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Metabolic training expert BJ Gaddour, CSCS, whom Men's Health magazine calls one of the 100 fittest men of all time, has created a remarkably efficient and effective body-transforming workout and nutrition program based on just a handful of simple moves, the Bodyweight Eight. These no-equipment-required exercises are all one needs to build a strikingly symmetrical, perfectly proportioned, and classically beautiful physique, just like BJ's. Once readers master each legendary fitness feat with perfect form, they will use BJ's scalable, step-by-step progressions to go from ground zero to superhero. From these exercise variations, readers can construct hundreds of personalized workouts. Dozens of sample routines are already demonstrated through big, bold how to photographs within the book and organized by goal, duration, intensity, and targeted body zone. This is the only book a man or woman needs to achieve the body he or she has always wanted anywhere...and without gear.

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Workout fads and fitness equipment come and go, but as trainers and bodybuilders know: nothing tops a simple set of dumbbells for convenience, reliability, and versatility when you are trying to build muscles and get in shape. In this book, Myatt Murphy, a fitness expert and long time contributor to "Men's Health" shows readers how to use dumbbells to develop just about every part of their bodies.For anyone who believes that dumbbells can be used only for arms and shoulders, Myatt Murphy proves them wrong. Featuring 200 photographs, "Men's Health Ultimate Dumbbell Exercises" demonstrates how to perform a total body workout and get maximum results. There are exercises here - Lunges, squats, dead lifts, curls, shrugs, kickbacks, presses, and more - that develop abs, arms, chest, legs, and shoulders, along with innovative new ways to get the most of this versatile piece of strength-training equipment.With instructions for creating literally thousands of dumbbell exercises for the novice to advanced lifter, "Men's Health Ultimate Dumbell Exercises" will be an indispensable addition to any home gym.

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People are hungrier than ever for clear-cut answers to their most perplexing food questions, but a private nutritionist or a membership in a diet club are expensive luxuries. What readers really need is an authoritative, encyclopedic source at their fingertips. "The Men's Health Big Book Of Food & Nutrition" is the ultimate guide to shopping, dining, and cooking for bigger flavor - and a leaner body. It answers the ongoing demand for definitive information about the food we eat and taps into a readership hungry for final-word answers. Based on the same format as the hugely successful "The Men's Health Big Book of Exercises" and filled with easy-to-swallow eating strategies - and backed by groundbreaking studies and interviews with the world's most authoritative nutrition researchers - "The Men's Health Big Book Of Food & Nutrition" will help readers discover just how easy it is to unlock the power of food and stay healthy for life.

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The Men's Health Big Book of Exercises is the essential workout guide for anyone who wants a better body. The successful backlist title has netted over 249,126 copies and sold 18,698 e-books. As the most comprehensive collection of exercises ever created, this book is a body-shaping power tool for both beginners and longtime lifters alike. This book contains hundreds of useful tips, the latest findings in exercise science, and cutting-edge workouts from the world's top trainers. Backed by the authority of Men's Health magazine, this revised edition of the backlist bestseller will feature 100 new cutting-edge fat loss exercises in 20 different workouts designed by BJ Gaddour, the Fitness Director for Men's Health magazine. The new material includes 42 no-equipment-needed cardio exercises that are perfect for at home or at the gym and new fitness routines that range from 5 to 30 minutes with a special "Create-Your-Own Circuit" feature for an endless number of customized workouts. All of the exercises will include variations for all fitness levels, from beginner to advance. This book will also be updated with a new introduction from the original author Adam Campbell. The revised edition contains 1,350 photographs, showing movements for every muscle and a training plan to match every fitness goal.

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Man cannot live by bread alone. Women, neither. They need toast...and steak, and tacos, wings and burgers, beef stew and pizza. They need to eat well but also to watch what they eat for the benefit of body and mind. Guy Gourmet provides home cooks with more than 200 recipes for guy meals that both satisfy the taste buds and deliver healthy nutrition for peak performance. Many of the recipes in the book are healthy makeovers of popular chefs' favorite creations. In addition to Thomas Keller, who writes the foreword, some of the well-known chefs who've contributed recipes include Seamus Mullen, Eric Ripert, Mark Vetri, and many others. Not only will readers get tons of great recipes, they'll also learn valuable lessons about eating healthier, cooking (and cleaning up) faster, cooking for a crowd, becoming a master of the barbeque grill, and pairing the right beers and wines with the food they make. Each chapter will feature a hodgepodge of factoids, informational quotes and tips like how to flip a flapjack, roll dough with a wine bottle, zest a lime, wash and store greens, debone a fish, pit an avocado, and do a self-administered Heimlich maneuver when choking. Illustrations will instruct and amazing food photography will inspire men to master the most important room in their home for good health-the kitchen.

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Dr. Travis Stork, co-host of "The Doctors", cares about the state of your abdomen. Why? Because when he's not on TV, he works in the E.R. at Vanderbilt Medical Centre. And his years of training and experience have told him that the one of the very first vital signs to check - one of the most important determining factors in whether a patient will recover from illness and injury, or face a future of disease, pain, and disability - is how much belly fat they're carrying. In fact, visceral fat - the kind that clings to your waistline and infiltrates your internal organs - is not only unsightly, it also sets you up for a host of health woes, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. So fighting belly fat is the same thing as fighting for your life!

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