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Include books by the same authorThe First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can: Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer
Gretchen Reynolds · 288 pages
Gretchen Reynolds explains how exercise affects the body in distinct ways and provides the tools readers need to achieve their fitness goals - whether that's a faster 5K or staying trim.
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Christopher McDougall · 287 pages
Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world's greatest distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we tho
The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman
Timothy Ferriss · 589 pages
The 4-Hour Body is the result of an obsessive quest, spanning more than a decade, to hack the human body. It contains the collective wisdom of hundreds of elite athletes, dozens of MDs, and thousands of hours of jaw-dropping personal experimentation. From Olympic training centers to black-market laboratories, from Silicon Valley to South Africa, Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times bestselling autho
Younger Next Year for Women: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy-Until You're 80 and Beyond
Chris Crowley, Henry S. Lodge, Gail Sheehy · 383 pages
If you're a woman preparing for the 30 years following menopause, it is possible for you to eliminate 70 percent of the decay and 50 percent of the injuries and illness associated with aging. And if that sounds too incredible to believe, you need this book.
The New Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy
Mark Sisson · 553 pages
A comprehensive guide to promoting optimal gene expression and longevity, honoring the evolutionary health model through 10 diet, exercise and lifestyle laws.
Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection
A.J. Jacobs · 402 pages
"Having sanctified himself in The Year of Living Biblically and sharpened his mind in The Know-It-All, A. J. Jacobs had one feat left in the self-improvement trinity: to become the healthiest man in the world. He didn't want just to lose weight, or finish a triathlon, or lower his cholesterol. His ambitions were far, far greater: Maximal health from head to toe.The task was massive. He had to tack
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
John J. Ratey · 304 pages
A groundbreaking and fascinating investigation into the transformative effects of exercise on the brain, from the bestselling author and renowned psychiatrist John J. Ratey, MD.Did you know you can beat stress, lift your mood, fight memory loss, sharpen your intellect, and function better than ever simply by elevating your heart rate and breaking a sweat? The evidence is incontrovertible: Aerobic
The Fast Diet: The Simple Secret of Intermittent Fasting: Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, Live Longer
Michael Mosley, Mimi Spencer · 218 pages
Is it possible to eat what you like, most of the time, and get thinner and healthier as you do it? Simple answer: yes. You just have to restrict your calorie intake for two non-consecutive days each week (500 calories for women, 600 for men). This book brings together the results of recent revolutionary research to create a dietary programme that anyone can incorporate into their normal working li
You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible Of Bodyweight Exercises For Men And Women
Mark Lauren, Joshua Clark
50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days -- and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance!
Dean Karnazes, Matt Fitzgerald · 304 pages
Discover the secrets for super endurance-from one of the fittest men on the planet!Dean Karnazes has run 350 continuous miles through three sleepless nights, ordered pizza during long runs, and inspired fans the world over with his adventures. So what does a guy like this do when he wants to face the ultimate test of endurance? He runs 50 marathons in 50 states-in 50 consecutive days.With little m
The Naked Warrior: Master the Secrets of the Super-Strong - Using Bodyweight Exercises Only
Pavel Tsatsouline · 218 pages
The Women's Health Big Book of Exercises: Four Weeks to a Leaner, Sexier, Healthier YOU!
Adam Campbell
Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle
Tom Venuto · 360 pages
A smart, energizing program to help you shed fat, build muscle, and achieve your ideal body in just 30 days! A huge success as a self-published ebook, Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle is the bible of fat loss that will allow any reader to get his or her dream body. Tom Venuto has created a program using the secrets of the world's leanest people,although it's not about getting ripped; it is about maxi
Thinner Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Female Body
Michael Matthews · 330 pages
"If you want to be toned, lean, and strong as quickly as possible without crash dieting, "good genetics," or wasting ridiculous amounts of time in the gym and money on supplements ... regardless of your age ... then you want to read this book"--Back cover.
Strong Curves: A Woman's Guide to Building a Better Butt and Body
Bret Contreras, Kellie Davis · 320 pages
This is not your run-of-the-mill fitness book. Developed by world-renowned gluteal expert Bret Contreras, Strong Curves offers an extensive fitness and nutrition guide for women seeking to improve their physique, function, strength, and mobility. Contreras spent the last eighteen years researching and field-testing the best methods for building better butts and shapelier bodies. In Strong Curves,
Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health Life
Ben Greenfield · 480 pages
Presents a guide to achieving peak fitness capability by optimizing performance, fat loss, and brain function, covering such aspects of health as nutrition, training, recovery, stress and time management, sleep, and digestion.
Tone It Up: 28 Days to Fit, Fierce, and Fabulous
Karena Dawn, Katrina Scott · 288 pages
The Beginning Runner's Handbook: The Proven 13-Week Walk/Run Program
Ian MacNeill, The Sport Medicine Council of British Columbia, Sports Medicine Council British Columbia, The Sports Medicine Council · 240 pages
At the core of this popular guide is "the program" — a 13-week walk - run plan designed to turn anyone into a runner, without injury. Originally developed by sports medicine physicians and refined through three years of clinics and responses from runners, it explains precisely how the beginner should train every day for the first 13 weeks. Every part of the process is covered, from equipment to st
What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude and Environmental Conditioning will Renew our Lost Evolutionary Strength
Scott Carney · 240 pages
Our ancestors crossed deserts, mountains, and oceans-- feats of endurance that now seem impossible without modern technology. Can we hack our bodies and use the environment to stimulate our inner biology? Carney explores the true connection between the mind and the body and reveals the science that allows us to push past our perceived limitations.
Body for Life for Women: A Woman's Plan for Physical and Mental Transformation
Pamela Peeke · 288 pages
Ballet Beautiful
Mary Helen Bowers · 272 pages
Artistic. athletic. attainable: these three words represent the promise of Ballet Beautiful, a transformative approach to reshaping your body so that it becomes slender, long, and lean--with the strength and grace of a ballerina. Founder Mary Helen Bowers has used this method to help women lose weight, turn fat into lean muscle, and re-contour their bodies to achieve the regal posture, strength, a
The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess
Lou Schuler, Cassandra Forsythe, Alwyn Cosgrove · 258 pages
In The New Rules of Lifting for Women, authors Lou Schuler, Cassandra Forsythe, and Alwyn Cosgrove present a comprehensive strength, conditioning, and nutrition plan destined to revolutionize the way women work out. All the latest studies prove that strength training, not aerobics, provides the key to losing fat and building a fit, strong body.This book refutes the misconception that women will "b