and can be used over a period of time to detect status, changes and trends.

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Walking for Fitness and Health by Klaus Bos

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By: Klaus Bos  |  Publisher: Sterling
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Walkinggg strengthens your heart, takes off pounds, and reduces stress. Stay on track with these proven methods for developing a routine that you can easily stick tono matter the weather or how busy your schedule. Instructional photos illustrate proper stretching and strengthening techniques, and explain common errors that lead to injury or discouragement. Checklists help you choose the proper footwear and clothing, and improve your workout. A complete introduction to striding into a healthier life! 112 pages (all in color), 6 1/4 x 8 1/2.

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Quest for Good Health and Fitness Level 6 + EBookPLUS by Emma Lee, David Gayfer, Mark Quinlan, Catherine Gayfer

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By: Emma Lee, David Gayfer, Mark Quinlan, Catherine Gayfer  |  Publisher: Jacaranda Wiley, Australia
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Quest for Good Health and Fitness Level 6 is part of a new series of Health and Physical Education textbooks. It provides a comprehensive set of resources written specifically for the Level 6 Physical, Personal and Social Learning strand of VELS, with links to the Interdisciplinary strand. Key features of this title: * Extensive use of the e5 instructional model assists in lesson planning and efficient use of time. * Key terms are defined in context in the margins. * Content is divided into lesson-based sections. * Lessons are activity-focused to ensure there is `learning by doing`. * Essential questions and checklists appear at the start and end of the chapters to promote discussion and reflection on learning. * ProjectsPLUS, interactivities, eLessons and current weblinks assist informed decision-making on real-life issues. This text comes fully supported by Jacaranda`s amazing online digital resources for students eBookPLUS.. Quest for Good Health and Fitness Level 6 eBookPLUS is provided FREE with the textbook, but is also available for purchase separately. eBookPLUS is an electronic version of the textbook and a complementary set of targeted digital resources. These flexible and engaging ICT activities are available online at the JacarandaPLUS website (

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Exercise and Fitness Motivation [Audio] by Glenn Harrold

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By: Glenn Harrold  |  Publisher: Diviniti Publishing
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The latest high quality hypnotherapy CD by the UK`s best selling hypnotherapist Glenn Harrold, combines powerful clinical hypnotherapy techniques with state of the art digital recording technology. There are two Hypnotherapy sessions on the CD. Track one is a 30 minute hypnotherapy track that will help you build a powerful desire to exercise regularly by associating feelings of great pleasure and enjoyment with exercise and fitness. Track two is a 15 minute hypnosis affirmation track that can be used as a booster or if you are short of time. On the CD, you will hear a pleasant English voice and 60 B.P.M sound effects guiding you into a deeply relaxed state of mental and physical relaxation. In this very receptive relaxed state, you are given a number of post hypnotic and direct suggestions to help you to become more active in your daily life. There are also a number of background echoed affirmations, which pan from left to right in your headphones. This deeply relaxing and powerful method of delivering multiple suggestions simultaneously to the unconscious mind can facilitate positive changes very quickly. At the end of the recording you will be gently brought back to full waking consciousness with a combination of suggestion and music. There are also a number of positive subliminal suggestions (listed inside) which are embedded in the fade out music and facilitate the overall effect. This powerful CD is a completely safe and very effective way of helping you to create a powerful desire to become fit through regular exercise. This title is part of the highly successful Diviniti Publishing Hypnosis range, which has sold over 500,000 units and is well established as the UK`s best selling self-help audiotape and CD series.

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Men`s Sexual Health by Barry W. McCarthy, Michael E. Metz

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By: Barry W. McCarthy, Michael E. Metz  |  Publisher: Routledge
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Men`s Sexual Health is a breakthrough book about vital and satisfying male sexuality. It presents a new model of male and couple sexuality, which establishes positive, realistic expectations of pleasure and satisfaction, as opposed to the self-defeating traditional demand for perfect intercourse performance. Men and couples who adopt this approach will enjoy sexuality throughout the lifespan. The authors introduce the new "smart thinking," focused on an integration of mind and body, which confronts the myths and misunderstandings which limit male sexual growth. The book will help men and women understand how to pursue sexual and relational health, overcome sexual problems, with the goal of greater acceptance and satisfaction. The book advocates for positive, realistic Good-Enough Sex which will significantly enhance male and couple sexual satisfaction.

