Description
Take a fascinating, eye-opening tour of your body’s anatomy and physiology. Join award-winning fitness expert Dean Hodgkin as he navigates the world of fitness through science-based approaches and results-driven practices — plus 12 30-minute home-workout routines — showing you what happens inside your body when you work out, and how to use that knowledge to feel your best. Enjoy the rich vitality and supreme health that prime fitness offers —whatever your age or current fitness level!
Overview
Syllabus
- Components of Fitness
- How Fit Are You?
- Overcome the Barriers to Exercise
- Your Heart in Action
- The Fitness of Breathing
- You Can Reduce Stress
- Fitness & Pregnancy
- Refuel, Recover & Re-Energize
- Thinking: The Brain-Body Connection
- Healthy Joints for Life
- Protecting Yourself From Injury
- The Amazing Benefits of Balance
- Fueling Fitness
- Why Everyone Should Exercise in Water
- The Secret Life of Muscles
- Strong to the Bone
- Getting Your Back on Track
- 21st-Century Yoga
- Walk Your Way to Fitness
- The Amazing Benefits of Stretching
- Stay Active: Defy the Aging Process
- Sitting Disease
- Exercise for Weight Loss
- Mobilizers & Stabilizers: Managing Your Abs
- Body Weight Workout
- Medicine Ball Workout
- Step & Interval Workout
- Dumbbell Workout
- Combat Workout
- Fitness Ball Workout
- Balance Board Workout
- Kettlebell Workout
- Plyometrics Workout
- Resistance Band Workout
- Training Bar Workout
- Stretching Routine
