New First Place Member's Kit with Book(s) and CD (Audio)

Manufacturer: F. Lepine Publishing

Top Olympic lifters have it, elite gymnasts excel because of it, sprinters break the speed of light driven by it, high level bodybuilders get huge because of it. . . THE CAPACITY TO MAXIMALLY STIMULATE THE HIGH-THRESHOLD MOTOR UNITS! This is what separates the best from the rest. The fast-twitch fibers that compose the high-threshold motorunits (HTMU) exceed, by a humongous margin, the hypertrophy potential of low and medium-threshold fibers that too many of us rely on in our everyday training sessions.

Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill

Hardcover Fat Flush cookbook.

Manufacturer: Weight Success Centers, LLC

A unique perspective to the battle of the bulge. Dr. Aguila gets to the heart of the struggle with obesity, then gives practical solutions for overcoming that struggle and losing weight for good. Wonderfully clear and simple steps to permanent better health from a physician who has lived it. Review "Dr. Aguila's book Why I Don't Lose Weight offers a heart-felt, compassionate approach to understanding weight loss. This is not a diet book or a book of quick fixes. Instead it shows you practical ways to change from the inside out." -- Marci Shimoff, #1 NY Times bestselling author of Love for No Reason and Happy for No Reason Dr. A does a fantastic job of explaining how the Cycle of Obesity keeps you trapped and, more importantly, he helps you get out of it! -Dr. Mike Dow, Author of Diet Rehab

Manufacturer: Random House Value Publishing

Over 20,000 people have spent thousands of dollars apiece to lose weight on this widely acclaimed low sodium, low protein, high carbohydrate diet that was developed by a Duke University medical science team. Now the Rice Diet is available to everyone! HC: Putnam. (Nonfiction)

Manufacturer: Rodale International Ltd

A simple way to start your day that burns fat and sheds pounds. Eight minutes a day is all you need to improve your metabolism, build calorie-burning muscle and provide your brain with good-mood chemicals. This is combined with an eating programme that helps you regulate your daily food intake to the right amount. Fitness trainer Jorge Cruise has helped 3 million cyberspace clients lose weight, and now he's headed for your bookshelf with the same goal in mind. In just eight minutes a day, says Cruise, you can drop two pounds of fat per week, change your shape, and gain muscle and energy. His secret formula: an inspirational "wake-up talk," followed by strength training two muscle groups per day, eating according to his "eating card" program, and keeping a journal. For exercise, Cruise presents a varied, 28-day program of illustrated exercises using dumbbells. Why the emphasis on strength training? While aerobics burns calories while you're exercising, adding muscle revs up fat burning at rest by increasing your metabolic rate. Every pound of muscle you gain burns an extra 50 calories per day. You'll look better and feel younger and more energetic, resulting in more activity, burning more calories, he says. Cruise's eating plan emphasizes "good" (omega) fats, complex carbohydrates, high-quality protein (low in saturated fat), and vegetables, with dairy, fruits, and "treats and cravings" in moderation. His "Eating Card System" gives you an allotment of portions from each of the food groups. If you're the kind who likes the regimentation of following a specific program every day, Cruise will get you moving, eating better, and losing weight. --Joan Price

Manufacturer: Boxtree Ltd

One of a series on current health issues which advises on the importance of nutrition in building up energy and fitness through eating the right nutrients and taking the best supplements. The book focuses on antioxidants.

Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press

This book addresses the ever-increasing problem of obesity in children and adolescents, the long-term health and social problems that arise from this, and approaches to prevention and management. It covers all aspects of obesity from epidemiology and prevention to recent developments in biochemistry and genetics, and to the varied approaches to management which are influenced by social and clinical need. A foreword by William Dietz and a forward looking "future perspectives" conclusion by Philip James embrace an international team of authors, all with first hand experience of the issues posed by obesity in the young.

Manufacturer: Routledge

Throughout the developed world there is an increasing prevalence of childhood obesity. Because of this increase, and awareness of the risks to long term health that childhood obesity presents, the phenomena is now described by many as a global epidemic.   Children, Obesity and Exercise provides sport, exercise and medicine students and professionals with an accessible and practical guide to understanding and managing childhood and adolescent obesity.  It covers: overweight, obesity and body composition;   physical activity, growth and development;    psycho-social aspects of childhood obesity;   physical activity behaviours;    eating behaviours;    measuring children’s behaviour;    interventions for prevention and management of childhood obesity.    Children, Obesity and Exercise addresses the need for authoritative advice and innovative approaches to the prevention and management of this chronic problem. 

Manufacturer: Running Press Miniature Editions

Published in 2000, Dr. Shapiro's Picture Perfect Weight Loss was an instant and popular bestseller. Now our pocket-size Miniature Editionâ„¢ is a quick-reference companion for the store or on the road, with lots of food demos, facts, and full-color photographs to clearly illustrate the best ways to save calories--while eating more food! On the left is one small, fat-free, no-sugar-added muffin. On the right is a cornucopia of food--several pounds of fruit and a pair of whole-wheat rolls. The calorie counts are identical: 720. There sits Dr. Howard Shapiro's point: dieters imagine that they're saving calories by eating the "virtuous" snack on the left, whereas in reality they're depriving themselves of the mountain of food on the right. Dr. Shapiro believes that there are no bad foods, no right or wrong reasons to eat, no perfect number of meals in any given day. He doesn't believe in telling clients at his weight-loss clinic in Manhattan when they can or can't eat. Some of them are celebrities and corporate executives with such busy lives that mealtimes are often unpredictable. So Dr. Shapiro reassures them that a calorie is a calorie, whether you eat it before or after 9 p.m. He helps them lose weight by showing them different foods, set side by side, and how the seemingly healthier choice might actually be equal to or greater in calories than a bunch of foods that would seem to be off-limits to someone trying to lose weight. In Picture Perfect Weight Loss, he uses photos of foods to demonstrate these choices. Thus, a "healthy" carob bar is shown to be equal in calories to 10 scoops of Italian ices. A 10-ounce loaf of crusty bread is shown to be equal to a tiny dish of Chex Mix. Two ounces of reduced-fat cheese are shown to be equal in calories and fat grams to two ounces of salami. The photos pit all types of snacks and many meal choices against each other, and account for sugar, salt, and starch cravings. The text--easy to read even when discussing scientific...