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ISBN: 1594863520

ListPrice: $27.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: The third book in the breakout Core Performance series offers cutting-edge training for the endurance athlete Mark Verstegen launched the core training revolution with "Core Performance," which broke new ground in fitness with its intense focus on the muscles of the core—shoulders, hips, and midsection. Now Verstegen provides an exciting new application of his powerful Core program, addressing the special needs of the endurance athlete. "Core Performance Endurance": • helps endurance athletes at all levels—whether they’re competitive swimmers, hard-driven triathletes, or everyday joggers—avoid the injuries that too often sabotage their performance • delivers the desired combination of strength and stamina, balance and flexibility, athletic quickness and power that the endurance athlete strives for • provides an endurance-oriented nutrition program—complete with recommendations for pre- and post-race eating This book not only helps endurance athletes train more effectively, but also gives them a potent regimen of core training that will help them move more efficiently, thereby staving off overuse injuries and long-term deterioration.

ISBN: 0060010274

ListPrice: $19.95

Edition: Reprint

Summary: Yogilates is the future of fitness. It is the unifying essence of yoga and the powerful, therapeutic value of Pilates fused together into one system. Yogilates gives a more balanced and complete workout than when either discipline is done separately. With regular practice readers will progress safely and quickly to a stronger, more flexible body and a more relaxed state of being. Drawing from his background in sports and dance, Jonathan Urla, a certified Yoga and Pilates instructor, has created original exercises that stimulate and enrich the mind, body, and spirit and is appropriate for people of all ages. Representing a new paradigm in holisitic fitness, Yogilates is perfect for anyone looking to improve their health and well-being.

ISBN: 1591201411

ListPrice: $14.95

Edition: Revised

Summary: If you are serious about weight training, you have probably experienced the "plateau phenomenon." You train harder, you consume extra protein in your diet, but you just don't get the strength and power gains that you want. For the last ten years sports nutrition has focused on "what" to eat. The latest research from leading sports science labs now shows that "when" you eat may be even more important. Nutrient Timing adds the missing dimension to sports nutrition, the dimension of time. By timing specific nutritiion to your muscle's 24-hour growth cycle, you can activate your body's natural anabolic agents to increase muscle growth and gain greater muscle mass than you ever thought possible. Nutrient Timing is the biggest advance in sports nutrition in over a decade. By apply the principles of the Nutrient Timing System, you'll be able to deliver the precise amounts of nutrients needed at precisely the right time to optimize your muscle-building agents and maximize muscle growth, while minimizing muscle damage and soreness after a hard workout. You'll even be less susceptible to colds. You can actually sculpt a better body with more lean muscle mass, less fat, and more power without changing your exercise program or even you total caloric intake. "Nutrient Timing" will show you how.

ISBN: 0809228130

ListPrice: $17.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Continuously published since 1936, "Ironman" is the dean of bodybuilding magazines. It has been showcasing every major bodybuilder, training technique, scientific advance, and other aspects of the iron game longer than any other bodybuilding magazine. With articles by and photos of the greatest names in bodybuilding, the "Ironman" archives represent the best of bodybuilding. This definitive, information-packed volume contains the best that "Ironman" has to offer for building muscle mass. "Ironman's Ultimate Guide to Building Muscle Mass" is a how-to guide that includes the best mass-building routines of the greatest bodybuilders so that reader's can get the maximum, proven results. Included is complete information on: arm training for mass leg training for mass back training for mass shoulder training for mass chest training for mass mass training for hardgainers the science of supersetting targeting muscle fibers high-intensity training mass training versus strength training power bodybuilding bodybuilding nutrition and much, much more This authoritative resource contains the step-by-step methods used by champion bodybuilders and top bodybuilding researchers. For instance, you will learn Vince Gironda's training secrets, Bill Pearl's secrets for building massive size and power, and Sergio Oliva's saturation bombing arm routine. Beginners and seasoned bodybuilders alike can pack on more muscle mass than ever before by using the tricks and secrets revealed by experts who have spent decades examining every technique of the sport. Editor Peter Sisco is the author or coauthor of numerous fitness and bodybuilding books, including "Power Factor Training, Power Factor Specialization: Chest & Arms, Power Factor Specialization: Shoulders & Back, Power Factor Specialization: Abs & Legs, Static Contractions Training", and "The Golfer's Two-Minute Workout".

