"Chronic pain is the most common cause of long-term disability in the United States. Twenty percent of American adults accept back spasms, throbbing joints, arthritis aches, and other physical pain as an inevitable consequence of aging, illness, or injury. But the human body is not meant to endure chronic pain. Miranda Esmonde-White has spent decades helping professional athletes, ballet dancers, and Olympians overcome potentially career-ending injuries...

Demonstrates how to use exercise balls for a total body workout.

"While nearly everyone else in his family studied traditional medicine to become an MD, Jeremy James, DC, CSCS, chose to become a Doctor of Chiropractic instead. It started because of his own struggles with back pain caused by a sports injury. The typical Western medical protocol--surgery, drugs, cookie-cutter care--didn't offer long-term relief. Then, after a second significant injury, a deeper realization came to him: The real cause of his back...

Aging, despite its dismal reputation, is actually one of the great mysteries of the universe. Why don't we just reproduce, then exit fast, like salmon? Could aging just be one big evolutionary accident? Is senescence, the gradual falling apart of our bodies, at least partially avoidable? Can we extend the healthy lifespan and reduce the lingering, debilitating effects of senescence?

"Gary Vaynerchuk's personal trainers explain how you can enjoy your favorite foods without guilt while losing weight, getting stronger, and improving your health."--Dust jacket flap. "Some 'experts' say, Don't eat carbs because insulin makes you fat. Other 'experts' say, Don't eat fat because fat makes you fat. Others say, Don't eat protein because protein makes you fat. Some even say, Don't eat fruit because sugar makes you fat. So the logical conclusion...

Bob Harper, superstar trainer and co-host of NBC's reality show "The Biggest Loser, " distills his knowledge of nutrition, weight-loss strategy, and human nature down to twenty simple, nonnegotiable principles and offers a month's worth of menu plans and more than 90 rule-abiding recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks to keep you cooking and eating skinny.

Pilates method is explained and illustrated with exercises that stress strengthening and stretching are presented.

"The fitness innovators behind The Ready State and the movement bible Becoming a Supple Leopard present a new way to enhance mobility and improve day-to-day wellness for anyone and everyone"--