HUMAN KINETICS

(P/B) HATHA YOGA ILLUSTRATED
Experience the physical benefits and body awareness from hatha yoga - the most popular form of yoga today. Hatha Yoga Illustrated presents nearly 650 full-color photos to visually demonstrate 77 standard poses from hatha yoga that apply to all major hatha styles including Iyengar, Astanga, Anusara, and Bikram. Individual poses are presented from start to finish, showing you how to achieve proper alignment and breathing to ensure challenging yet safe execution. The result is an increase in the effectiveness, both physically and mentally, yo...
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(P/B) COMPLETE GUIDE TO TRX SUSPENSION TRAINING
For strength, stability, core power, flexibility, and balance, Suspension Training (R) 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 (R) Suspension Training (R), from renowned strength and conditioning expert Dr. Jay Dawes, is the authoritative guid...
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(P/B) INSTRUCTING HATHA YOGA
Millions of enthusiasts worldwide are experiencing the physical benefits and mindful awareness of yoga in gyms and spas, the training rooms of professional sport teams, hospitals and even classrooms. With the increasing demand for qualified yoga teachers who can meet the needs of a diverse group of students, this updated edition of Instructing Hatha Yoga could not have come at a better time. Featuring detailed instructions on teaching 68 yoga poses and more than 200 photos showing the postures, the text covers all aspects of safe and confi...
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(H/B) CLINICAL EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
As the profession of clinical exercise physiology continues to evolve, there is one cornerstone text that evolves along with it. Clinical Exercise Physiology, Fourth Edition With Web Resource, has been a mainstay in the field since its inception in 2003, and the revisions and additions to this latest rendition reinforce its elite status. As the most comprehensive resource available, Clinical Exercise Physiology, Fourth Edition, provides greater coverage and depth of diseases than is typically found in most clinical exercise physiology text...
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(P/B) EXERCISE BIOCHEMISTRY
Exercise Biochemistry, Second Edition, takes a potentially difficult and technical subject and translates it into a clear explanation of how exercise affects molecular-level functioning in athletes and nonathletes, both healthy and diseased. Extremely student friendly, this text is written in conversational style by Vassilis Mougios, who poses and then answers questions as if having a dialogue with a student. Using simple language supported by ample analogies and numerous illustrations, he is able to drive home important concepts for stude...
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(H/B) PRACTICAL SPORTS NUTRITION
As knowledge and practice of sports nutrition become increasingly sophisticated, there is new appreciation of the fact that basketball players, runners, gymnasts - all athletes - have different nutritional needs. Practical Sports Nutrition is the first text to provide detailed, sport-specific advice enabling you to approach individual athletes and teams with an understanding of their sport and unique nutritional needs. Unlike other texts on the subject that get caught up with chemistry and science, this book provides information that is a...
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(P/B) FASTER ROAD RACING
Renowned running authority, coach, and best-selling author Pete Pfitzinger teams with Philip Latter, senior writer for Running Times, in this must-have training guide for the most popular race distances, including the 5K, 10K, and half marathon. Faster Road Racing: 5K to Half Marathon presents easy-to-follow programs proven to give you an edge in your next race. You'll discover detailed plans for race-specific distances as well as expert advice on balancing training and recovery, cross-training, nutrition, tapering, and training over age ...
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(P/B) ADVANCED MARATHONING
Shave minutes off your time using the latest in science-based training for serious runners. Advanced Marathoning has all the information you need to train smarter, remain injury free, and arrive on the start line ready to run the marathon of your life. Including marathon-pace runs and tempo runs, Advanced Marathoning provides only the most effective methods of training. You'll learn how to complement your running workouts with strength, core, flexibility, and form training; implement cutting-edge nutrition and hydration strategies and reco...
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(P/B) THE SWIM COACHING BIBLE (VOLUME 2)
This title presents a new set of commandments for swim coaches. In the ten years since the original volume of the "Swim Coaches Bible" was published swimming records have been smashed and coaching techniques have been constantly evolving, so rather than update the old version, it was decided to replace it with a completely new one. The result is "The Swim Coaching Bible, Volume II", a one-source reference book, with each contributing author developing their chapters according to their own successful coaching experiences. At least 15 of the...
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(P/B) CONDITIONING FOR DANCE
Even the best sense of rhythm, the most careful technical training, and the most astute dance intuition aren't enough to make a dancer truly excel; you also need focused strength, balance, and flexibility to execute the movements with power and grace. Conditioning for Dance improves your technique and performance in all dance forms by strengthening the body's core (abdominal and back muscles) while improving coordination, balance, and alignment and optimizing flexibility. The result is more lift without tension, deeper pli?s, higher jumps ...