ISBN: 1579542298

ListPrice: $19.95

Edition: Revised

Summary: BIGGER SHOULDERS! BULGING BICEPS! RIPPED ABS! A LEANER TORSO! STRONG LEGS! Get the Body You Want in Just 12 Weeks-- Guaranteed! For fast, effective results, look no further than The Men's Health Hard-Body Plan- because you won't find this information anywhere else! Based on solid scientific research and exclusively developed by two leading exercise and nutrition gurus, The Men's Health Hard-Body Plan features:* Three cutting-edge 12-week full-body muscle plansChoose the level that's right for you and start pumping* Revolutionary Quick-Set Paths to Power Get fast results without spending half your life in the gym* A sensible eating plan to keep you fueledThe Hard-Body Diet allows you to eat six times a day, so you'll never be hungry! It includes hearty recipes for every meal, plus dozens of snack suggestions and fast-food take-out options Clear step-by-step instructions and accompanying photographs ensure that you'll have no trouble following the Hard-Body Plan. And a 3-week rotation of exercises means that you won't get bored, either. Easily customized to meet your specific goals, this plan is the ultimate guide to building bulk and shedding fat. GOODBYE TO LOVE HANDLES AND SAY HELLO TO A BODY THAT WILL MAKE HEADS TURN!

ISBN: 0060737875

ListPrice: $24.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Movie fans can argue the merits of Rocky vs. Rambo, but no one can accuse Sylvester Stallone of being a couch potato. In "Sly Moves", Stallone recounts the training methods that turned him into one of the true Hollywood hard-bodies of all time, tailoring the best and worst of what he's learned from forty years in the gym and testing trendy diets into a simple (3-hour-a-week) workout/eating program anyone can follow. Stallone mixes in plenty of personal tales from his storied career along with practical advice, including a three-day look inside the life of an action hero approaching age 60: what he eats, when he works out, what famous people he bumps into at his private Beverly Hills gym and the L.A. hot spots where he does dinner. Sly might help you tighten up those abs with three kinds of crunches, but odds are the new six pack won't get you a table next to him at Spago. Still, all the trappings of celebrity aside, you only have to check out the photos of him demonstrating his "Rambo pulldowns," "Rocky chins," or other exercises ("moves") he recommends to see he knows a thing or two about staying fit. As for how to "gain will power" and "live your dream," you could do a lot worse than listen to a guy of humble beginnings who willed himself into everything he ever dreamed of becoming—one hammer curl at a time. --"Patrick Jennings"

ISBN: 0972018417

ListPrice: $35.00

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Did you truly enjoy the food you ate today? Do you really like the way you look and feel? Are you consistently enjoying great health and high energy? Bill Phillips, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Body-for-LIFE, believes your answer to all of the above questions should be, "Yes!" He feels that food should be a source of pure pleasure. A source of positive, abundant energy! A "sure thing" in a world of much uncertainty. Phillips, who's widely regarded as today's most successful fitness author, has firm beliefs which go against the grain of today's popular weight-loss methods. "Diets, all of them, are potentially dangerous, most always dumb and ultimately a dead-end street!" he insists. "Eventually, anyone and everyone who's at all concerned with their health must learn how to feed their body, not how to starve it." Instead, Phillips encourages a safe and sound solution which includes eating balanced, nutrient-rich meals, frequently throughout the day. "This is what works in the long run," he explains. Rich with common sense and science, Eating for Life has rhyme and reason. It is specific. There are very clear dos and don'ts which help people enjoy food and improve their overall fitness. Bill's approach, which he calls the "Eating for Lifestyle," has already helped thousands of people break free from the dieting dilemma and discover that, contrary to pop-culture belief, food is friend, not foe. Used intelligently, it nourishes the body and mind, satisfies the appetite, calms cravings, renews health and lifts energy. Like Bill Phillips' Body-for-LIFE, this is a tell-it-like-it-is book. There's no promise of a quick fix. No metabolic tricks or so-called miracles. Just straightforward, clear, concise, practical and appropriate principles for eating right... for life.

