Some reading material

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Here's some reading material for you guys. I have't read all these so I'm not endorsing these in any way. If anyone finds this useful let me know and I can do another post. This is just what I've had time to upload today.



25 Natural ways to lower Blood Pressure

Your high blood pressure can lead to stroke, heart attacks, congestive heart failure, and kidney failure. Using a simple, easy-to-read format, Dr. James Scala presents 25 simple, natural ways you can use to fight this silent killer. 25 Natural Ways to Lower Blood Pressure explains the different treatments, including herbs, diet, exercise, and visualization and relaxation techniques, and offers other resources for further information.

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Tasty Fat loss and Muscle Gaining Recipes

A collection of useful and importantly easy to create muscle building and fat loss recipes.

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Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy

Increase strength, build mass, burn fat, and define your muscles. With full-color anatomical illustrations, step-by-step instructions, and training advice, Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy is the authoritative resource for sculpting your physique without free weights, machines, or expensive equipment.

Targeting all muscle zones and primary muscle regions—arms, chest, shoulders, back, core, thighs, glutes, and calves—Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy presents 156 of the most effective bodyweight exercises that can be performed anytime, anywhere. With expert advice from renowned strength trainer Bret Contreras, you’ll learn how to modify, combine, and sequence exercises to ramp up your routine and avoid plateaus.

In depth yet practical, Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy takes you inside every exercise through stunning anatomical artwork that reveals primary muscles worked along with the relevant surrounding structures, including bones, ligaments, and tendons.

Whether you are just beginning your quest for a better body or simply seeking a proven approach for training at home, on the road, or on the go, Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy is a one-of-a-kind resource that you’ll refer to again and again.

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Men's Health Natural Bodybuilding Bible: A Complete 24-Week Program For Sculpting Muscles That Show

It takes guts and dedication to meticulously sculpt an extremely lean and cut physique. If you are ready to build a competition-worthy body or just want to look like a pro, there is no better program than the total-body diet and workout plan revealed in Men's Health Natural Bodybuilding Bible. It is THE how-to manual for anyone who wants to win his first bodybuilding competition the right way ― purely, naturally, on guts, grit, and extreme dedication to diet and muscle craft. Or even just look like you did without stepping foot on a stage!

Developed by professional Natural Bodybuilding Champion Tyler English,this plan will show you how to pack on pounds of MUSCLE with the workouts that helped him take first place in competition. Get the best intense workouts for each muscle and the right form so you reap maximum results.

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Muay Thai Training Exercises - Christoph Delp

Effective martial arts training, especially for a demanding sport like Muay Thai, requires a prudent training plan. In Muay Thai Training Techniques, professional trainer Christoph Delp shows amateur as well as advanced fighters how to best utilize their training time, whether at home or in the gym, alone or with a partner or coach.

A comprehensive guide for Muay Thai fighters as well as those utilizing Muay Thai techniques in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Muay Thai Training Techniques teaches effective exercises to improve flexibility, stamina, and strength as well as basic fighting techniques such as feints, counters, and combinations. Muay Thai champions Saiyok Pumphanmuang and Kem Sitsongpeening are featured, demonstrating their own training methods and most effective techniques. Training is broken down into core components that any Muay Thai fighter or instructor can use to help build an individual training plan; several ready-made, detailed training plans are also included for beginners, intermediate, and advanced practitioners. Rounded out with crucial information on nutrition, weight classes, and the importance of regeneration to effective training, Muay Thai Training Techniques will help all Muay Thai fighters to take their practice to the next level.

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The 9 Principles for a Lean & Defined Body: An Essential Guide for Reducing Body Fat and Developing Lean Muscle at Any Age

Philip’s recent release of the Expanded Version of his book goes into further details on exactly how to implement every principle discussed in part one of his book. It even includes charts for what size dumbbells the average male and female should start with, how to determine your exact daily calories as well as the breakdown of macronutrients for fat loss. Things like how many grams of protein, carbs and fat are thoroughly explained so there’s no more guessing.

Author Philip J. Hoffman, a veteran fat-loss expert, author, coach, sports nutritionist, former bodybuilder, and fitness model with a master’s degree in biochemistry, reveals 9 key principles based on decades of knowledge and experience.

Philip himself maintains an impressively lean and defined physique, with less than 5% body fat year round at the age of 54! He is one of a handful of physique athletes 50+ to achieve this level of development and now he shares his secrets with you.

Imagine…no more wasted time…no more useless effort…no more frustration. Anyone, at any age, can take advantage the HoffmanFit Lean Body System principles and develop the best body of your life.

