At the top of his game and his sport, Dallas Cowboys’ wide receiver Terrell Owens has a phenomenal body: Muscle & Fitness magazine said this when they chose T.O. for the cover, but anyone who’s ever seen him play knows he has the best physique in football. Strong, fast, agile, and focused — when T.O. takes the field, he’s in complete control. Such mastery might seem out of reach for an ordinary athlete or someone just starting to think about getting in shape, but T.O. believes that everyone is capable of finding their ideal body. Whether you want to slim down or bulk up, develop explosive speed or increase your endurance, define your abs or fine-tune your form, T.O.’s Finding Fitness will unlock your potential with a diet and exercise plan tailored to your fitness goals.Inside T.O.’s Finding Fitness, Owens shares complete workout routines for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, all of which can be done using his T.O. Super Strong Man Bands, free weights, or his own strength-t… More >>
T.O.’s Finding Fitness: Making the Mind, Body, and Spirit Connection for Total Health
As a coach, you want your athletes to perform at their best. To do that, you not only need to teach them how to train properly, but you also need to tell them how to eat and drink properly. You need to have the right information when it comes to nutrition for your athletes. Sport Nutrition for Coaches is the essential tool for coaches and fitness specialists. With this text, you will be able to maximize your athletes’ performance through proper nutrition.
Sport Nutrition for Coaches provides all the information you need in an easy-to-use and practical layout. It outlines athletes’ basic nutrition and hydration needs and describes how to adapt athletes’ nutrition needs to their training schedules. It has tips for working with athletes with special dietary concerns, including vegetarianism, diabetes, and eating disorders. Also, this guide shows you how to develop a Coach’s Notebook and a nutrition plan for your team, which you can share with your athletes to map out a succes… More >>
Sport Nutrition for Coaches
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How many times does a dieter enthusiastically and faithfully start a weight-loss regimen only to end up a week, a month, a year later giving in to hunger and cravings again and again–and before he or she knows it, the pounds have packed back on? This time, it’s going to be different. This time, there’s The Beck Diet Solution Weight Loss Workbook–a straightforward, effective plan for dieting successfully, losing weight with confidence, and, most importantly, keeping those excess pounds off forever. Dr. Judith Beck, director of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research, is a world-recognized authority in the field of Cognitive Therapy. In her first weight-loss book, The Beck Diet Solution, she created a unique program that revolutionized people’s approach to shedding pounds by changing both behavior and thinking. Rather than tell what to eat, Dr. Beck’s step-by-step, six-week plan–which works with any nutritious diet–teaches the skills needed t… More >>
Beck Diet Solution Weight Loss Workbook: The 6-week Plan to Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person
How does milk help me grow?
Where do vitamins come from?
Do carrots really strengthen my eyesight?
Find out these answers-in Janice VanCleave’s Food and Nutrition for Every Kid. To the delight of children, parents, and teachers everywhere, America’s favorite science teacher brings a welcome addition to the popular Science for Every Kid series. Through fun, safe, and easy-to-do experiments, Janice VanCleave teaches kids ages eight to twelve all about food and nutrition.
Kids can learn about leavening agents by mixing baking soda with vinegar. They’ll explore why different sweeteners vary in sweetness, how to use natural food dyes to dye a T-shirt, and what the food pyramid is-plus much more.