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(P/B) IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE
This new fifth edition provides the most effective strategies and step-by-step plans for developing a personal path to excellence. It teaches how to focus for excellence while living and enjoying life to the fullest. Readers will gain a more positive outlook, a more focused commitment, better ways of dealing with distractions and pressures, and strategies for overcoming obstacles. They'll also achieve greater personal and professional satisfaction and discover better ways to work with teammates, respond more effectively to coaching and gui...
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(P/B) DANCE IMAGERY FOR TECHNIQUE AND PERFORMANCE
Using imagery to improve dancing and artistic expression. Renowned master teacher Eric Franklin has thoroughly updated his classic text, Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance, providing dancers and dance teachers with a deep understanding of how they can use imagery to improve their dancing and artistic expression in class and in performance. The 300 illustrations cover the major topics in the book, showing exercises to use in technique, artistic expression and performance. This new edition of Dance Imagery for Technique and Performa...
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(P/B) BETH SHAW'S YOGAFIT
Whether you are searching for a new physical challenge or a way to incorporate yoga into your exercise routine, Beth Shaw's YogaFit will help you reach your physical potential. Expanded and updated, this highly acclaimed program combines challenging conditioning work with strength - and flexibility-building yoga to create a total-body workout. With YogaFit, you'll have not only increased overall health, energy, and vitality but also a stronger and leaner body, reduced stress, better posture, improved concentration, and a higher level of fi...
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(P/B) SERIOUS CYCLING
Ride faster and more efficiently with Serious Cycling. Exercise scientists have unearthed a wealth of information that cyclists can use to improve their performance. However, most cyclists have never had access to this great body of knowledge. Now you do. Serious Cycling bridges the gap between scientific observation and cycling performance. It takes the latest scientific data on physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, injury prevention and recovery, and training, and translates it into practical applications that will have an immediate impa...
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(P/B) SPORT SRETCH
This new edition of Sport Stretch is a complete guide to flexibility for both weekend warriors and elite competitors. It features more stretches than the first edition, a new user-friendly layout, and more background information on the hows and whys of stretching. The centerpieces of this comprehensive book are its illustrations and step-by-step guidelines for 311 different stretches. The stretches can be used individually or grouped with other stretches to form a personalized flexibility program. Athletes looking to use the stretches to ...
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(P/B) ARCHERY
Master the skills, techniques, and strategies in order to shoot accurately, consistently, and safely. Archery: Steps to Success is packed with progressive instruction and accompanying full-color photos. This one-of-a-kind resource contains exercises for each phase of the shot - stance, draw, aim, release, and follow-through - for both recurve and compound bows. Archery: Steps to Success covers these aspects: Selection, fitting, tuning, and upgrading equipment. Assessing, refining, and perfecting shooting form. Compensating for common weath...
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(P/B) ARCHERY FUNDAMENTALS - A BETTER WAY TO LEARN THE BASICS

(P/B) PRECISION ARCHERY
Attention, serious archers: If you're looking for the advanced techniques and strategies to help you refine your skills and thoroughly prepare for competition, Precision Archery can help you achieve your goals. Relying on the expertise of some of the nation's top coaches and competitors such as Rick McKinney, Larry Wise, and M.J. Rogers as well as the publishers of Archery Focus magazine, this comprehensive book covers all aspects of competition for all disciplines within the sport. Whether you're a target archer, field archer, or bowhunte...
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(P/B) ARCHERY
If you're serious about improving accuracy, increasing consistency, and achieving competitive success, Archery is your guide. Featuring the in-depth instruction, insight, and advice from the world's top coaches and archers, Archery sets a new standard in resources for those who compete with the recurve or compound bow. Archery includes a wealth of information on perfecting stance, body alignment, muscle recruitment, and shot sequence. You'll master the skills and techniques taught at the U.S. Olympic Training Center by legendary coach KiSi...
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(P/B) TEACHING PERSONAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
The third edition of "Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Through Physical Activity" presents practical, field-tested ideas for teaching personal and social responsibility (TPSR) through physical activity in schools and other settings. It also offers guidance in teaching affective and social moral goals, an in-depth look into teaching character development and values, and a method for helping students develop personal and social responsibility. This thoroughly updated edition offers much new material: - Strategies for alternative s...
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