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Fundamental Fitness: Playground Exercises for Grownups

This is our newest published work, by women's fitness expert Jen Hoeft. This easy-to-read book shows how to use in your own workouts the Five Basic Movements that kids use when they play! If you have had enough of the typical gym workouts with machines, you need a breath of fresh air using this comprehensive exercise plan for energy, strength, flexibility, and youthful exuberance. Don't forget, working out is supposed to be fun! Remember when you could sit cross-legged on the floor and play for hours? Remember a time when you didn't want to go to bed? Adults have forgotten how to have fun... how to move, and laugh... how to challenge their bodies and enjoy it! But the children remember. FUNdamental Fitness brings the FUN back into exercise. By combining five basic movements with some yoga, some pilates, and some cardio, FUNdamental Fitness offers you a weekly circuit recipe creating the level of fitness that you desire! 146-page softcover, $19.95.

BOOKS AND RECOMMENDED READING

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About Supplements, by Will Brink.

The Secrets to Supplements and Losing Body Fat

Learn from the best. The author of this book has millions of readers from his columns in Muscle Media 2000, The Life Extension Magazine, MuscleMag International, Inside Karate, Oxygen, Lets Live, and The Townsend Letter For Doctors, to name a few. He is the author of the best selling book 'Priming The Anabolic Environment', and a consulting Sports Nutrition Editor for Physical magazine. He is also an NPC judge, and well-known trainer whose clients can be found in every walk of life from everyday people to elite military personnel squads, the Police, bodybuilders, celebrity models, fitness contestants and even professional golfers. Will has co-authored several studies relating to sports nutrition and health found in peer-reviewed academic journals, and has appeared on numerous radio and television programs. His book tells you which supplements work, which don't, and reveals all his tips, tricks and techniques to losing body fast. This book is highly recommended.

• You'll find the definitive answers on which supplements strip body fat fast and which are a total waste of money.
• You'll learn about the supplements you need to get a lean and healthy body but also which supplements to avoid, and which have other health benefits that you definitely will be interested in.
• You'll discover a scientifically proven diet plan which Will has used to get his highest profile clients into amazing shape with - and see exactly how to personalize it for yourself and achieve results you never thought possible. ...As a result of reading this information you'll immediately stop wasting money on useless diet and weight loss products and worthless fat loss advice; and access the "fat loss advice" of one of the very best diet and nutrition experts in the world today.

Will Brink is also available for private consultations: Click here.

Muscle Building Nutrition, by Will Brink.

Muscle Building Nutrition Guide and Bodybuilding Supplements Review

Build serious lean muscle in record time with a proven muscle building nutrition plan, and discover exactly which bodybuilding supplements work and which are no more than pure marketing hype.

Here's exactly what you will get from this sports nutrition expert's ebook. Muscle Building Nutrition will...

• Show you exactly how to eat to gain serious lean muscle mass, quickly and with a minimum of bodyfat -- no theory, just proven methods which will add muscle to even the hard gainer.
  
  
• Teach you the correct ratios of foods to eat in order to optimize anabolic hormones and maximize your anabolic environment so that you are in "constant anabolic state" -- exactly what you need for fast muscle growth.
  
  
• Show you exactly, and in simple terms, how to plan your food intake like a pro, so you will never again have to wonder if what you are eating will help you build lean muscle. You will know!
  
  
• Save you money by teaching you exactly which muscle building supplements work and are worth spending hard earned money on and which are pure hype. You may be shocked!

Will Brink is also available for private consultations: Click here.

NEWEST RECOMMENDATIONS:

Mindless Eating - Why we eat more than we think
Brian Wansink, PhD; Bantam Books
An easy-to-read book that demonstrates research-based observations about why people eat the way they do, and ways for you to mindlessly cut back on your food intake to easily lose 10 pounds in a year.

Healthy Aging
Andrew Weil, MD; Knopf Publishing
A very good guide to practices of well-being, including anti-inflammatory eating, stress reduction, and tips for aging well.

Low Back Disorders
Stuart McGill; Human Kinetics
Back specialist Stuart McGill presents original research to quantify the forces that specific movements and exercises impose on the low back, dispels myths regarding spine stabilization exercises, and suggests prevention approaches and strategies to offset injuries and restore function. A must for any serious student of rehabilitative exercise.

