Getting motivated to workout is sometimes the biggest obstacle to better fitness. Fitness guru, Michael Matthews, offers advice on gearing up to workout and how to maintain that motivation.
To All Personal Trainers, Training Clients, Crossfitters and more! Here's the perfect gift for a client or yourself! Finally, a book with a motivational fitness quote for every day of the year!!! "Getting fit is all about reaching for, achieving, and sustaining a commitment to take care of yourself for the rest of your life." - Dara Torres (Olympic Gold Medalist) "Rather than finding reasons why something cannot be done, though you know it needs to be done, get on with doing it. See problems as challenges." - Stuart McRobert (Fitness Writer) "I know a lot of people say: 'If I had the money then I'd be able to achieve health, fitness, peace of mind and joy.' I can't say it enough times: your health account and your bank account are synonymous." - Jack LaLanne (Fitness Guru) For most of us, getting in shape is not easy. It involves a certain level of planning, discipline and most importantly motivation! Enter 'The Great Big Fitness Quote Book' compiled by Cameron M. Clark. A book of over 365 inspirational quotes that actually apply to health, fitness, nutrition and well-being. Think about it that's a new motivational quote for EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR! Finally, a book that collects the inspirational words of many of the best and most successful coaches, trainers, athletes, martial artists and other accomplished individuals into one handy volume you can access at any time! Make NO mistake! This is not your 'run-of-the-mill' book of 'inspirational' quotes taken from a few different Internet websites and then collected into one volume. There are a ton of those for sale already. Instead, this is a combination of many previously-Internet-published quotes and some that have never been published online. In fact, when Clark was looking for a resource like 'The Great Big Fitness Quote Book, ' he found one book with 'motivational quotes' on fitness that included a quote from one of the most notorious totalitarian dictators of the 20th Century. This led Clark to realize two things: that these quote books were not well-researched and that there would be a need for a book that actually compiled quotes that were applicable to health, wellness and fitness. With over 365 inspirational quotes, this is a collection that makes it easy for you to use a different quote each day to get yourself into the kind of physical shape you have always wanted to attain. This book takes on all areas of Health and Fitness such as Aging, Exercise, Fat Loss, Goal Setting, Nutrition, Overcoming Obstacles and Stress among so many others with motivational words from Olympic athletes like Dara Torres, Picabo Street and Jesse Owens. You'll also find words of wisdom from popular fitness trainers like Bob Harper, Kim Lyons, Chris Powell and Jillian Michaels. Other fitness gurus quoted include Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jack LaLanne and Stuart McRobert. There are also quotes from martial artists like the legendary Bruce Lee, Georges St. Pierre and the first female UFC Champion, Ronda Rousey. Organized into nearly 50 different categories, these individually-numbered quotations are effective to read within context and easy for you to return to read again and again whenever the need for inspiration arises. Also included as a special bonus at the end of this book, there is a brief biographical information on each man and woman quoted, such as their occupation, their achievements along with the titles of some of the published works they may have written. Clark felt this information is useful in helping the reader to seek out the source of this wisdom and more importantly know they won't be reposting or quoting tyrannical dictators who oppressed their own people. "The Great Big Fitness Quote Book" is a 'must' for any practitioner of exercise and sports be they an amateur powerlifter, a busy mom looking for a quick workout or the aspiring athlete who just wants to take it to the next level.
Sitting can wreak havoc on your health, and not just in the form of minor aches and pains. Recent studies show that too much sitting contributes to a host of diseases—from obesity and diabetes to cancer and depression. The typical seated office worker suffers from more musculoskeletal injuries than those workers who do daily manual labor. It turns out that sitting is as much an occupational risk as is lifting heavy weights on the job. The facts are in: sitting literally shortens your life. Your chair is your enemy, and it is murdering your body. In this groundbreaking new book, Dr. Kelly Starrett—renowned physical therapist and author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Becoming a Supple Leopard—unveils a detailed battle plan for surviving our chair-centric society. Deskbound provides creative solutions for reducing the amount of time you spend perched on your backside, as well as strategies for transforming your desk into a dynamic, active workstation that can improve your life. You will learn how to: • Easily identify and fix toxic body positions • Eradicate back, neck, and shoulder pain • Mitigate carpel tunnel syndrome forever • Organize and stabilize your spine and trunk • Walk, hinge, squat, and carry with peak skill • Perform daily body maintenance work using fourteen mobility templates for resolving pain and increasing range of motion Whether your goal is to maximize your performance in or out of the workplace, lose weight, or simply live pain-free, Deskbound will work for you. It is a revolutionary cure for death-by-desk.
