Simply Strength or Deliver This

Simply Strength: Personal Training at Home (Fitness DVD Range Series)

Author: Andrew Jobling

Everyone can be lean, fit and healthy - but sometimes we all need a little guidance on how to achieve our goals. All too often, we start an exercise program, maybe even join a gym - but after the initial enthusiasm, we get too busy, the weather's bad that day, the gym is too busy, and so on.

But with Simply Strength, you too can attain all your strength and fitness goals - there's no need for fancy equipment or gym membership, you can do it all in the comfort of your own home.

Andrew and Sally Jobling, qualified gym instructors and trainers, show you how it's done. They take you through exercises, designed to give you increasing strength, fitness and the athletic look. The exercises are carefully graded, and have variations and alternatives you can tailor for your own fitness and performance needs.

So don't delay, take the Simply Strength way to better fitness - and you might just find yourself more easily achieving your other life goals also, as your health and confidence improves.

Take the Simply Strength way to better health, fitness and happiness today!

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	5
	The Benefits	6
	Training Considerations	9
	Preparing to Start	10
	Workout Considerations	13
	Core Stabilisations	16
	Transversus Abdominis	17
	The Gluteals	17
	The Program	18
	Push Ups	20
	Bent Over One Arm Row	22
	Shoulder Press	24
	Side Lying Rotator Cuff	26
	Bench or Chair Dips	28
	Bicep Curls	30
	Squats	32
	Lunge Squats	34
	Lower Abdominals	36
	Reverse Hyperextension	38
	Circuits	40
	Structuring Your Program	42
	Stretching Overview	44
	The Stretches	45
	Cardio Training Overview	48
	Q&A	50
	Nutrition Overview	52
	The Facts	54
	Meal Suggestions	56
	Record Keeping	58
	Glossary	62
	Conclusion	63
	About the Authors	64

Interesting textbook: Cathedrals of the Flesh or Driving with Confidence

Deliver This!: Make the Childbirth Choice That's Right for You . . . No Matter What Everyone Else Thinks

Author: Marisa Cohen

A woman's decision about what kind of childbirth experience she wants to have is central to her politics, identity, and personality. Today's moms and moms-to-be are better informed about their options than ever before, but, perhaps not surprisingly, they confront rigid judgment from women who choose a different path. Women who opt for home birth are criticized for being reckless--what if there's a medical emergency? Women who opt for elective C-sections are considered selfish--their life is so busy they have to schedule an appointment to give birth?

Deliver This! provides a thorough overview of today's options: home birth; birthing centers; vaginal birth in a hospital (with or without anesthetics); elective and medically necessary C-sections. Author Marisa Cohen, who delivered both her daughters in a high-tech hospital, is both engaging and curious in her quest to understand why women make alternative choices--and why they feel fiercely defensive about them. In interviews with over one hundred women, Cohen listened to the debates over the best birthing experience, and explored creative solutions that bridge seemingly conflicting goals.

Smart, appealing, and personable, Deliver This! is equally valuable for first-time moms and those who are pregnant with their second or third child.