Author: Zoltan TenkePublisher: Sport Book Pub
ISBN: 9780920905401
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Author: Brett StewartThe Great Medicine Ball Handbook
Author: Michael JespersenPublisher: Surrey, B.C. : Productive Fitness Products
ISBN: 9780969677390
Category : Exercise
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book includes a series of medicine ball exercises to work the whole body, individual as well as partner exercises, a section on rotator cuff exercises, medicine ball safety, a sample routine, a complete stretching section, training tips, and muscle anatomy diagrams.
Medicine Ball for All Training Handbook
Author: Patrick MediatePublisher: Coaches Choice Books
ISBN: 9781585189007
Category : Exercise
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The use of medicine balls to enhance health, fitness, and sport performance dates back 2,500 years to the ancient Greeks. While the popularity of these exercise-training devices declined somewhat beginning in the 1930s, athletes and fitness enthusiasts are now discovering the many benefits that can be achieved by utilizing medicine balls in their training programs. This book presents a comprehensive training approach to medicine ball training for individuals of all ages and fitness levels. -- from Preface.
Exercise Balls For Dummies
Author: LaReine ChabutPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0764556231
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
If you want to shape up or lose weight, get on the ball! It’s inexpensive. It’s something you can do at home. It’s effective! However, unless you have a personal trainer, using the exercise ball correctly to get maximum results can be tricky. That’s where Exercise Balls For Dummies comes in. You’ll discover how to turn an ordinary workout into a super workout that builds strength, increases flexibility, and sculpts a great-looking body. The book includes: Step-by-step details on using exercise balls in your regular workout program Tips on selecting and maintaining equipment Illustrated exercises covering a complete muscle workout: shoulders and upper back; biceps, triceps, and forearms; chest abdominals and lower back; legs and hips: flexibility in general Specific applications for Pilates, weight training, stretching, and aerobic exercise Mat workout routines Admitted couch potatoes can start at the beginning; fitness fanatics can jump right in and integrate the exercise ball into their routines. Exercise Balls For Dummies was written by LaReine Chabut, a fitness model, actress, and writer who owns a women’s workout spa and stars in workout videos. Of course, she makes it look easy!
Medicine Ball Workouts
Author: Brett StewartPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1612431569
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
SUPER-CHARGE YOUR WORKOUT WITH A MEDICINE BALL Tap the power of the weighted medicine ball to tone your whole body and build lean muscles and a shredded core. Medicine Ball Workouts shows how to use one of the most useful and versatile fitness tools out there to curl, press, toss and catch your way to getting in the best shape of your life. Perfect for beginners and advanced athletes alike, this book details medicine-ball exercises like: •PUSH-UPS for increased upper-body & core strength •SQUATS , LUNGES & THRUSTERS to build a strong powerful lower body •BURPEES & TOSSES to improve explosive speed & full-body power •TURKISH GET-UPS to develop flexibility & dexterity With day-by-day programs and easy-to-follow , step-by-step exercises, Medicine Ball Workouts transforms simple moves into fun, challenging and highly effective functional cross-training workouts for total-body fitness and a ripped physique. heart-pounding cardio workouts that tone the body from shoulders to toes.
Roll Model
Author: Jill MillerPublisher: Victory Belt Publishing
ISBN: 1628600748
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
Pain is an epidemic. It prevents you from performing at your best because it robs you of concentration, power, and peace of mind. But most pain is preventable and treatable, and healing is within your grasp. Hundreds of thousands of people around the globe have taken life “by the balls” and circumvented a dismal future of painkillers, surgeries, and hopelessness by using Jill Miller’s groundbreaking Roll Model Method. The Roll Model gives you the tools to change the course of your life in less than 5 minutes a day. You are a fully equipped self-healing organism, and this book will guide you through easy-to-perform self-massage techniques that will erase pain and improve your performance in whatever activities you pursue. The Roll Model teaches you how to improve the quality of your life no matter your size, shape, or condition. Within these pages you will find: • Inspiring stories of people just like you who have altered the course of their lives by using the Roll Model Method • Accessible explanations of how and why this system works based on the science of your body and the physiological effects of rolling • Step-by-step rolling techniques to help awaken your body’s resilience from head to toe so that you have more energy, less stress, and greater performance Whether you’re living with constant discomfort, seeking to improve your mobility, or trying to avoid medication and surgery, this book provides empowering and effective solutions for becoming your own best Roll Model.
The 12-Minute Athlete
Author: Krista StrykerPublisher: Tiller Press
ISBN: 1982136480
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Unlock your athletic potential and get into the best shape of your life with Krista Stryker’s HIIT and bodyweight workouts—all of which can be done in just minutes a day! If you’ve ever thought you couldn’t get results without spending hours in the gym, that you’d never be able to do a pull-up, or that it’s too late to get in your best shape ever, The 12-Minute Athlete will change your mind, your body, and your life. Get serious results with high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts that can be done in just minutes a day. Give up the excuses and learn to use your own bodyweight and a few basic pieces of portable equipment for short, incredibly effective workouts. Reset your mindset, bust through mental blocks, and set meaningful goals you’ll actually accomplish. You can finally ditch the dieting and enjoy food as fuel with simple eating guidelines to the 80/20 rule. In The 12-Minute Athlete you’ll also find: –A guide to basic calisthenics and bodyweight exercises for any fitness level –Progressive exercises to achieve seemingly “impossible” feats like pistol squats, one-arm push-ups, pull-ups, and handstands –More than a dozen simple and healthy recipes that will fuel your workouts –Two 8-week workout plans for getting fitter, faster, and stronger –Bonus Tabata workouts –And so much more! The 12-Minute Athlete is for men and women, ex-athletes and new athletes, experienced athletes and “non-athletes”—for anyone who has a body and wants to get stronger and start living their healthiest life.
Medicine Ball Mayhem
Author: Chris Wilson, RKC, CPT, CSNPublisher: Critical Bench
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Medicine balls have long been seen as strength tools for boxers and wrestlers and in recent years have exploded in gyms across the country. In this 30-Day Med Ball workout, you will effectively train every muscle in your body and some you didn't even know you had! And nothing can work your core muscles quite like a med ball since it's designed specifically to target all trunk movements with resistance. From top to bottom, this workout will help make you more explosive, better conditioned and stronger without having to use traditional weights and equipment.
The Miracle Ball Method
Author: Elaine PetronePublisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 0761177558
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Pain relief from head to toe. The Miracle Ball Method book offers proven, effective healing ina fully illustrated book of exercises and techniques for pain and stress relief using inflatable Miracle Balls (sold separately). The Method. This revolutionary program uses controlled breathing, two squishy balls, and simple exercises of rolling and rotating to heal everything from a bad knee to a stressed-out back. The key is to let gravity do all the work. The Balls. Take two—they're small. Made out of a durable, yielding, nontoxic PVC, the balls are sized to tuck under strategic parts of your body, including back, neck, head, knees, hip, and elbow. Like magnets, they draw out pain and tension. Elaine Petrone. After suffering a career-ending, potentially crippling injury to her back and right leg, a young dancer named Elaine Petrone turned to everyone from orthopedists to yogis to heal her injuries. Nothing worked—until she developed her own program of therapy. Elaine's simple program and the classes she teaches in the Miracle Ball Method have helped thousands of people conquer pain, stress, and injury.
