Body by Science: A Research-Based Program for Strength Training, Body

Description: Twelve minutes is all it takes to maximize muscle size and strength, shed fat, and dramatically reduce your risk of heart attack, cancer, and diabetes Body by Science challenges everything you thought you knew about exercise and takes you deep inside your body's inner workings--all the way down to the single cell--to explain what science now knows about the role of exercise in human health.With the help of medical diagrams and step-by-step photos, exercise scientist Doug McGuff, M.D., and weight-training pioneer John Little present a revolutionary new workout protocol that fully leverages the positive effects of high-intensity, low-frequency weight training, while avoiding the negative effects of traditional aerobic-centric exercise. In as little as 12 minutes a week, you'll:Build muscle size and strength, fastOptimize cardiovascular healthRamp up your metabolismLower cholesterolIncrease insulin sensitivityImprove flexibilityManage arthritis and chronic back painBuild bone densityReduce your risk for diabetes, cancer, heart attack, and more John Little is known and respected in martial arts and film circles as the worlds foremost authority on the life and philosophy of Bruce Lee. He is the author of The Warrior Within, which offered the first formal presentation of Lees philosophy. In 1998, Little produced, directed, and wrote the score for Bruce Lee: In His Own Words, which won the prestigious Toronto World-Wide Short Film Festival award for Best Documentary. Littles shooting script for this film resides in the Margaret Herrick Library in Beverly Hills, California, a branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Foreword Introduction 1: Exercise: Who Can You Trust? 2: Conservation of Energy: The Enemy of Progress 3: "I Can't (Or Don't Want to) Get Bigger": the Genetic Factor 4: The Dose-Response Relationship of Exercise 5: The Ideal Exercise Stimulus (What Type and How Much) 6: The Optimal Training Frequency 7: Enhancing the Body's Response to Exercise 8: Nutrition for Peak Performance 9: What Exercise Can - and Can't - Give You 10: The Ideal Exercise Prescription for Weight Loss 11: The Ideal Exercise Prescription for Athletes (Golf, Hockey, Football, Baseball, BMX 12: Tweaking the Stimulus: Advanced Exercise Techniques 13: A Rational Approach to Rehabilitating Injuries(Back, Knee, Shoulder, Neck, Elbows) 14: Creating the Perfect Workout Environment 15: Strength Training and the Heart (Global Metabloic Conditioning) 16: Long Term Fitness (Safety Considerations) 17: The Degradation of the Fitness Industry 18: Exercise for Seniors 19: Questions and Answers

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