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"Tired of `same old/same old` when it comes to information about men and sexuality? This is not your father`s sex ed book. Metz and McCarthy just moved to the #1 spot on my list of favorite `talk about sex` books. Best book about men and sex in a decade. They`re well researched, but never dull, with a candid no-nonsense style. A kind of smart talk about sex that you`d expect to find from a couple of guys who`ve spent all their time as top-of-their-field sex therapists and sex experts. I not only like how they talk about men`s sexuality, I like how they talk about women`s sexuality and making sex win-win for both. Knowing that good sex is at the core of a good relationship, they tell you how to be an intimate team with your lover. There are couples whose sex lives are never dull, couples who know that sex makes them closer and more intimate. And there are men who know how to make that happen. Meet Metz and McCarthy. This book will change the pleasure quotient in your life." - Sallie Foley, co-author of Sex Matters for Women, University of Michigan, USA "In Men`s Sexual Health, respected clinicians McCarthy and Metz offer men a positive and holistic understanding of a man`s sexual self. The authors view male sexuality as going beyond the common emphasis on mere performance and pass-fail sex. Men`s Sexual Health tells men the truth about what it takes to enjoy healthy, pleasurable and satisfying sex. The message is that lasting sexual fulfillment requires an integration of understanding sexual biology, emotions, and partner relationships. The essential ingredients of long term sexual satisfaction include intimacy, pleasuring, and eroticism. The authors remind us that not every sexual encounter need be perfect. Men`s Sexual Health delivers a realistic message that is so essential for the sexual well being of men today. In this book, Drs. McCarthy and Metz have hit another home run." - Julian Slowinski, Psy.D., ABPP, clinical assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, AASECT Diplomate Sex Therapist, and co-author of The Sexual Male and The Good Sex Guide "Michael Metz and Barry McCarthy are respected researchers and outstanding clinicians. They have contributed much to what we know today about male sexuality." - Paul Joannides, author of Guide To Getting It On! "Women, buy this book! Obviously for the man in your life-after all, its goal is to help him achieve `a life-long, intimate, erotic sex life`-but, also to read it yourself. Its straightforward, by-men-for-men approach will give you an inside track, and help you know him, and therefore, love him even better." - Diane Sollee, founder and director of smartmarriages.com "McCarthy and Metz`s latest book, Men`s Sexual Health: Fitness for Satisfying Sex, is just plain terrific!!! It presents new information, cogent observations and sensible suggestions that will enrich and enlighten the sexual life and comfort of every man (and his partner). Truly, this is the best book on men`s sexual health to come along in decades. I am recommending it to all of my patients!" - Sandra R. Leiblum, Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Center for Sexual and Relationship Health, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, USA "McCarthy and Metz have come as close as anyone I have ever seen to finding the vague and elusive happy medium of male sexuality. They have carefully and skillfully walked the tightrope between the demands of traditional machismo and the quest for male emotional intuition and sensitivity...Men`s Sexual Health is as much at home at the Super Bowl party as it is on Oprah`s coffee table." - Mark O. Bigler, in PsycCritques "Men`s Sexual Health: Fitness for Satisfying Sex is a remarkable contribution to the field of sex therapy. This book should be on the bookshelf of every sex health and sex education professional. This book is great for adults and older adults, but I get even more excited when I think about giving it to young men who don`t have sexual problems yet. The tone is reassuring, and the stance is non-judgmental, but decidedly not wishy washy. The authors take important positions on a number of topics. Men`s Sexual Health is destined to be a classic. - Aline Zoldbrod, PhD, in Contemporary Sexuality

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Fitness Anywhere by Rita Morris

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By: Rita Morris  |  Publisher: Spitfire Ventures, Inc.
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These compact magnetic books deliver concise information in a handy, portable package no larger than a credit card. The innovative design allows the book to fold out to provide 26 pages of useful facts, figures, trivia, and other essential information. The colorful pages are waterproof, tear-proof, and deliver a treasure trove of advice and tips in a guide that slips easily into a pocket, briefcase, or purse. These practical companions also feature a convenient magnetic backing that guarantees to keep them right where they are needed, be it on a refrigerator or file cabinet for easy access. Eliminating the need for a gym membership, this handbook ensures that physical fitness can be maintained anywhere at any time. The featured routines include detailed diagrams that target all areas of the body and make it possible to work out while sitting in a home or office.