Each experiment is broken down into a purpose, list of materials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and explanations that kids can understand. Every project has been tested and can be performed safely and inexpensi… More >>
Janice VanCleave’s Food and Nutrition for Every Kid: Easy Activities That Make Learning Science Fun
KEY BENEFIT: Fitness through Aerobics, Seventh Edition, teaches steps and methodologies for performing all types of aerobic dance exercises, as well as strength and flexibility exercises that contribute to proper technique. Readers like this book for its straightforward, accessible writing style and the wide range of topics and activities it covers. Fitness through Aerobics, Seventh Edition, illustrates step-by-step exercises, highlights various exercise methodologies, teaches injury prevention, and provides coverage of new trends in aerobics in addition to basic information like warm-up/cool-down activities and injury prevention. This book also supplies a list of websites and worksheets that make it easy for readers to access and apply information. KEY TOPICS: Aerobics, Wellness, and You!; Individual Differences: Let’s Talk About You; The Aerobics Look: Clothing and Equipment; Fitness Components and Exercise Principles; The Aerobic Target Zone; Se… More >>
Fitness through Aerobics
Nutrition and Health in Developing Countries, Second Edition was written with the underlying conviction that global health and nutrition problems can only be solved through a firm understanding of the different levels of causality and the interactions between the various determinants. This volume provides policy makers, nutritionists, students, scientists, and professionals with the most recent and up-to-date knowledge regarding major health and nutritional problems in developing countries. This greatly expanded second edition has new chapters relevant to humanitarian emergencies, including a case study of the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, food in humanitarian relief, food policy, the emerging role of supermarkets in developing countries, homestead food production, aging, ethics, and the adverse impact of parental tobacco use on child health in poor families. These new chapters reflect the increasing complexity and changes that are occurring in developing countries. … More >>
Nutrition and Health in Developing Countries
Americans spend $440 billion eating out at restaurants each year, and as the American culture is increasingly on the go, we let diets fall by the wayside as we fuel up on fast food and convenience foods. Now, with The South Beach Diet Dining Guide, dieters will have a trusted resource to keep them on track wherever they go.The first part of the book features listings of over 75 of the most popular chain and family restaurants in America, including mall and airport listings. For each entry, the book provides an editorial overview and specific menu recommendations and nutritional information. The South Beach Diet Dining Guide focuses on what you can eat, not what you should avoid! The second part of the book covers suggestions on what to eat from different ethnic food categories, such as French, Italian, Mexican, Spanish, Indian, and Japanese.A bonus section for the business traveler will include an editorial overview and menu suggestions from South Beach-friendly restaurants in 15 of th… More >>
Guia Alimenticia de La Dieta South Beach: Todo lo que necesita para seguir el plan a la perfeccion
Developed for Navy SEAL trainees to help them meet the rigorous demands of the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) community, this comprehensive guide covers all the basics of physical well being as well as advice for the specific challenges encountered in extreme conditions and mission-related activities. Topics covered include calculating energy expenditure; definitions, functions, and daily allowances of carbohydrates, fats, and protein; nutritional considerations for endurance and strength training activities; active recovery from injury; cardio-respiratory conditioning; appropriate gear for running and swimming for fitness; exercising in extreme and adverse weather; and more. Compiled by physicians and physiologists chosen for their knowledge of the NSW and SEAL community, this manual is a unique resource for anyone wanting to improve his or her health, strength, and endurance…. More >>
The U.S. Navy SEAL Guide to Fitness and Nutrition
Satisfying our hardwired instincts has been critical to our survival for as long as we have been human. That’s why we eat when food is available, choose the most calorie-dense foods, and hate the feeling of hunger. Today, these same drives are leading millions down the path of obesity. But Dr. Susan B. Roberts, an internationally recognized nutrition researcher at Tufts University, shows how to turn our food instincts into an engine for permanent, healthy weight loss.
The Instinct Diet—the “I” diet—is a pleasure to follow: a diet based on impeccable research, a diet where the dieter never goes hungry, a diet that’s unequivocally healthy, thoroughly grounded in the metabolic, genetic, and psychological workings of the human body. Essentially, it shows how you can control the controls. Through its focus on delicious, deeply satisfying dishes like Orange Crumbed French Toast, Pork and Lemongrass Soup, Watercress and Citrus Salad with Parmesan Toast, and Chocolate Bread Puddin… More >>
The Instinct Diet: Use Your Five Food Instincts to Lose Weight and Keep it Off
