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Peter Sagal, the host of NPR’s Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me! and a popular columnist for Runner’s World, shares “commentary and reflection about running with a deeply felt personal story, this book is winning, smart, honest, and affecting. Whether you are a runner or not, it will move...

Dr. Franco Columbu, internationally known bodybuilding champion, has written a book that provides a commonsense approach to training with weights - whether for competition or just to get into shape. In the audiobook, Franco answers many questions to update his training advice and tells stories about what life was like during the Golden Age of bodybuilding. The audiobook contains priceless stories about the young Franco and his best friend, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Study while on the go! Listen anytime, anywhere! Audio allows us to learn and absorb information during our busy schedules. This audio prep covers everything on the exam and references The Exercise Professional’s Guide to Personal Training by the American Council on Exercise presented in an easy-to-understand, chapter-by-chapter format.

We all know what it's like to have a "charge" about something. It's a feeling of excitement, fear, sexual arousal, or irritation. But what we don't currently know is how to use charge for the behaviors we want to create.Charge is a word for the basic life force running through us. This force is...

In Heal Your Pain Now, Dr. Joe Tatta teaches you how to regain control of your life by breaking the cycle of persistent pain. Following Dr. Tatta's program, you learn the role of the brain in pain--and how to use your brain to STOP your pain; how nutrition can eliminate the inflammation in your...

Megan Dahlman, certified trainer and nutrition coach, is on a mission to help every woman - no matter her age - feel strong, healthy and confident in her body. In a culture that overcomplicates everything, this podcast will be a breath of fresh air! Self Care Simplified meets you right where you’re at, giving you simple, sustainable tips so you can feel fully functional and pain-free—in your 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond. If you're looking for expert self-care advice combined with grace-filled motivation to help you feel your physical best, this is it!

Tai Chi can be confusing, but it need not be. As a matter of fact, it is not. The reason it is confusing is that you are not given the full information. Tai Chi masters and instructors are sometimes not straightforward people. They may want to keep some secrets, or maybe that is how they are taught. Well, all these are not important anymore. This audiobook has been specially made to explain Tai Chi in a simple and easy way for practitioners to understand. No more head scratching to decipher what the master is saying, and no more guessing work. This audiobook will explain it all.

Guérissez votre corps par la médecine, les affirmations et l'intuition. "Tout va bien" est un ouvrage de notre temps. À la croisée de la médecine allopathique, des médecines alternatives et de la spiritualité, il propose une approche holistique précise, percutante, efficace et extrêmement pertinente pour notre époque. Louise Hay, grande spécialiste internationalement reconnue des affirmations positives pour soigner les maux humains, s'est associée à un médecin, la Dre Schulz, pour créer une synthèse des différents moyens de guérison existant à notre époque.

Triathlon for Beginners is a complete start-to-finish guide that covers all areas of training and racing, including what you need to know and how to begin; how to understand the jargon of the sport; training rules and techniques; swimming, cycling, and running techniques; race etiquette; and how to get faster and better performances.

Every year, roughly 2 million people participate in marathons and half marathons in the United States, and, no matter what level they are, every one of these runners has likely hit “The Wall,” running out of muscle fuel in the final miles and slowing down precipitously. In The New Rules, renowned fitness journalist and training coach Matt Fitzgerald cuts through the myths, distilling the most up-to date science to help runners overcome the universally experienced nutritional barriers that prevent success in the marathon and half marathon.

Your body is your first healer. It already carries the wisdom to restore balance, release trauma, and return you to a life of calm presence. The Somatic Exercise Solution is your roadmap back to that inner sanctuary. In this transformational audiobook, you’ll discover 42 gentle, science-backed somatic techniques designed to calm anxiety, support trauma recovery, and tone the vagus nerve, all in just ten minutes a day. No experience, flexibility, or equipment required. All you need is your breath, your awareness, and a willingness to begin.

There’s a reason that the Vedas, a 5,000-year-old collection of celebrated verses from ancient India, have given rise to several world religions and influenced Western thinkers from Emerson to Ram Dass: they provide us with an accessible and effective path to liberation. With Sovereign Self, Acharya Shunya shares a groundbreaking guide to the wisdom of these classic texts so that each of us may emancipate ourselves from restrictive belief systems and discover our true nature—that which is always whole, joyful, and free.

*The No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller Are you ready to change your life? Are you sick of always wearing black and getting undressed in the dark? Are you fixated with a number on the scales? Are you afraid to step into the gym and commit to a routine? Is your confidence at an all-time low? Is all of...

Up to 85% of seniors worldwide experience chronic pain. It’s aggravating, frustrating, and unwelcome in the years when we should be finally enjoying life. What can you do about it? That’s where chair yoga comes in. It offers you easy, effective ways to increase mobility and regain your independence so you can live life on your terms.

Why does it make sense to Ethiopian runners to get up at three a.m. to run up and down a hill? Who would choose to train on almost impossibly steep and rocky terrain, in hyena territory? And how come Ethiopian men hold six of the top 10 fastest marathon times ever? Michael Crawley spent 15 months in Ethiopia training alongside (and sometimes a fair way behind) runners at all levels of the sport, from night watchmen hoping to change their lives to world-class marathon runners, in order to answer these questions.

Author Jordan C. Blake trained with legends and brings raw, no-nonsense coaching straight to your headphones. Whether your goal is fitness, self-defense, or entering the ring—this audiobook gives you the skills and mental tools to level up fast.

Discover the power of somatic exercises to regulate your nervous system and enhance emotional resilience. Reduce anxiety, tone your vagus nerve, and create a stronger mind-body connection in just 10 minutes a day.

Feeling stressed, tense, or overwhelmed? Struggling to fit complex wellness routines into your busy life? Gentle Somatic Yoga for Nervous System Regulation offers a simple, effective path forward with 10-minute somatic yoga practices that reduce anxiety, release tension, and deepen mind-body awareness—no experience required. Whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced practitioner, this guide helps you reconnect with your body in a grounded, accessible way.

The New Primal Blueprint serves as the ultimate road map for anyone wishing to make the shift from flawed conventional wisdom about diet and exercise to a healthy, happy empowering lifestyle patterned after the evolutionary-tested behaviors of our hunter-gatherer ancestors. The book details the 10 immutable Primal Blueprint lifestyle laws that enable empower you to reprogram your genes to direct in the direction of weight loss, health, and longevity.

From the fastest marathoner in the world over fifty—and maybe the planet’s most determined underdog—an inspiring tale of resilience, redemption, and personal transformation. Born into a broken family in Somerville, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston, Ken Rideout grew up in a household...