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The Great Fitness Experiment by Charlotte Andersen, Hilton Charlotte, Charlotte Hilton Hilton Andersen

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By: Charlotte Andersen, Hilton Charlotte, Charlotte Hilton Hilton Andersen  |  Publisher: Clerisy Press
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In "The Great Fitness Experiment," a funny and informative guide through the morass of contradictory claims and information in today`s health/fitness-obsessed world, Charlotte Hilton Andersen goes from gym rat to lab rat, trying a new workout each month for a year in an attempt to discover what works, what doesn`t and what`s just plain weird. She delves into such subjects as the Action Hero Workout, Cross Fit Training, Going Vegan, Double Cardio, and others.
Interspersed between the chapters on the monthly experiments, Anderson offers personal essays on everything from her past experiences with eating disorders to testing the ugliest fitness shoes on the planet to lesson about, as she puts it "what I`ve learned from being a girl in our body-obsessed culture." She writes candidly about her history of anorexia, orthorexia and "general-low-self-esteem-exia" and includes anecdotes about the effects of the "health" craze on my students, friends and gym buddies.
In addition, she scours the most recent research to let readers know whether drinking milk after weight lifting really does build more muscle (yep!) or if it matters whether you do cardio or weights first (nope!). She also tests some of the stuff readers have heard about and secretly wanted to try but would never embarrass themselves doing.
Readers get all the entertainment and none of the carpet burns as Charlotte bends it like a ballerina, squats like a sprinter, gets hemorrhoids like an Olympian, and HOO-ah like a Navy seal. By the end readers will have new ideas about how to eat healthier, work out smarter, and hold their own in a Photo-shopped world.

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Opportunities in Sports and Fitness Careers by Wm Ray Heitzmann

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By: Wm Ray Heitzmann  |  Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
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More than 100 "opportunities"" for students and job seekers!

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The most comprehensive career book series available, Opportunities in . . . covers a range of professions, from acting to writing, and encompasses traditional as well as cutting-edge careers.. Each book offers job seekers essential information about a variety of careers within each field and includes training and education requirements, salary statistics, and professional and Internet resources.

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Buff Dad by Mike Levinson

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By: Mike Levinson  |  Publisher: Health Communications
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Before: From Puffy Dad After: To Buff Daddy
Your Saturday workouts at the gym have been replaced by Saturday Little League games; your morning run has become running out the door to make the daycare drop-off; and your romantic (and healthy) sushi night has become family pizza with a side of crayons. While being a dad changes your life for the better in so many ways, it can also be detrimental to your waistline and your overall health.
Enter Mike Levinson,, a nutritionist and trainer to many star athletes, who put on fifty pounds after his wife had their first child. Taking his years of experience from inside training camps and test kitchens he developed the Buff Dad Program,, transforming his middle-age spread to six-pack abs and helping many other dads like him lose weight,, tone up, and improve their health and energy levels usually in less than 28 days.
In this, the first program tailored with dads in mind, Levinson gives men the four-week game plan to get it done. The secret? Testosterone, a key fuel that boosts your body`s ability to lose weight and build muscle naturally, yet something that is woefully deficient in most men`s diets today. The Buff Dad program shows you how to incorporate testosterone `powerfoods` into your meals to help you take the weight off. By combining this tasty and realistic nutritional plan with the Buff Dad Workout Blitztargeted exercises just three times a weekyou will be on your way to being the Buff Dad you want to be, and your family needs you to be.

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Mike Levinson, a father of three (with two more on the way), blames "dad fat" on a lack of time to exercise, sleep deprivation and the chaos of adding a baby to a hectic household.

But Levinson, a registered dietitian and former personal trainer, has a solution. According to his book, Buff Dad, a little tweaking of the diet and 30-minute exercise sessions can transform fat fathers into fit role models.