ISBN: 0684857219

ListPrice: $27.00

Edition: Revised

Summary: Arnold Schwarzenegger hasn't competed as a bodybuilder since he won the Mr. Olympia title in 1980, but he remains the sport's No. 1 icon. He hosts an annual bodybuilding contest in Columbus, Ohio, and allows a column to be ghost-written under his name in a muscle magazine. Today's bodybuilders may have bigger muscles than Arnold ever did, but everyone inside and outside the iron game gives him credit for exponentially broadening the popularity of physique training. With this updated "Encyclopedia" (it was originally published in 1985), Schwarzenegger wraps his huge arms around the entire sport. He hits the history of bodybuilding, the champions (he's quite generous in his praise of predecessors, contemporaries, and successors alike), the training systems. Some of the information is more bodybuilding lore than science; for example, exercises are said to "expand the rib cage" or develop the "inner" or "outer" chest, all physiological impossibilities. But they're still good exercises, and the book includes every movement imaginable for every muscle group. If you love the sport of bodybuilding, you'll want this book in your library, if for no other reason than to feast your eyes on the hundreds of photos of the best physiques in the history of the sport. And, in a pinch, the 800-page encyclopedia can fill in nicely for a missing dumbbell. "--Lou Schuler"

ISBN: 0809228149

ListPrice: $17.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Continuously published since 1936, "Ironman" is the dean of bodybuilding magazines. It has been showcasing every major bodybuilder, training technique, scientific advance, as well as other aspects of the iron game, longer than any other bodybuilding magazine. With articles by and photos of the greatest names in the sport, the "Ironman" archives represent the best of bodybuilding. This definitive, information-packed volume contains Ironman's best information on natural bodybuilding, diet, and nutrition. "Ironman's Ultimate Guide to Bodybuilding Nutrition" contains up-to-date bodybuilder-tested information on how you can achieve maximum results naturally. This fully illustrated book is for natural bodybuilders who want to attain a massive, ripped physique without using dangerous drugs and synthetic hormones. The routines, tricks, and secrets provided are designed by and for natural bodybuilders and are used by top natural champions. Included is complete information on: Natural arm training Natural leg training Natural back training Natural shoulder training Natural chest training Drug-free spiritual, emotional, and physical growth Scientific bodybuilding techniques Mass-building hardgainer routines Power-mass training workouts Natural fat-burning workouts An authoritative resource, "Ironman's Ultimate Guide to Natural Bodybuilding" contains the step-by-step methods used by champion bodybuilders and top bodybulding researchers. Discover the gold mine of information on natural bodybuilding, from the secrets of Team Universe champions to the tips and techniques of natural champion Skip La Cour, to the science of building big muscles--fast! Beginners and seasoned bodybuilders alike will pack on more muscle mass than ever before by using the tried and true information revealed in this book by experts who have spent decades examining every technique of bodybuilding. Editor Peter Sisco is the author or coauthor of numerous fitness and bodybuilding books, including "Ironman's Ultimate Bodybuilding Encyclopedia, Ironman's Ultimate Guide to Building Muscle Mass, Ironman's Ultimate Guide to Bodybuilding Nutrition, Power Factor Training, Power Factor Specialization: Chest & Arms, Power Factor Specialization: Shoulders & Back, Power Factor Specialization: Abs & Legs", and "Static Contraction Training".

ISBN: 0809228114

ListPrice: $19.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Continuously published since 1936, "Ironman" is the dean of bodybuilding magazines. "Ironman" has been showcasing every major bodybuilder, training technique, and scientific advance, along with other aspects of the iron game, longer than any other bodybuilding magazine. With articles by and photos of the greatest names in bodybuilding, the "Ironman" archives represent the best of bodybuilding in the 20th century. Here, in one definitive, information-packed volume, you have the best that "Ironman" has to offer. The articles and photos reprinted in "Ironman's Ultimate Bodybuilding Encyclopedia" are of enormous and enduring value to beginners and experts alike. A tour de force of bodybuilding information with stunning photos of unrivaled quality, this massive volume covers every aspect of bodybuilding with authority and depth. Included is complete information on: Bodybuilding fundamentals Bodybuilding physiology Shoulder training Chest training Back training Arm training Abdominal training Leg training Training with a system Training with the champions Tricks and secrets to boost growth Training for mass Training for power Mental aspects of training Natural bodybuilding Bodybuilding nutrition Bodybuilding injuries Drugs in bodybuilding With "Ironman's Ultimate Bodybuilding Encyclopedia", you will learn Arnold Schwarzenegger's insights on developing shoulder and back muscles, Mike Mentzer's complete triceps workout, and Lee Haney's tips for the best back training. You will understand how to develop granite abs with Steve Holman and huge chest muscles with Ron Harris. You will also benefit from Bill Starr's Power Rack Training and John Little's Static Contraction Training. This authoritative resource contains the step-by-step methods used by bodybuilders who went on to become Mr. America, Mr. Universe, or Mr. Olympia. Here, the champions reveal their techniques and secrets in their own words. Editor Peter Sisco is the author or coauthor of numerous fitness and bodybuilding books, including "Power Factor Training, Power Factor Specialization: Chest & Arms, Power Factor Specialization: Shoulders & Back, Power Factor Specialization: Abs & Legs, Static Contraction Training", and "The Golfer's Two-Minute Workout".

