From the author of the national bestseller The Complete Book of Abs comes the definitive book on the Next Big Thing in fitness -- core training From the bestselling author of The Complete Book of Abs comes this comprehensive guide to a new movement in fitness: core training. The body's "core" refers to the muscles that comprise the center of your body: the muscles of the abdomen, lower back, butt, and hips. With the increasing popularity of yoga and Pilates -- both of which depend on strong core muscles -- the fitness community has turned its focus from the abs to the core. The Brungardt brothers simple 9-week program is based on over 100 exercises and includes workouts appropriate for beginners and fitness enthusiasts alike. This book will help men and women of all body types and fitness levels to strengthen their core for better mobility, posture, and physique. Get ready to get fit!

Covers all aspects of triathlon, from getting started, to training, to how to finish a race.

Whether you are an avid outdoors person or would simply like some survival knowledge just in case you need it, The Complete Wilderness Training Book teaches you all the skills necessary for living off the land -- even in the most adverse conditions. Illustrated with more than 950 color photographs and illustrations, including many step-by-step sequences, The Complete Wilderness Training Book offers an unparalleled understanding of the outdoors. It contains hundreds of specific techniques for staying warm and dry, obtaining food and water, traveling and getting help, including making a foliage bed, testing plants for poison, making a compass, splinting a broken arm, and surviving a blizzard. During his 16 years in the British Army, Hugh McManners served as a paratrooper and combat-survival instructor. Here he shares with you the knowledge that has meant the difference between life and death for him on a number of occasions.

Work out, enhance your muscle mass, and get amazing results. This comprehensive guide targets every muscle group for a sculpted, leaner, and healthier body. Strength Training features more than 140 exercises using both equipment and free weights. Whether you wish to hit the gym or train at home, it will quickly help you achieve your goals - a sculpted physique, stronger bones, better balance and posture, and more energy for everyday living and sport. The exercises target every part of the body and include stretches and dynamic lifts. Step by step, Strength Training tells you how to do each one safely, with detailed anatomical artworks that show precisely which muscles you are targeting. It also shows how to plan your training with "smarter" goals, and gives you beginner, intermediate and advanced programs. With information on optimizing your diet and answers to common questions, this indispensable volume puts you on the fast track for a lean and healthy body.

For strength, stability, core power, flexibility, and balance, Suspension Training® delivers results. Used by the best of the best, from professional trainers to the elite athletes they work with, Suspension Training is a respected and essential component of conditioning programs worldwide. Now, the ultimate Suspension Training expert shares the ultimate in Suspension Training exercises and programs. Complete Guide to TRX® Suspension Training®, from renowned strength and conditioning expert Dr. Jay Dawes, is the authoritative guide to Suspension Training. This resource is so thorough that it has earned the endorsement of TRX®. Look inside at the instruction, advice, and insights, and you’ll see why. This is a one-of-a-kind resource designed to take workouts to unprecedented levels. Complete Guide to TRX® Suspension Training® includes instructions for more than 115 exercises. Complete with photo sequences, variations, and safety recommendations, you’ll learn how to develop and integrate strength, power, core stability, flexibility, and balance with the use of a Suspension Trainer ™. In the gym, at home, or on the road, this guide is the ultimate training companion. With over thirty ready-to-use programs, you have options for any situation and every desire. It’s all here. If you want the best in exercise, training, and workouts, then look no further than Complete Guide to TRX® Suspension Training®. Discover why millions of athletes make Suspension Training the core of their program.

"Acronyms and abbreviations used by the British, American, German and Soviet military".

For over a quarter of a century, Colonel Alois Podhajsky was the Director of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, home of the famous white Lipizzaner stallions whose remarkable performances have thrilled audiences throughout the world. Now for the first time, Col. Podhajsky has set forth explicitly and in practical, instructive fashion the step-by-step methods of training both horse and rider that are used at the School and that are the applicable foundations of all good horsemanship, for their purpose is to develop the natural abilities of the horse and to make riding a graceful, pleasurable experience.