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"...kettlebells are the perfect tool to get the body you want with less time in the gym. With over 300 step-by-step photos this book illustrates kettlebell exercises that can produce results for burning fat and building muscle, enhancing balance and coordination, increasing hand and foot speed, improving sports performance, and boosting endurance and core strength. The workbook teaches the proper way to do primary lifts as well as variations so...
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For most of the twentieth century, the "Mr. America" image epitomized muscular manhood. From humble beginnings in 1939 at a small gym in Schenectady, New York, the Mr. America Contest became the world's premier bodybuilding event over the next thirty years. Rooted in ancient Greek virtues of health, fitness, beauty, and athleticism, it showcased some of the finest specimens of American masculinity. Interviewing nearly one hundred major figures in...
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Obsessed with the idea that he is not muscular enough and tired of being bullied, David, age seventeen, begins using steroids, endangering his relationships with family and friends.
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"Are you discouraged at the gym? You see all those muscular men lifting double your weight with ease, but when you look in the mirror, all that's looking back at you is a skinny guy longing for bulk. Well the days of thinking that you'll never be muscular are long but over. Now you have the opportunity to bulk up with ease! How you say? Well just pick up a copy of From Slight to Might and find out! From fitness guru Hollis Lance Liebman comes a book...
6) The badass body diet: the breakthrough diet and workout for a tight booty, sexy abs, and lean legs
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Christmas Abbott is living proof that fitness is sexy, and a badass body is a birthright. A CrossFit star, professional athlete, former NASCAR pit crew member, Olympic weightlifter, and former unhealthy "skinny fat" woman herself, Christmas knows what real women need in order to get the bodies of their dreams. Here, she provides a quick and simple workout plan that tones everything--from booty to total body--and teaches you how to spot-reduce excess...
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A full-color photographic book with 101 different moves you can do with an exercise ball. Exercise balls are cropping up in gyms all over the world, are sold in places like Kmart and Target, and are becoming the latest fitness craze. The thing is, what the heck do you do with the ball once you've bought it? Pilates, yoga, and more! Liz Gillies, respected fitness trainer and star of several best-selling exercise videos, shows you 101 things you can...
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Simon Waterson's job is to turn actors into athletes. Now you can learn how to transform your fitness and wellbeing with the film industry's most in-demand trainer. Simon's client list reads like a who's who of A-list actors. He has transformed Daniel Craig into the formidable James Bond for five blockbuster films, shaped Chris Evans into superhero Captain America, trained Chris Pratt for Guardians of the Galaxy and prepared actors such as Thandiwe...
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"Matt is a world champion, record holding powerlifter and an NPC bodybuilder famous for his grueling, high intensity workouts. Insane Training is what Matt is famous for. His book of the same name is full of programs that will help every gym rat take it to the next level, whether that's flipping a tractor tire 100 yards, deadlifting three times their body weight, improving athletic performance or puking in a bucket--this book has it all! Not for the...
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Built for Strength-A Basic Approach to Weight Training Success for Men and Women is an A to Z guide on everything related to weight training including anatomy, principles of weight training, designing strength training programs, nutrition, injuries, military fitness, body composition testing, Olympic-style weight lifting and self-tests at end of every chapter. Built for Strength also includes chapters on weight training and women, circuit training...
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"Drop the dumbbells, ditch the weight machine and start doing the body weight training movements that will get you strong and lean - no matter where you are, no matter how busy your schedule. In these pages, personal trainer and calisthenics expert Adam Schersten lays out muscle building exercises and balanced full-body training programs that any man can undertake to transform his physique in 12 weeks. No excuses, no exceptions."--Publisher's description....
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Every man has the potential for a great body, insane sex, and an unreal life. (Seriously)
• Want to lose body fat? That's easy-you can drop 20 pounds in 6 weeks.
• Want bigger muscles? Done. A 50-pound increase to your bench press, coming right up.
• Want to be smarter? Not a problem-the strategies in this book have been proven to increase brain function.
• Want an awesome sex life? Yeah, there's a fix for that, too-increased libido and improved...
14) Weight lifting is a waste of time: so is cardio, and there's a better way to have the body you want
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"You've been lifting for a few years. When you take your shirt off, do you look like a professional athlete? Do you even look like you work out? Many fitness "experts" defend weights and cardio like they are infallible, but where are the results? Why does almost nobody look even marginally athletic? Fitness may be the most failed human endeavor, and you are about to see how exercise science has missed some obvious principles that when enacted will...
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Most of the 23 million American men who lift weights do so to get bigger; unfortunately, many of them are going nowhere with watered-down bodybuilding routines that don't help them actually get stronger. Eric Cressey's cutting-edge four-phase program, featuring constant progression, variation, and inspiring goals, keeps you focused on increasing strength along with muscle mass, helping you achieve the fittest, most energetic, and best-looking body...
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In 6 Weeks to a Hollywood Body, the top Hollywood trainer and Weekend Today show fitness expert Steve Zim unlocks the secrets of the stars and shows you how to have a Hollywood body of your own. Want to add shape and strength to your legs? Have a great butt? Make your back and arms stronger and leaner? Develop an amazing chest or breasts? After you've completed the easy-to-follow Hollywood Body program in six short weeks, you'll be runway ready for...
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A book for women who want to improve or start a weight-lifting routine. Another follow-up to our successful 101 Ways to Work Out on the Ball, this book targets another piece of inexpensive yet powerful equipment - dumbbells. Many people buy them but either use them incorrectly or not at all because they're not sure how. This book gives 101 different exercises for upper and lower body that you can do in the gym or at home. Strength training can actually...
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"#1 New York Times bestselling author and fitness expert Jim Karas reveals the surprising truth about your metabolism, and how you can change it forever, following the radically different weight loss and fitness plan he calls The Ultimate Diet REVolution. In The Ultimate Diet REVolution, the ever iconoclastic Jim Karas reveals little-known truths about human metabolism. Dismissing the latest cleansing and detoxing trends, he teaches you how to transform...
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Indian clubs', or 'Iranian clubs' belong to a category of exercise equipment used for developing strength, and in juggling. In appearance, they resemble elongated bowling-pins, and are commonly made out of wood. They come in all shapes and sizes however, ranging from a few pounds each, to fifty pounds, and are commonly swung in certain patterns as part of exercise programs. They were often used in class formats, predominantly in Iran, where members...
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I wrote this book because I have something to contribute to the sport of powerlifting. I do not plan to waste your time, and I certainly do not want to waste my own. This book covers it all for beginning and advanced powerlifters, bodybuilders, casual weightlifters and those interested in the correct form of the big three lifts. It contains most of what I have learned in over 50 years of powerlifting! Over the years, I have seen many men publish their...
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