Sports Nutrition Guide
Dr. Michale Colgan; Apple Publishing
When it comes to scientific nutrition reporting, no one beats Michael Colgan. This is an in-depth look at the nutrition needs of humans that's full of practical and useful information on how to optimize your nutritional profile. Keying in on an exponentially growing field of health and wellness nutrition and neutraceuticals, Colgan gives it to you straight. This is a relatively detailed work -- if you would like an easier introduction to Dr. Colgan's works, we suggest The New Nutrition below.

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
The research journal of the National Strength and Conditioning Association. (719) 632-6722.

Milo
A journal for serious strength athletes. (530) 265-6725

Ironman Magazine (800) 570-4766 ext. 2

The Colgan Chronicles (800) 668-2775
Cutting-edge nutrition and health information from the guru of sports nutrition, Dr. Michael Colgan.

Beyond Pritikin
Ann Louise Gittleman; Bantam Books
An easy-to-read book about essential fats and better eating habits.

Bowes Church's Food Values of Portions Commonly Used
Jean Pennington; Harper Perennial
A detailed nutrition text that gets beyond calories and fat grams. This is the only book of its type you'll need.

The Complete Book of Abs
Kurt Brungardt; Villard Books
You'll never be bored with same ol' same ol' ab routines again!

Critical Mass
Steve Holman; Ironman Publishing
A discussion of using the myotatic reflex to enhance bodybuilding and strength gains.

The Egoscue Method of Health through Motion
Peter Egoscue; Harper Collins
My highest recommendation for a text on posture and body mechanics. Includes descriptions for testing for postural misalignments and a great offering of corrective exercises.

Enter the Zone
Barry Sears, PhD; Harper Collins
A dissertation on the hazards of high carbohydrate feedings. This book has made a lot of noise over the last few years, so you should at least be familiar with it.

Essential Fatty Acids in Health and Disease
Edward N. Siguel
Using essential fats to lower cholesterol and prevent disease.

Gray's Anatomy
Running Press
THE illustrated anatomy textbook. As detailed as it gets.

Keys to the Inner Universe
Bill Pearl; Bill Pearl Enterprises
An illustrated guide to just about every variation of weight training exercises you could possibly imagine. There's some outdated nutrition information contained in this work, but the sheer number of exercise variations makes this codex beyond compare.

The New Nutrition
Michael Colgan, PhD; Colgan Institute Publications
A layman's guide to disease prevention through quality nutrition. Must reading! *****

Sports Nutrition Guide
Michael Colgan, PhD; Advanced Research Press
THE authoritative text on sports nutrition. If you are serious about sports nutrition, you must read this book!

Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain
Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines; Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1998
Egoscue has strong opinions about how modern life is changing the way our bodies function, reducing the tasks we must perform and thus reducing the functional range of motion of our muscles and joints. Fortunately, he offers movement exercises to restore what nature meant us to have. At the heart of his program are stretches and motion exercises to restore proper function to muscles and joints.

Play Healthy, Stay Healthy
Gary Guten MD; Leisure Press
Provides basic information on diagnosing and treating common sports injuries.

Plyometrics : Explosive Power Training
James Radcliffe, Robert Farentinos; Human Kinetics Publishers
A great introduction to the science and execution of plyometric exercises.

The Seven Minute Rotator Cuff Solution
Joseph Horrigan DC and Jerry Robinson (800) 874-5339
A thorough, easy-reading text on preventing and rehabilitating shoulder injuries.

The Sports Medicine Bible
Lyle Micheli MD; Harper Collins Publishers
Provides basic information on diagnosing and treating common sports injuries.

Strong on Defense
Sanford Strong; Pocket Books 1997
An invaluable personal self-defense manual that shares survival techniques by teaching the reader how to mentally prepare for sudden and violent attacks. lllustrated with true stories of people who have survived criminal attacks. Strong on Defense offers the proven formulas for surviving more than 30 crime scenarios from rape to carjacking.

Any Videos by Vern Gambetta from the Perform Better Catalogue (800) 556-7464
Coach Gambetta has worked with world class athletes for years, and all of his videos are innovative and very helpful.

Treat Your Own Back
Dr. Robin McKenzie
A great introduction to the McKenzie Method of treating back pain.

Treat Your Own Neck
Dr. Robin McKenzie
A great introduction to the McKenzie Method of treating neck pain.

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