The author, who is well known in conditioning circles, has penned a how to text that covers a wide spectrum of conditioning activities. The book is well illustrated with many photos and is divided into 33 chapters. The first five chapters give the reader a background into the authors extensive experience as an athlete and coach along with a brief history of strength and conditioning focusing on weightlifting. The next seven chapters focus on program design and it is here that the authors European background becomes evident in the areas of warm-up, general physical preparation and restoration.Chapters 13 thru 25 are the heart of the book and contain a wide variety of strength and conditioning programs from novice to elite level. Many of the dumbbell complexes and circuits have been made famous by the author over the years. Again the area of general physical preparation is well addressed with many innovative exercise regimes. The trunk/torso routines are very challenging in part due to the authors gymnastic background.Chapter 26 contains a listing of the various exercises along with photos of each exercise. The author has a great variety of exercise variations which the reader can use to add variety to any conditioning program. Over 200 variations of dumbbell exercises and complexes are included.Chapters 27 thru 29 concentrate on competitive weightlifting. Descriptions, technique progressions, novice and advanced programs are presented. The next two chapters contain some innovative material on wheelchair training and at your desk training for office workers. The author concludes with chapters on reconditioning and outlining a weight training class.This is a "how to" text. The author does not include a lot of research material. This book will appeal to anyone looking for innovative approaches to strength and conditioning. Its strength is in the areas of general physical preparation and variety of routines for all ages, types and levels of fitness.

Cut workout time in half and get double the results! If you're a guy with little time to work out and pounds of fat to burn, the thought of having to spend hours in the gym lifting weights and doing cardio can be a daunting proposition. Cardio Strength Training solves both problems with simple, fast, and effective workouts that incorporate challenging, muscle-building combination moves and fat-frying cardio exercises to help you kill two birds with one stone. Built on the same principles Robert Dos Remedios uses to train Division I collegiate athletes, Cardio Strength Training provides safe and innovative workouts and nutritional advice for anyone looking to drop pounds of flab and build a functionally strong physique. Every workout is no longer than 15 minutes and is built on the same training methods outlined in the highly successful book, Men's Health Power Training.

The first book by Christian Thibaudeau and a classic strength training book. The Black Book includes informations that are applicable regardless of your goal, bodybuilders, athletes, powerlifters and health enthusiasts will all get something out of it. Read the book that started it all!

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This open access book identifies and discusses biodiversity’s contribution to physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the book identifies the implications of this relationship for nature conservation, public health, landscape architecture and urban planning – and considers the opportunities of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation. This transdisciplinary book will attract a wide audience interested in biodiversity, ecology, resource management, public health, psychology, urban planning, and landscape architecture. The emphasis is on multiple human health benefits from biodiversity - in particular with respect to the increasing challenge of climate change. This makes the book unique to other books that focus either on biodiversity and physical health or natural environments and mental wellbeing. The book is written as a definitive ‘go-to’ book for those who are new to the field of biodiversity and health.

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