From Inc.com's most popular columnist, a counterintuitive--but highly practical--guide to finding and maintaining the motivation to achieve great things. It's comforting to imagine that superstars in their fields were just born better equipped than the rest of us. When a co-worker loses 20 pounds, or a friend runs a marathon while completing a huge project at work, we assume they have more grit, more willpower, more innate talent, and above all, more motivation to see their goals through. But that's not at actually true, as popular Inc.com columnist Jeff Haden proves. "Motivation" as we know it is a myth. Motivation isn't the special sauce that we require at the beginning of any major change. In fact, motivation is a result of process, not a cause. Understanding this will change the way you approach any obstacle or big goal. Haden shows us how to reframe our thinking about the relationship of motivation to success. He meets us at our level--at the beginning of any big goal we have for our lives, a little anxious and unsure about our way forward, a little burned by self help books and strategies that have failed us in the past—and offers practical advice that anyone can use to stop stalling and start working on those dreams. Haden takes the mystery out of accomplishment, proving that success isn't about spiritual awakening or a lightning bolt of inspiration --as Tony Robbins and adherents of The Secret believe--but instead, about clear and repeatable processes. Using his own advice, Haden has consistently drawn 2 million readers a month to his posts, completed a 107-mile long mountain bike race, and lost 10 pounds in a month. Success isn't for the uniquely-qualified; it's possible for any person who understands the true nature of motivation. Jeff Haden can help you transcend average and make lasting positive change in your life.
Four secrets to looking and feeling younger than ever. Becoming Ageless presents a three-month, detailed diet and exercise plan to create a leaner, more muscular and happier you. Developed by business mogul and fitness buff Strauss Zelnick--founder of the private equity firm Zelnick Media Capital and president and CEO of Take-Two Interactive, the company behind blockbuster video games such as Grand Theft Auto and NBA2K-- the strategies contained in Becoming Ageless are the same tactics that allowed Zelnick to evolve from a skinny, out-of-shape business executive (a workaholic wunderkind who headed the film studio 20th Century Fox in his early 30s) to one of the world's fittest and most physically active executives who reached his best-ever shape in his late 50s! "If you believe my fitness buddies," Zelnick writes, "I have a body that's aging in reverse...And Becoming Ageless is filled with the amazing tips and unique principles you'd find if you trained with me."
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!
You’re probably picking up this book because you’ve tried or thought of trying countless plans to lose weight and get in shape. It’s NOT your fault! It seems like every month there is a buzz about "this new fitness trend" or "that new diet." Think about how many times in the past 20 years you’ve heard about a new diet or exercise plan: It’s impossible to count! If these gimmicks actually worked there would be no reason to have to switch to the next trendy new plan. Aren't you tired of it? These quick-fix programs are a distraction from what you really need to learn in order to take back control of your body. Fad diets come and go, but after two decades of working as a trainer, the principles I teach on how to get in the best shape of your life have stood the test of time. This book contains 199 unique tips that you can apply today—no waiting around for your own personal transformation to start! By following even just a handful of these simple suggestions you can improve your health and finally lose weight for good. You can achieve these results without hunger, without feeling deprived, without having to work out for hours each day and without waving bye-bye to your social life. I teach you how to find the right “weigh” for you. I tackle the beast from a number angles including: --How Friends Can Affect Your Weight (this tip alone can be worth at least 20 lbs!) --Which Supplements are Actually Worth the Money (watch your weight drop while your bank account rises) --How Much Strength Training is Really Necessary for Toning (get more results by doing less!) --How Much Cardio Is Overkill and What to Do Instead (Little-known metabolism hacks revealed.) But beyond the physical, this book will help with the emotional piece too! No more food obsession. No more wondering what you’re “allowed” to eat. These 199 proven tactics will invigorate your motivation day after day. And the best part is...You can do it all with your own food and with simple workouts that can be done almost anywhere. If you too are sick of jumping from one 30-Day program to the next only to gain all the weight back and then some more for good measure, this book will be your final weight loss destination. It’s time to change your life. Your journey to putting all your fitness struggle baggage in the rearview mirror begins right now--if you choose to purchase this book today.
THE HOLIDAYS ARE OVER. IT'S TIME TO BECOME AN ASS-KICKING, GETS-THINGS-DONE SUPERWOMAN WITH RUN FAT BITCH RUN. 'You'll be up and running in no time' Grazia 'Ruth is an inspiring running buddy' Daily Express Is there a large arse-shaped dent in your sofa? An eye-wateringly expensive (and rarely used) gym membership burning a hole in your bank account? Does the sight of your wobbly thighs leave you cowering under the duvet? Then it's time you face the truth: if you want to lose weight and get fit there's only one thing left to do . . . RUN! Funny and brutally honest, Ruth Field and her straight-talking alter-ego The Grit Doctor will give you - yes, you - the push you need to start pounding the pavements and shedding pounds in no time. * Locate your inner grit and long-lost energy with a foolproof beginners' programme * Enjoy carbs without guilt with The Grit Doctor's tasty and nutritious recipes * Includes marathon training plan to transform you from casual jogger to elite(ish) athlete Readers LOVE Run Fat Bitch Run: 'Exactly what I needed! I am now running regularly and have recently run a 10K' 'A must for anyone thinking they missed their New Year's fitness resolution!' 'Awesome, funny and real' 'Reading this book has kept me motivated and focused. Whenever I get the 'I'll go tomorrow' attitude, my inner bitch reminds me that tomorrow never comes' 'So good I bought a second one for a friend. We'll be running a marathon in no time!'