Health & Exercise Book Reviews

Indoor/Outdoor Team Building Games For Trainers by Harrison Snow
Powerful Activities From the World of Adventure-Based Team Building and Ropes Courses This comprehensive guide to building team values contains more than 60 exercises. Author Harrison Snow has simplified activities used by government agencies and large corporations to accommodate smaller team-building operations on a stricter budget. Each activity is explained in full and [...]

Therapeutic Exercises Using Resistive Bands by Caroline Corning Creager
This is one of the most complete books on resistive band exercises on the market. It contains almost 300 exercises, all of which are fully illustrated. It cites case studies and discusses band exercises as a form of therapy or rehabilitation. Therapeutic Exercises Using Resistive Bands (Therapeutic Exercises) Some chapter topics include: Stretching Strength training [...]

Essential Chest and Shoulders by Kurt Brungardt and Lou Schuler
An Intense 6-Week Program This book shows how conditioning your back can give you the chest you’ve always wanted! Essential Chest and Shoulders: An Intense 6-Week Program (Men’s Health Peak Conditioning Guides) The right combination of upper-body strength can give you a powerful, sculpted chest. Work your back as hard and as much as you work your [...]

The Mars and Venus Diet and Exercise Solution by John Gray
Create the Brain Chemistry of Health, Happiness, and Lasting Romance The renowned author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus and more than 10 other books now shows readers how to utilize diet and exercise to achieve a sense of balance in our lives. This book explores the role that a healthy lifestyle [...]

The Great Stretch Tubing Handbook by Michael Jespersen and Andre Noel Potvin
This compact but thorough book contains an entire program of stretch tube exercises designed to give your entire body a workout. The Great Stretch Tubing Handbook In The Great Stretch Tubing Handbook: A separate section is included on exercises for the rotator cuff muscles. Every exercise is complemented by a beginning- and ending-photo to better illustrate how [...]

Advanced Fitness Assessment And Exercise Prescription by Vivian H. Heyward
This fifth edition is a complete guide to examining physical condition and prescribing an appropriate exercise routine. Advanced Fitness Assessment And Exercise Prescription This book is broken into chapters concerning the following: Cardiovascular endurance Muscle tone and fitness Weight and body mass Flexibility Each section is devoted 2 chapters: one concerning the determining factors for diagnosing problems in [...]

Carole Maggio Facercise by Carole Maggio
The Dynamic Muscle-Toning Program for Renewed Vitality and a More Youthful Appearance In this book, Carole Maggio has combined 15 years of research into a unique, breakthrough program designed to fight the signs of aging. Her techniques help you look and feel younger by reducing the appearance of lines and wrinkles and strengthening the facial [...]

The Calorie King Food and Exercise Journal by Allan Borusheck
This pocket-sized guide to eating and exercising correctly boasts many features. A 10-week-long program displayed one day per page, plus a summary for each week Worksheets for recording calories consumed and burned throughout the day Worksheet space for recording information such as carbohydrates and fats consumed A section on each page dedicated to hydration/water intake [...]

Therapeutic Exercise by Carrie M. Hall and Lori Thein Brody
Moving Toward Function This second edition text lays the foundation necessary to make informed decisions about prescribing therapeutic exercise. It covers which exercises should be prescribed in what amounts for the best results possible. Readers will learn how to improve the body’s ability to function through therapeutic exercise and other related methods of [...]

101 Jumping Exercises by Linda L. Allen and Dianna R. Dennis
Authored by a former international equestrian competitor and judge, this book provides a program of exercise for horse and rider. It targets essential skills and shows readers how to master them. 101 Jumping Exercises moves from basic equestrian skills like the walk and trot to moves for more advanced riders. 101 Jumping Exercises In this [...]