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Monday, April 27, 2009

Finally Thin!: How I Lost Over 200 Pounds and Kept Them Off--and How You Can Too

A comprehensive guide to weight loss by one who has been there describes the author's effective ten-step system that she used to lose--and keep off--more than two hundred pounds, drawing on her own experiences to offer advice on how to select the right diet for one's needs, set realistic goals, and maintain weight loss, and includes one hundred recipes.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Beth Shaw's Yogafit

This cutting-edge fitness program combines tough aerobic exercise with strength- and flexibility-building yoga to create a total-body workout.

With YogaFit, you'll experience not only increased overall health, energy, and vitality but also a stronger and leaner body, reduced stress and tension, better posture, improved concentration, and a higher level of fitness.

Written by Beth Shaw, an internationally renowned exercise expert who has trained more than 75,000 fitness instructors on six continents, this book presents more than 85 YogaFit poses organized into workout routines that you can use every day. The text includes information on using YogaFit as a training tool for sports and creating personalized routines to meet your own needs.

Join the millions of people who have already tried YogaFit and proved that it works. You'll get results in a few weeks—and benefits that last a lifetime.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Optimal Muscle Training

Strength training puts the body under tremendous stress. Over time the stress of hard training and normal living can lead to strength or flexibility imbalances that leave the muscles functioning at less than 100% leading to less efficient technique, more frequent aches and pains and less strength or muscle mass development. In order to maximize training, all muscles need to be functioning properly. This special book/DVD package explains how muscles develop imbalances, how specific testing can pinpoint and assess dysfunction, how to determine the risk/benefit ratio of different exercises, and how to develop a program to maximize muscle function and strength. A detailed presentation of the most efficient exercise technique for the 32 most popular free weight exercises will show how to do the exercises based on the biomechanics of the muscles and joints. The DVD presents, in greater detail, the subtleties of techniques, exercises, and testing.

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