10-09-20, 09:05 AM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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I am using and looking at three books which I picked up from thrift stores recently.
The first is Dynamic Aging by Katy Bowman. I love this one and will never part with it. The book is aimed at the 50+ market. On the cover it says with 30+ moves to build pain free feet, better balance and confident movement. It is so much more though. Second is an older book, Getting in Shape with Bob Anderson, Ed Burke and Bill Pearl. Stretching, weights and cardiovascular. I’m taking from this mostly warm up stretching but the lifting and health sections are interesting to me too. Yoga Bodies is my inspiration to fit yoga into my week. Beautiful photos of inspirational yoga instructors and real people with a short story on each. Alan Finger, Mandy Ingber, Naomi Watts and even a dog appear. |
10-09-20, 09:45 AM | |
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Modify City, State of Fierce
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Ohh the Stretching book by Bob Anderson is one I will never part with.
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10-11-20, 03:00 PM | |
Join Date: Jun 2009
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I really like Glute Lab by Bret Contreras.
I also found any books by either one of the Cosgroves very helpful. Many of them have someone else as the primary author, but the programs and most of the ideas are theirs. Katy Bowman’s Move Your DNA and her book about feet are good ones. I also like Brooke Siler’s Pilates book. |
10-16-20, 09:03 AM | |
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Colorado Springs
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My favorite book is "The Six Week Bikini Countdown" by Karon Karter because it's the most complete exercise book I own. I am well past the bikini stage, but it is a six week program composed of cardio, weights and Pilates workouts. Each day is mapped out and the exercises are shown in full color photos. The exercises get progressively harder each week. There is very little dietary info in the book (it meets VF Guidelines) so you'd have to do that on your own.
BTW I have NROL, NROL for Abs and NROL for Women available for SASE if anyone wants them.
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10-16-20, 10:01 AM | |
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: OK
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I agree with bzar. Cool Yoga Tricks is a terrific book (I'm sure I originally bought it because of a recommendation here). I use it regularly as a reference.
I also really like David Swenson's Ashtanga Yoga as a reference, particularly since it is spiral bound!
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10-16-20, 10:18 AM | ||
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY
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One of my favorite "fitness" books is Mastery by George Leonard. It isn't about exercise. It's about the process of how to attain mastery of something, whether in fitness, the arts, or mastering the self. From the back cover: Drawing on Zen philosophy and his expertise in the martial art of Aikido, bestselling author George Leonard explains how the process of mastery will enable you to vault over the pitfalls of the quick fix to attain a higher level of excellence and a deeper sense of satisfaction. It's a terrific book. Especially his examination of the "pitfalls of the quick fix". George Leonard was one of the people who practically invented the human potential movement. He was one of the founders of Esalen. I used to read articles by him in New Age magazine. Fun fact: his daughter is Burr Leonard.
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