Barbara Correa, Los Angeles Daily News (May 2008)

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Kid Fitness by Kenneth H Cooper, Arnold Schwarzenegger (Foreword by)

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By: Kenneth H Cooper, Arnold Schwarzenegger (Foreword by)  |  Publisher: Bantam Books
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Adults may be eating and exercising their way to better health, but children aren`t. Obesity, elevated cholesterol and other signs of poor health are rising among kids. In this much needed book, Dr. Cooper offers parents a program and guidelines to promote maximum health, physical strength, mental alertness, smart eating habits, a competitive edge, and a low-stress lifestyle.

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Cooper,, a physician and preventive medicine specialist, has raised our fitness consciousness by popularizing aerobic exercises in five books including The Aerobics Program for Total Well-Being ( LJ 11/15/82). Cooper`s concern with the declining fitness levels of today`s youth has prompted this book aimed at parents who want to teach their children the basics of sound exercise and good nutrition. He offers wise advice on how to motivate kids and test their fitness and recommends a system of aerobic, strength, and flexibility training keyed to the child`s developmental level. Cooper doesn`t include as many exercises with photographs as Bonnie Prudden`s Fitness from Six to Twelve (Ballantine, 1987) nor does he cover the individual sports and school programs found in Bob Glover and Jack Shepherd`s Family Fitness Handbook (Penguin, 1989), but neither title has recipes and as good nutritional focus. All public libraries, and academic libraries supporting physical education programs, should acquire this book. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 5/15/91. Sandra Math, St. John`s Univ. Lib., Staten Island, N.Y.

This exhaustive work by ``father of aerobics`` Cooper ( Controlling Cholesterol ) will be welcomed by parents concerned about high levels of cholesterol in their children and how a child`s ``tendency to baby fat`` (and, often, heart disease) can best be countered. The book is full of interesting and important data, case studies and the doctor`s sound advice about how to inspire reform in children and what to expect at what stage of development. ``It`s important for adults to be understanding and patient,`` he admonishes. However, Cooper`s opus is almost too comprehensive. An entire section is devoted to well-conceived recipes for snacks, sandwiches, soups and desserts, and much information is provided for parents of teenagers, ranging from such topics as ``specificity training`` and ``overloading`` to the use of steroids (mainly, how a parent should react if he or she suspects the teenager is using them). While this might be useful for a family of seven running the gamut of ages in children, most heads of smaller families may want to concentrate on only a few stages of development, leaping immediate hurdles and foregoing the big picture. (Aug.)

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L-Carnitine by Walter Lubeck

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By: Walter Lubeck  |  Publisher: Lotus Press
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Discoveredered at the beginning of the 20th century and thoroughly researched for the first time in the 1970s, the sensational effects of L-Carnitine have been welcomed with enthusiasm. This fitness supplement for all types of athletes increases the muscle efficiency of the untrained by more than 30 percent. Figure-conscious people can achieve and maintain their ideal weight with L-Carnitine. In addition to physical well-being, mental capacity also increases since it has a positive influence on stress and fatigue. As a result, the body`s natural immune shield is strengthened.

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ACSM Fitness Book by ACSM, Kenney

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By: ACSM, Kenney  |  Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
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This is a beginner`s guide for adults seeking a healthy exercise programme. This book is designed for anyone who has been reluctant to exercise because they`re not sure how to get started, or who has been intimidated by the complex variety of exercise options available. The "ACSM" Fitness Book" aims to get readers started immediately. They take a four-item fitness test that assesses their current level of fitness based on the four components of fitness: cardiorespiratory endurance,, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility and healthy body composition. Next, using these results, they follow step-by-step instructions to create an exercise programme that`s suited just for them. The book contains colour photographs and illustrations showing how to perform over 45 stretching and strengthening exercises.

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The Power of Focus:The Ultimate Book of the MindBody Connection - Personal Growth, Relationships, Health, Fitness&Success by Free,Taelin

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By: Free,Taelin  |  Publisher: Trafford Publishing
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Taelineasilyineasilyaelineasilyineasily explains the `mindbody` connection for personal growth, relationships, health, fitness, goal setting and spirituality. This book is a guide to living greater than you ever thought possible.

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