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The Muscle & Fitness Cookbook: 55 Fast & Easy Meals for Maximum Muscle

As an author, editor, competitive body builder, and leading figure in the world of fitness and nutrition, Shawn Perine has been at the cutting edge of nutritional science for more than 20 years. Now, he’s muscled his way into the archives to uncover the simplest, tastiest, most effective fitness recipes ever created. Make these easy recipes staples of your diet, and see how quickly you can:

• Open your testosterone tap and unleash your muscle-building hormones. Your body is never stable. You’re either gaining or losing muscle every day, 24 hours a day. Discover the nutrients that keep your hormones at their peak so you’re building muscle, even while you sleep!

• Find the perfect balance of protein, carbs, and micronutrients for maximize growth. Training breaks down muscle tissue. To rebuild, you need to rush nutrients into your body quickly with perfectly calibrated muscle meals that keep you gaining all the time.

• Resculpt your body with the 100-calorie secret. Discover the shocking new research that unveils the real determining factor between men who stay lean and those who grow soft. You won’t believe how easy it is to keep fit!

• Enjoy thick, juicy steaks, delicious burgers, creamy pasta dishes and more! No chalky “diet” foods here. This is real, satisfying and indulgent food for guys who love to eat well and look good doing it.

• Discover the secret of perfect meal timing, and make your food do the heavy lifting! Learn how eating the right food at the right time will make every workout twice as effective.

• Whip up a muscle-building dessert! We’re not kidding! Muscle-feeding and indulgent snacks like Banana Chocolate-Chip Ice Pops, Dark Chocolate Bark, and even Protein Popcorn will keep you fueling your gains while others wonder, How does he do it?

• Never feel hungry, confused, or deprived! Love your food, love your body, love your life—and always know (and look forward to) what you’re eating next!

These meals are so delicious, you’ll want to cook them for your date! With The Muscle & Fitness Cookbook, you’ll turn your body into a muscle-building machine, and your kitchen into the world’s greatest gym.

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NSCA - Essentials Of Strength Training And Conditioning 3rd Edition

Now in its third edition, Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning is the most comprehensive reference available for strength and conditioning professionals. In this text, 30 expert contributors explore the scientific principles, concepts, and theories of strength training and conditioning as well as their applications to athletic performance. Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning is the most-preferred preparation text for the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) exam. The research-based approach, extensive exercise technique section, and unbeatable accuracy of Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning make it the text readers have come to rely on for CSCS exam preparation. The third edition presents the most current strength training and conditioning research and applications in a logical format designed for increased retention of key concepts. The text is organized into five sections. The first three sections provide a theoretical framework for application in section 4, the program design portion of the book. The final section offers practical strategies for administration and management of strength and conditioning facilities.

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Practical Programming for Strength Training

There is a difference between Exercise and Training. Exercise is physical activity for its own sake, a workout done for the effect it produces today, during the workout or right after you're through. Training is physical activity done with a longer-term goal in mind, the constituent workouts of which are specifically designed to produce that goal. Training is how athletes prepare to win, and how all motivated people approach physical preparation.

Practical Programming for Strength Training 3rd Edition addresses the topic of Training. It details the mechanics of the process, from the basic physiology of adaptation to the specific programs that apply these principles to novice, intermediate, and advanced lifters.

--Each chapter completely updated

--New illustrations and graphics

--Better explanations of the proven programs that have been helping hundreds of thousands of lifters get stronger more efficiently

--Expanded Novice chapter with the details of 3 different approaches to the problem of getting stuck and special approaches for the underweight and overweight trainee

--Expanded Intermediate chapter with 18 separate programs and 11 detailed examples

--Expanded Advanced chapter with detailed examples of 9 different programs

--Expanded Special Populations chapter with example programs for women and masters lifters training through their 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s

--Day-to-day, workout-to-workout, week-by-week detailed programs for every level of training advancement

--The most comprehensive book on the theory and practice of programming for strength training in print

Printed in a new larger format for better display of the programs, PPST3 will be an important addition to your training library.

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365Strong

(posted this already but here it is again for posterity)

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Men's Fitness Workout Manual 2015

For anyone who cares about their fitness, this book is an indispensible tool. It condenses all the expert advice from a year s worth of Men s Fitness into a convenient handbook, making it hugely valuable when planning your workout programme. Whether you are after the ripped abs our cover models feature, or simply a quick-fire workout, we have you covered. We also include training techniques and how they work, as well as the diet strategies that produce superb results and even reveal how some of Britain s elite sportsmen, from world boxing champ Carl Froch to Lions rugby skipper Sam Warburton, train so you can emulate them.

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