The Complete Guide to Core Stability

The Complete Guide to Core Stability

Author: Matt Lawrence

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-05-30

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 140810797X

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The Complete Guide series is designed for the fitness professional, coach and student, packed with ready-made training programmes, tips and strategies. A new edition of the definitive 'core stability' training handbook for fitness leaders and other fitness professionals and enthusiasts in an 'all you need to know' format. 'Core Stability' is a relatively new concept, concentrating on core abdominal muscle strength to improve posture, strength and performance. This book looks at what core stability is, the muscles that are involved, and the benefits to improving your core stability. Packed with exercises, it also deals with specific exercises for different sports, and covers the use of equipment - from medicine balls to core boards. This new edition includes colour photography, new exercises and training programmes tailored to different sports. Over 3865 copies of first edition sold since 2004.


The Complete Guide to Indoor Rowing

The Complete Guide to Indoor Rowing

Author: Jim Flood

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2012-06-07

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1408178737

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Indoor rowing machines (or ergometers) were once used only by outdoor rowers during their winter training. Over the last twenty years however the benefits of indoor rowing have attracted more and more users, and now every gym comes with one as standard. It's also a sport in its own right, with competitions ranging from school leagues to the European and World Championships. The Complete Guide to Indoor Rowing is the first comprehensive book to focus on this unique form of strength-endurance training. Clearly illustrated in full colour and packed with information, training plans, tips and techniques, it is suitable for serious athletes, outdoor rowers and regular gym users alike, and is a must for health professionals and coaches. Whether you are attracted by the weight-loss benefits of the rowing machine or using it to coach cross-training athletes, this book will help you get the best from each session while, crucially, remaining injury-free.


The Complete Guide to Strength Training

The Complete Guide to Strength Training

Author: Anita Bean

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0713660406

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This guide presents the latest scientifically-proven ways of increasing strength using highly-effective methods and optimal nutrition.


The Complete Classical Music Guide

The Complete Classical Music Guide

Author: DK

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2020-08-11

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0744033470

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Packed with photographs, composer biographies, analyses of major works, and essential information on every musical genre, style, form, instrument, and ensemble, DK's Complete Classical Music Guide is a portable encyclopedic guide to more than one thousand years of Western classical music. From Bach to Berlioz, Glinka to Gershwin, Stravinsky to Shostakovich, and everyone in between, the Complete Classical Music Guide contains more than three hundred composer profiles, and offers a clear definition of the particular styles and characteristics of seven key eras: Early Music (1000-1600); The Baroque Era (1600-1750); The Classical Era (1750-1820); The Romantic Era (1810-1920); Romantic Opera (1810-1920); National Schools (1830-1950); and Modern Music (1900-). The Complete Classical Music Guide also includes a timeline that charts the evolution of musical styles and forms, instruments, and provides explanations of the building blocks of music — melody, harmony, rhythm, texture, form, tempo, and dynamics. Previously published as Eyewitness Companion: Classical Music, this book has been reformatted and designed and now comes packaged in an exclusive presentation slipcase.


The Complete Guide to Training with Free Weights

The Complete Guide to Training with Free Weights

Author: Graeme Marsh

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-08-27

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 140819550X

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A key title in the successful Complete Guides series, this is the definitive text on using free weights for strength, conditioning and flexibility training. Free weights are the simplest and most effective pieces of equipment and are found in every gym and many homes. The benefits of their use - as opposed to fixed-weight machines - are becoming increasingly appreciated in the fitness industry, and include: - Saving money on gym membership with home workouts - A wider range of exercises - Exercises working more muscles than fixed machines for a quicker workout - Avoiding over-training single muscle groups, which can lead to strength imbalances - Better co-ordination and core stability In addition to a variety of exercises, the book also contains sample programmes, tips on technique, and exercises for specific sports, ages and body types.


The Complete Guide to Personal Training: 2nd Edition

The Complete Guide to Personal Training: 2nd Edition

Author: Morc Coulson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-09-06

Total Pages: 525

ISBN-13: 1472953606

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A revised and updated second edition of the popular Complete Guide to Personal Training. Expertly written and suitable for anyone working as, or training to be a Personal Trainer. This is a complete reference guide for fitness professionals who prescribe exercise programmes to clients. This guide contains practical tips for designing a range of appropriate client exercise programmes. Importantly, it focuses on the best ways you can sustain a financially successful business in this area and how you can stand out from the crowd. It includes: - The foundations of personal training - Planning and delivering exercise programmes - Training methods and exercise techniques - Nutrition - Health and safety - Setting up - marketing and growing a successful business. The book also includes all Level 3 requirements detailed within the Health and Fitness National Occupational Standards and the Qualifications Framework relating to personal training and has been awarded 3 CPD points by the Register of Exercise professionals.


The Complete Guide to Pregnancy and Fitness

The Complete Guide to Pregnancy and Fitness

Author: Morc Coulson

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-03-01

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1408178761

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The Complete Guide to Pregnancy and Fitness is an invaluable reference manual for anyone involved in prescribing exercise programmes for pregnant women. Packed with practical tips on designing activity programmes, as well as how to apply the correct techniques to over 40 exercises, aided by full colour photos. This is an up-to-date practical guide to the underpinning theory and includes comprehensive recommended reading for each chapter. Learn about the physiological changes during pregnancy and how this affects exercise programmes, including contra-indications to be considered when working with pregnant clients. Also covered are the required legal and insurance elements.


The Complete Guide to Personal Training

The Complete Guide to Personal Training

Author: Morc Coulson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2014-10-09

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1408196301

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A complete reference guide for anyone involved in prescribing exercise programmes for personal training clients. The Complete Guide to Personal Training also covers all of the Level 3 requirements detailed within the Health and Fitness National Occupational Standards and the Qualifications Framework pertaining to personal training, and provides the theoretical underpinning of how to programme appropriate exercise for your clients. Includes information on: - The foundations of personal training - Planning and delivering exercise programmes - Training methods and exercise techniques – this enhanced epub also contains nine videos of key exercises - Nutrition - Health and safety The book contains practical tips for designing a range of appropriate client exercise programmes but always with a focus on the best ways you can sustain a business in this area and how you can stand out from the crowd. It is deal for personal trainers in the health and fitness industry as well as those wishing to undertake qualifications in this area.


The Complete Guide to Coffee Grounds and Tea Leaf Reading

The Complete Guide to Coffee Grounds and Tea Leaf Reading

Author: Sara Zed

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789654940047

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Tarot card reading, dream symbolism, astrology, and the reading of body characteristics are explored in depth in this series, as is the use of objects, such as crystals and coffee grounds, significant in their ability to connect humans with another realm of existence. Other avenues into otherworldly experience, such as channeling, the I Ching, meditation, and Wicca are also extensively discussed.


The Complete Guide to Kettlebell Training

The Complete Guide to Kettlebell Training

Author: Allan Collins

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2011-10-17

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1408140233

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A guide to the popular new weight-lifting trend provides information for safe and effective training with kettlebells, sharing coverage of topics ranging from where to purchase equipment to incorporating kettleball training into a weight-loss regimen. Original.