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The Complete Book of Butt and Legs Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The Brungardt series of "Complete" Exercises finally gets around to covering lower body. It's nice to see a reference book that focuses on the most essential piece of a well-planned workout.Legs (including Hamstrings, quads, and calves) are the thrust of this guide, and Brungardt certainly knows how...

The Pilates Method of Physical and Mental Conditioning Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is the classic book on Pilates matwork and Pilates principles. The original, hard-backed edition has been long out-of-print and very expensive on the used book market, but well worth the money. How exciting to find it republished!Any Pilates student or instructor will be delighted to add this most...

Advanced Explosive Kicks (Literary Links to the Orient) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If you like to kick and want to learn to snap off a piledriver of a kick this is the book. Mr. Lee introduces several basic stretching techniques that we all know by heart. But the kicking sequences help the basic to intermediate student develop "the flow" that they need to master kicking basics. A good...

Yoga for Real People: A Year of Classes Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book was recommended to me by my yoga teacher. But now, I feel as though I have TWO yoga teachers! As I read the book and do the postures I feel as though Jan Baker is right with me, guiding me through each step. And I love her meditations at the end of each lesson. I've been a follower of yoga...

The Fitball Workout: The Easy Way to a Toned, Flexible Body Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)LOTS of photos. Probably one of the best basic books. Most of the exercises can be found elsewhere, but the photos make it very clear what to do. I prefer this over the more wordy and significant books. If you want a lot of theory, this isn't your book. If you just want good clear instructions on what...

Dr. Divot's Guide to Golf Injuries: A Handbook for Golf Injury Prevention and Treatment Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Having taken up golf again once my son had grown, I quickly realized that I was not in the physical shape of the 20 year old I had been when I first started playing in college. After my first injury to my elbow and a badly strained shoulder, I started looking around for a book that would help me with...

Knockdown Knits: 30 Projects from the Roller Derby Track Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is so different from the knitting books I remember from 30 years or so ago, when they were boring patterns that assumed everyone lived a Ken and Barbie life. They remind me a little of the Alice Starmore knitting books and especially the Celtic collection in that they explaini a little of the culture...

Yoga and You: Energizing and Relaxing Yoga for New and Experienced Students Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Esther Myers, building on her background in Iyengar Yoga, finds a balanced and integrated style through the teachings of Vanda Scaravelli (author of "Awakening the Spine"). This book balances the history and philosophy of yoga with postures, breathing and meditation. She also includes personal anecdotes...

Power Yoga For Dummies Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have been aptly humbled. Years ago I was asked to participate in a Yoga class and immediately dismissed the idea as I felt "Yoga is too easy..." WOW was I wrong! A year ago while scrolling through channels, I happened upon a program named "Namaste Yoga" on the Fitness channel. "What the hay," I said...

The Permanent Pain Cure Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The Permanent Pain Cure covers the system that Ming uses to supplement the manual techniques he uses in his physical therapy practice. His methods comprise myofascial stretching and release techniques adapted largely from Guy Voyer, MD, DO and Mike Leahy's Active Release Techniques (ART). This is the...

Tap Out Textbook: The Ultimate Guide to Sumissions for Grappling Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Even though the author used "Ultimate" in the title, he has actually done a fairly good job with this book. So much so, that I decided not to ding him a star in my ratings, which I usually do, because of him using "Ultimate," "Complete," or "Bible" in the title and then having the information provided...

Clinical Orthopedic Assessment Guide - 2nd Edition The Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Excellent description of how to perform techniques of evaluation. A must for the orthopedic clinic. Excellent illustrations, weak on anatomy.Click Here to see more reviews about: Clinical Orthopedic Assessment Guide - 2nd Edition The The Clinical Orthopedic Assessment Guide, Second Edition, is the...

Stage Fighting: A Practical Guide Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The first thing that struck me is the excellent structure and graphics of this book. Clear and easy to follow. The information within is self explaining and very useful even to skilled stage artists, since one has often to find his own practical solutions at the rehearsals and in the performances. It...

Stability, Sport, and Performance Movement: Great Technique Without Injury Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As a sports medicine focused chiropractor, I eagerly awaited the arrival of this book. Ms. Elphinston does an exemplary job of teasing out and explaining thoroughly the most common movement dysfunctions that afflict athletes. Much of this info can also be generalized to the desk jockeys that find it...

The Little Yoga Book Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I'm taking my first yoga class next week after reading this book!! The author's personal account of using yoga to improve her health is inspiring. What prompted me to explore yoga myself though was her explanation of how it can benefit others, plus her down to earth approach to yoga. She has easy to...

Balancing Your Body: A Self-Help Approach to Rolfing Movement Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Having read about and tried a lot of psycho-body-therapy techniques, I was very impressed to find something this different and efficient. Using relaxation as the primary vehicle of exploration, amazing results occur - fx improving movement flexibility more that "hardcore" streching. Mary Bond guides...

The Grappler's Book of Strangles and Chokes Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book offers outstanding ways into several high ratio of success finishing moves. It builds on Shingitai Jujitsu's methodology of instruction where one must first close the gap, next gain dominate position/control, and then end the fight. Steve teaches different ways from different controlling positions...