There are so many health and fitness books out there - how can you decide which ones are best for you?
IdealBody4Life helps you by suggesting some quality books available here in Australia through our friends at FishPond.com.au - Australia's biggest range of books online.
Health
The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently (Penguin health care & fitness) Body building
Men's Health - Book of Muscle The New High Intensity Training: The Best Muscle-Building System You've Never Tried The Men's Health Hard Body Plan: The Ultimate 12-Week Program for Burning Fat and Building Muscle Get the Body You Want in Just 12 Weeks-- Guaranteed! Total Body Transformation - Steve Ilg RRP: $35.99 Our price: $23.34
RRP: $39.99 Our price: $26.99 Core Strength The Core Performance: The Revolutionary Workout Program to Transform Your Body & Your Life RRP: $42.99 Our price: $25.65 Pilates Back Book: A Training Programme for the Prevention and Management of Back Pain RRP: $29.99 Our price: $29.15 The Complete Book of Pilates for Men: The Lifetime Plan for Strength, Power, and Peak Performance RRP: $44.99 Our price: $26.97
Nutrition The ABS Diet Eat Right Every Time Guide RRP: $18.99 Our price: $15.70Aims to expose the traps of smoking, and to provide smokers with the motivation to break free for ever. The book covers giving up without becoming dependent on a substitute, the myth of weight gain and the particular problems women face when giving up smoking.
Our price: $26.99
RRP: $78.99 Our price: $59.22Certain to become the bible of HIT-the training that revolutionized lifting with shorter, far-more-intense workouts-this impassioned guide is the last word on how to achieve explosive growth safely, without steroids!
RRP: $44.99 Our price: $26.97
BIGGER SHOULDERS! BULGING BICEPS! RIPPED ABS! A LEANER TORSO! STRONG LEGS!
RRP: $44.99 Our price: $26.97Steve has put all of his insights about "Wholistic Fitness" into what he describes as a 3-month personal program that uses nutrition, strength training, cardio, yoga and meditation to help readers get stronger, thinner and even calmer.
If you have a fat zone, fitness and weight-loss expert Denise Austin has designed a program just for you. In just 6 weeks, you'll get the slimmer thighs, trimmer hips, and flatter belly that you've dreamed of.
Core Performance is the first program that delivers strength and muscle mass, endurance and a lean body, balance and flexibility, athletic quickness and power--all in less than an hour a day. The intense focus on the muscles of your core--abs, lower back, hips, and thighs--will help you stand taller and prevent the back pain from which most people eventually suffer.This is a self-help manual focusing on back pain prevention and rehabilitation using the unique Pilates body conditioning system. 3 in 5 of us will suffer from backache in our lives. In order to mitigate against the worst-case scenario, use Pilates to strengthen your back and also the supporting muscles so that it doesn't take all the strain.
A comprehensive, take-anywhere exercise program designed
to improve men's strength, flexibility, balance, and posture. Have years of office work wreaked havoc on your posture? Could your tennis or golf game use a boost? Do you appear or feel older than your age? Or do you carry yourself in a manner that expresses strength, power, and peak performance to everyone around you?
Smart Eating Choices - Made Simple!
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED THEIR BODIES - AND THEIR LIVES - with the help of The Abs Diet, the New York Times bestseller from David Zinczenko, editor-in-chief of Men's Health magazine.
Fitness
Krav Maga: An Essential Guide to the Renowned Method--For Fitness and Self-Defense
The first book to explore the Israeli military's renowned method for fending off attackers, this is an illustrated guide to the hottest new fitness trend from a top expert in the field. Krav maga is the renowned hand-to-hand defense system designed by the Israeli military forces. Swift, powerful, and simple, it is an effective method for fending off any kind of attacker--and it is also an amazing workout.
RRP: $35.99 Our price: $24.07
Be IronFit: Time-Efficient Training Secrets for Ultimate Fitness Be Iron-Fit "provides practical training information in a step-by-step, enjoyable way so that even everyday athletes can attain ultimate conditioning.
RRP: $30.99 Our price: $25.62
Because it's so effective and easy to use even at home, the Swiss ball has become an essential part of a total fitness regime--especially in tandem with free weights and a medicine ball. These exercises--from beginner to advanced--will help you utilize its full potential for building core strength and more, as they work the muscles in the midsection, chest, back, shoulders, arms, and legs.
RRP: $18.99 Our price: $15.68