ISBN: 0809228122

ListPrice: $17.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: This book wasn't great. I don't like the format of this book the way it was written by several different contributors. I don't feel it has any particular flow or direction. It touches of some supplements and on the macro and micronutrients but doesn't outline any particular diets for anything. If you want to read a little about effervescent creatine, a little about protein, a little about calcium, and a little about a few other topics then I guess this book would be for you but you can find way better information in other books or online. I don't recommend this book.

ISBN: 0736041850

ListPrice: $18.95

Edition: Reprint

Summary: Get an inside view of the muscles in action during every exercise you perform. This ultimate strength reference contains full-color, detailed, anatomical drawings of exercises that target every major muscle group, along with full descriptions of how to perform them. The illustrations graphically depict both the muscles and the bones, with variations showing how the exercises can be modified to isolate specific muscles. It's like having an X ray of each exercise! The former editor-in-chief of the French magazine PowerMag, author and illustrator Frédéric Delavier is currently a journalist for the French magazine Le Monde du Muscle and a contributor to several other muscle publications, including Men's Health Germany.

ISBN: 0880117702

ListPrice: $18.95

Edition: Reprint

Summary: Fine-tune your workout intensity! Precision Heart Rate Training fully explains why and how to train with a heart rate monitor. Editor Edmund Burke introduces the basic concepts of heart rate training. Then an all-star panel of experts explains how to design and use training programs for seven different sports and activities: • Walking—Therese Iknoian • Running—Roy Benson • Cycling—Joe Friel • In-line Skating—Frank Fedel • Multisport Training—Timothy Moore • Circuit Training—Wayne Westcott • Group Exercise—Jay Blahnik Each chapter contains training guidelines specific to the activity described, including how to find the optimal training intensity, design an effective training program, and adjust workout intensity, plus sample workouts or programs, or both. And Jim Dotter, founder of Biometrics, Inc., contributes a special chapter on ways to use heart data for long-term training. With heart rate monitors, athletes and exercisers can use high-tech biofeedback training to develop state-of-the-art programs for better performance. Precision Heart Rate Training shows you how to take full advantage of today's training technology.

ISBN: 1594861684

ListPrice: $18.95

Edition: Reprint

Summary: 'This program has transformed me from a skinny college baseball player with little power into one of the best-conditioned players in Major League Baseball.'-Nomar Garciaparra, shortstop, Chicago Cubs 'This is the best decision I have ever made with regard to improving and educating myself as an athlete. I just wish I had made it sooner.'-Mia Hamm, Olympic and world-champion soccer player Core Performance, the breakthrough fitness program that has already shipped more than 50,000 copies in hardcover, is the first program that delivers strength and muscle mass, endurance and a lean body, balance and flexibility, athletic quickness and power-all in less than an hour a day. How? By giving you a personal coach who has worked with some of the most famous and successful athletes in the world today.

ISBN: 1594863504

ListPrice: $27.95

Edition: Second Edition

Summary: Most people today are familiar with the importance of core fitness, and Mark Verstegen played a large role in bringing it to the forefront of workout programs everywhere. Drawing upon the success of his first title, Core Performance, but recognizing that many readers want a more streamlined workout, Verstegen has created a simpler yet highly effective program to create a lean, agile, powerful physique thats resistant to injury and the ravages of age. Core Performance Essentials boils down fitness essentials into a quick, easy-to-follow routine that requires minimal equipment and can be done in a hotel room, family roomeven an office. It offers the benefits of yogawith exercises designed to improve flexibility, joint stability, and balanceyet it also demonstrates easy, necessary strength moves using just body weight. Featuring nutrition and lifestyle tips, this book will help readers have more energy and more time to thrive in their different roles all day, every day. This accessible exercise and diet programperfect for those who havent exercised in years as well as for anyone who wants a more streamlined workouttakes the same principles Verstegen uses to train elite athletes to thrive in sports, to help readers succeed in what he calls the game of life.

ISBN: 073604681X

ListPrice: $19.95

Edition: Trade Edition

Summary: Presents a complete system focusing on training the body for competition, developing movement skills, body positions, and explosive power essential for all sports. Includes strength tests and exercise progressions for achieving athletic potential. Focuses on developing the torso, the upper body, and the lower body. For sports trainers. Softcover.